Il Prisma

Il Prisma is an international architecture and design firm with Italian roots, founded in Lecce in 1971 by Cosimo Carone. It designs spaces and experiences around the way people live and work and is divided into three business units: Cityscape, for office buildings, residential and masterplans; Worksphere, for workplace, education and experience centres; and Destination, for hospitality and retail.

The firm has offices in Milan, Rome, Lecce and London. Its sites follow the Cantiere Sostenibile, an industry-first environmental protocol, and the Cantiere Sociale extends its ESG work from the site to the neighbourhood through local associations. Activities are certified to ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001, an internal academy holds monthly sessions on technical and material topics, and the studio belongs to the Studio Alliance network.