{{Short description|Architecture firm}} {{Infobox company | name = Do Architects | logo = Do_Architects_logo.png | type = Private | industry = Architecture | key_people = Partners: Vaiva Šimoliūnaitė-Čečkauskienė, Kasparas Žiliukas, Vadim Babij | founders = Founding partners: Sabina Grincevičiūtė (CEO), Andrė Baldišiūtė, Gilma Teodora Gylytė, Sabina Grincevičiūtė, Algimantas Neniškis | hq_location = Vilnius | founded = {{start date and age|2013}} | num_employees = 50+<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rekvizitai.vz.lt/en/company/do_architects/number-of-employees/|title=DO ARCHITECTS, UAB employees (insured)|date=|website=Rekvizitai.lt|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2024-01-22}}</ref> | website = https://www.doarchitects.lt/ }}
'''Do Architects''' is a Lithuanian architecture and urban design studio founded in Vilnius in 2013 by architects Andrė Baldišiūtė, Gilma Teodora Gylytė, Sabina Grincevičiūtė and Algimantas Neniškis.
The studio focuses on large-scale conversion projects, public spaces, commercial, public and residential buildings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.lithuanianculture.lt/lithuanian-culture-guide/architecture/2018/06/20/do-architects/|title=DO ARCHITECTS - Lithuanian Culture Institute|date=2018-06-20|website=lithuanianculture.lt|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2024-01-22}}</ref>
With more than 50 full-time employees, Do Architects is among the largest architecture firms in both Lithuania<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.drg.lt/ukis-ir-verslas/14107-krastiete-vadovauja-vienai-didziausiu-architekturos-studiju-lietuvoje|title=Kraštietė vadovauja vienai didžiausių architektūros studijų Lietuvoje|date=2017-01-13|website=drg.lt|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2024-01-22}}</ref> and the Baltic states.
Since 2022, Do Architects is headquartered in Betono Fabrikas,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.archdaily.com/996442/betono-fabrikas-concrete-factory-conversion-do-architects/|title=Betono Fabrikas Concrete Factory Conversion / DO Architects|date=|website=archdaily.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2024-01-22}}</ref> a conversion project of a former concrete element factory in Vilnius' Vilkpėdė area. The studio itself is overseeing and advocating for a broader renewal of the territory.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lrytas.lt/bustas/architektura/2023/07/23/news/-betono-fabrikas-vilniuje-po-metu-pasikeite-is-esmes-sia-vieta-atrado-jau-ir-nuotakos-27727593|title="Betono fabrikas" Vilniuje po metų pasikeitė iš esmės – šią vietą atrado jau ir nuotakos|date=2023-07-23|website=lrytas.lt|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2024-01-22}}</ref>
==Recognition==
The studio is a 7 times nominee for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture (Mies van der Rohe Award)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://miesarch.com/archive?search=Do+architects|title=Do Architects - EUmiesaward|date=|website=miesarch.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2024-01-22}}</ref> and a 5 times winner of the Lithuanian Contemporary Architecture Award "Žvilgsnis į save" by the Lithuanian Union of Architects.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lietuvosarchitektura.lt/index.php?lang=lt&pid=4|title=APDOVANOJIMAI - ŽVILGSNIS Į SAVE|date=2022-10-13|website=lietuvosarchitektura.lt|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2024-01-22}}</ref>
In 2022, Do Architects was longlisted among the 30 emerging architecture studios of the year in the Dezeen Awards.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dezeen.com/awards/2022/longlists/do-architects/|title=Emerging architecture studio of the year - Do Architects|date=|website=dezeen.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2024-01-22}}</ref>
==Selected projects== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Project !! |- | MO Museum, as local partners of Studio Libeskind (2018) ||thumb|center|MO Museum, a private contemporary art museum in Vilnius |- | Business Garden Vilnius (2019) || [[File:Ignitis_(Lazdynai)_by_Augustas_Didzgalvis.jpg|thumb|center|Business Garden Vilnius, a major business center by Vastint Lithuania in Lazdynai]] |- | Svencelė, a city on the water (ongoing) || [[File:Homes_and_canals_in_Svencelė,_Lithuania.jpg|thumb|center|Master plan and individual homes on the shore of Curonian lagoon]] |- | Senatorių pasažas (2021) ||[[File:Vainai_palace_Vilnius.jpg|thumb|center|Vainiai Palace rehabilitation „Senatorių pasažas“ in Vilnius Old Town]] |- |Vilnius Pilaitė Gymnasium|| |}
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Category:Companies based in Vilnius Category:2013 establishments in Lithuania