All WA100 2012 articles
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FeaturesQatar: star of the Middle East
The Gulf state’s growth is largely for the sake of the country rather than to satisfy developers’ egos
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FeaturesBrazil: tough challenge
The Brazilian economy may be booming, but the construction market is also largely self-contained
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Information - BDNATIONAL ENGINEERING BUREAU
National Engineering Bureau2012 rank: 97Country: UAELast rank: 92=Architects employed: 85Al Jasmine Hotel, JeddahNEB is one of five practices sharing the bottom spot in this year’s Top 100, with 85 architects apiece. Which, the sharp-eyed will notice, means there are actually 101 practices in this year’s chart. The Emirati practice is ...
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Information - BD10 DESIGN
1O Design2012 rank: 97Country: UK / China (HONG KONG)Last rank: NewArchitects employed: 8510 Design’s winning scheme for Dalian Library, China.10 Design was founded just a year ago but is already claiming to have £3 billion of projects on its books, most of them in China. But so far its actual ...
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Information - BDKMD ARCHITECTS
KMD Architects2012 rank: 97Country: USALast rank: 98Architects employed: 85Arena Ciudad de MexicoOne-sixth of KMD Architects’ $30 million+ income is from criminal justice projects and last year it picked up a new commission in the sector: the San Diego County Women’s Detention Facility.Much of the practice’s work is in the southern ...
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Information - BDDAR SSH INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING
Dar SSH International engineering2012 rank: 97Country: KuwaitLast rank: 52Architects employed: 85Dar SSH International’s United Tower in the Sharq district of Kuwait City.Kuwaiti practice Dar SSH International Engineering marked its golden anniversary by losing nearly 100 architects.This was partly due to the completion of its contract project but mainly because so ...
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Information - BDKASIAN
Kasian2012 rank: = 97Country: CanadaLast rank: 90=Architects employed: 85Jim Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgery Centre, Surrey, BCAs well as its four Canadian offices, Kasian has global outposts in Shanghai, Abu Dhabi and Mumbai. Through these it has recently won commercial projects in Nanjing and Qatar, though India is looking a ...
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FeaturesTurkey: away from the storm
The aspiring EU member has had the highest growth of any country
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FeaturesHASSELL
HassellRank: 30Country: AustraliaLast rank: 33Architects employed: 384Darwin Waterfront Master PlanHassell is Australasia’s biggest practice in terms of fee income. The $94 million it earned from the region last year dwarfs next-placed Woods Bagot (14), though the latter is bigger on the global stage.The Ecosciences Precinct in Brisbane, AustraliaMost of the ...
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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 ...