All articles by Elizabeth Hopkirk – Page 181

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    P&T ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS

    2012-12-14T16:02:00Z

    Sathorn Square, Bangkok P T Architects Engineers 2013 rank: 14 Country: China (Hong Kong) Last ranking: 8 Architects employed: 624 P T can trace its history back to 1868 and claim credit for the skyline of Shanghai’s historic Bund. But its sights are firmly set on the future. ...

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    DP ARCHITECTS

    2012-12-14T16:02:00Z

    Seef Lusail, Qatar DP Architects 2013 rank: 7 Country: Singapore Last ranking: 7 Architects employed: 726 Most of DP Architects’ work is in Singapore, though it has offices throughout Asia from the UAE to Vietnam. Its domestic market has remained robust and almost every project it will complete this year ...

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    TENGBOM ARCHITECTS

    2012-12-14T16:02:00Z

    Source: Werner Nystrand The new correctional facility for the Swedish Prison and Probation Service, Helsingborg Tengbom Architects 2012 rank: 28 Country: Sweden Last rank: =28 Architects employed: 420 Tengbom pulled off the feat of increasing both its fee income — to $70 million+ — and its number of architects employed ...

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    DEWAN ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS

    2012-12-14T16:02:00Z

    Abdul Karim Holding Tower, Dammam Dewan Architects Engineers 2013 rank: 49 Country: UAE Last rank: =48 Architects employed: 220 Dewan opened a fifth office in Iraq last year, adding Qadissiya to existing studios in Baghdad, Basra, Najaf and Karbala. The country now accounts for about 35% of ...

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    ZGF ARCHITECTS

    2012-12-14T16:02:00Z

    Lorry I Lokey Stem Cell Research Building at Stanford University California ZGF Architects 2013 rank: 47 Country: USA Last rank: 48 Architects employed: 245 ZGF continues to work mostly in North America. Last year’s big wins included the Peal Izumi North American corporate headquarters and the University of Arizona’s Bioscience ...

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    ZAHA HADID ARCHITECTS

    2012-12-14T16:02:00Z

    Aquatic Centre, London 2012 Olympic Park Zaha Hadid Architects 2013 rank: 45 Country: UK Last rank: 43 Architects employed: 246 With the world’s eyes on London last summer for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Zaha Hadid cemented her position as one of the few living architects known by the general ...

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    ISHIMOTO ARCHITECTURAL

    2012-12-14T16:02:00Z

    Ota-City General Gymnasium Ishimoto Architectural 2013 rank: 59 Country: Japan Last ranking: =57 Architects employed: 188 The venerable Japanese practice founded in 1927 by Kikuji Ishimoto celebrated its 85th birthday last year. In the intervening years it has gone on to design pretty much the full range of building types: ...

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    HDR ARCHITECTURE

    2012-12-14T16:02:00Z

    Humber River Regional Hospital, Toronto, Canada HDR Architecture 2013 rank: =12 Country: USA Last ranking: 10 Architects employed: 640 This time last year the healthcare, technology and criminal justice specialist said it wanted to expand into China and Australia. And it has: it opened two offices in China and one ...

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    COX ARCHITECTURE

    2012-12-14T16:02:00Z

    One One One Eagle Street, Brisbane, Australia Cox Architecture 2013 rank: 39 Country: Australia Last rank: 45 Architects employed: 289 It has been a year of significant market shifts for Cox, in terms of geography and typology. As uncertainty reigned in the Middle East, it shut one of its two ...

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    AS ARCHITECTURE-STUDIO

    2012-12-14T16:02:00Z

    Jinan Cultural Centre, China AS Architecture Studio 2013 rank: =73 Country: France Last ranking: 68 Architects employed: 150 Most of AS Architecture-Studio’s work came from Europe, China and the Middle East in 2012. In 2013 it is hoping to increase its presence in African markets. Its most significant projects included ...

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    HENN ARCHITEKTEN

    2012-12-14T16:02:00Z

    Nantong Sports Center, Nantong, China Henn 2013 rank: 41 Country: Germany Last rank: 44 Architects employed: 280 Following its spectacular success in scooping the 450m Haikou Tower in China from under the noses of Zaha Hadid, Will Alsop, Wilkinson Eyre and Broadway Malyan, this German practice has done it again. ...

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    WHITE ARKITEKTER

    2012-12-14T16:02:00Z

    Tele2 Arena, Stockholm White Arkitekter 2013 rank: 36 Country: Sweden Last rank: 34 Architects employed: 306 White doubled the number of countries out of which it operates when it opened offices in London and Oslo last year. Previously it only had studios in Sweden and Denmark. “Our foreign clients want ...

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    LINK ARKITEKTUR

    2012-12-14T16:02:00Z

    Northern Lights Cathedral, Alta, Norway Link Arkitektur 2013 rank: 6 Country: Norway Last ranking: 67 Architects employed: 177 Surely the prize for one of the most unusual projects in World Architecture this year goes to Link for its $20 million Northern Lights cathedral. The building, which will be consecrated in ...

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    ARUP

    2012-12-14T16:02:00Z

    Source: Arup Associates Singapore Sports Hub Arup 2013 rank: 47 Country: UK Last ranking: 60 Architects employed: 226 Things are looking significantly rosier for Arup after its annus horribilis in 2011, when it had to shed 670 staff after a number of key projects were cut by the UK ...

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    GVA & ASOCIADOS

    2012-12-14T16:02:00Z

    Central American World Trade Centre in Colombia GVA Asociados 2013 rank: =65 Country: Mexico Last ranking: 63 Architects employed: 160 The WA100’s only Mexican practice continued its overseas expansion, adding offices in Panama and the Dominican Republic. This followed the launch of its first foreign office, north of ...

  • Qatari embassy in Manila, Philippines, by Palafox.
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    PALAFOX ASSOCIATES

    2012-12-14T16:02:00Z

    Qatari embassy in Manila, Philippines, by Palafox. Palafox Associates 2013 rank: 92 Country: Philippines Last ranking: =89 Architects employed: 112 The Philippines’ second-biggest practice has been working on some interesting projects over the past year. It was commissioned by the American Battle Monuments Commission to masterplan and design the expansion ...

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    CP KUKREJA ASSOCIATES

    2012-12-14T16:02:00Z

    Sikka Dream Heights, Uttar Pradesh, India CP Kukreja Associates 2013 rank: 81 Country: India Last ranking: =79 Architects employed: 130 New Delhi-based CP Kukreja Associates was founded in 1969 as an architectural practice and has grown into a multi-disciplinary firm. It specialises in educational campuses and recently won the design ...

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    WILSON ASSOCIATES

    2012-12-14T16:02:00Z

    Park Hyatt Hotel, Abu Dhabi Wilson Associates 2013 rank: =73 Country: USA Last ranking: =75 Architects employed: 150 Luxury hotels account for nearly three-quarters of Wilson Associates’ work, with restaurants, resorts, casinos, boutique hotels and high-end residences — “including palaces” — making up the rest. This Texas-based practice mostly works ...

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    RTKL ASSOCIATES

    2012-12-14T16:02:00Z

    Baraya development Doha Qatar RTKL 2013 rank: 43 Country: USA Last ranking: 17 Architects employed: 269 RTKL has dubbed 2013 the Year of the Tower, and with good reason. It is set to complete no fewer than eight — seven in China and one in Indonesia — ranging in height ...

  • the 35,000-seat Nice stadium
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    WILMOTTE & ASSOCIES

    2012-12-14T16:02:00Z

    Wilmotte Associates 35,000-seat stadium in Nice, France Wilmotte Associes 2013 rank: 76 Country: France Last ranking: 70 Architects employed: 149 Wilmotte Associés works mainly in France, but is also designing one of the office buildings in London’s King’s Cross redevelopment. And the Parisian practice was shortlisted ...