THE WORLD’S LARGEST ARCHITECTURE PRACTICES JANUARY 2016
The big list WA100 is BD’s annual survey of the world’s largest practices ranked by the number of fee-earning architects they employ. This year, US architects dominate the top 20, and there’s a new number one …
RANK 2016
RANK 2015 NEW
PRACTICE NAME
COUNTRY
ARCHITECTS EMPLOYED
FEE INCOME (US $MILLION)
1 2
3 1
Gensler AECOM
USA USA
2,299 2,100
$900-1bn $400-499m
3 4 5 6 7
2 4 6 7 5
Nikken Sekkei Perkins+Will HDR Woods Bagot Aedas
Japan USA USA Australia China
1,700 1,135 975 898 890
$400-499m $290-299m $270-279m $160-169m $200-209m
8 9
8 11
IBI Group HOK
Canada USA
836 829
$210-219m $270-279m
10 11 12
9 23 10
P&T Architects and Engineers CallisonRTKL DP Architects
China USA Singapore
800 751 720
$160-169m $330-339m $100-109m
13 14 15=
12 16 13
Jacobs Foster + Partners Sweco
USA UK Sweden
700 666 650
$400-499m $220-229m
15= 17 18
14 18 29=
White Arkitekter Perkins Eastman Architects HKS
Sweden USA USA
650 617 591
$100-109m $170-179m $210-219m
19 20 21
15 21 19
Samoo Architects & Engineers Kohn Pedersen Fox Junglim Architecture
South Korea USA South Korea
584 555 549
$230-239m $150-159m $80-89m
22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
26 22 20 24 17 29= 27= 27= 35
Stantec Tengbom Cannon Design Nihon Sekkei Heerim Architects & Planners SmithGroupJJR Haeahn Architecture GMP DLR Group
Canada Sweden USA Japan South Korea USA South Korea Germany USA
496 482 475 461 444 439 425 422 382
$290-299m
31 32 33 34
31 37 32=
ATP Architects Engineers ZGF Architects Kume Sekkei
Austria USA Japan
380 379 376
$70-79m $80-89m $90-99m
Kunwon Architects Planners & Engineers
Korea
366
$50-59m
35 36 37 38 39 40 41
49 25 38 36 42 32= 41
Atkins NBBJ Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei Leigh & Orange HPP Architects BDP KEO International Consultants
UK USA Japan China Germany UK Kuwait
352 344 330 322 313 311 297
$130-139m $160-169m $130-139m $70-79m $30-39m $60-69m $150-159m
42 43 44
40 46 45
Sunjin Engineering & Architecture Hyundai Architects & Engineers Cox Architecture
South Korea South Korea Australia
296 275 263
$70-79m $70-79m $70-79m
45 46 47
50 55 52
Dewan Architects & Engineers Chapman Taylor ACXT-IDOM
UAE UK Spain
253 250 241
$60-69m $40-49m $50-59m
•
$130-139m $140-149m $180-189m $140-149m $60-69m $80-89m $150-159m
REGIONAL TOP 10
Where in the world? The top architectural ďŹ rms in each global region ranked by fee income
Australasia: 203 North Terrace in Adelaide by GHD Woodhead is a 23-storey residential tower and adapted listed building.
Central Europe: Boehringer Ingelheim research institute for molecular pathology in Vienna by ATP.
AFRICA
CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE
RANK 2016
PRA PRACTICE
COUNTRY
FEE INCOME
RANK
US $MILLION
2016
FEE INCOME PRACTICE PRA
COUNTRY
US $MILLION
1
Page
USA
21.5
1
HDR
USA
24.7
2
Boogertman + Partners
South Africa
17.4
2
Heerim
South Korea
19.0
3
ACXT-IDOM
Spain
9.0
3
Gensler G
USA
18.6
4
Broadway Malyan
UK
6.7
4
ATP
Austria
16.0
5
Perkins Eastman
USA
6.1
5
CallisonRTKL Ca
USA
15.2
6
Saraiva + Associados
Portugal
5.5
6
Chapman Taylor
UK
14.8
7
Jacobs J
USA
5.0
7
Foster + Partners
UK
12.0
8
Gensler G
USA
4.3
8
Page
USA
6.5
9
SAOTA
South Africa
4.0
9
HOK
USA
5.0
10
AECOM
USA
3.0
10
IBI Group
Canada
4.0
AUSTRALASIA RANK 2016 PRA PRACTICE
CENTRAL ASIA (incl. India) COUNTRY
FEE INCOME US $MILLION
RANK 2016 PRACTICE PRA
COUNTRY
FEE INCOME US $MILLION 27.9
1
Woods Bagot
Australia
68.0
1
Gensler G
USA
2
Cox Architecture
Australia
49.0
2
J Jacobs
USA
20.0
3
Buchan Group
Australia
44.8
3
Steelman Partners
USA
15.0 14.9
4
J Jacobs
USA
35.0
4
Nikken Sekkei
Japan
5
Bates Smart
Australia
31.2
5
CallisonRTKL Ca
USA
12.5
6
GHD Woodhead
Australia
29.5
6
P&T
China
12.5 8.8
7
HDR
USA
21.9
7
CP Kukreja
India
8
Warren and Mahoney
New Zealand
18.6
8
Page
USA
8.7
9
Ha Hayball
Australia
17.2
9
Foster + Partners
UK
7.0
10
Thomson Adsett
Australia
15.8
10
DSP Design Associates
India
6.7
MARKET SECTORS TOP 10
Project types The top architecture practices in each market sector ranked by fee income
SmithGroupJJR is designing the National Hurricane Museum & Science Center in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Completion is due in 2018.
CULTURE
EDUCATION
RANK 2016
PRA PRACTICE
COUNTRY
FEE INCOME
RANK
$US MILLION
2016
PRACTICE PRA
COUNTRY
$US MILLION
FEE INCOME
1
SSH
Bahrain
21.7
1
DLR Group
USA
74.5
2
Gensler
USA
21.5
2
Stantec
Canada
68.2
3
HDR
USA
13.7
3
PBK
USA
44.8
4
AXS Satow
Japan
10.9
4
Perkins + Will
USA
43.2
5=
Populous
USA
10.0
5
Cannon Design
USA
35.4
5=
VOA Associates
USA
10.0
6
HDR
USA
32.9
7
SmithGroupJJR
USA
9.1
7
Gensler
USA
32.2
8
ACXT-IDOM
Spain
9.0
8
IBI Group
Canada
31.7
9
Samoo
South Korea
8.6
9
Nikken Sekkei
Japan
31.2
10
Cox Architecture
Australia
7.0
10
Samoo
South Korea
20.9
ELDERLY LIVING
GOVERNMENT
RANK 2016 PRA PRACTICE
COUNTRY
FEE INCOME $US MILLION
RANK 2016 PRACTICE PRA
COUNTRY
FEE INCOME $US MILLION
1
Perkins Eastman
USA
33.0
1
AECOM
USA
158.0
2
Thomson Adsett
Australia
8.0
2
Page
USA
47.3
3
Gensler
USA
6.1
3
Gensler
USA
37.6
4
IBI Group
Canada
4.0
4
DLR Group
USA
32.6
5
Stantec
Canada
3.2
5
IBI Group
Canada
29.5
6
P&T
China
3.0
6
Heerim
South Korea
22.0
7
Nihon Sekkei
Japan
2.9
7
Archial NORR
UK
20.6
8
ATP
Austria
2.0
8
HOK
USA
20.0
9
Bates Smart
Australia
1.8
9
HDR
USA
19.2
10
Burckhardt + Partner
Switzerland
1.3
10
Leo A Daly
USA
14.1
72
WO R L D A R C H I T EC T U R E TO P 1 0 0 JA N UA RY 2 01 6 CallisonRTKL’s Vanke Songhu Center in Dongguan, China, is based on a framework of streets, squares, green areas and other urban spaces.
RESIDENTIAL RANK 2016 PRA PRACTICE
RETAIL COUNTRY
FEE INCOME $US MILLION
RANK 2016 PRA PRACTICE
COUNTRY
FEE INCOME $US MILLION
1
Heerim
South Korea
72.0
1
Gensler
USA
134.4
2
IBI Group
Canada
37.2
2
CallisonRTKL
USA
124.1
3
Woods Bagot
Australia
29.0
3
Buchan Group
Australia
44.5
4
Samoo
South Korea
28.7
4
MG2
USA
39.4
5
Aedas
China
28.0
5
Stantec
Canada
29.0
6
Haeahn
South Korea
26.4
6
Aedas
China
27.6
7
P&T
China
25.0
7
Woods Bagot
Australia
26.0
8
Kunwon
Korea
24.9
8
Chapman Taylor
UK
25.6
9
Nikken Sekkei
Japan
24.7
9
ATP
Austria
22.0
10=
DLN
China
24.0
10
Foster + Partners
UK
20.0
10=
Perkins Eastman
USA
24.0
10=
Ronald Lu & Partners
China
24.0
COUNTRY
$US MILLION 105.1
SCIENCE RANK
PHOTO: STEPHANE GROLEAU
2016
Populous’ Videotron Centre, a sports arena in Quebec City, opened in September 2015.
SPORT
FEE INCOME PRACTICE PRA
1
Samoo
South Korea
2
Henn
Germany
70.5
3
Hyundai
South Korea
51.3
4
Perkins + Will
USA
29.9
5
ATP
Austria
28.0
6
HDR
USA
27.4
7
Page
USA
25.7
8
Nikken Sekkei
Japan
25.6
9
HOK
USA
23.0
10
Cannon Design
USA
21.2
TRANSPORT
RANK 2016 PRA PRACTICE
COUNTRY
FEE INCOME $US MILLION
RANK 2016 PRACTICE PRA
COUNTRY
FEE INCOME $US MILLION
1
Populous
USA
82.1
1
Foster + Partners
UK
47.0
2
Wilmotte & Associés
France
55.3
2
AECOM
USA
43.0
3
HKS
USA
45.0
3
Gensler
USA
36.7
4
HOK
USA
33.0
4
Leo A Daly
USA
30.8
5
Gensler
USA
24.7
5
HOK
USA
23.0
6=
Foster + Partners
UK
20.0
6
Aedas
China
21.6
6=
Heerim
South Korea
20.0
7
ACXT-IDOM
Spain
21.0
8
AECOM
USA
19.0
8
Nikken Sekkei
Japan
21.0
9
Archial NORR
UK
10.5
9
Kohn Pedersen Fox
USA
19.1
10
GMP
Germany
10.0
10
IBI Group
Canada
17.5
WO R L D A R C H I T E C T U R E TO P 1 0 0 JA N UA RY 2 01 6
SPECIALISMS TOP 10
Areas of expertise The top architectural ямБrms in each specialism ranked by fee income
ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES RANK 2016
PRA PRACTICE
73
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
COUNTRY
FEE INCOME US $MILLION
RANK 2016
PRA PRACTICE
COUNTRY
FEE INCOME US $MILLION
1
Gensler
USA
569.7
1
KEO
Kuwait
88.4
2
Nikken Sekkei
Japan
299.4
2
Heerim
South Korea
71.0
3
Samoo
South Korea
230.2
3
EHAF
Egypt
64.4
4
CallisonRTKL
USA
229.0
4
SSH
Bahrain
38.6
5
Stantec
Canada
219.4
5
Kunwon
Korea
32.3
6
Perkins + Will
USA
216.5
6
Nikken Sekkei
Japan
29.4
7
HKS
USA
198.8
7
National Engineering UAE
8
IBI Group
Canada
184.0
26.0
Burea Bureau
9
Aedas
China
173.0
8
Sunjin
South Korea
24.7
10
HDR
USA
172.6
9
Junglim
South Korea
20.0
10
GMP
Germany
16.0
COUNTRY
FEE INCOME US $MILLION
CONSULTING RANK 2016
PRA PRACTICE
ENGINEERING COUNTRY
FEE INCOME US $MILLION
RANK 2016
PRA PRACTICE
1
Gensler
USA
51.6
1
Stantec
Canada
1,249.8
2
IBI Group
Canada
46.0
2
EHAF
Egypt
65.2
3
Nikken Sekkei
Japan
21.9
3
Leo A Daly
USA
41.1
4
CallisonRTKL
USA
14.9
4
Page
USA
40.5
5
HDR
USA
13.7
5
DLR Group
USA
36.5
6
HOK
USA
7.0
6
HDR
USA
35.6
7
Page
USA
5.4
7
SmithGroupJJR
USA
33.8
8
DLN .
China
5.0
8
Henn
Germany
28.4
9
Perkins Eastman
USA
3.2
9
KEO
Kuwait
28.4
10
Gulf Consult
Kuwait
2.8
10
Cannon Design
USA
25.1
ENVIRONMENT
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
RANK
FEE INCOME
RANK
2016
PRA PRACTICE
COUNTRY
US $MILLION
2016
PRA PRACTICE
COUNTRY
FEE INCOME
1
Stantec
Canada
358.3
1
Gensler
USA
10.7
2
KEO
Kuwait
19.1
2
HOK
USA
6.0
3
Perkins Eastman
USA
3.9
3
Nikken Sekkei
Japan
2.5
4
Sunjin
South Korea
3.1
4
Cannon Design
USA
2.5
5
DLN.
China
3.0
5
HPP
Germany
0.5
US $MILLION
6
ATP
Austria
2.5
6
Lemay
Canada
0.5
7=
HOK
USA
2.0
7
GHD Woodhead
Australia
0.1
7=
Junglim
South Korea
2.0
9
Nihon Sekkei
Japan
1.3
10
Lemay
Canada
1.2