DF DC

DF_DC is an architecture and urban design practice founded in 2016 by Dario Franchini and Diego Calderon, with studios in London, Zürich and Lugano. Its work covers buildings, places and strategies, pursuing an elemental architectural language interested in the relationship between structure and tangible finish.

The practice combines construction with academic work, leading a design studio at Kingston School of Art since 2016 and teaching at Porto Academy in 2022 and 2023, and has completed projects that range from a staircase to public buildings, masterplans and neighbourhood strategies. In 2026 it took part in Concéntrico in Logroño with A Soft Embassy, a temporary pavilion in Plaza San Bartolomé.