# Do Architects

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{{Short description|Architecture firm}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Do Architects
| logo = Do_Architects_logo.png
| type = [Private](/source/Privately_held_company)
| industry = [Architecture](/source/Architecture)
| key_people = Partners: Vaiva Šimoliūnaitė-Čečkauskienė, Kasparas Žiliukas, Vadim Babij
| founders = Founding partners: Sabina Grincevičiūtė ([CEO](/source/Chief_Executive_Officer)), Andrė Baldišiūtė, Gilma Teodora Gylytė, Sabina Grincevičiūtė, Algimantas Neniškis
| hq_location = [Vilnius](/source/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](/source/List_of_Lithuanian_architects) and [urban design](/source/urban_design) studio founded in [Vilnius](/source/Vilnius) in 2013 by architects [Andrė Baldišiūtė](/source/Andr%C4%97_Baldi%C5%A1i%C5%ABt%C4%97), [Gilma Teodora Gylytė](/source/Gilma_Teodora_Gylyt%C4%97), Sabina Grincevičiūtė and Algimantas Neniškis.

The studio focuses on large-scale [conversion](/source/adaptive_reuse) projects, [public space](/source/public_space)s, [commercial](/source/commercial_property), 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](/source/Vilkp%C4%97d%C4%97) 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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Dezeen).<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"
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! Project !!
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| [MO Museum](/source/MO_Museum), as local partners of [Studio Libeskind](/source/Daniel_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](/source/Lazdynai)]]
|-
| [Svencelė](/source/Svencel%C4%97), 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](/source/Curonian_lagoon)]]
|-
| Senatorių pasažas (2021) ||[[File:Vainai_palace_Vilnius.jpg|thumb|center|Vainiai Palace rehabilitation „Senatorių pasažas“ in [Vilnius Old Town](/source/Vilnius_Old_Town)]] 
|-
|Vilnius Pilaitė Gymnasium|| 
|}

==References==
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Category:Companies based in Vilnius
Category:2013 establishments in Lithuania

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