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Allies & Morrison
Allies + Morrison’s Glasshouse Gardens development in East London’s Olympic Park site. 2014 rank: 83 Country: UK Last ranking: 65= Architects employed: 118 Allies Morrison has had a battle on its hands in London, with its proposed 41-storey residential tower at Elephant Castle held up by ...
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Aedas
The Star, Singapore, by Aedas 2014 rank: 5 Country: China/UK Last ranking: 5 Architects employed: 919 Aedas maintains its position after falling from the top spot last year, a result of the treacherous European economy. Since 2008 the practice’s work in Europe has declined by more than 35%. China, on ...
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Stantec
The redeveloped Lynden Pindling International airport at Nassau, the Bahamas, designed by Stantec 2014 rank: 24 Country: Canada Last ranking: 11 Architects employed: 426 With 34 offices across Canada and the USA, Stantec is a behemoth of the North American architecture industry. The practice is most active in the commercial ...
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SSH
SSH’s competition-winning scheme for a new GulfBank headquarters in Algiers 2014 rank: 95 Country: Kuwait Last ranking: New Architects employed: 100 SSH may be one of Kuwait’s oldest design firms but it makes its debut into the top 100 this year after appointing a new management team and announcing plans ...
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PRP
PRP’s Laugharne Park Wales 2014 rank: 79 Country: UK Last ranking: 90 Architects employed: 131 Increased activity in the UK housing sector has meant a good year for PRP — the firm jumps 11 places in this year’s survey. Developing a specialism in homes for the elderly appears to be ...
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Perkins & Will
Source: Christopher Barnes Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Campus by Perkins + Will 2014 rank: 6 Country: USA Last ranking: 6 Architects employed: 888 It has been a solid year for Perkins Will, which maintains its position just outside the top five. The decision to merge ...
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PBK
Mary Carroll High School in Corpus Christi, Texas by PBK 2014 rank: 81 Country: USA Last ranking: 86= Architects employed: 121 Schools remain the bread and butter of PBK’s business. The practice completed a host of education facilities in 2013, mostly in Texas, and 2014 looks likely to be a ...
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Page Southerland Page
Source: Casey Dunn VA Outpatient Clinic in Austin, Texas by Page Southerland Page 2014 rank: 80 Country: USA Last ranking: 83= Architects employed: 130 Texas-based Page Southerland Page maintains its reputation as the pre-eminent designer of US embassies. The practice recently completed the Dakar embassy in Senegal and is this ...
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Nihon Sekkei
2014 rank: 21= Country: Japan Last ranking: 25 Architects employed: 440 Japan’s second-largest practice is increasingly focusing on international growth. Nihon Sekkei last year opened the 40-storey, 170,000sq m Agribank headquarters in Hanoi, and completion of that sizeable project will no doubt provide a boost to the firm’s ongoing efforts ...
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NBBJ
Amazon campus, Seattle, USA by NBBJ 2014 rank: 26 Country: USA Last ranking: 29= Architects employed: 414 Widely known as a healthcare specialist, NBBJ has been turning its attentions elsewhere in the last 12 months. Managing partner Scott Wyatt says corporate offices are playing an increasingly important role in providing ...
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Jacobs
2014 rank: 17 Country: UK / USA Last ranking: 18 Architects employed: The architecture work conducted by Jacobs reflects the company’s status as a world engineering giant and tends to involve transport and infrastructure. 2013 saw the completion of the £2 billion Blackfriars Station project in London, for which Jacobs ...
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HOK
HOK designed a series of residential and mixed-use towers within New Songdo City, a new business district in Incheon, South Korea called “the world’s smartest city.” 2014 rank: 12 Country: USA Last ranking: 8 Architects employed: 669 Infrastructure projects remain the focus for HOK, which says it expects to ...
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HKS
NBBJ and HKS’ Royal Liverpool Hospital 2014 rank: 25 Country: USA Last ranking: 37= Architects employed: 423 HKS may work on a wide range of projects but healthcare continues to contribute a considerable proportion of the practice’s fee income on both sides of the Atlantic. Notable projects include the expansion ...
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HBO+EMTB
The new headquarters for Football NSW in Sydney, Australia, by HBO+EMTB 2014 rank: 43 Country: Australia Last ranking: 42 Architects employed: 279 “Our move into Asia has proven a fillip in maintaining our core team in Australia during the post-‘mineral boom’ period,” says HBO+EMTB managing director Kevin Fitzgerald. Projects for ...
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IBI Group
IBI Group’s 88 Scott Street - a 53-storey residential tower in Toronto 2014 rank: 4 Country: Canada Last ranking: 3 Architects employed: 1,035 IBI Group may have dropped a place in the world rankings but it retains its position as Canada’s largest practice by far. Projects in North America ...
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SHW Group
The Mary Idema Pew Library at Grand Valley State University, Michigan, by SHW Group 2014 rank: 85 Country: USA Last ranking: 86= (2012) Architects employed: 111 Public education projects in the USA provide the vast majority of SHW Group’s work — and have propelled the practice into this year’s top ...
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Gensler
The Shanghai skyline with its tallest tower 2014 rank: 1 Country: USA Last ranking: 2 Architects employed: 1,468 The world’s biggest architect. It’s a highly prized title, which is this year reclaimed by Gensler. Since losing the crown it previously held in 2009, the US giant has always been ...
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Foster & Partners
425 Park Avenue, New York, by Foster Partners 2014 rank: 14 Country: UK Last ranking: 10 Architects employed: 630 Foster Partners retains its position as Britain’s largest practice — and despite slipping out of the top 10 in this year’s survey, it has not been a bad year ...
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Perkins Eastman
Target Field Station, Minneapolis, USA by Perkins Eastman 2014 rank: 20 Country: USA Last ranking: 22 Architects employed: 485 Perkins Eastman started work on two major projects in New York last year: the world’s largest ferris wheel on Staten Island and a 16-storey building for the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. ...