The firm is known for its striking Modernist dwellings - and for being the preferred architects to a virtual who's who of the Northwest's contemporary art collectors.

Each of them brought in their own preferred architects to design individual buildings within the district.

Giuliano was the preferred architect of Lorenzo de' Medici, so a significant number of his commissions came from the Medici.

Eigtved, who returned to Denmark from his travels in 1735, became the king's preferred architect, and Thura felt himself being more and more set to the side.

That there is a list of preferred architects might seem constrictive for some city institutions.

They were the preferred architects for Vanderbilt's New York Central Railroad.

Eigtved became the king's preferred architect, and Eigtved's rococo style was the preferred building style.

But he was soon superseded by Arnold Brunner, who had become Columbia's preferred architect.

Nicolai Eigtved, the king's preferred architect at the time, was charged with the design of the new church but died in 1754, before construction started.

Early this year, the firm was one of 24 named to a roster of preferred architects for city projects costing up to $10 million.