The company was founded by Evgeny Gerasimov in St. Petersburg in 1991. First it was the two architects' art studio. Thanks to its large-scale projects "Evgeny Gerasimov and partner Ltd." is now a well-known architectural brand not only to a narrow circle of specialists, but also to general public. The partners are Evgeny Gerasimov, Zoya Petrova and Victor Khivrich.
Among the latter and most famous studio's design projects are "Neva Hall" complex, exhibition center "Expoforum" in Shushary, residential complex "Europe City" on the Petrograd side (all these projects are done jointly with S. Tchoban, nps tchoban voss).

The best-known completed projects are:three office complexes on Malaya Okhta with the central building of the "JSC Bank Saint Petersburg" hotel on Ostrovsky square, residential houses on Nevsky Prospekt, apartment complexes on the Krestovsky and Stone islands - "The House by the Sea" (with S. Tchoban), "The Fifth Element", "Stella Maris", "Green Island" etc. On the Petrograd side - this is the St. Petersburg Jewish Community House, which won not only the architectural awards but also Government Award of St. Petersburg and the Russian Government in the field of culture.

The other projects are also often involved in architectural exhibitions, contests and won such awards as: Gold and silver certificates "Zodchestvo", "Architecton", "House of the Year", "High-quality architecture", diplomas of International Association of Unions of Architects, "Mark of Conformity" of the International Club of St. Petersburg and honory diplomas of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg.
This is the result of joint efforts of highly-level professionals working in the studio. At the moment the company employs over 120 people - seven groups of architects, design division and master plan group. All work is carried out using the latest information technologies, that improve the quality and reduce time of work performed.

The studio cooperates with such foreign companies as: «Egret West» (UK), «Strabag» (Austria), «RMJM» (UK), «Ortner & Ortner» (Austria), «Langhof» (Germany), Werner Sobek Ingenieure (Germany). Sergey Tchoban and his German and Moscow offices are the steady partners in many design projects.

Zoya Petrova                                                            Evgeny Gerasimov                                                             Victor Khivrich