All Building Design articles in WA100 2011 – Page 3
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Valode & Pistre Architects
Position in WA100 2011: 50Country: FranceLast ranking: 53Architects employed: 190Website: www.v-p.comContact detailsParis115, Rue du BacParis, France 75007FranceTel: +3 315 363 2200 France’s biggest practice, Valode & Pistre, has had a good year. It reports growth in China, where it is building the New Shenzhen Hospital, the Shimao Tower in Fuzhou, ...
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Leigh & Orange
Position in WA100 2011: =45Country: China (Hong Kong)Last ranking: 45 (2009)Architects employed: 230Website: www.leighorange.comContact detailsHong Kong979 King’s Road19/F East Warwick House, Taikoo PlaceQuarry Bay, Hong Kong, 852ChinaTel: +8 522 899 9373 The historic Hong Kong practice has designed some of the territory’s most prominent buildings since its creation in 1874, ...
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Biggest fallers
With Aecom storming into the number one spot and the recession taking its toll, these practices have fallen the most places down the Top 100 table this year.
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Top 10 new entries
This year the World Architecture 100 welcomed a number of new entries. These are the top 10 practices who’ve jumped into the big league.
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FeaturesThe rewards are here
Old assumptions about everything to do with running a successful business have fallen apart – and that includes a global practice. This is what makes our survey so fascinating.
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FeaturesArchitects find their way in the shifting sands of the global marketplace
Practices still have confidence in countries such as China and India, but they are more cautious about regions such as the Middle East and South America.
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FeaturesBuilding bridges within the construction industry
In tough times architects’ relationships with others in the construction industry is even more important, but like a good marriage, it has to work both ways.
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Woodhead
Position in WA100 2011: 49Country: AustraliaLast ranking: 35Architects employed: 205Website: www.woodhead.com.auContact detailsSydney343 Pacific HighwayNorth SydneySydney, Australia 2060AustraliaTel: +6 129 964 9500 Ranked number five in the world in the defence sector by fees, the Australian practice Woodhead will complete two military projects in its home country this year.It is also ...
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Sweco
Position in WA100 2011: 18Country: SwedenLast ranking: 21Architects employed: 530Website: www.sweco.seContact detailsStockholmGjörwellsgatan 22Sweden 10026SwedenTel: +46 (0) 8 695 6000Fax: +46 (0) 8 695 6010 Once again the highest-ranking Scandinavian architect in our table, Sweco has increased its number of architects by 130 in the last year.The Stockholm-based practice specialises in ...
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Stantec
Position in WA100 2011: 32Country: CanadaLast ranking: 22Architects employed: 362Website: www.stantec.comContact detailsEdmonton10160 112 StreetEdmonton, Canada T5K 1L6CanadaTel: +1 604 696 8224 Stantec, the smaller of the two Canadian practices in the Top 100, snapped up UK-based Anshen & Allen (73 in our 2010 survey) in August to beef up its ...
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SmithGroup
Position in WA100 2011: 29Country: USALast ranking: 19Architects employed: 396Website: www.smithgroup.comContact detailsDetroit500 Griswold StreetSuite 1700Detroit, MI 48226USATel: +1 313 442 8460 SmithGroup is the oldest continuously practising architecture firm in the US, with 11 offices across the country. Its slogan is: “Client relationships older than our interns.”Perhaps that sense of ...
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RTKL
Position in WA100 2011: 27Country: USALast ranking: 15Architects employed: 400Website: www.rtkl.comContact detailsBaltimore901 South Broad StreetBaltimore, MD 21231USATel: +1 214 468 7713 RTKL has come a long way since it was started by two friends in a basement in Annapolis back in 1946. It is now the biggest architect in retail, ...
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Sheppard Robson
Position in WA100 2011: =64Country: UKLast ranking: =74Architects employed: 162Website: www.sheppardrobson.comContact detailsLondon77 ParkwayCamden TownLondon NW1 7PUUKTel: +44 (0)207 504 1700 Two pieces of news from last year demonstrate the range of this major UK practice, one of the few to rise up the rankings this year. In November it handed ...
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RMJM
Position in WA100 2011: 8Country: UKLast ranking: 5Architects employed: 746Website: www.rmjm.comContact detailsEdinburgh10 Bells BraeEdinburgh, EH4 3BJUKTel: +44 131 225 2532Fax: +44 131 226 5117 RMJM is the biggest practice in the UK, a title it has earnt by working on major projects all over the world from its 17 global ...
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Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart
Position in WA100 2011: 96Country: USALast ranking: 29 (2008)Architects employed: 89 Website: www.srssa.comContact detailsAtlantaOne Piedmont Center3565 Piedmont Road, Suite 303Atlanta, Georgia 30305 USAUSATel: +1 404-233-5453Fax: +1 404-264-0929 The Atlanta-based practice grew from 182 architects to more than 300 between 2006 and 2008, being rewarded with a position in the Top ...
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Populous
Position in WA100 2011: =36Country: UKLast ranking: 44Architects employed: 300 Website: www.populous.comContact detailsLondon14 Blades CourtDeodar RoadLondon SW15 2NUUKTel: +44 (0)20 8874 7666 Aedas has hung on to second place in the Top 100 for the third year in a row without increasing its architectural staff by many. But with so ...
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Perkins & Will
Position in WA100 2011: 7Country: USALast ranking: 17Architects employed: 761Website: www.perkinswill.comContact detailsChicago33 North Wabash AvenueSuite 3600Chicago, IL 60611USATel: +1 312 755 0770Fax: +1 312 755 0775 Perkins & Will is back in the top 10 for the first time since 2007 despite having one of the smallest number of overseas ...