All WA100 2013 articles

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    How to get the World Architecture 100 2013

    2012-12-27T15:20:00Z

    How to get your hands on a copy of the world’s only international architect rankings and find out who’s made it to number one in 2013

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    Features

    Prepare for a challenging trip

    2012-12-18T12:55:00Z

    Like seasoned backpackers, the practices that succeed in beating a path through the global market must be flexible, surefooted and keep an ear to the ground

  • Fletcher Rae, medical factory in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
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    Nigeria: business is booming

    2012-12-18T12:34:00Z

    A surging population and growth industries require more buildings

  • Sidell Gibson’s Medina Tower
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    Libya: calm after the storm

    2012-12-18T12:29:00Z

    Western architects are beginning to return to work after the disruption caused by the recent civil war

  • Hill International is project manager on the Al Anbar stadium in Al Anbar, Iraq.
    Features

    Iraq: tough challenge

    2012-12-18T12:26:00Z

    Building is booming but delivering projects is difficult and dangerous

  • Broadway Malyan’s Celebration Square
    Features

    India: compete to succeed

    2012-12-18T12:18:00Z

    Work in India can be frustrating and fee levels are competitive, but construction is growing fast

  • Cox Architecture’s Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum
    Features

    Australia: adapt for opportunity

    2012-12-18T12:11:00Z

    Despite a two-speed economy, opportunities are there for firms willing to adapt to local conditions

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    Best partners

    2012-12-18T12:06:00Z

    Surveyed architects give their verdicts on their favourite professional associates

  • Eco-hospital in Carcassonne, France, by AIA Associés.
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    AIA ARCHITECTES INGENIEURS

    2012-12-18T11:16:00Z

    Eco-hospital in Carcassonne, France, by AIA Associés. AIA Architectes Ingénieurs 2013 rank: 95 Country: France Last ranking: NEW Architects employed: 104 A welcome new entry from this French collective, established in Nantes more than 40 years ago but with its sights clearly set on the next 40. Last year it ...

  • UN Studio’s  Raffles City in Hangzhou, China.
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    UN STUDIO

    2012-12-14T16:33:00Z

    UN Studio 2013 rank: =97 Country: Netherlands Last rank: NEW Architects employed: 100 UN Studio’s Raffles City in Hangzhou, China. UN Studio’s arrival in the WA100 coincides with professorships in the US and Australia for the founders, Ben van Berkel and Caroline Bos. It also comes after the Dutch ...

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    SPACE MATRIX

    2012-12-14T16:29:00Z

    Crystal Tower, Mangalore Space Matrix 2013 rank: =88 Country: SINGAPORE Last ranking: NEW Architects employed: 120 Founded as a boutique design firm in 2001, Space Matrix has grown fast to enter the WA100 in just over a decade. Its 400 staff in 10 offices work across the Asia-Pacific region, from ...

  • Hames Sharley is working with Foster + Partners on the Belmont Racecourse master plan
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    HAMES SHARLEY

    2012-12-14T16:29:00Z

    Hames Sharley is working with Foster + Partners on the Belmont Racecourse master plan Hames Sharley 2013 rank: =93 Country: Australia Last rank: NEW Architects employed: 110 The Perth practice is the sixth-biggest earner in the Australasian region, with fee income of $50 million. Almost all its projects are in ...

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    PERKINS + WILL

    2012-12-14T16:15:00Z

    Principal Place Perkins + Will 2013 rank: 6 Country: USA Last rank: 7 (2011) Architects employed: 771 Perkins Will completed two significant mergers in 2012 that will strengthen its international focus. In June it merged with London-based Pringle Brandon to create new opportunities in Europe and the Middle ...

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    SKIDMORE OWINGS & MERRILL

    2012-12-14T16:15:00Z

    Al Hamra Tower, Kuwait Skidmore Owings Merrill 2013 rank: 19 Country: China (Hong Kong) Last rank: =25 Architects employed: 543 SOM got a slice of the London Olympics buzz in 2012 by designing a 135m cantilevered tower overlooking the Olympic Park. The 42-storey building, which will contain 248 ...

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    SINCLAIR KNIGHT MERZ

    2012-12-14T16:15:00Z

    Swinburne University of Technology with Wilkinson Eyre Sinclair Knight Merz 2013 rank: =83 Country: AUSTRALIA Last ranking: NEW Architects employed: 125 The Australian multi-disciplinary giant has 7,000 staff in 40 offices and fee income of A$1 billion (£654 million). Its architectural billings of $30 million+ and team of 125 are ...

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    HASSELL

    2012-12-14T16:15:00Z

    Waterbank, Perth, Australia Hassell 2013 rank: 31 Country: Australia Last ranking: 30 Architects employed: 395 Australian practice Hassell wants to expand in Europe and the Middle East and to that end has opened two offices in the UK in as many years — London and Cardiff. At the Welsh launch ...

  • Artist impression of with the Regional Rail Link project in Victoria, which GHD is working on with Aecom
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    GHD

    2012-12-14T16:15:00Z

    Artist impression of with the Regional Rail Link project in Victoria, which GHD is working on with Aecom GHD 2013 rank: =65 Country: Australia Last rank: NEW Architects employed: 160 Multi-disciplinary firm GHD works largely in the oil and gas, mining and transport sectors, but also has an architectural team. ...

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    CHAPMAN TAYLOR

    2012-12-14T16:15:00Z

    Liverpool Waters Chapman Taylor 2012 rank: 56 Country: Germany Last rank: 47 (in 2011) Architects employed: 198 It has been a bumper year for the London practice. Thanks largely to its international work, it saw profits climb 77% to £1.7 million on revenue up a quarter to £28 million. In ...

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    BENOY

    2012-12-14T16:15:00Z

    Westfield Shopping Centre, London Benoy 2013 rank: 48 Country: UK Last rank: =92 (2011) Architects employed: 223 Benoy, one of the UK’s 10 biggest practices, increased its overall staff by a quarter and its pre-tax profit by more than 80% in 2011, though fee income remained roughly steady at £60 ...

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    RSP ARCHITECTS

    2012-12-14T16:15:00Z

    Source: Capita Mall Asia Capita Mall, Jurong RSP Architects 2013 rank: =12 Country: Singapore Last rank: 10= (in 2011) Architects employed: 640 Founded as Raglan Squire Partners in 1956, the practice is now one of the largest in Asia. Last year it picked up work on a vast ...