All Building Design articles in WA100 2011 – Page 4

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    PageSoutherlandPage

    2010-12-16T00:00:00Z

    Position in WA100 2011: 80Country: USALast ranking: 77Architects employed: 120Website: www.pspaec.comContact detailsHouston1100 LouisianaSuite 1Houston, TX 77002USATel: +1 713 871 8484 Texas-based PageSoutherlandPage has several offices in the Middle East but concentrates its efforts on the US. Last year, the practice earned $60.8 million from North America and a tiny but ...

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    Nikken Sekkei

    2010-12-16T00:00:00Z

    Position in WA100 2011: 4Country: JapanLast ranking: 1Architects employed: 1,073Website: www.nikken.co.jpContact detailsTokyoChiyoda-ku 2-18-3 Iidabashi102-8117 JapanTel: +8 1 3 6893 3055 Fax: +8 1 3 5226 3052Japan’s biggest practice never manages to hang on to first place for long, but nor is it ever far from the top. The 111-year-old Nikken ...

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    Nihon Sekkei

    2010-12-16T00:00:00Z

    Position in WA100 2011: 30Country: JapanLast ranking: 20 (2009)Architects employed: 379Website: www.nihonsekkei.co.jpContact detailsTokyoNishi-ShinjUKu, ShinjUKu Mitsui Bldg 2-1-1Tokyo, 163-0430JapanTel: +8 133 42 0730 Japan’s second-biggest architect, Nihon Sekkei, is back down to exactly where it was in 2007 in terms of architect numbers, though it has increased its fee income from ...

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    NBBJ

    2010-12-16T00:00:00Z

    Position in WA100 2011: 28Country: USALast ranking: 20Architects employed: 398Website: www.nbbj.comContact detailsSeattle223 Yale Avenue NorthSeattle, WA 98109USATel: +1 206 223 5555 Last year started well for the Seattle-based firm which acquired two practices in the spring: Boston’s Chan Krieger Sieniewicz and Fisher-Friedman Associates in San Francisco. However, it ended 2010 ...

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    Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

    2010-12-16T00:00:00Z

    Position in WA100 2011: =25Country: USALast ranking: 16Architects employed: 403Website: www.som.comContact detailsChicago224 Michigan AvenueSuite 1000Chicago, IL 60604USATel: +1 312 554 9090 Last year began with all the razzmatazz surrounding the opening of the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. The year also saw the completion of the 71-storey ...

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    Ronald Lu & Partners

    2010-12-16T00:00:00Z

    Position in WA100 2011: 43Country: China (Hong Kong)Last ranking: 81Architects employed: 243 Website: www.rlphk.comContact detailsHong Kong213 Queen’s Road East33/F Wu Chung House Wanchai, Hong KongChinaTel: +8 522 891 2212 It is only the second year Ronald Lu has been in the Top 100 and already it has powered into the ...

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    Wong Tung & Partners Ltd

    2010-12-16T00:00:00Z

    Position in WA100 2011: 54Country: China (Hong Kong)Last ranking: 49Architects employed: 177Website: www.wongtung.comContact detailsHong KongCityplaza 35/FTaikoo Shing, Hong KongChinaTel: +8 522 803 9888 Completing Beijing’s tallest building was a highlight of 2010 for the Hong Kong-based practice which worked on the China World Tower with SOM.Looking to the future, Wong ...

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    Kume Sekkei

    2010-12-16T00:00:00Z

    Position in WA100 2011: 31Country: JapanLast ranking: 27Architects employed: 364Website: www.kumesekkei.co.jpContact detailsTokyo2-1-22 ShiomiKoto-kuTokyo, Japan 135-8567JapanTel: +8 135 632 7802 Kume Sekkei spent 2010 pushing into overseas markets, namely China and Vietnam, a strategy that will continue this year. Well-placed to exploit emerging Asian markets, it has bullish plans to increase ...

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    Kasian

    2010-12-16T00:00:00Z

    Position in WA100 2011: =90Country: CanadaLast ranking: 78Architects employed: 94Website: www.kasian.comContact detailsVancouver1555 West Pender StreetSuite 300Vancouver, Canada V6G 2T1CanadaTel: +1 604-683-4145 Kasian has a track record in public-private partnership projects, such as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police headquarters and the historic Calgary Courts Centre. Last year the practice worked mostly ...

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    Jestico & Whiles

    2010-12-16T00:00:00Z

    Position in WA100 2011: =100Country: UKLast ranking: n/aArchitects employed: 79 Website: www.jesticowhiles.comContact detailsLondon1 Coburg StreetLondon, NW1 2HPUKTel: +44 (0)20 7380 0382Fax: +44 (0)87 0622 0732 Education is Jestico & Whiles’ specialism and the sector remained surprisingly strong for it in 2010.It was ranked 51st in the world for the sector, ...

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    KEO International

    2010-12-16T00:00:00Z

    Position in WA100 2011: 38Country: KuwaitLast ranking: 33Architects employed: 288 Website: www.keoic.comContact detailsSafatP.O.Box 3679Kuwait 13037KuwaitTel: +9 652 461 6000 The Kuwait practice has been knocked off last year’s top spot as biggest earner in the Middle East by UAE’s National Engineering Bureau although the latter has 30% fewer architects. KEO ...

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    HOK

    2010-12-16T00:00:00Z

    Position in WA100 2011: 23Country: USALast ranking: 4Architects employed: 427Website: www.hok.comContact detailsSt. Louis211 North BroadwaySuite 700St. Louis, MO 63102USATel: +1 314 421 2000 It’s a big fall for last year’s number 4. HOK now employs fewer than half the architects it did in 2009. But vice-chairman Clark Davis is confident ...

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    HBO+EMTB

    2010-12-16T00:00:00Z

    Position in WA100 2011: 41Country: AustraliaLast ranking: 32Architects employed: 278 Website: www.hboemtb.comContact detailsSydney75 Elizabeth StLevel 3Sydney, Australia 2000AustraliaTel: +61 2 8226 2000 Australia’s second biggest practice, HBO+EMTB was predicting some of the biggest profits in 2010 — $12 million. But despite gaining architects last year and being one of the ...

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    Hassell

    2010-12-16T00:00:00Z

    Position in WA100 2011: 33Country: AustraliaLast ranking: 25Architects employed: 357Website: www.hassell.com.auContact detailsMelbourne61 Little Collins StreetMelbourne, Australia 3000AustraliaTel: +6 138 102 3000 Australia’s biggest practice has held steady in terms of architect numbers in the last year. Sydney-based Hassell opened an office in Singapore last year and completed a number of ...

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    Schmidt Hammer Lassen

    2010-12-16T00:00:00Z

    Position in WA100 2011: 99Country: DenmarkLast ranking: 93Architects employed: 81 Website: www.shl.dkContact detailsAarhusAaboulevarden 37PO box 51178000 Aarhus CDenmarkTel: +45 86 20 19 00Fax: +45 86 18 45 13 It has been a good year for Schmidt Hammer Lassen, which is building the €190 million headquarters for the International Criminal Court ...

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    GVA

    2010-12-16T00:00:00Z

    Position in WA100 2011: 63Country: MexicoLast ranking: 50Architects employed: 163Website: www.gva.com.mxContact detailsGuadalajaraAurelio Ortega 764Guadalajara, Mexico 45150MexicoTel: +52 33 38360101 GVA’s receipts from South and Central America may have fallen marginally to $21 million but that hasn’t stopped the Mexican practice from become the biggest earner in the continent. It is ...

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    IBI Group

    2010-12-16T00:00:00Z

    Position in WA100 2011:Country: CanadaLast ranking: =6Architects employed: 970Website: www.ibigroup.comContact detailsToronto230 Richmond Street West5th FloorToronto, ON M5V 1V6CanadaTel: +1 416 596 1930Fax: +1 416 596 0644 IBI’s place in the sun — 25 places above its nearest Canadian rival, Stantec — is down to it employing nearly three times as ...

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    GMP

    2010-12-16T00:00:00Z

    Position in WA100 2011: 24Country: GermanyLast ranking: n/aArchitects employed: 423Website: www.gmp-architekten.deContact detailsHamburgElbchaussee 139Hamburg, Germany 22763GermanyTel: +49 40 881510 The beautiful game is proving a beautiful source of income for GMP and has helped launch it into the Top 100 for the first time. The practice behind three of South Africa’s ...

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    Gensler

    Position in WA100 2011: 3Country: USA Last ranking: 3 Architects employed: 1,092 Website: www.gensler.comContact detailsSan Francisco 2 Harrison Street Suite 400 San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Tel: +1 415.433.3700 Fax: +1 415.836.4599London Aldgate House 33 Aldgate High Street London EC3N 1AH UK Tel: +44 (0)20 7073 9600 Fax: +44 (0)20 ...

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    Foster & Partners

    2010-12-16T00:00:00Z

    Position in WA100 2011: 9Country: UKLast ranking: =6Architects employed: 712 Website: www.fosterandpartners.comContact detailsLondon22 Hester RoadRiversideLondon SW11 4ANUKTel: +44 (0)207 738 0455Fax: +44 (0)20 7738 1107Foster & Partners starts 2011 with some of the highest-profile projects on earth on its books.It was the firm that designed the Lusail Stadium, which helped ...