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Information - BDHKS
HKSRank: 33Country: USALast rank: 16Architects employed: 362Dallas-based HKS is one of the world’s most successful sports stadium designers, though its $9 million of billings is a long way behind market leader Populous’s $70 million.HKS Phoenix Childrens HospitalAnd, though it has lost architects in the last year and fallen a little ...
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Information - BDKUME SEKKEI
Kume SekkeiRank: 32Country: JapanLast rank: 31Architects employed: 369Redcross building, JapanOne of the world’s most profitable urban designers last year, Kume Sekkei is also one of the big six earners in the Pacific Rim region, with $132 million of billings.QingdaoThis is perhaps little surprise when you consider that the Tokyo-based practice ...
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Information - BDNBBJ
NBBJRank: 31Country: USALast rank: 28Architects employed: 378NBBJ is the world’s second-biggest healthcare practice and this is largely what it is known for.Tencent HQ in Shenzhen, China.But its highest-profile win last year was a new corporate headquarters for top-three internet company Tencent in Shenzhen, China.The towers of the 270,000sq m development ...
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Information - BDTENGBOM ARCHITECTS
Tengbom ArchitectsRank: 28=Country: SwedenLast rank: NEWArchitects employed: 400Sino-Swedish Eco-City WuxiOne of this year’s highest new entries, Tengbom is riding a six-year wave of 30% annual growth. The firm was founded over 100 years ago in Stockholm, where many of its buildings, like the concert hall and Högalid church, are local ...
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Information - BDCALLISON
CallisonRank: 28=Country: USALast rank: 19Architects employed: 400Callison’s MixC retail center in HangzhouCallison has seen some organisational changes over the past year, starting with the appointment in January of John Jastrem as chairman and CEO. His strategy for the Seattle-based practice is to “align resources with marketplace demand”.Cabela’s retailSince Callison is ...
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Information - BDKOHN PEDERSEN FOX
Kohn Pedersen FoxRank: 27Country: USALast rank: 66Architects employed: 405New Songdu South Korea masterplanKPF is New York’s biggest architect, says managing principal Paul Katz, and is growing in every market in which it operates.Its strategy is to chase projects in the centres of global cities and in recent months it has ...
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Information - BDHOK
HOKRank: 26Country: UK/USALast rank: 23Architects employed: 422Baku Flame Towers by HOKHOK was founded in St Louis, Missouri, in 1955 but call it American and you’ll get a lecture on its global spread. It has 17 offices in North America, 13 in Europe and seven in Asia and the Middle East.Over ...
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Information - BDNIHON SEKKEI
Nihon SekkeiRank: 24=Country: JapanLast ranking: 30Architects employed: 427IBM’s Makuhari Building, JapanFee income continues to rise steadily at Japan’s second-biggest practice, reaching $190-199 million last year. Architect numbers also went up, contributing to a healthy trot into the upper 25% of the WA 100.Although it lags a long way behind ...
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JACOBS
JacobsRank: 24=Country: USA/UKLast ranking: NEWArchitects employed: 427The Pasadena-based multi-disciplinary engineering giant has been in the game for more than 60 years. It is one of the world’s largest providers of professional technical services, with reported revenues in 2010 of nearly $10 billion.Jacobs has 20 offices in North America and ...
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PERKINS EASTMAN
Perkins EastmanRank: 23Country: USALast ranking: 22Architects employed: 435Despite remaining almost static in the WA 100 rankings, it has been a good year for Perkins Eastman. It has snapped up two other practices — Ehrenkrantz Eckstut & Kuhn Architects and Janson & Tsai Design — although the number of architects ...
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Information - BDSMITHGROUP JJR
FirstAutomotive ChinaSmithGroup JJRRank: 21Country: USALast ranking: 29Architects employed: 440With all 10 of its offices in the US, it is little wonder that SmithGroup JJR collects most of its $110 million+ fees in North America.The Integrated Education Building (IEB),ChicagoSimilarly, healthcare is the sector it majors in. Given its regular appearance in ...
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Information - BDSTANTEC
University of Toronto at Scarborough, CanadaStantecRank: 22Country: CanadaLast ranking: 32Architects employed: 436The Canadian giant continues to outperform its even bigger compatriot, IBI Group (4), in terms of fee income although it has less than half the number of architects.In 2011 Stantec took fees of $190 million+ while IBI earned between ...
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Information - BDRTKL ASSOCIATES
RTKL’s Baraya development in Doha, QatarRTKL2012 rank: 17Country: USALast ranking: 27Architects employed: 503RTKL-UK was named best financial performer in a league table of property industry consultants in December, capping a good year for the multi-disciplinary firm. It earned £190,000 for every UK employee, according to the survey compiled by Building ...
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Information - BDAEDAS
Olympia 66 retail development in Wusi Lu in the XigangAedas2012 rank: 1Country: UK/China/USALast ranking: 2Architects employed: 1,497 Aedas has seized the prize marked World’s Largest Practice after three years in the number two spot in the WA100. Its triumph was a result of phenomenal growth in Asia where turnover increased ...
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Information - BDAECOM
Aecom2012 rank: 2Country: USALast rank: 1Architects employed: 1,390Aecom’s masterplan for the King Khalid Medical City in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, is focused on a 1,000-bed hospital. Aecom has been knocked off the top spot after just one year of glory. But the vast multidisciplinary corporation can reassure itself that at 45,000, ...
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Information - BDGENSLER
Gensler2012 rank: 3Country: USALast ranking: 3Architects employed: 1,223It might be a couple of hundred architects off this year’s prize but Gensler is still delivering a chart-topping performance.It is number one in no fewer than six sectors — urban design ($25 million of fee income), leisure ($43 million), hotels ($52 million), ...
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Information - BDNIKKEN SEKKEI
The Bank of Chengdu by Nikken SekkeiNikken Sekkei2012 rank: 5Country: JapanLast ranking: 4Architects employed: 1,059 Most Japanese people will be entering 2012 with a sense of relief, as the nation continues to rebuild itself — physically and spiritually — after March’s devastating earthquake and tsunami.Sony Building near the West Gate ...
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Information - BDIBI GROUP
IBI Group’s McGill University Health Centre (MUHC)IBI Group2012 rank: 4Country: CanadaLast ranking: 5Architects employed: 1,129 IBI Group is Canada’s biggest practice by a long way, with well over twice the number of architects of its nearest Canadian rival, Stantec (22). However, its $160 million+ fee income is actually smaller than ...
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Information - BDFOSTER & PARTNERS
Masterplan for West KowloonFoster & Partners2012 rank: 6Country: UKLast ranking: 9Architects employed: 879Britain’s two big guns are travelling in opposite directions this year, with Foster & Partners emerging the emphatic winner. By taking on as many architects as RMJM (13) has shed, it has seized the title of Britain’s largest ...
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Information - BDDP ARCHITECTS
DP Architects2012 rank: 7Country: SingaporeLast ranking: 13Architects employed: 820DP Architects has designed the Singapore University of Technology and Design with UN Studio.The only Singapore practice in this year’s survey, DP Architects took on more than 200 architects in 2011, though its fee income has dropped slightly. So far its ...