INNOCAD was founded in 1999 by Martin Lesjak and Peter Schwaiger. Since then, they have completed numerous projects of various sizes and scope in the different fields of architecture and interior design, such as residential, office, hospitality, healthcare, mixed-use, educational, public, and retail. The team is internationally renowned for their „out-of-the-box“ thinking and their analytical, pragmatic, and unconventional approach to architecture and design by creating solutions with purpose and meaning. INNOCAD focuses primarily on their work‘s quality and relevance as well as adhering to a responsibility to cultivate a consistent vision with a team that is able transition their practice through multiple disciplines. Beside many signature works - the firm’s homebase Golden Nugget, corporate headquarters for C&P and XAL, and several residential buildings – the studio has created interior and exhibition designs for the History Museum and Armory Museum in Graz. They have also done the space planning and interiors for international projects, including the Head Office for Abdul Latif Jameel Investments and the international school TWA The World Academy – King Abdullah Economic City in Saudi Arabia, the HQ for Volksbank South Tyrol in Italy, as well as the HQ for Austrian Railways and the Head Office for SAP in Austria. Current works include a mixed-use building in New York in the US and a competence center for BAMED Group in Austria. Over the years INNOCAD has been published internationally and recognized with various awards, honors, and nominations in each field of architecture and interior design. Martin Lesjak also received one of the international architecture and design community’s top honors, “Designer of the Year 2015” by Contract Magazine (US), followed by “Architect of the Year 2016” by BUILD Magazine (UK).
