The Procter:Rihl studio, formado by architects Fernando Rihl and Christopher Procter – Brazilian and English – was created in 1995. Christopher studied at Architectural Association-London andCarnegie Mellon University in USA. Fernando graduated at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, in Brazil. In comoon, they have a measure concern about susteinability and have made studies about using low energy and optimizing the industrial processes.
Procter:Rihl have won some prizes, such as the gold medal of Chelsea Flower Show in 2000, the Royal Institute of British Architects prize in 2005, and were finalists of Grand Design Award 2006, BD- Residential Architect of the YearAward 2005 and IV Prêmio of Bienal de Arquitetura Íbero Latino Americana in 2004.
One of they’re most recent creation is the Topo Shelf, for the Brazilian design shop Tok&Stok. A beatiful piece of furniture with organic design and very simple to assembly. This product is one among other 29 projects that celebrates the 30th anniversary of the company.



