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San Francisco International Airport’s Harvey Milk Terminal 1, North America’s most energy-efficient of its kind, is a 2022 Gensler project featured in Design for a Radically Changing World, a new book by the firm’s global cochairs Andy Cohen and Diane Hoskins that posits the industry’s ability to effect geopolitical and environmental innovation. Photography: Jason O'Rear.

features 164 GROUP PRACTICE by Michael Lassell

By gathering healthcare researchers and private-sector partners under one roof, the TMC³ Collaborative Building in Houston by Elkus Manfredi Architects streamlines the laboratory-tomarket pathway. 174 REPEAT PERFORMANCE by Jane Margolies

With its signature nuanced textures, art curation, and tailored livability, NicoleHollis completes another home for a West Coast client, this time a duplex penthouse in New York. 182 THINGS ARE LOOKING UP by Rebecca Dalzell

The Morrow Hotel by INC Architecture & Design and Rottet Studio brings a much-needed dose of optimism to the nation’s capital.

192 THE GREAT ESCAPE by Dan Howarth

Restorative biophilia, rain showers, tasty cocktails—the Chase Sapphire Lounge by The Club at LaGuardia Airport by Corgan and ICrave takes members away before they go away. 200 A SENSE OF PLACE by Peter Webster

From Chicago to San Antonio, by way of Bengaluru, India, and Vancouver, Canada, top firms are creating projects that channel their locations perfectly. 214 MESSAGE UNDERSTOOD by Peter Webster

At professional networking platform LinkedIn’s Toronto headquarters by CannonDesign, company values are expressed via witty graphics and connection-conducive spaces.

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VOLUME 95 NUMBER 3

special giants of design section Essays, rankings, charts, trends, products, and projects about, for, and by the top firms in major industry sectors.

31 100 GIANTS 38 INTERNATIONAL GIANTS 67 RISING GIANTS 93 HOSPITALITY GIANTS 119 HEALTHCARE GIANTS 135 SUSTAINABILITY GIANTS

departments 23 HEADLINERS 159 CENTERFOLD It All Adds Up by Athena Waligore

M Moser Associates plus TAV Ceramics equals abacus-inspired installations for the Vancouver, Canada, office of accounting-software company Tipalti. 229 CONTACTS

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231 INTERVENTION by Lisa Di Venuta

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Yes, I am as guilty as the next Brooklyn gurl when trying to hog the universe for myself! This one time, however, I’ll make a grievously suffered exception, because I want you to focus instead on this jewel of a Giant issue…ASAP! Mind you, no rushing glances and peeks; take all the time you need and linger on each page, enjoying it for every tick of the clock. Because, behind all the accurately recorded stories, masterfully reproduced enviros, and exhaustively inspected data that our yearly Interior Design Giants report requires—and that we diligently deliver— there’s actually a roaring party going on!! Yes, after the literal blood, sweat, and tears of the last five long years, the Giants are again growing, beyond the earlier mighty peaks, taller in many ways than the 2019 pre-COVID records. There is no better way than this to start Spring…hooray! And yes, as we have been saying for the past 4+ decades, what’s good for the Giants is good for design—and for our entire industry. As proof, and also to get you up to speed, here are a few giant morsels on what lies ahead. CannonDesign artistically linked spaces for meeting, solo work, and collaboration with graphics and murals at the office of digital juggernaut LinkedIn (love the 40-foot tubular sculpture tree!). Skidmore, Owings & Merrill aptly went green—think hanging plantings, verdant walls, and sunken gardens—at the airport known as “the garden city” in Bangalore, India. Positivity—airy, open, and joyful—was the theme for The Morrow Hotel, skillfully designed by INC Architecture & Design and Rottet Studio. And every project, everywhere—from the Kentucky racetrack at Churchill Downs to the latest renovation phase at the Mart in Chicago—is always about making spaces more enriching for the folks that inhabit them. And isn’t that what design is all about? I say yes! Thanks to all the Giants in every segment of the market for your continued giant design contribution and influence to our world! A resounding, heartfelt, and thankful yes!

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NicoleHollis “Repeat Performance,” page 174 principal, creative director: Nicole Hollis. firm site: San Francisco. firm size: 65 designers. current projects: Residences in San Francisco; Jackson Hole, Wyoming; and Kona Coast, Hawaii. honors: Interior Design Best of Year Award; ASID Designer of the Year Award. work: While residential composes most of Hollis’s portfolio, she also designs hotels, including the 1 Hotel Hanalei Bay and Kona Village, a Rosewood Resort, both in Hawaii. play: In addition to completing a Rosewood property, that brand and Belmond are her favorites to stay in when traveling. nicolehollis.com

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h e a d l i n e rs CannonDesign “Message Understood,” page 214 commercial practice executive director: Meg Navin. creative director: Dylan Coonrad. firm hq: New York. firm size: 1,000 architects and designers nationwide. current projects: Creative Artists Agency in Nashville,

Corgan “The Great Escape,” page 192 vice president, aviation studio design director:

Ginger Gee DiFurio, IIDA. firm hq: Dallas. firm size: 780 architects and designers worldwide. current projects: Terminal C at Dallas Fort Worth

International Airport; William P. Hobby Airport expansion in Houston; Club SFO at San Francisco International Airport. honors: Interior Design Best of Year Award honoree; NYCxDESIGN Award; Prix Versailles award.

Tennessee; Electric Works in Fort Wayne, Indiana; Cash App offices nationwide. honors: Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies; ASID Firm of Distinction; Building Design’s World Architecture 100.

bon appetit: Navin loves everything culinary: cooking, dining, and wining. break a leg: Coonrad acts in local theater in New York’s Lower Hudson Valley. cannondesign.com

ICrave, a Journey Studio “The Great Escape,” page 192 partner, creative director:

David Taglione.

firm sites: New York; Miami. firm size: 55 designers. current projects: Chase

Sapphire Lounges in Phoenix and San Diego. honors: NYCxDesign Award.

then: Just after earning his master’s in architecture from RISD in 2004, Taglione was the fifth team member to join ICrave. now: He was made partner in 2022, working across travel, hospitality, and healthcare. icrave.com

books: DiFurio has a bachelor’s in interior design and a master’s in architecture. planes: She has more than 50 international aviation projects to her credit. corgan.com

INC Architecture & Design

Elkus Manfredi Architects

Rottet Studio

“Things Are Looking Up,” page 182

“Group Practice,” page 164 firm site: Boston. firm size: 225 architects and designers. ceo, founding principal: David P. Manfredi, FAIA. current projects: CitizenM Boston Back Bay; Paul and Diane Manning Institute for Biotechnology at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. principal: Elizabeth Lowrey, FIIDA. current projects: Goulston & Storrs in Boston; University of Michigan housing in Ann Arbor; Tower 91 in Miami. honors: IIDA Interior Design Award finalist.

“Things Are Looking Up,” page 182

founding partner, creative and managing director:

Adam Rolston, AIA. founding partner, construction and development director: Drew Stuart, AIA. firm site: New York. firm size: 50 architects and designers. current projects: Anagram Columbus Circle and The

Treadwell residential buildings in New York; Velvaere Park City residential community in Utah. honors: Interior Design Best of Year Awards; NYCxDesign Award.

cuban: Rolston’s home interiors are inspired by a trip to Havana. danish: Stuart enjoys building LEGOs with his two sons. inc.nyc 24

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whale: Manfredi, who finds alignment between architecture and literature, believes Moby-Dick is the great American novel. dog: As a child, Lowrey safely dyed her pet snow-white Samoyed an Yves Klein blue, which washed out in the rain. elkus-manfredi.com

founding principal, president:

Lauren Rottet, FAIA, FIIDA. See February 2024, page 16. rottetstudio.com

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This marks only the second time we’ve aggregated our entire Giants of Design coverage into one big, meaty, insightful issue! Inside you’ll find rankings for the top 100, Rising, Hospitality, Healthcare, International, and Sustainability Giants— some firms appearing on multiple lists—as well as charts, graphs, and accompanying recaps that explicate granular data ranging from income to salaries to growth segments. Also woven through this special section, and continuing into the magazine’s feature well, are projects by Giants of Design firms exclusively. The shift from parceling out Giants coverage in different issues to publishing a single all-encompassing compendium has been transformative for us and, we hope, for you, too. Seeing all the rigorous research and reporting in one place provides an overarching view of economic, business, practice, and design trends and challenges impacting our world and how they play out across sectors and segments. While most of you are well acquainted with our Giants initiative, here’s a primer for those needing a refresh of this annual effort, which Interior Design has been conducting for 47 years—five in partnership with sister brand ThinkLab analyzing the data (see page 228 for the full methodology). The Giants of Design are the industry’s 200 most lucrative firms, a calculation based on the interior design fees they generate. The 100 and Rising Giants are the first and second hundred firms

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sequentially (i.e. 1-100 and 101-200, respectively). Alongside these tentpole rankings we also list the top firms deriving fees from work in hospitality and healthcare, traditionally the secondand third-largest sectors (not always in that order) behind corporate. Building on the momentum of last year’s inaugural Sustainability spotlight, we are pleased to present a follow-up effort that parses the nitty-gritty of carbon emissions, certifi cation, ESG, and more. Although most Giants do some overseas work, the bulk of their fees have traditionally come from domestic projects; so, lastly, we include rankings for the top 10 firms located outside the U.S. which either don’t operate an office in, or generate less than 25 percent of interior design income from, North America. Both a pulse-taking of our current moment and part of the permanent record of design across time, our annual Giants initiative is an opportunity to see where we are right now, compare that to where we’ve been in recent years, and to make educated guesses about where we’re headed. This edition is especially interesting, since the five-year rearview window starts at 2019: the pre-pandemic benchmark, and a time when our industry was experiencing healthy growth. Comparing 2023 figures to both 2022 metrics and those from 2019 allows us to gauge what phase of recovery we’re in. Good news: The data indicates that the Giants of Design have finally rebounded, with most metrics back to “normal” (if there was ever such a thing!) and in many cases exceeding pre-COVID tallies. To wit: Total design fee income for the most profitable 200 firms adds up to $6.5 billion, up from $5.5 billion. That’s the largest year-overyear boost in more than a decade, not to mention the highest total dollar amount ever. ThinkLab data reveals specifiers from a top 200 firm enjoy 40 times the specifying power of a designer at a non-Giants firm, and 140 times the spending muscle of the average consumer—an indication of why they’re the largest influencers of where industry health, recovery, and trends are headed. Turn the page to celebrate this good news, and the apex of interior design! BENJAMIN BENSCHNEIDER

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GIANTS SNAPSHOT ID fees per employee

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For the first time ever, the top 100 Giants’s interior design fees surpassed the $5 billion mark—and almost zoomed right past $6B! These are record-breaking tallies for our most profitable firms and a year-over-year boost of almost 19 percent. Looking at sector change over the last five years gives us a more nuanced view of the economic picture. The industry was on a pretty steady upward trajectory until 2020, so we look at 2019 as the marker for recovery. Corporate—always the biggest money-maker for these leaders—is still down 13 percent since prepandemic days, but up 10 percent in the last year. Hospitality, currently experiencing the slowest rebound, is down 21 percent from five years ago. The other blip is residential, down 9 percent since the 2019 high, but fees have been growing slowly every year since that initial COVID drop-off. Surprisingly, 100 Giants ex perienced strong double-digit growth in every other sector we track. Since 2019, government is up 89 percent, healthcare 55 percent, and education 35 percent. To put things in context, some of those surging sectors account for small dollar amounts overall—education is a $391 million vertical compared to corporate’s $1.6B—but these are big percentages nonetheless. They’re also evidence of the Giants diversifying into markets where business is comparatively booming to offset their declining corporate or hospitality fees. Projects are way up, to more than 80K, blowing past 2019 levels. Also upticking, and significantly so, is the furniture, fixtures, and construction value of work installed—aka FF&C—to the tune of 25 percent year-over-year. Some of that growth is surely attributable to price increases, but inflation can’t account for the full boost. A particularly interesting metric is the ratio of furniture-and-fixtures dollars to construction dollars. The data has made a notable shift toward F&F since 2019, and this year’s 45/55 split is the highest it’s been. Not a huge surprise, perhaps, given the well-documented construction slowdown we’re experiencing, but noteworthy in that 2023 clearly solidified the “rise of refresh” our ThinkLab friends have been observing and predicting for a while. Against this backdrop of upswings, other metrics remain stable. Growth locations are unchanged: Domestically, the south predominates, while overseas growth is primarily concentrated in Europe, Asia, and Canada. There was also little movement in satellite office openings/closures, and only 15 percent of firms are planning to launch new locations in 2024, defying our predictions of more prevalent post-pandemic reapportioning. Staffing has experienced some positive flux, with design-employee rosters zipping past 2019 levels. In fact, the 100 Giants have seen a huge 90 percent increase in the amount of principals and partners over the past five years, a figure that includes both new hires and promotions. Interestingly, the total number of employees—encompassing both designers and supplemental staffers such as admin and HR—has declined 16 percent over the halfdecade, likely due to the latter positions being eliminated. Billing rates usually track around 80 percent for all design staff. In 2023, those rates were flat for partners, up for project managers, and down for designers, who are perhaps absorbing some of the downsized admin staff’s nonbillable duties. Yet salaries have increased across the board, an average of 25 percent, since 2019. This likely signals a salary correction following a few years of slimmed-down staff absorbing extra work without additional compensation, and/or Giants having to pay their employees a bit more to stay competitive. Speaking to that issue, the 100 Giants reported that the biggest practice-related challenge remains recruiting qualified staff. (You wouldn’t know that by reading ThinkLab’s U.S. Design Industry Benchmark Report, which found that 41 percent of designers employed at firms work at one of the top 200 companies. So, the bigs are getting bigger and boast more hiring power than ever!) The most pervasive challenge vis-à-vis clients? That’s remained the same since last year, too: getting them to understand the value of design and paying what it’s worth. The Giants noted that clients’ appetite for design services has gone down over the last 12 months. Overall, these metrics add up great news for the top 100 and for the industry as a whole. The Giants are experiencing recovery at long last. But will that recovery last? Firms remain cautious about the future, predicting a mild decline for 2024, which is expected given that the biggest business challenge remains the uncertain economy. Yet the all-around optimistic data suggests that next year at this time we’ll be looking back at a strong 2024.

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GENSLER San Francisco / gensler.com

$880.7

3,176

JACOBS Dallas / jacobs.com

$336.5

$8,410.0

1,290

PERKINS&WILL Chicago / perkinswill.com

$313.2

$10,329.4

819

AECOM Dallas / aecom.com

$227.2

$11,361.0

499

HKS Dallas / hksinc.com

$200.1

174

CORGAN Dallas / corgan.com

$177.4

$3,200.0

434

HOK St. Louis / hok.com

$169.8

$5,561.0

318

IA INTERIOR ARCHITECTS San Francisco / interiorarchitects.com

$149.3

$3,246.0

448

HDR Omaha, NE / hdrinc.com

$148.4

$2,410.9

123

PAGE SOUTHERLAND PAGE Washington / pagethink.com

$144.5

$2,889.6

731

STANTEC Edmonton, CA / stantec.com

$138.8

948

CANNONDESIGN New York / cannondesign.com

$135.0

SMITHGROUP Detroit / smithgroup.com

$128.9

237

NELSON WORLDWIDE Minneapolis / nelsonworldwide.com

$127.1

410

HBA INTERNATIONAL Santa Monica, CA / hba.com

$114.1

$6,848.6

1,181

CBRE DESIGN COLLECTIVE Dallas / cbre.com

$107.1

455

107

PERKINS EASTMAN ARCHITECTS New York / perkinseastman.com

$90.1

$1,950.0

305

M MOSER ASSOCIATES Hong Kong / mmoser.com

$81.1

$1,089.5

1,118

NBBJ Seattle / nbbj.com

$81.0

ZGF Portland, OR / zgf.com

$77.4

HGA Minneapolis / hga.com

$76.6

116

JLL DESIGN SOLUTIONS Chicago / jll.com

$71.4

513

FLAD ARCHITECTS Madison, WI / flad.com

$69.8

$4,167.7

364

ROCKWELL GROUP New York / rockwellgroup.com

$65.0

295

ARCADIS Amsterdam / arcadis.com

$63.7

DLR GROUP Minneapolis / dlrgroup.com

$59.2

$6.9

870

WARE MALCOMB Irvine, CA / waremalcomb.com

$57.0

$1,482.1

359

TPG ARCHITECTURE New York / tpgarchitecture.com

$49.6

190

VOCON Cleveland / vocon.com

$46.0

$736.0

209

STUDIOS ARCHITECTURE Washington / studios.com

$42.0

210

EWINGCOLE Philadelphia / ewingcole.com

$41.8

$1,228.0

128

PGAL Houston / pgal.com

$41.1

192

LITTLE DIVERSIFIED ARCHITECTURAL CONSULTING Charlotte, NC / littleonline.com

$40.7

$471.0

297

E4H ENVIRONMENTS FOR HEALTH ARCHITECTURE New York / e4harchitecture.com

$40.4

$715.6

320

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SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRILL New York / som.com

$38.4

LS3P ASSOCIATES Charleston, SC / ls3p.com

$37.8

$10,493.0

164

135

LEO A DALY Omaha, NE / leoadaly.com

$36.6

ASD | SKY Atlanta / asdsky.com

$36.0

200

HLW INTERNATIONAL New York / hlw.design

$35.0

$3,221.8

138

OTJ ARCHITECTS Washington / otj.com

$34.0

197

POPULOUS Kansas City, MO / populous.com

$33.4

142

TED MOUDIS ASSOCIATES New York / tedmoudis.com

$32.5

$700.0

SARGENTI ARCHITECTS Paramus, NJ / sargarch.com

$32.4

$239.6

MARC-MICHAELS INTERIOR DESIGN Winter Park, FL / marc-michaels.com

$31.3

$14.2

BUILDERS DESIGN Rockville, MD / buildersdesign.com

$30.0

$35.0

new

RSP ARCHITECTS Minneapolis / rsparch.com

$29.9

$680.6

HMC ARCHITECTS Ontario, CA / hmcarchitects.com

$28.4

ELKUS MANFREDI ARCHITECTS Boston / elkus-manfredi.com

$25.4

$600.0

165

TRIO Denver / triodesign.com

$25.3

$19.7

B+H Toronto / bharchitects.com

$23.5

138

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CDC DESIGNS Costa Mesa, CA / cdcdesigns.com

$23.5

$12.6

BASKERVILL Richmond, VA / baskervill.com

$23.3

$219.8

CBT ARCHITECTS Boston / cbtarchitects.com

$23.3

117

WIMBERLY INTERIORS New York / watg.com/wimberly

$22.6

CO ARCHITECTS Los Angeles / coarchitects.com

$22.0

$660.0

122

LAWRENCE GROUP St. Louis / thelawrencegroup.com

$21.9

AVROKO New York / avroko.com

$21.8

$2.4

120

PEMBROOKE & IVES New York / pembrookeandives.com

$21.4

$86.8

CHAMPALIMAUD DESIGN New York / champalimaud.design

$20.9

SAA INTERIORS + ARCHITECTURE Culver City, CA / saaia.com

$20.5

$5.1

ZEBRA PROJECTS London / zbr.global

$20.1

218

HED Detroit / hed.design

$18.4

$200.0

193

THE SWITZER GROUP New York / theswitzergroup.com

$18.3

NICOLEHOLLIS San Francisco / nicolehollis.com

$18.0

$21.6

CHIPMAN DESIGN ARCHITECTURE Des Plaines, IL / chipman-design.com

$18.0

$305.0

130

VIDA DESIGN Portland, OR / vida-design.com

$17.8

$9.1

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ROTTET STUDIO Houston / rottetstudio.com

$17.2

$2.6

MKDA New York / mkda.com

$16.6

$757.6

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WORKSHOP/APD New York / workshopapd.com

$16.5

$180.0

ICRAVE, A JOURNEY COMPANY New York / icrave.com

$16.5

$395.1

MEYER DAVIS STUDIO New York / meyerdavis.com

$16.3

$2.1

BDP Manchester, U.K. / bdp.com

$16.0

$0.9

JCJ ARCHITECTURE Hartford, CT / jcj.com

$16.0

MANCINI DUFFY New York / manciniduffy.com

$15.8

$350.0

NK ARCHITECTS Morristown, NJ / nkarchitects.com

$15.7

BERGMEYER Boston / bergmeyer.com

$15.6

$61.9

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HORD COPLAN MACHT Baltimore / hcm2.com

$15.1

$179.8

FOGARTY FINGER New York / fogartyfinger.com

$14.5

114

JPC ARCHITECTS Bellevue, WA / jpcarchitects.com

$14.3

$40.0

HUNTSMAN ARCHITECTURAL GROUP San Francisco / huntsmanag.com

$14.1

$165.0

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PARTNERS BY DESIGN Chicago / pbdinc.com

$13.9

$168.3

ROBERT A.M. STERN ARCHITECTS New York / ramsa.com

$13.8

207

BALLINGER Philadelphia / ballinger.com

$13.8

115

new

DES Redwood City, CA / des-ae.com

$13.7

SMMA Cambridge, MA / smma.com

$13.3

$150.0

DESIGNAGENCY Toronto / thedesignagency.ca

$13.1

$0.4

106

UNSCRIPTED INTERIOR DESIGN Centennial, CO / unscriptedinteriors.com

$13.0

$10.9

RYAN YOUNG INTERIORS National City, CA / ryanyounginteriors.com

$12.5

$12.2

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FXCOLLABORATIVE ARCHITECTS New York / fxcollaborative.com

$12.5

$250.0

CID DESIGN GROUP Naples, FL / cid-designgroup.com

$12.5

$1,665.5

THE GETTYS GROUP COMPANIES Chicago / gettys.com

$12.1

$160.0

HARTMAN DESIGN GROUP Rockville, MD / hartmandesigngroup.com

$12.0

$1,000.0

new

STG DESIGN Austin, TX / stgdesign.com

$11.5

$105.8

115

RAPT STUDIO San Francisco / raptstudio.com

$11.1

$700.0

ODA New York / oda-architecture.com

$11.0

$1,000.0

new

SPECTORGROUP New York / spectorgroup.com

$11.0

$255.0

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MG2 Seattle / mg2.com

$10.7

DENTON HOUSE DESIGN STUDIO Salt Lake City / dentonhouse.com

$10.6

$6.7

WOLCOTT ARCHITECTURE Los Angeles / wolcottai.com

$10.5

$200.0

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TRICARICO ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN Wayne, NJ / tricarico.com

$10.4

$605.0

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FF&C VALUE OF WORK DESIGN FEES INSTALLED DESIGN STAFF (in millions) (in millions)

2023 RANK

1 GOLD MANTIS CONSTRUCTION DECORATION CO. Suzhou, China / goldmantis.com

$112.0

$3,360.0

1,707

2 SPACE MATRIX Singapore / spacematrix.com

$45.1

$705.1

389

3 DSP DESIGN ASSOCIATES Mumbai, India / dspdesign.co

$30.0

$556.9

285

4 ZYETA Bengaluru, India / zyeta.com

$18.4

$19.4

new

5 THE GA GROUP London / thega-group.com

$16.9

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147

new

6 HEYI DESIGN GROUP Wuhan City, China / heyidesigngroup.com

$15.2

$7.1

140

new

7 MCX INTERIOR Singapore / mcxinterior.com

$14.0

$11.5

8 KRISTINA ZANIC CONSULTANTS Dubai, U.A.E. / kristinazanic.com

$13.4

–

172

new

9 BLINK DESIGN GROUP Singapore / blinkdg.com

$8.8

–

new

10 ARKADIA WORKS Jakarta, Indonesia / arkadiaworks.com

$7.8

$71.2

new

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“Leveraging customized A.I. models, we’re transforming textual concepts into visual representations. This not only streamlines client communications at project inception but also drives the creation of impactful deliverables through continuous technological advancement. Our approach incorporates machine learning in data-driven design tools, ranging from predevelopment site analysis to planning, test fits, and documentation. Vector search technology is a game-changer, enabling efficient cross-platform searches that integrate specs, drawings, and renderings seamlessly.”

“We have an A.I. task force that’s keeping a pulse on advancements within our industry. We don’t think this technology is going anywhere and we want to be on the leading edge of A.I. integration as things continue to develop. While A.I. has been a nice tool for generating research content, it’s still crucial to review and vet the information. I have been exploring the research and image edit capabilities of A.I. and its ability to add efficiencies to our workflow. We’re most excited about solutions that help our team with mundane, less creative tasks so we can focus on what we are most passionate about.” —Fatou Ceesay, Vida Design

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“We have several tools in our toolbox that have historically leveraged A.I., including pedestrian simulation and optimization algorithms for computational design. The more recent A.I. tools that leverage large language and diffusion models have the potential to radically transform how we work and deliver projects as an industry. We see these as augmenting and supercharging the talent of our staff, allowing them to focus more on the design and technical excellence of our projects. They also have the potential to help us tackle big, complicated challenges, such as climate change. With these models come areas where we need to remain cautious, for example built-in bias, hallucinations, and intellectual property concerns. Internally, we have developed a set of best practices to mitigate these concerns while still allowing our staff to research, experiment, and innovate in this emerging area.” —Guy Geier, FXCollaborative “We’ve been urgently researching developments in A.I. to separate hype from reality. One of the most promising tools we’re exploring is a platform that can instantly provide predictive performance analytics such as a building’s operational energy. With the speed of this datadriven approach, our teams can instantly respond to the changing flow of the design process in real time.” —Elizabeth Lowrey, Elkus Manfredi Architects

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“We have been exploring and utilizing A.I. visual generation and sustainability modeling for some time. The visualization customization of programs like Midjourney has allowed us to quickly pivot designs with fully rendered precedents to gain client approvals.” —Mark Simpson, BDP

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tpg architecture Financial firm, New York Here’s a refreshing change for a 21st-century workplace: no open cubicles. Though this financial firm’s New York office can accommodate 300 employees, TPG skipped the sea of desks in favor of glass-walled team rooms for just four to 12 people. “The client sought a place where people could work efficiently while feeling comfortable and valued,” managing associate and studio creative director Ricardo Nabholz explains. The bright, dynamic space centers on a steel-andwalnut staircase that connects all three floors. Positioned in a windowed corner, its profile forms an asymmetrical pentagon, with Michael Anastassiades chain pendants of linked geometric shapes dangling down like jewelry. Employees can meet at communal areas on each landing, in a café (with greenery by

Plantwalldesign) that converts into an assembly space, or on a private terrace with views over the treetops in Central Park. They can also slip into what Nabholz calls the “quiet car,” a cozy, librarylike room tucked behind a hidden door. Designed for smaller gatherings, it offers a break from the typical office atmosphere and invites employees to feel at home.

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“The concept embraces and conveys the notion of a ripple effect, of evolution over time”

ia interior architects Seeking to expand its headquarters at 10 Hudson Yards in New York, the global strategic-management firm took over an additional floor, on 41. As the lowest in the sequence, it was conceived as a sort of root: a foundation that unifies all six levels. IA’s configuration of light fixtures changes as it branches from zone to zone, imparting visual rhythm. Where the ceiling curves, so does the lighting, taking on a more organic form as it flows into open office areas. Graphics in booths are inspired by data and nature, while a white-lacquered corridor wall hosts some creative tech: A series of rectangles animates in reaction to the movement of passersby tracked by a hidden camera. A biophilic pattern on the library ceiling evocative of dappled light through a tree canopy suggests the presence of live plants. The team also added a mother’s room and a prayer/ wellness room to the level above. Connecting the two floors’ communal areas is a glass-enclosed stair literally linking old and new. —Georgina McWhirter 46

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Arcadians at the firm’s Miami office dreamed of relocating to digs that would function for work but feel like a resort with South Florida flair. “Learning from neuroscience, we implemented elements that have proven positive emotional responses, like biophilic design and spaces of both prospect and refuge,” says associate principal Randi Rodriguez, who served as project lead. The hospitality-inflected workplace begins with a 14-foot-high white-oak-slat partition that draws sight lines skyward to a mesmerizing custom light fixture reminiscent of cloudscapes. Polished concrete flooring emphasizes the crisp industrial palette leading to the Hibiscus Room, a coworking space and pantry meant to mimic an inviting home kitchen. The Arcadis interpretation of that includes comfy olive lounge chairs on a custom foliage-patterned rug and an island topped with a slab of recycled terrazzo. That repurposing approach extended to furnishings throughout. Some of the pieces brought from the previous workspace and elsewhere include black Flos pendant fixtures, Steelcase workstations, and third-life filing cabinets that Rodriguez originally specified in 2000; they’re now refinished and tucked into built-ins beside bucket chairs upholstered in Florida chic magenta. —Lisa Di Venuta

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“We put a circular economy strategy into practice by reusing, refinishing, and reimagining almost all of our existing furniture”

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—Gwen Morgan, Stantec

Rooms with a hue—or multiple 1. Curry, Clay, and Nectar, new colors for the manufacturer’s Varia, Chroma, and glass materials, by 3form. 3-form.com 2. Chromablock resin sconce in Dirty Martini by Wood Melbourne. woodmelbourne.com 3. One FP5 sink faucet handles in pink and polished nickel by Kallista. kallista.com 4. Sutro painted-timber medicine cabinet in Forest by Josh Greene Design. joshgreenedesign.com 5. Spectrum Gradient ceramic table lamp in Candy Corn by Streicher Goods. streichergoods.com 6. Conical green marble and brass doorknob by Emtek.

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emtek.com 7. Studio Yellowdot’s Donut glazed ceramic tiles by Gorbon. gorbontiles.com 8. Konstantin Grcic’s Arcobaleno decorative multilaminar wood veneer by Alpi. alpi.it

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Furniture that’s on the move 1. Boulevard 90˚ Curve bench with soaped-oak table by Hightower. hightower.design 2. Jesse Hill’s Silas powder coated–steel planter/ storage bin on casters, with integrated rails to accommodate standard-size hanging folders, by Most Modest by LightCorp. mostmodest.com 3. David Allan Pesso’s Dayton occasional tables available in the manufacturer’s standard material palette of solid surfaces, wood veneers, and laminates, by Plural Studios. pluralstudios.com 4. Ichiro Iwasaki’s Ralik modular seating system by Arper. arper.com 5. Thomas Bernstrand & Stefan Borselius’s RUT sectional, with modules that lock onto a steel H-beam in any direction, by Blå Station, through Scandinavian Spaces. scandinavianspaces.com 6. Busetti Garuti Redaelli’s Buddyhub desk system with sound-absorbing wraparound panels by Pedrali. pedrali.com

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“We’re seeing an increasing need for mobile and convertible pieces, as clients want the option to reconfigure spaces on the fly” —Rob Moylan, SmithGroup

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vision quest A new book by Gensler’s global cochairs is a call to (design) action

Within the context of Interior Design’s Giants coverage, the number Gensler is most often associated with is, of course, one, given that the global entity has topped our rankings for many years running. Other digits speak to Gensler’s scope and reach: The firm has more than 6,000 staff members spread across 53 offices and 33 practice areas and last year worked on about a billion square feet of projects ranging from airports and urban plans to office-to-residential conversions in 100+ countries. Those numbers give Gensler a lot of influence but also the burden of responsibility, which it takes very seriously. The firm leads by example through its innovative design work, its groundbreaking research, its advanced eco initiatives (including the just-launched Gensler Product Sustainability Standards), and a new book penned by global cochairs Andy Cohen and Diane Hoskins. Design for a Radically Changing World, says Cohen, “reflects the metamorphosis we all went through”—i.e., the pandemic that altered every aspect of civic life. Adds Hoskins, “We made a conscious decision to show today’s big problems in the book: the fires, the floods, the protests, the bombed-out buildings… and the human beings at the center of all those challenges.” As leaders of an industry that often struggles to articulate its own impact and superpowers, Cohen and Hoskins do just that, positing design as the discipline best poised to manifest a brighter future. We sat down with them to hear how.

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Congrats on the book! Why this topic now? Andy Cohen: We wanted to write about design’s ability to tackle the major challenges of a radically changing world head-on. Diane Hoskins: Change is happening at such a rapid and accelerating pace, an effect we coined the “crisis multiplier” in the book. Each crisis happens so soon after the last one: climate change, COVID, geopolitical instability. It means we need to think about design very differently—and get more people to recognize that design needs to be part of the answer.

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Your discussion of A.I.’s power to reinvent the design process is intriguing. DH: We’ve been through new technology adoption—and the training that goes along with it—multiple times in our careers: first CAD, then Revit and parametric modeling. There is not a team in our firm that hasn’t harnessed A.I. in some way. There’s a lot of enthusiasm around how A.I. allows faster

How are you designing today’s workplaces to be “a destination, not an obligation,” as you put it? AC: Our workplace survey showed the top reason people want to return to the office is for focus. But research also found a 37 percent drop-off in collaboration during COVID. So, these days we’re creating a phenomenal amount of living room space where people can come together. Our redesigned San Francisco office, for instance, has become a laboratory of the future workplace, with a layering of zones. The front is like a coffee shop, with music playing; the middle is collaboration space, designed with noise-attenuation technology so you don’t hear the group sitting at the next table; and the back is a pin-drop-quiet library for focusing. DH: Design isn’t task work; it’s about the whole person. So, we focus on the power of presence and the innovation it sparks, and

iteration; it’s like being able to apply your Pinterest board or “what-ifs” in real time. It stimulates design ideation in a way we’ve never seen before. You can bring a hand sketch into a model, and then sketch again on top of that, and A.I. will convert it to the next visualization.

even more so on the culture, which comes from relationships and the ability to learn, mentor, and grow alongside each other. More and more companies are recognizing they’re at their best—from the standpoint of innovation, speed, accuracy, efficiency— when everyone’s present together.

What message do you want your colleagues to take away from this book? AC: That climate change is the business imperative of our time. Nearly 40 percent of all carbon emissions is attributable to the building and construction industry. The flip side of that is: As designers and architects, we have a real opportunity to make a positive impact on climate change. Gensler’s taking a stand by committing to reducing carbon emissions in our projects by 2030.

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A.I. also has the power to remove barriers to the profession, to engage young people and unlock opportunity. AC: And it’s not just younger generations who are interested; old guys like me have never had a tool like this that translates hand-sketches into 3D reality! We just finished a really interesting project, the Santa Clara, California, headquarters of artificial intelligence–computing company Nvidia, during which the client gave us tips for how to incorporate A.I. into our process.

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You highlight the importance of designing structures with built-in flexibility for different future uses. AC: Look at all the B and C office buildings currently sitting empty, every one of which will need to be transformed through adaptive reuse. Gensler created an algor ithm for cities and developers to analyze a building portfolio and determine appli cability of renovation into much-needed housing. Only 25 percent of structures prove suitable, but that’s still millions of square feet. When prices drop low enough it becomes economically viable to retrofit those buildings into apartments. We just completed Pearl House, the largest such conversion to open in New York. The future of cities is a sort of sub-theme of the book. Tell us about other urban challenges you’re solving for. DH: At the Meridian Diplomacy Forum, I met with mayors of Ukraine cities that were destoyed, to help them think through rebuilding. They know that by having a forward vision, they’re giving their people hope. Design makes hope tangible.

Was it hard to find a writing voice that was optimistic yet urgent? DH: Look, we’d still be in COVID if someone hadn’t created the vaccine. It took innovation, focus, and intensity to get to that solution. It’s within our grasp to make a difference in the world. “We believe design We have this power— at scale matters. how the The strategic design brain thinking and connects the dots innovation that and thinks happens by bringing big and the together people collaborative nature of the with a variety profession. of different Our discipline viewpoints, is really well perspectives, positioned backgrounds, to be the problem cultures, solvers of languages, and our time. We can do it. approaches makes —Jen Renzi

the sparks fly.”

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giants by sector

office

retail

government

Gensler

$367.7

Gensler

$52.7

Gensler

$147.4

CBRE Design Collective *

$100.0

NELSON Worldwide *

$23.5

Jacobs

$125.2

Perkins&Will

$91.1

Arcadis *

$21.9

AECOM

$68.2

IA Interior Architects

$89.9

JLL Design Solutions *

$21.5

Page Southerland Page

$28.9

M Moser Associates

$79.5

Sargenti Architects

$15.0

HOK

$24.6

AECOM

$56.8

RSP Architects

$14.6

Perkins&Will *

$22.2

Corgan

$45.4

TPG Architecture

$14.1

NELSON Worldwide *

$16.0 $12.8

NELSON Worldwide *

$38.7

IA Interior Architects

$13.8

SmithGroup *

JLL Design Solutions *

$36.0

Ware Malcomb

$11.3

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill *

$11.5

$33.0

Little Diversified Architectural Consulting

HGA

$10.9

NBBJ

education

$9.7

residential

cultural + sports center

CannonDesign

$35.0

Builders Design *

$30.0

Gensler

$46.0

SmithGroup

$28.6

Marc-Michaels Interior Design

$29.9

Populous

$18.4

Corgan

$26.4

Pembrooke & Ives

$19.9

AECOM

$18.2

Page Southerland Page

$25.3

TRIO

$19.8

HOK

$16.6

Perkins&Will

$22.7

CDC Designs

$17.6

Perkins&Will

$15.0

Gensler *

$22.4

NICOLEHOLLIS

$15.3

HKS *

$13.4

DLR Group

$21.1

Gensler *

$13.5

Jacobs *

$12.0

Stantec

$19.1

Workshop/APD

$13.5

Rockwell Group

$10.7

HMC Architects

$15.3

Unscripted Interior Design *

$11.0

Stantec

$9.3

AECOM

$13.6

Rockwell Group *

$10.9

EwingCole

$8.7

transportation

senior living

Gensler

$75.5

Perkins Eastman Architects

$7.8

Corgan

$63.3

HKS

$6.2

HOK

$22.3

CDC Designs *

$2.4

Jacobs

$20.6

AECOM

$2.3

AECOM

$18.2

LEO A DALY *

$2.0

PGAL

$13.5

Lawrence Group *

$1.3

Stantec

$9.9

HDR

$4.5

E4H Environments for Health Architecture *

$1.2

Page Southerland Page *

$4.3

Chipman Design Architecture *

$1.0

CBRE Design Collective *

$2.6

Hartman Design Group *

$1.0

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SmithGroup *

$1.0

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percentage of firms reporting these challenges as the biggest they face

fees (in millions)

Residential $312.0 $326.9 3,817 3,516

Retail $254.7 $247.5 8,514 8,135

Transportation $245.8 $222.4 2,704 1,322

Cultural + sports centers $220.0 $161.6 2,296 1,964

Mixed-use $173.0 $145.1 1,473 1,280

Manufacturing + other $150.0 $144.2 1,567 5,038

Data centers $117.8 $100.9 1,628 1,277

Senior living $32.0 $22.4 1,650 1,573

renovation 44%

practice issues

segment income and number of projects worked on

segment 2023 actual 2024 forecast 2023 actual 2024 forecast

Corporate workplace $1,618.8 $1,442.9 23,483 21,682

Healthcare $924.9 $740.0 9,524 8,119

Hospitality/restaurant $556.8 $546.4 6,600 6,977

Government/civic $539.8 $452.5 4,871 3,466 hospitality projects

Education $391.2 $346.0 4,876 4,332 healthcare projects

Life sciences $349.7 $327.9 3,513 3,442 14%

projects by type

cosmetic refresh only 8%

Managing vendors 9%

Defining new services 15%

Managing the growing needs for sustainable design 18%

Pricing pressure from corporate real estate 22%

Dealing with clients’ increasing demands 49%

Earning appropriate fees 67%

Uncertain economy 73%

Connecting hybrid teams across generational gaps 8%

Connecting hybrid teams across geographies 12%

Reframing marketing and business development in a digital era 13%

Reframing workflows for hybrid work 14%

Offering staff appropriate pay scale and benefits 21%

Retaining staff 27%

Creating new business/diversifying into new services or segments 33%

Creating/maintaining culture in a hybrid firm 38%

Training staff 43%

Recruiting diverse staff 44%

Recruiting qualified staff 77%

Retaining current clients 5%

New competing business entities entering the market 18%

Client’s willingness to take design risks 25%

Reframing the design process for faster turnaround time 25%

Finding new clients 32%

Getting clients to understand timelines 38%

Getting clients to understand design value 49%

Client willingness to pay what it’s worth 55%

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$4.9M

projects

16%

$4.6M residential projects

70%

$22.4M

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staffing information level

staff totals

median hourly rate

median salary

Principals/partners

2,149

$300

$202,488

Project manager/directors

4,833

$220

$138,500

Designers

10,869

$150

$85,000

Other ID staff

4,483

$125

$74,000

u.s. 86% international 14%

international project locations

total employees 157,427 interior design staff 135,093

other staff 22,334

Europe

68%

Asia/Pacific Rim

58%

Canada

54%

Caribbean

42%

Mexico

39%

Central/South America

26%

Africa

16%

firms with the most fee growth* Gensler

2022

2023

growth

$625.7

$880.7

$255.1

CBRE Design Collective

$9.1

$107.1

$98.0

HKS

$102.9

$200.1

$97.1

Perkins&Will

$221.0

$313.2

$92.2

Corgan

$118.5

$177.4

$58.9

JLL Design Solutions

$28.0

$71.4

$43.4

NELSON Worldwide

$90.0

$127.1

$37.1

HDR

$111.9

$148.4

$36.5

LS3P Associates

$6.4

$37.8

$31.5

Sargenti Architects

$12.4

$32.4

$20.0

* in millions

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18%

80-89%

45%

90-99%

27%

100%

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$576M 2024 forecast

$647M ID fees per employee

$182,857 FF&C value

$18B FF vs C

36/64 total projects

24,956 All research is conducted by ThinkLab, the research division of SANDOW Design Group.

KENDALL MCCAUGHERTY

While many overarching industry trends recounted in the previous essay apply to both the top and Rising firms, including full pandemic recovery and generally healthy vital signs, there are some nuances between the two populaces worth highlighting. First, Rising Giants took a bigger hit during COVID, so have farther to recover. Second, their design fees are less than a tenth the amount of the top 100 firms’ ($576 million compared to $5.9 billion), so small changes in their numbers can result in more signi ficant swings percentagewise. Not to mention that one huge project or a single market performing extremely well or poorly on any given year can make the data look more volatile than it truly is. All that a prelude to say: The Rising Giants had a good 2023. Fees have grown 11 percent since 2019 (and 8 percent year-over-year), while FF&C value rose 15 percent in that same time period. The number of projects firms worked on increased 9 percent from 2022 to 2023 and more than doubled since 2019. (Top 100 Giants’s projects increased only 13 percent in that interval.) Not to mention that 24,956 is a heck of a lot of projects for the Rising firms! Remember we mentioned the roster of employees shrank 16 percent for the top 100 firms? That’s the exact same percentage that Rising Giants staff grew, which is concrete evidence of how much further they had to build back up after pandemic downsizing. It makes sense we’re seeing positive recovery in greater percentages for Risers than for the top 100 because of the deeper hit they took. To get more specific, the number of principals/partners is up 109 percent since 2019; project managers are up 61 percent; and designers are up 36 percent. (Remember, these figures include new hires and promotions.) Overall, salaries rose 11 percent but billable rates only grew 2. Translation: Rising Giants are doing more projects and paying their staffers more but not increasing their billable fees to compensate— likely due to the competitive nature of the work they’re trying to win. Forecasts are another arena where top and Rising Giants diverge, with the latter trending a bit more optimistic. Last year, the top 100 projected a decline (which did not come to pass) while the second 100 firms anticipated an uptick (which did occur— although even more forcefully than anticipated). For 2024, Rising Giants are forecasting less of a slowdown than the top 100 are predicting, their rosier expectations evidence of a very different recovery trajectory.

ranking r i s i n g giants 2024 RANK

FIRM headquarters / website

(in millions)

DESIGN STAFF

2023 RANK

101

CHAMBERS Baltimore / chambersusa.com

$10.4

$107.0

103

102

KZF DESIGN Cincinnati / kzf.com

$10.2

$596.0

108

103

KASIAN ARCHITECTURE INTERIOR DESIGN AND PLANNING Vancouver, CA / kasian.com

$10.1

201

106

104

DYER BROWN & ASSOCIATES Boston / dyerbrown.com

$10.0

$429.0

119

105

FAULKNER DESIGN GROUP Dallas / faulknerdesign.com

$10.0

$22.0

149

106

PIERRE-YVES ROCHON Chicago / pyr-design.com

$10.0

new

107

AP+I DESIGN Mountain View, CA / apidesign.com

$9.9

$325.0

100

108

ENV New York / env-team.com

$9.8

$118.8

109

DESIGN REPUBLIC New York / designrepublic.us.com

$9.7

$140.0

110

ARIA GROUP Oak Park, IL / ariainc.com

$9.5

$220.0

117

104

111

ANKROM MOISAN Portland, OR / ankrommoisan.com

$9.4

173

120

112

HENDY Newport Beach, CA / hhendy.com

$9.2

$160.0

128

113

TVS Atlanta / tvsdesign.com

$9.1

105

114

WHITNEY ARCHITECTS Chicago / whitneyad.com

$9.1

$120.0

new

115

STUDIOSIX5 Austin, TX / studiosix5.com

$8.7

$55.0

126

116

BEASLEY & HENLEY INTERIOR DESIGN Winter Park, FL / beasleyandhenley.com

$8.7

$3.3

112

117

PDR Houston / pdrcorp.com

$8.6

$290.9

115

118

STEELMAN PARTNERS Las Vegas / steelmanpartners.com

$8.4

$1,250.0

111

119

KTGY SIMEONE DEARY DESIGN GROUP Irvine, CA / ktgy.com

$8.2

186

129

120

HENDRICK Atlanta / hendrickinc.com

$8.2

$178.0

132

121

DILEONARDO Warwick, RI / dileonardo.com

$8.2

117

122

REVEL ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN San Francisco / revelers.com

$8.1

$85.0

114

123

INC ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN New York / inc.nyc

$8.0

$1,415.2

140 130

124

LOONEY AND ASSOCIATES Dallas / looney-associates.com

$8.0

$600.0

125

DESIGN ENVIRONMENTS Atlanta / designenvironments.com

$7.6

$52.0

122

126

//3877 Washington / 3877.design

$7.5

$20.0

165

127

KCCT Washington / kcct.com

$7.4

$145.0

128

STONEHILL TAYLOR New York / stonehilltaylor.com

$7.4

$35.0

129

EDG INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN Novato, CA / edgdesign.com

$7.4

$170.0

109

130

ARRIS, A DESIGN STUDIO Baltimore / arrisdesign.com

$7.4

$945.0

125

131

LMN ARCHITECTS Seattle / lmnarchitects.com

$7.0

$101.7

132

RATIO DESIGN Indianapolis / ratiodesign.com

$6.7

$89.0

104

136

133

MARGULIES PERRUZZI Boston / mparchitectsboston.com

$6.6

$105.6

134

ROWLAND+BROUGHTON Aspen, CO / rowlandbroughton.com

$6.3

$186.9

146

135

EOA GROUP Coral Gables, FL / eoagroup.com

$6.3

$1,500.0

144

136

PARISI PORTFOLIO San Clemente, CA / parisiportfolio.com

$6.3

$1.7

148

137

SGA Boston / sga-arch.com

$6.3

138

ANDERSON MIKOS ARCHITECTS Oakbrook, IL / andersonmikos.com

$6.3

$99.8

121

139

HBG DESIGN Memphis / hbg.design

$6.2

147

140

J.BANKS DESIGN Hilton Head Island, SC / jbanksdesign.com

$6.2

$10.3

137

141

SMALLWOOD Atlanta / smallwood-us.com

$6.1

151

142

RULE JOY TRAMMELL RUBIO Atlanta / rjtrdesign.com

$6.1

$183.3

116

143

MOJO STUMER ASSOCIATES Greenvale, NY / mojostumer.com

$6.1

$92.0

143

144

HYL ARCHITECTURE Washington / hylarchitecture.com

$6.1

$337.5

145

STUDIO 11 DESIGN Dallas / studio11design.com

$6.1

new

146

FIGURE3 Toronto / figure3.com

$6.1

$300.0

124

147

CHIL INTERIOR DESIGN Vancouver, CA / childesign.com

$6.0

$42.0

139

148

AEDIFICA Montreal / aedifica.com

$5.9

$110.0

new

149

HART HOWERTON San Francisco / harthowerton.com

$5.9

$0.5

229

176

150

PREMIER Dallas / premierpm.com

$5.7

$75.7

123

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2023 RANK

151

LEGAT ARCHITECTS Chicago / legat.com

$5.7

$525.4

134

152

RD JONES & ASSOCIATES Baltimore / rdjones.com

$5.7

160 138

153

SHEA Minneapolis / sheadesign.com

$5.5

$100.0

154

SSHAPE Washington / sshapedc.com

$5.2

$100.0

162

155

STUDIO G ARCHITECTS San Jose, CA / studiogarchitectsinc.com

$5.1

$213.0

158

156

INTERIOR IMAGE GROUP Crown Point, IN / iigdesign.com

$5.1

$350.0

183

157

PARKER-TORRES DESIGN Sudbury, MA / parkertorres.com

$5.1

167

158

GH2 ARCHITECTS Tulsa, OK / gh2.com

$5.0

$30.4

166

159

CUSHING TERRELL Billings, MT / cushingterrell.com

$5.0

$667.9

152

160

GRAY DESIGN GROUP St. Louis / graydesigngroup.com

$4.9

$99.5

133 187

161

PHILPOTTS INTERIORS Honolulu / philpotts.net

$4.8

$9.8

162

CLARK NEXSEN Virginia Beach, VA / clarknexsen.com

$4.8

$75.0

163

INTEC GROUP Washington / intecgroup.net

$4.7

192

164

BRAYTONHUGHES DESIGN STUDIOS San Francisco / bhdstudios.com

$4.5

178

165

HPA DESIGN GROUP Dallas / hpadesigngroup.com

$4.5

$6.4

150

166

ZIEGLER COOPER ARCHITECTS Houston / zieglercooper.com

$4.3

$182.0

159

167

IN STUDIO DESIGN Toronto / instudiocreative.com

$4.1

$300.0

155

168

KAMUS + KELLER INTERIORS | ARCHITECTURE Long Beach, CA / kkaia.com

$4.1

$36.0

163

169

SPACESMITH New York / spacesmith.com

$4.0

$706.0

173

170

NADIA GELLER DESIGNS Burbank, CA / nadiageller.com

$4.0

$18.0

196

171

HATCH DESIGN GROUP Costa Mesa, CA / hatchdesign.com

$4.0

$166.3

171

172

VICKERS DESIGN GROUP Atlanta / vickersdesigngroup.com

$3.7

$96.0

new

173

API(+) Tampa, FL / apiplus.com

$3.6

169

174

LUMINAUT Cincinnati / luminaut.com

$3.6

$349.0

new

175

JRS ARCHITECT Mineola, NY / jrsarchitect.com

$3.5

$5.0

180

176

BAR NAPKIN PRODUCTIONS Phoenix / bnp-llc.com

$3.5

$50.0

141 193

177

PRIVATE LABEL INTERNATIONAL Mesa, AZ / privatelabelintl.com

$3.5

$41.3

178

KLAWITER AND ASSOCIATES Los Angeles / klawiter.com

$3.5

$75.0

175

179

BR DESIGN ASSOCIATES New York / brdesignassociates.com

$3.4

$40.0

new

180

CETRARUDDY New York / cetraruddy.com

$3.3

$230.0

127

181

KKT ARCHITECTS Tulsa, OK / kktarchitects.com

$3.3

$398.6

157

182

ORSINI DESIGN ASSOCIATES New York / orsinidesignassociates.com

$3.3

$40.0

161

183

THOMA-HOLEC DESIGN Mesa, AZ / thoma-holecdesign.com

$3.3

$12.3

177

184

WALDROP+NICHOLS STUDIO Dallas / waldropnichols.com

$3.3

$145.1

184

185

DKOR INTERIORS Miami / dkorinteriors.com

$3.2

$12.0

179

186

BHDM DESIGN New York / bhdmdesign.com

$3.1

$50.0

164

187

BG STUDIO INTERNATIONAL New York / bgstudio.com

$3.0

$2.0

new

188

DESIGNMEX Mérida, Mexico / designmex.com.mx

$3.0

$1.2

189 new

189

STUDIO COLLECTIVE Venice, CA / studio-collective.com

$3.0

$100.0

190

DAS ARCHITECTS Philadelphia / dasarchitects.com

$3.0

$310.0

181

191

FBR DESIGN GROUP Alpharetta, GA / fbrdesign.com

$2.9

$8.4

new

192

O ARCH Irvine, CA / oarchinc.com

$2.9

$181.2

new 154

193

FLICK MARS Dallas / flickmars.com

$2.8

$80.0

194

MURPHYMEYERS Atlanta / murphymeyers.com

$2.8

$150.0

199

195

2PIRDESIGN Toronto / 2pirdesign.com

$2.7

$65.0

new

196

HVS DESIGN Rockville, MD / hvsdesign.com

$2.7

$67.0

188

197

HIXSON ARCHITECTURE, ENGINEERING, INTERIORS Cincinnati / hixson-inc.com

$2.6

$40.0

190

198

CARRIER JOHNSON + CULTURE San Diego / carrierjohnson.com

$2.6

$14.4

200

199

HANBURY Norfolk, VA / hewv.com

$2.5

$260.0

108

new

200

GALLUN SNOW ASSOCIATES Denver / gallunsnow.com

$2.4

$515.7

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What is your firm doing to foster a robust internal culture?

“By scheduling a calendar of weekly and monthly events, mixing social and professional subjects, to rediscover how we can connect and learn from each other. The pandemic has made us all autonomous and efficient in some ways, but as a group we go farther distances.” —Stéphane Bernier, Aedifica

“We encourage wellness through feeding our employees’ creativity and supporting their passions. We have a granting system, $1,000 per employee, and staff may use it in any way as long as it’s contributing to their professional betterment and, by proxy, the betterment of the studio.” —Drew Stuart, INC Architecture & Design

“Taking a cue from some of our clients, we’ve started to provide lunch for the staff each Wednesday. With our team being in the office only three days a week, we use it as a good opportunity to say hello and put work aside. We’ve also put a ‘direct support’—rather than ‘direct report’—system in place. This is for oversight but also a buddy system, where one can express concerns or frustrations to a more senior member, who can then hopefully address the issue in a more holistic way. It’s been helpful not just in workflow charting but also in assigning teams to work together.”

“Our approach revolves around fostering a culture of collaboration and support. We conduct weekly in-person and virtual teambuilding meetings and activities, including lunch-and-learns with vendors. They are designed for brainstorming and to help resolve challenges to maintain our team’s connectivity, whether we’re working remotely or in person.” —Marion Philpotts-Miller, Philpotts Interiors

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“We have one specific day per week where everyone is in the office together, to allow the personal and social connections to occur.” —Janet Morra, Margulies Perruzzi

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“We lead design dialogues and utilize tools such as Miro to bridge the hybrid divide.” —Sim Nabors, RATIO Design

CLOCKWISE FROM CENTER LEFT: ADAM KANE MACCHIA; PHIL BERNARD; CHRISTOPHER GARCIA VALLE

—Dan Mazzarini, BHDM Design

“It’s a journey of unexpected moments, layered detail, and thoughtful connection to the city”

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stonehill taylor

Raffles Hotels & Resorts is a luxury Singaporean chain launched by the PersianArmenian Sarkies brothers in 1887. Over the centuries, the portfolio has grown to more than 20 properties, a mix of secluded resorts and urban towers in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. One of the most recent openings—and the brand’s U.S. debut—is Raffles Boston, a 35-story new-build by The Architectural Team encompassing residences by Rockwell Group and a 147-key hotel by Stonehill Taylor. Since the company was named after pioneering botanist Sir Stamford Raffles, it’s fitting that this hotel concept draws from the city’s Emerald Necklace, the 1,100-acre chain of parks, infusing flora and fauna in guest rooms and public spaces, which include two lobbies, conference areas, lounges, and four F&B outlets. “We brought biophilic designs to life throughout,” interiors design director Bethany Gale says. That’s first evident in the ground-floor lobby, where a custom blownglass installation resembles leaves falling from trees. The sky lobby, on 17, boasts actual plant life cascading from a 30-foot-high shelving system clad in warm copper. The latter material, which reappears in an elevator lobby, is another part of Stonehill Taylor’s regional narrative: It’s use was inspired by the Revere Copper Company, founded in 1801 in a Boston suburb by Paul Revere. —Annie Block 78

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Raffles Boston

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“The restaurant is filled with flights of fancy inspired by iconic Italian fashion and art”

edg interior architecture + design Fiolina, Boca Raton, Florida

If the flamboyant Italian fashion designer Elio Fiorucci opened a trattoria with his mother, the result would be something like Fiolina. The 182-seat eatery celebrates the craft of handmade pasta with open prep stations and a vivid palette drawn from the cloths and aprons of traditional sfoglia makers. The chef, Fabio Trabocchi, asked EDG to create a voguish neighborhood destination that was “imaginative, fun-forward, and fantastical,” firm partner Patrick O’Hare recalls. “He wanted it to transport guests from the everyday.” The EDG team delivered a maximalist setting that invites them to party. “We were inspired by Fiorucci’s daring, cheeky sensibility,” O’Hare continues. It influenced the bold patterns that mix on wallcoverings and upholstery, and the discoera Fiorucci print advertisements as decoration. Jolts of Negroni-red unify disparate dining areas that center on different elements of a meal, from the wine cellar to the pasta room and the mozzarella bar. A gallery wall of custom floral plates completes the playful, nostalgic ambiance. —Rebecca Dalzell

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rowland+broughton Private residence, Aspen, Colorado You’re never too young or old to hit the slopes. Ask anyone in the multigenerational family calling this three-level ski-in, ski-out residence home. The rustic 1990’s stone-and-glass dwelling presented a sensitive fit with its mountain surroundings but it was ripe for modernization. Rowland+Broughton’s architectural interventions include expansive, view-enhancing windows and sliding doors and the careful editing out of mullions on existing glazing. Inside the more than 9,000 square feet, most work occurred on the main and upper floors in the interest of opening up spaces. Down came a dividing wall between the kitchen and living area. Walls were excised upstairs, too, transforming the main bedroom suite into a single gabled volume comprising sleeping and sitting spaces, plus an office. Existing oak millwork was gently bleached to emphasize the natural grain, and pedigreed contemporary furnishings were specified throughout. When inclement weather rolls in, the family can head down to the house’s lowest level, which serves as a cozy-chic indoor-activity area for rock climbing or arts and crafts. —Edie Cohen

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“We brought architectural rigor to the original home while injecting it with character and vitality”

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Elements in their raw form 1. OO+II nested chairs in stained ash and aluminum by Kiki Goti. kikigoti.com 2. Wild Fibers rattan wall-hanging sculpture by Aurélie Hoegy.

aureliehoegy.com 3. Oxide leather tiles by AVO. avoavo.com 4. Exercice’s aluminum chair by Theoreme Editions. theoremeeditions.com 5. Fearn planter in rough and polished Lecarrow limestone by Orior. oriorfurniture.com 6. Core coffee table in chiseled yellow Sienna marble by Radnor. radnor.co

“Clients are preferring natural, unadulterated materials, like real wood, stone, leather, and metal”

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segment income and number of projects worked on fees (in millions)

projects

segment

2023 actual

2024 forecast

2023 actual

2024 forecast

Hospitality/restaurant

$186.0

$205.2

3,049

670

Corporate workplace

$151.8

$164.0

8,116

8,656

Residential

$63.0

$69.2

1,736

1,934

Healthcare

$34.5

$37.5

1,873

1,915

Manufacturing + other

$30.0

$32.3

1,998

2,069

Education

$23.3

$25.5

1,286

1,263

Retail

$20.3

$21.3

1,473

1,561

Government/civic

$19.4

$26.6

1,478

1,571

Mixed-use

$16.4

$16.9

1,233

1,267

Life sciences

$13.9

$15.0

1,263

1,323

Senior living

$11.9

$14.1

Cultural + sports centers

$5.6

$6.8

947

959

Transportation

$0.4

$0.3

201

199

Data centers

$0.1

303

309

portion of senior living fees as...

healthcare 44%

hospitality 34%

New this year is data centers, a vertical that also encompasses mission critical and advanced facilities.

residential 22%

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renovation/ retrofit 44%

cosmetic refresh only 7%

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Rottet Studio

percentage of billable time < 70%

13%

70-79%

17%

80-89%

44%

90-99%

25%

100%

average

80%

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Como Collection by Angeletti / Ruzza

G i v e s i n s p i r a t i o n b y i t s e v o c a t i v e p o w e r, a c o n t e m p o r a r y r e i n t e r p r e t a t i o n o f a c l a s s i c l ine s e a mle s s ly f it t ing into a ny e nv iro nme nt . T he met i cu lou s st u d y of p ro p o rt i o ns a nd functional effectiveness defines this collection.

emuamericas llc

800.726.0368

www.emuamericas.com

70 years of manufacturing experience in outdoor furniture. “Made in Italy” at its best.

firms with the most fee growth *

international project locations

2022

2023

growth

Canada

40%

Faulkner Design Group

$5.2

$10.0

$4.8

Asia/Pacific Rim

38%

//3877

$4.0

$7.5

$3.5

Caribbean

28%

Hart Howerton

$3.5

$5.9

$2.4

Europe

23%

INTEC Group

$2.4

$4.7

$2.3

Mexico

20%

Philpotts Interiors

$2.6

$4.8

$2.3

Africa

20%

Dyer Brown & Associates

$7.8

$10.0

$2.2

Central/South America

15%

Hendy

$7.0

$9.2

$2.2

Interior Image Group

$2.9

$5.1

$2.2

INC Architecture & Design

$6.0

$8.0

$2.0

Nadia Geller Designs

$2.0

$4.0

$2.0

staff totals

median hourly rate

median salary

Principals/partners

648

$259

$180,499

Project manager/directors

1,100

$178

$109,572

Designers

1,839

$145

$75,000

Other ID staff

427

$103

$65,000

international 12%

* in millions

staffing information level

interior design staff 4,014

u.s. 88%

domestic vs overseas project locations

other staff 2,372

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total employees 6,386

Dealing with clients’ increasing demands 51% Pricing pressure from corporate real estate 21% Defining new services 15% Managing vendors 12% Managing the growing need for sustainable design 8% 88

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Connecting hybrid teams across generational gaps 4%

Uncertain economy 68% Earning appropriate fees 64%

Reframing workflows for hybrid work 13%

business issues

Recruiting qualified staff 74%

Getting clients to understand design value 58%

Recruiting diverse staff 21%

Getting clients to understand timelines 44% Client’s willingness to pay what it’s worth 56%

Offering staff appropriate pay scale and benefits 24%

Finding new clients 29%

Creating/maintaining culture in a hybrid firm 28%

Client’s willingness to take design risks 27%

Retaining staff 29%

Reframing the design process for faster turnaround time 23%

Training staff 37%

New competing business entities entering the market 9%

Creating new business/diversifying into new segments 51%

Retaining current clients 6%

Connecting hybrid teams across geographies 6%

client issues

Reframing marketing and business development in a digital era 10%

practice issues

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GIANTS SNAPSHOT 2023 fees

$645,572,091 Hotels comprise

40%

of category fees

$22.4B FF&C fees

47/53 FF vs C

7,938 total

projects up 40% year-over-year All research is conducted by ThinkLab, the research division of SANDOW Design Group.

COURTESY OF JOJO’S SHAKE BAR

2023 marked a year of very strong recovery for the Giants in general, with almost all metrics surpassing the 2019 levels: salaries, staffing, billing rates, fees. But when it comes to the sector-by-sector temperature-check, the landscape is more uneven. Hospitality joins corporate in the recovery-pending zone. Giants working in this vertical are still struggling to surpass pre-pandemic fees: They’re down 44 percent compared to 2019. In fact, hospitality is faring the worst of all sectors. Chalk it up to the expected revenge travel surge that never came to pass, and that business travel remains sluggish. But looking more closely at individual data points, hospitality fee income did increase 12 percent year-over-year, and Giants are predicting another small 5 percent bump-up for 2024. So, the needle is moving in the right direction. Moreover, these are quite high fees: $645.6 million in 2023 (versus $576.2 in 2022)! To put things in better perspective, the verticals experiencing double-digit growth—including government/civic and transportation—make up a much, much smaller piece of the Giants pie in comparison. It stands to follow that hospitality has a comparatively bigger dollar-amount gap to recover. Typical for this sector, the greatest growth is happening in luxury hotels, comprising almost a quarter of fees, with restaurants in second, resorts in third, and boutique hotels in fourth— together driving some serious dollars. Many other segments, including cruise ships, remain flat, however. Segment predictions for 2024 are dead-even with 2023 actuals, with a majority expecting the most growth in luxury hotels. Project totals are also way up, to the tune of 40 percent yearover-year and 63 percent higher than 2019. The hard numbers are fantastic: almost 8,000 projects, a figure that doubled over the last decade. And Giants are expecting another 11 percent project growth for 2024, which would bring the amount very close to 9k. You may be scratching your head thinking something doesn’t track: How can hospitality projects balloon so much over the last five years—but fees overall remain down from 2019? A likely explanation is that Giants are working on smaller projects for less dollars, and/or more renovation projects versus new construction. This would be in line with anecdotal reporting. Interestingly, FF&C value also increased robustly between 2022 and 2023: from $14.7 to $22.4 billion. That’s 53 percent year-overyear and surpassing the 2019 numbers by 15 percent. Again, these big digits to some extent reflect the inflating cost of products and construction. But Giants expect a strong 22 percent growth curve for 2024, which implies an upward trend that’s independent of hard costs. (The FF/C ratio has been consistent over the last decade but is currently trending higher towards furniture and fixtures.) In terms of locations, Hospitality Giants tend to have the highest percentage of overseas projects in comparison to other verticals. While most sectors hover around a 90/10 split between domestic and international, hospitality has traditionally held steady around 80/20, and this year is no different, albeit skewing toward domestic. Once again, the biggest growth markets are Asia, Canada, and Europe overseas and, in the U.S., the southernmost regions.

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2023 RANK

HBA INTERNATIONAL Santa Monica, CA / hba.com

$100.4

$6,026.8

1,181

GENSLER San Francisco / gensler.com

$42.4

3,176

ROCKWELL GROUP New York / rockwellgroup.com

$34.5

295

2 12

HKS Dallas / hksinc.com

$33.5

174

WIMBERLY INTERIORS New York / watg.com/wimberly

$22.6

FORRESTPERKINS/PERKINS EASTMAN New York / perkinseastman.com

$20.3

305

AVROKO New York / avroko.com

$20.2

$2.4

120

DLR GROUP Minneapolis / dlrgroup.com

$17.3

$4.0

870

BASKERVILL Richmond, VA / baskervill.com

$16.6

$158.9

ICRAVE, A JOURNEY STUDIO New York / icrave.com

$15.5

$395.1

ZEBRA PROJECTS London / zbr.global

$14.4

218

JACOBS Dallas / jacobs.com

$14.2

$1,200.0

1,290

JCJ ARCHITECTURE Hartford, CT / jcj.com

$13.6

CHAMPALIMAUD DESIGN New York / champalimaud.design

$12.0

THE GETTYS GROUP COMPANIES Chicago / gettys.com

$11.2

$160.0

CHAMBERS Baltimore / chambersusa.com

$10.4

$107.0

CHIPMAN DESIGN ARCHITECTURE Des Plaines, IL / chipman-design.com

$10.3

$48.0

130

PIERRE-YVES ROCHON Chicago / pyr-design.com

$10.0

new

ARIA GROUP Oak Park, IL / ariainc.com

$9.3

$220.0

117

MEYER DAVIS STUDIO New York / meyerdavis.com

$8.6

$0.3

PGAL Houston / pgal.com

$8.4

192

SARGENTI ARCHITECTS Paramus, NJ / sargarch.com

$8.0

$744.0

KTGY SIMEONE DEARY DESIGN GROUP Irvine, CA / ktgy.com

$7.7

186

LOONEY AND ASSOCIATES Dallas / looney-associates.com

$7.6

$1,100.0

LEO A DALY Omaha, NE / leoadaly.com

$7.6

STONEHILL TAYLOR New York / stonehilltaylor.com

$7.4

$35.0

EDG INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN Novato, CA / edgdesign.com

$7.0

$160.0

DESIGNAGENCY Toronto / thedesignagency.ca

$7.0

106

DILEONARDO Warwick, RI / dileonardo.com

$6.9

//3877 Washington / 3877.design

$6.3

$17.0

EOA GROUP Coral Gables, FL / eoagroup.com

$6.3

$1,500.0

CHIL INTERIOR DESIGN Vancouver, CA / childesign.com

$6.0

$42.0

HBG DESIGN Memphis / hbg.design

$5.6

ELKUS MANFREDI ARCHITECTS Boston / elkus-manfredi.com

$5.6

165

PREMIER Dallas / premierpm.com

$5.3

$75.7

HORD COPLAN MACHT Baltimore / hcm2.com

$5.2

$27.1

INTERIOR IMAGE GROUP Crown Point, IN / iigdesign.com

$5.1

$3,500.0

PARKER-TORRES DESIGN Sudbury, MA / parkertorres.com

$5.1

ASD | SKY Atlanta / asdsky.com

$5.1

200

ROTTET STUDIO Houston / rottetstudio.com

$5.0

SHEA Minneapolis / sheadesign.com

$5.0

$93.1

INC ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN New York / inc.nyc

$4.1

$585.1

HATCH DESIGN GROUP Costa Mesa, CA / hatchdesign.com

$4.0

$166.3

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ODA New York / oda-architecture.com

$3.9

$700.0

BAR NAPKIN PRODUCTIONS Phoenix / bnp-llc.com

$3.5

$5.0

MKDA New York / mkda.com

$3.5

$471.9

new

HART HOWERTON San Francisco / harthowerton.com

$3.4

$0.5

229

J.BANKS DESIGN Hilton Head Island, SC / jbanksdesign.com

$3.0

$5.0

WALDROP+NICHOLS STUDIO Dallas / waldropnichols.com

$3.0

$142.1

FLICK MARS Dallas / flickmars.com

$2.8

$75.0

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2023 RANK

NICOLEHOLLIS San Francisco / nicolehollis.com

$2.5

$0.7

BG STUDIO INTERNATIONAL New York / bgstudio.com

$2.5

$2.0

new

DAWSON DESIGN ASSOCIATES Seattle / dawsondesignassociates.com

$2.4

$80.0

HVS DESIGN Rockville, MD / hvsdesign.com

$2.4

$61.3

LAWRENCE GROUP St. Louis / thelawrencegroup.com

$2.3

BRAYTONHUGHES DESIGN STUDIOS San Francisco / bhdstudios.com

$2.3

AECOM Dallas / aecom.com

$2.3

$125.0

499

2PIRDESIGN Toronto / 2pirdesign.com

$2.2

$60.0

C+TC DESIGN STUDIO Atlanta / ctcdesignstudio.com

$2.0

KAY LANG + ASSOCIATES Los Angeles / kaylangassocs.com

$2.0

$242.0

70 new

HOSPITALITY DESIGN GUILD Dallas / hdesignguild.com

$1.8

$4.0

DESIGN DIRECTIONS INTERNATIONAL Marietta, GA / ddi.cc

$1.7

$31.0

LS3P ASSOCIATES Charleston, SC / ls3p.com

$1.7

$383.2

164

new

WORKSHOP/APD New York / workshopapd.com

$1.7

$99.0

API(+) Tampa, FL / apiplus.com

$1.6

LUMINAUT Cincinnati / luminaut.com

$1.5

$295.0

new

DAS ARCHITECTS Philadelphia / dasarchitects.com

$1.4

$300.0

THOMAS HAMILTON & ASSOCIATES Richmond, VA / thomashamiltonassociates.com

$1.4

$246.0

GRAY DESIGN GROUP St. Louis / graydesigngroup.com

$1.3

$43.7

TVS Atlanta / tvsdesign.com

$1.3

new

MURPHY CRAMER DESIGN Dallas / mcdesign.com

$1.3

$139.0

THE SOCIETY Seattle / welcometothesociety.com

$1.2

$390.0

BHDM DESIGN New York / bhdmdesign.com

$1.2

$75.0

DESIGNMEX Mérida, Mexico / designmex.com.mx

$1.2

new

UNSCRIPTED INTERIOR DESIGN Santa Ana, CA / unscriptedinteriors.com

$1.0

$0.7

new

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“We’re maneuvering through an era of economic uncer tainty. Client fees persistently remain stagnant or have even decreased. Simultaneously, we grapple with tight deadlines for design deliverables, often conflicting with our clients’ financial projections. Despite leveraging technological tools for furniture, fixtures, and equipment management, the human element continues to introduce a significant margin of error into our data.”

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“Longer lead times and rising costs on all products, plus fluctuations in the economy leading to currency conversion changes.” —Paul Morissette, CHIL Interior Design

“Domestic production of materials and products is still a struggle in some areas, which is disrupting leads times and project timelines. Financing in general is a big struggle right now.” —Barbara BestSantos, Hart Howerton

—Mrinal Suri, HBA International

“We’re hoping A.I. can help in streamlining design elements that have duplication or repetitiveness, such as hotel or residential units.”

“One of the biggest practice issues in hospitality is evolv ing and enhancing culture. The pan demic changed how we work, where we work, how frequently we travel, and many of the expectations from the company, our clients, and our team. As we refine what that is, we’re recon sidering every aspect of what it’s like to work with us (as a client and as a team member) through every phase of a project.”

—Nicole Smith, TVS

—Ron Swidler, The Gettys Group Companies

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avroko The Jay, Autograph Collection, San Francisco Warm brutalism may sound like a contradiction in terms, but it aptly describes the interiors of the 24-story, 360-key Jay hotel. AvroKO’s scheme embraces the heavy concrete forms and sawtooth glass facade of the 1988 building and pays homage to its architect, John Portman. His work differs from earlier brutalist

“We transformed the 1980’s shell of glass and concrete into an ode to San Francisco’s history”

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projects, observes AvroKO cofounder and principal Greg Bradshaw: “There’s a more intimate scale and quality of softness.” His firm heightened those characteristics with its furniture specs, taking inspiration from San Francisco’s counterculture movement and late local artist Ruth Asawa as creative muse. An existing spiral staircase connected the entry to the third-floor lobby, but it felt cold and exposed. Bradshaw and team surrounded it with custom oak fins, creating a slatted cylinder that resembles a similar treatment Portman conceived in the ’60’s for his own home, and added oxblood-colored carpet to the steps; they also retained Arnaldo Pomodoro’s stunning original bronze sculpture that rises beside it. Timber screens reoccur to divide the generously sized guest rooms, where geometric rugs, relief art, and textured headboards speak the language of understated luxury. —Rebecca Dalzell

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Addison Mizner would be proud. One of the last projects of the early 20th–century American architect, who is perhaps best known for the Mediterranean revival mansions he built throughout Palm Beach, Florida, for his wealthy clientele, was the 1926 Ritz-Carlton Cloister Inn in Boca Raton. Over the decades, the waterfront resort and private club had been added onto in piecemeal fashion. Now, it is simply dubbed the Boca Raton, and, in anticipation of its centennial anniversary, commissioned hospitality authority Rockwell Group to renovate, expand, and cohere the property in the firm’s signature luxury and consideration of site. The five-year project, led by partner Shawn Sullivan and co-studio leader, senior associate Merav Lahr, encompasses eight F&B venues and the main lobby, where a “law-office vibe,” Lahr notes, has been replaced with a monolithic quality via tumbled limestone floor slabs. The same material appears in the pool club, a new structure with arched windows and a teak ceiling that echo Mizner’s Mediterranean style. Rockwell’s scope also entailed the 244 guest rooms and suites inside an existing 27-story tower. Two floors were gutted to make way for one soaring three-bedroom townhouse, its nearly 4,000 square feet featuring plush custom furnishings suitable for today’s one-percenters. —Annie Block

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“Each space has its own essence, but subtle threads tie back to the property’s origins”

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“The interiors embody relaxed luxury channeled by nuanced materials” h o s p i t a l i t y giants

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AC Hotel Naples 5th Avenue, Florida

Spanning about the length of a Manhattan city block, the three-story MHK Architecture structure for this new 150-key hotel by DLR Group showcases luxurious materials with a casual touch—refined but not rarified. AC Hotels by Marriott properties are typically found in metropolitan locations. “This one, located steps from the Gulf of Mexico, marks a milestone, debuting as one of the first for the leisure-focused guest,” Marriott International VP of global design strategies Aliya Khan notes. “We merged biophilic concepts and architectural rigor,” says Valentina Castellon, who led the project with Rebecca Buchmeier; both are DLR principals and hospitality leaders. The monolithic reception desk is green onyx, for example, while the white-oak wall behind it is carved to imitate the twined roots of the bald cypress trees found throughout the region. Similar forms of radial or sinuous ripples are found on rugs, timber ceilings, and in the winding configuration of the prefunction room’s conical pendant fixtures. In the lobby, columns clad in either sage porcelain tile or smoked mirrored glass act as a portal framing a poplar David LeCheminant sculpture, a sentinel of sorts that keeps watch over guests. —Georgina McWhirter

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“With the shift away from designing for Instagram and selfies, we’re incorporating handcrafted furniture and textiles from local artisans, which help us tell a story that resonates with employees and guests alike” —Katherine Cortese, Hospitality Design Guild

Grounded in the local

porterteleo.com 3. Baker chandelier with articulating ceramic shades and satin-brass and walnut details, made in Philadelphia by Lostine. lostine.com 4. Droplets blown-glass lamps, made in Brooklyn, New York, by Michiko Sakano, through Heller Gallery. hellergallery.com 5. Slant sofa upholstered in Gypsy Rose wool-cotton velvet, made in Los Angeles by Cuff Studio. cuffstudio.com 6. The Standard modern HiFi record console in walnut with woven-brass grille, made in San Diego by Wrensilva. wrensilva.com 6. Branches Exo side table in bronze and concrete, made in Los Angeles by James De Wulf, through Maison Gerard. maisongerard.com

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1. Suede Studio’s Phases bronze hardware collection, made in Hailey, Idaho, by Rocky Mountain Hardware. rockymountainhardware.com 2. Kimono Gold handpainted wallpaper, made in Kansas City, Missouri, by Porter Teleo.

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project categories

cosmetic refresh only 6%

new construction 47%

renovation/retrofit 47%

$5.6

$4.5

Sargenti Architects

$3.7

$8.0

$4.3

Champalimaud Design

$8.0

$12.0

$4.0

//3877

$2.8

$6.3

$3.5

MKDA

$0.8

$3.5

$2.7

Hord Coplan Macht

$2.6

$5.2

$2.6

* in millions

Cruise ships 1%

$15.5

$1.1

Spas 1%

$9.9

Elkus Manfredi Architects

Bars/lounges/nightclubs 3%

ICRAVE, a Journey Company

Country clubs 3%

$9.4

Gaming 4%

$17.5

$14.2

Other 4%

$42.4

$4.8

Mid/economy hotels 5%

$24.9

Jacobs

Senior living 7%

Gensler

Boutique hotels 11%

$18.8

Resorts 11%

increase

$33.5

Restaurants 16%

2023

$14.7

Luxury hotels 24%

2022 HKS

Multiuse 10%

percentage of fees by project type

firms with the most fee growth*

ones to watch… Of the 75 firms in our rankings, 10 are new, although the number-one spot holds steady: HBA. Studios that experienced major growth—and correspondingly big climbs up our list—include Elkus Manfredi (up 48 spots to 34) and Jacobs (up 29 spots to 12).

percentage of firms projecting regional growth over the next two years China 11% Asia/Australia/New Zealand 10%

u.s. 96%

international 58%

India 5% Middle East 32% Caribbean 29% Europe 23% Mexico 21% Central/South America 15% Canada 8% Africa 4% Southeast 70% Southwest 67% Northeast 53% Midsouth 49% Mid-Atlantic 33% Midwest 26% Northwest 25%

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asia 15%

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percentage of firms predicting category growth over next two years no change

fewer projects

Boutique hotels

57%

20%

Luxury hotels

51%

23%

Restaurants/bars

51%

30%

Resorts/spas/country clubs

49%

24%

Mixed-use

46%

24%

Mid/economy hotels

34%

27%

Senior living

28%

44%

Condo-hotels/timeshares

20%

24%

Gaming

18%

23%

Micro-hotels

11%

31%

Cruise ships

23%

most admired firms

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GIANTS SNAPSHOT design fees

$880.5M

6,547

projects

$21.9B FF&C value

21/79 FF vs C

All research is conducted by ThinkLab, the research division of SANDOW Design Group.

BENJAMIN BENSCHNEIDER

Healthcare maintained its edge over hospitality as second-largest sector, a mantle it first achieved in 2020. The category continued to experience solid growth in 2023, defying a predicted levelling-off. In fact, design fees increased 26 percent last year, and the dollar amount—$880,469,047— reflects a very healthy 45 percent jump since 2019. The total number of projects ballooned as well: a 19 percent uptick, marking a 105 percent increase over 2019 numbers. Holding steady as the top three subsectors are acute-care facilities, outpatient care, and clinics— a trio projected to carry the healthcare category yet again in 2024. The vast majority of those projects are located in the U.S., the hottest growth area being (no surprise) the south. The 10 percent sliver of overseas work is concentrated in the same three regions that dominate other verticals: Asia, Canada, and Europe. About a third of Giants predict growth in international healthcare markets this year. Digging into FF&C value, we were happy to see a 23 percent year-over-year increase—and a wowzers 50 percent more than 2019 numbers. Overall for the top 200 firms, the ratio between FF and C has been skewing more heavily to furniture and fixtures in recent years; healthcare has been the sole exception and remains so again this year, despite slowing construction, rising costs, and clients pivoting to more refresh projects. When Healthcare Giants gaze into the crystal balls to predict how they’ll fare in 2024, they anticipate another 20 percent FF&C growth. But this optimism is not reflective of overall positivity. In fact, despite the all-good news regarding last year’s tallies, Healthcare Giants predict a 16 percent decline—perhaps because of economic uncertainty and volatility, perhaps because long-gestating projects that kicked off during the pandemic are winding down. In fact, the 2024 design-fee figures Giants are expecting for healthcare and hospitality sectors mark a closing of the gap between them, to just a few million. Stay tuned to find out which segment takes the No. 2 mantle.

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FF&C VALUE OF WORK DESIGN FEES INSTALLED DESIGN STAFF (in millions) (in millions)

2023 RANK

PERKINS&WILL Chicago / perkinswill.com

$104.1

$1,880.9

819

HKS Dallas / hksinc.com

$101.1

174

HDR Omaha, NE / hdrinc.com

$89.0

$1,446.5

123

CANNONDESIGN New York / cannondesign.com

$75.0

SMITHGROUP Detroit / smithgroup.com

$51.0

237

PAGE SOUTHERLAND PAGE Washington / pagethink.com

$44.1

$1,796.4

731

E4H ENVIRONMENTS FOR HEALTH ARCHITECTURE New York / e4harchitecture.com

$40.4

$715.6

320

new

PERKINS EASTMAN ARCHITECTS New York / perkinseastman.com

$39.6

$866.7

305

STANTEC Edmonton, Canada / stantec.com

$39.1

948

HOK St. Louis / hok.com

$36.6

$2,813.8

318

AECOM Dallas / aecom.com

$34.1

$2,067.7

499

NBBJ Seattle / nbbj.com

$34.0

HGA Minneapolis / hga.com

$30.8

116

ZGF Portland, OR / zgf.com

$30.2

GENSLER San Francisco / gensler.com

$17.7

3,176

FLAD ARCHITECTS Madison, WI / flad.com

$15.3

$909.5

364

LEO A DALY Omaha, NE / leoadaly.com

$13.8

CORGAN Dallas / corgan.com

$12.8

434

new

CO ARCHITECTS Los Angeles / coarchitects.com

$12.0

$435.0

122

19 16

HMC ARCHITECTS Ontario, CA / hmcarchitects.com

$11.7

JACOBS Dallas / jacobs.com

$11.2

$311.2

1,290

LAWRENCE GROUP St. Louis / thelawrencegroup.com

$9.7

EWINGCOLE Philadelphia / ewingcole.com

$9.6

$112.0

128

NK ARCHITECTS Morristown, NJ / nkarchitects.com

$9.3

LITTLE DIVERSIFIED ARCHITECTURAL CONSULTING Charlotte, NC / littleonline.com

$8.4

$48.6

297

NELSON WORLDWIDE Minneapolis / nelsonworldwide.com

$8.3

410

BALLINGER Philadelphia / ballinger.com

$8.3

115

new

STUDIOSIX5 Austin, TX / studiosix5.com

$7.3

ANDERSON MIKOS ARCHITECTS Oakbrook, IL / andersonmikos.com

$6.3

$99.8

IA INTERIOR ARCHITECTS San Francisco / interiorarchitects.com

$5.9

448

LS3P ASSOCIATES Charleston, SC / ls3p.com

$4.3

$535.0

164

SARGENTI ARCHITECTS Paramus, NJ / sargarch.com

$4.2

new

WARE MALCOMB Irvine, CA / waremalcomb.com

$3.7

$161.0

359

PGAL Houston / pgal.com

$3.4

192

HORD COPLAN MACHT Baltimore / hcm2.com

$3.4

$30.7

HED Detroit / hed.design

$3.4

$20.0

193

THOMA-HOLEC DESIGN Mesa, AZ / thoma-holecdesign.com

$3.3

$12.3

MARGULIES PERRUZZI Boston / mparchitectsboston.com

$2.1

$14.8

KKT ARCHITECTS Tulsa, OK / kktarchitects.com

$2.0

$267.3

GALLUN SNOW ASSOCIATES Denver / gallunsnow.com

$2.0

$412.6

ANKROM MOISAN Portland, OR / ankrommoisan.com

$1.9

173

new

RULE JOY TRAMMELL RUBIO Atlanta / rjtrdesign.com

$1.8

$55.0

new

DLR GROUP Minneapolis / dlrgroup.com

$1.7

870

new

B+H Toronto / bharchitects.com

$1.7

138

MANCINI DUFFY New York / manciniduffy.com

$1.6

ARRIS, A DESIGN STUDIO Baltimore / arrisdesign.com

$1.5

$15.0

JLL DESIGN SOLUTIONS Chicago / jll.com

$1.5

513

new

TPG ARCHITECTURE New York / tpgarchitecture.com

$1.4

190

ELKUS MANFREDI ARCHITECTS Boston / elkus-manfredi.com

$1.3

165

new

ARCADIS Amsterdam / arcadis.com

$1.1

new

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What design challenges are you trying to solve for in healthcare spaces? “We’re having ongoing conversations about the next infectious disease outbreak, and how the our team, the healthcare facility, and the caregivers can be better prepared.” —Marc Goldstein, Mancini Duffy

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shoptalk

“Communication and wayfinding are critical to an efficient workflow and positive interactions between staff and patients, although patients often report these factors of their healthcare experience as confusing or stressful. Designing natural paths of travel, reducing the number of steps to move from space to space, and ensuring clear sight lines are all ways we look to improve our healthcare clients’ spaces.”

“Building them fast enough. While healthcare spaces are compassionate, they are still businesses whose stability is essential for the community. We’ve had success by using Lean and Kaizen principles throughout the design and construction process to maximize savings and accelerate provision of services—a win monetarily for clients and, more importantly, for patients awaiting surgery.” —Dave Mikos, Anderson Mikos Architects

—Carol Rickard-Brideau, Little Diversified Architectural Consulting

—James Merchant, AECOM

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—Randy Schmitgen, Flad Architects

TOP CENTER: JOHN HERR

“Telemedicine has gained widespread acceptance, and the corresponding evolution of the virtual consult room is introducing new types of programmatic needs, requiring new design solutions that allow maximum auditive and visual privacy, and that prioritize data privacy and security.”

“We’ve seen a noticeable shift toward prioritizing mechanical systems and products that can undergo more frequent and robust cleaning. Departing from textile items such as cubicle and shower curtains, there’s a trend toward incorporating easily cleanable materials like textured or patterned glass for privacy while minimizing the risk of infection and bacterial growth.”

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“Patient and family input informed communal areas, leading to flexibility for such activities as holiday gatherings and movie nights”

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hks Needing more space for specialized services, this pediatric healthcare provider named after the legendary baseballer went vertical—adding four floors on top of the existing four. The (ahem) catch was that the hospital had to remain open during the expansion. HKS paid homage to DiMaggio when combining the building’s old and new sections by conceptually referencing hand stitching on a baseball. In fact, “Stitch, weave, mend” became the team’s refrain, in reference to how the project creates an envelope for mending lives. A comprehensive cardiac-care area and places of respite for caregivers were part of the addition. “We seamlessly integrated the new floors, each themed around the message of play as a healing force,” HKS project manager and lead designer Anne Carr says. “The crown jewel, an eighth-floor family space, stands as a testament to our commitment.” The construction more than doubled the size of the building, adding 92 patient beds in the process. Playful colors and patterns throughout help to positively distract and boost moods, for a design journey that embraces the well-being of staff and patients alike. —Stephen Treffinger 126

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“Entering the lobby, the view extends back out to the world, across the awe-inspiring valley, to the possibilities of what life can be through the healing process”

Named after the Hawaiian word for family, the Ohana youth mentalhealth campus centers on the principle of caring—not just for patients but also their support networks. (Staff turnover in the psychiatric health sector is close to 40 percent.) To assist the mission, NBBJ turned to the power of nature and beauty, which is abundant in Monterey, California. “We took the traditional institutional box that defines today’s behavioralhealth facilities and bent it around the surrounding oak trees, symbolic of healing the site,” says lead designer Jonathan Ward of the project’s curved single-story volumes, filled with hospitality-style furniture and art chosen to support emotional processing and self-empowerment. The envelope of prefabricated cross-laminated timber embraces patients and visitors. “Upon arrival, the exposed timber structures are welcoming,” Ward adds. “We’re hardwired to react to nature—and to these warm, soft materials.” Floor-to-ceiling views connect the 16-bed residential program and outpatient clinic to the landscape, where winding garden paths lead to a fitness center, scented by the nearby Pacific Ocean and such fragrant plants as sagebrush and immunity-boosting lavender. —Stephen Treffinger

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ones to watch…

The ratio of new construction to retrofit rose last year, which defied predictions. 5% cosmetic refresh only

Of the 50 Healthcare Giants ranked, 10 names are new, which reflects market growth and diversification. A number of firms had big movement last year, including LS3P, which jumped up 15 places in the rankings to number 31, reflecting a healthcare income increase from $1.6 to $4.3 million.

51% new construction

44% renovation/ retrofit

h e a lt h c a r e giants

percentage of international work by region

$50m

Asia/Pacific Rim

65%

$40m

Canada

47%

Europe

41%

Other

35%

Mexico Caribbean

29%

Central/South America

12%

Africa

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HOK

Stantec

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segment fees and growth predictions total u.s.

95%

Midsouth

59%

Southeast

59%

Southwest

56%

Mid-Atlantic

54%

Northeast

54%

Midwest

44%

Northwest

26%

total international

38%

Middle East

15%

Europe

13%

Canada

13%

Mexico

Africa

Central/South America

Caribbean

total asia

26%

Asia/Australia/New Zealand

18%

China

10%

India

10%

firms projecting 2024 growth

2023 fees 47%

Acute-care hospital

43%

14%

Outpatient procedure/surgery center

60%

11%

Other

44%

Health clinics

45%

Assisted/senior living

57%

Rehabilitation facility

33%

Mental health facility

55%

Health & wellness/fitness center

43%

Doctor/dental office

35%

Skilled nursing facility/hospice

18%

most admired firms

Perkins&Will EwingCole

NBBJ

HKS 130

NBBJ

HKS

$10m

HDR

$20m

18%

Perkins&Will

$30m

percentage of firms predicting regional growth over next two years

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Davis is maximizing its collaborations with highly acclaimed designers—this spring it’s debuting five products: two new additions and three notable product line expansions. Known for its high-profile collaborations, Davis Furniture has done it again. The 80-year-old, manufacturer has just launched five products from prestigious industrial designers in response to the ever-changing dynamics of the workplace. Japanese designer Taku Kumazawa created two sustainable, high-density stacking seating options—X50 and Gene. With seats and back constructed of 100% recycled polypropylene pre-consumer waste by-products, the sleek, minimal X50 series of chairs, barstools, and counter-height stools features thermoplastic polypropylene that offers flex for extreme comfort and a slim, lightweight profile (less than 10 lbs.) for stacking up to 50 chairs high. Meanwhile, for applications that require an upholstered stacking solution, Gene is an understated, economical, and environmentally conscious chair that stacks 40 chairs high.

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Building on its successful Tavo table collection by the German duo jehs+laub, Davis debuts the scaled-down Tavo Small Meeting Table, featuring Tavo’s familiar balance of organic forms and industrial materials. Adding to Davis’ Perle seating line, the new Perle Barstool, by Sebastian Herkner, takes the collection to new heights with its subtle, yet elegant silhouette. Finally, expanding its cutting-edge, modular JP Lounge collection by London-based designer Jonathan Prestwich, Davis introduces two new chairs—available with and without privacy screens—plus a stool, and ottoman.

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29% projects with ESG goals

24% staff either

LEED AP or

WELL AP

48% 33% FF&C specified for sustainability

year-over-year fee increase

All research is conducted by ThinkLab, the research division of SANDOW Design Group.

DAVID JOSEPH

Of the 100 Sustainability Giants, one-third are new to the rankings, which we attribute to increased recognition of this newest Giants category initiative, now in its second year. To be considered for the list, firms need to report fees garnered from projects that had “measurable” sustainability goals—a somewhat flexible definition that includes both official certification and other assessments. In both the inaugural year of data-collection and this one, the percentage of projects attaining WELL or LEED certification was low (although the latter is up from 2 to 5 percent), which we chalk up to clients’ interest in environmental consciousness—but not in investing extra for the rubber stamp. More specifically: Designers said 37 percent of their clients follow LEED or WELL principles but don’t want to pay for the certification, an increase of 10 percent yearover-year. Mentions of ESG as the client’s primary project goal is flat as well, at 29 percent. As for fees: Defying this group’s expectations, sustainability income is solid, having risen from $1.8 to $2.4 billion between 2022 and 2023—a 33 percent year-over-year increase, surpassing predictions. Sustainability Giants do forecast a small 8 percent decline for 2024, a figure that’s in line with Giants’ overall predictions. Other metrics indicate how tough sustainability efforts remain in our industry. For instance, percentage of projects tracking embodied carbon is 7 (up from 5), so not many folks onboarding. Last year, when we asked Giants what was interfering with their ability to do so, most responded they didn’t have the technology or a system in place, or even the right team of people. (Perhaps relatedly, the percentage of LEED- or WELL-accredited staff is flat at about one-quarter of employees.) We do know anecdotally that Giants are seeing an uptick in projects designed with the health of people and planet in mind, but the certification and tracking numbers don’t reflect that enthusiasm—yet. We’re encouraged, however, by No. 1 and 2 firms Gensler and Perkins&Will reporting that more than 88 percent of their fees derive from projects with measurable sustainability goals, and by Giants’ and urgent commentary regarding the importance of working together to address climate change—and how well positioned the industry is to be a leader in that cause.

ranking s u s ta i n a b i l i t y giants 2024 RANK

FIRM headquarters / website

SUSTAINABLE FEES (in millions)

FF&C VALUE OF WORK INSTALLED DESIGN STAFF (in millions)

2023 RANK

GENSLER San Francisco / gensler.com

$779.0

3,176

PERKINS&WILL Chicago / perkinswill.com

$281.9

$10,329.4

819

HKS Dallas / hksinc.com

$120.0

174

AECOM Dallas / aecom.com

$113.6

$11,361.0

499

PAGE SOUTHERLAND PAGE Washington / pagethink.com

$108.4

$2,889.6

731

HDR Omaha, NE / hdrinc.com

$90.5

$2,410.9

123

new 12

CORGAN Dallas / corgan.com

$81.0

$3,200.0

434

SMITHGROUP Detroit / smithgroup.com

$53.7

237

NBBJ Seattle / nbbj.com

$52.0

ZGF Portland, OR / zgf.com

$52.0

HGA Minneapolis / hga.com

$41.1

116

CANNONDESIGN New York / cannondesign.com

$35.0

EWINGCOLE Philadelphia / ewingcole.com

$35.0

$1,228.0

128

SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRILL New York / som.com

$34.6

TED MOUDIS ASSOCIATES New York / tedmoudis.com

$32.5

$700.0

HMC ARCHITECTS Ontario, CA / hmcarchitects.com

$28.4

DLR GROUP Minneapolis / dlrgroup.com

$27.8

$6.9

870

E4H ENVIRONMENTS FOR HEALTH ARCHITECTURE New York / e4harchitecture.com

$24.3

$715.6

320

new

CO ARCHITECTS Los Angeles / coarchitects.com

$22.0

$660.0

122

RSP ARCHITECTS Minneapolis / rsparch.com

$19.5

$680.6

new

STANTEC Edmonton, CA / stantec.com

$18.0

948

new

FLAD ARCHITECTS Madison, WI / flad.com

$17.1

$4,167.7

364

THE SWITZER GROUP New York / theswitzergroup.com

$16.3

$18.3

BDP Manchester, U.K. / bdp.com

$16.0

$0.9

MANCINI DUFFY New York / manciniduffy.com

$15.8

$350.0

BALLINGER Philadelphia / ballinger.com

$13.8

115

new new

STUDIOS ARCHITECTURE Washington / studios.com

$10.2

210

CBT ARCHITECTS Boston / cbtarchitects.com

$10.0

117

CID DESIGN GROUP Naples, FL / cid-designgroup.com

$9.4

$1,665.5

PGAL Houston / pgal.com

$9.0

192

new 85

STUDIOSIX5 Austin, TX / studiosix5.com

$8.0

$55.0

KZF DESIGN Cincinnati / kzf.com

$8.0

$596.0

M MOSER ASSOCIATES Hong Kong / mmoser.com

$7.6

$1,089.5

1,118

JCJ ARCHITECTURE Hartford, CT / jcj.com

$7.4

FXCOLLABORATIVE ARCHITECTS New York / fxcollaborative.com

$6.8

$250.0

LMN ARCHITECTS Seattle / lmnarchitects.com

$6.5

$101.7

HENDRICK Atlanta / hendrickinc.com

$6.5

$178.0

PDR Houston / pdrcorp.com

$6.4

$290.9

HARTMAN DESIGN GROUP Rockville, MD / hartmandesigngroup.com

$6.3

$1,000.0

new

ANDERSON MIKOS ARCHITECTS Oakbrook, IL / andersonmikos.com

$6.3

$99.8

new

SMMA Cambridge, MA / smma.com

$5.9

$150.0

HORD COPLAN MACHT Baltimore / hcm2.com

$5.8

$179.8

ELKUS MANFREDI ARCHITECTS Boston / elkus-manfredi.com

$5.3

$600.0

165

BASKERVILL Richmond, VA / baskervill.com

$5.0

$219.8

LEGAT ARCHITECTS Chicago / legat.com

$4.9

$525.4

CLARK NEXSEN Virginia Beach, VA / clarknexsen.com

$4.8

$75.0

18 new

KCCT Washington / kcct.com

$4.7

$145.0

RULE JOY TRAMMELL RUBIO Atlanta / rjtrdesign.com

$4.6

$183.3

HOK St. Louis / hok.com

$4.4

$5,561.0

318

PERKINS EASTMAN ARCHITECTS New York / perkinseastman.com

$4.3

$1,950.0

305

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FIRM headquarters / website

continuation FF&C VALUE SUSTAINABLE OF WORK INSTALLED DESIGN FEES (in millions) (in millions) STAFF

2023 RANK

STEELMAN PARTNERS Las Vegas / steelmanpartners.co

$4.2

$1,250.0

new

SSHAPE Washington / sshapedc.com

$4.2

$100.0

DYER BROWN & ASSOCIATES Boston / dyerbrown.com

$4.0

$429.0

new

WHITNEY ARCHITECTS Chicago / whitneyad.com

$3.8

$120.0

new

MEYER DAVIS STUDIO New York / meyerdavis.com

$3.8

$2.1

PRIVATE LABEL INTERNATIONAL Mesa, AZ / privatelabelintl.com

$3.5

$41.3

72 52

ZIEGLER COOPER ARCHITECTS Houston / zieglercooper.com

$3.5

$182.0

TVS Atlanta / tvsdesign.com

$3.4

ROWLAND+BROUGHTON Aspen, CO / rowlandbroughton.com

$3.4

$186.9

IN STUDIO DESIGN Toronto / instudiocreative.com

$3.3

$300.0

CHAMBERS Baltimore / chambersusa.com

$3.2

$107.0

HYL ARCHITECTURE Washington / hylarchitecture.com

$3.1

$337.5

new

CUSHING TERRELL Billings, MT / cushingterrell.com

$3.0

$667.9

ODA New York / oda-architecture.com

$3.0

$1,000.0

new

HUNTSMAN ARCHITECTURAL GROUP San Francisco / huntsmanag.com

$3.0

$165.0

new

CHIPMAN DESIGN ARCHITECTURE Des Plaines, IL / chipman-design.com

$2.7

$305.0

130

PIERRE-YVES ROCHON Chicago / pyr-design.com

$2.5

new

INC ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN New York / inc.nyc

$2.5

$1,415.2

PEMBROOKE & IVES New York / pembrookeandives.com

$2.5

$86.8

MG2 Seattle / mg2.com

$2.4

new

NK ARCHITECTS Morristown, NJ / nkarchitects.com

$2.3

new

VOCON Cleveland / vocon.com

$2.3

$736.0

209

19 new

OTJ ARCHITECTS Washington / otj.com

$2.2

$0.00

197

PARTNERS BY DESIGN Chicago / pbdinc.com

$2.2

$168.3

KAY LANG + ASSOCIATES Los Angeles / kaylangassocs.com

$2.0

$200.00

new

KLAWITER AND ASSOCIATES Los Angeles / klawiter.com

$2.0

$75.0

HIXSON ARCHITECTURE, ENGINEERING, INTERIORS Cincinnati / hixson-inc.com

$2.0

$40.0

ARRIS, A DESIGN STUDIO Baltimore / arrisdesign.com

$1.8

$945.0

2PIRDESIGN Toronto / 2pirdesign.com

$1.7

$65.0

new

ROTTET STUDIO Houston / rottetstudio.com

$1.7

$2.6

new

DESIGN REPUBLIC New York / designrepublic.us.com

$1.6

$140.0

JLL DESIGN SOLUTIONS Chicago / jll.com

$1.6

513

new

SPACESMITH New York / spacesmith.com

$1.6

$706.0

CARRIER JOHNSON + CULTURE San Diego / carrierjohnson.com

$1.4

$14.4

new

HANBURY Norfolk, VA / hewv.com

$1.3

$260.0

108

new

MURPHY CRAMER DESIGN Dallas / mcdesign.com

$1.3

$139.0

new

WARE MALCOMB Irvine, CA / waremalcomb.com

$1.3

$1,482.1

359

SARGENTI ARCHITECTS Paramus, NJ / sargarch.com

$1.3

$239.6

60 86

STUDIO G ARCHITECTS San Jose, CA / studiogarchitectsinc.com

$1.3

$213.0

STONEHILL TAYLOR New York / stonehilltaylor.com

$1.2

$35.0

STUDIO 11 DESIGN Dallas / studio11design.com

$1.2

new

AEDIFICA Montreal / aedifica.com

$1.1

$110.0

new

THOMA-HOLEC DESIGN Mesa, AZ / thoma-holecdesign.com

$1.1

$12.3

new

SMALLWOOD Atlanta / smallwood-us.com

$1.1

new

//3877 Washington / 3877.design

$1.0

$20.0

ASD | SKY Atlanta / asdsky.com

$1.0

200

WOLCOTT ARCHITECTURE Los Angeles / wolcottai.com

$0.8

$200.0

RYAN YOUNG INTERIORS National City, CA / ryanyounginteriors.com

$0.8

$12.2

new

LEO A DALY Omaha, NE / leoadaly.com

$0.7

new

100

BHDM DESIGN New York / bhdmdesign.com

$0.7

$50.0

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“Creating a sustainable, equitable world for all is a collective endeavor. Change at this scale requires public commitment, collaboration, and transparency. Our industry can evolve the built environment to better address climate change and social inequities only if we challenge each other and demand action and accountability.” —Paula Storsteen, HGA

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“Net-zero carbon is no longer enough. We’ve spent the past few years developing strategies to make carbon-sequestering buildings, or as we call them, ‘urban sequoias.’ It’s a radical way to approach the design of the built environment, employing a collection of nature-based solutions, on-site energy generation, and carbon-capture technologies.”

“We can no longer ignore the climate emergency. This means moving toward a world where all interior elements are made from reused materials that can be easily moved, yes, but can also be disassembled at the end of an interior’s life and re-deployed in a new environment. We’re investigating repeatable systems, modularity, and the elimination of what’s not necessary. Fixtures and fittings must be made with mechanical fixings—no more glue, harmful chemicals, and VOCs. Embrace the discarded and imagine a new language for a healthy planet.” —Tim Wolfe, Perkins&Will

What is the importance of sustainability and wellness to your practice today? “We believe that health and wellness are the new best practices in workplace design. This includes not just LEED, WELL, and Fitwel but also the incorporation of spaces that address every aspect of human dignity and comfort, to both accommodate and welcome individuals who are diverse, neurodiverse, and multigenerational.”

—Catherine Heath, HYL Architecture

“When we design to WELL Building Institute program standards, wellness is elevated to the operational level—supporting building residents’ and users’ health well past a project’s design.”

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FROM TOP: ADRIENNE FOX/HGA; LUCAS BLAIR SIMPSON/SOM; PERKINS&WILL; JOE LEBLANC/ARS NOVA; ROBIN IVY

—Ece Calguner Erzan, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

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studios architecture Raymond Elementary School, Washington As is now commonly recognized, the most environmentally conscious building is one that already exists. That’s why when it came time to welcome a new generation of students, Raymond Elementary elected to retain and update the school’s original 1920’s redbrick structure instead of starting anew. The Studios team members took care to maintain the character of the building while making the interventions necessary to meet LEED Gold and, they expect, Net Zero Energy certification. There’s also a new wing of sympathetically similar brick connected to the historic wing by a glazed entry box, for a total of 96,000 square feet. More than 100 geothermal wells provide passive heating and cooling. Automatic shades are fueled by solar power from photo voltaic panels. But there was more than energy savings to consider; most important was that the project be an inclusive and healthy learning environment. That’s why practically all major programmatic zones are windowed, bright, and light, with views to a central courtyard, giving these pupils in the nation’s capital perpetual connection with the world around them. —Wilson Barlow

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“Providing a sense of connection to the rhythms of nature on a daily or seasonal basis elevates spaces beyond the functional to a place you want to be”

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LIKE FINE JEWERY FOR YOUR HOME. Inspired by timeless diamond tennis bracelets and chokers, this white house worthy collection of three chandeliers, two pendants and a wall sconce captures all “Four C’s”. Jackie likes to be used in single strands or clusters and comes in a stunning polished nickel or satin brass setting. Find Jackie and other ﬂawless collections at craftmade.com.

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“The palette was sparked by the bold colors of different layers in the company’s BIM modeling software”

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The ongoing BeltLine project has become symbolic of Atlanta’s urban renewal; when finished, the former railway corridor will reconnect historically divided neighborhoods in one 22-mile loop of trails, parks, and public transportation. That was the concept Corgan took inspiration from when developing the floor plan for software behemoth Autodesk’s latest regional outpost. It’s arranged in a loop with “destinations” spread out along the way, each themed around a local landmark like Ponce City Market or the Krog Street Tunnel. Schemes were rendered in a mix of hand sketches and, of course, CAD. Atlanta has nearly 50 percent tree coverage, so arboreal elements are everywhere, here, too, as in reception’s desk shaped like a giant trunk stump and the layered rainbow canopy with leaf graphics above it. But greening is more than just for show at this LEED Gold ID+C v4.0–certified workplace. The effort started with landing the office in a walkable neighborhood close to mass transit and continued into the construction phase, where more than half of all waste was diverted from landfill by either reusing or recycling it. —Wilson Barlow

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Approachable. Inspired. Forever cool. Shop the new collaboration at FourHands.com/Interior.

Sourcing resourcefully 1. Saga modular pendant system with low-waste aluminum hardware and

diffusers made of lightweight recycled LDPE plastic by In Common With. incommonwith.com 2. Anga panels made of plastic waste, such as delivery-pallet shrink-wrap

and single-use water bottles, by Alexandre Alimi and Valentine d’Harcourt. anga.fr 3. Quetzal velvet-matte all-natural paint made to order with artist-quality

mineral pigments and clear quartz by Alkemis Paint. alkemispaint.com 4. Natura and Treelore wall panels handmade of mullbery fibers by Weitzner. weitznerlimited.com 5. Double U fruit bowl 3D-printed on demand of recycled plastic in Burnt Sienna by Cyrc. cyrcdesign.com 6. Bolster chair 3D-printed on demand of biodegradable resins upcycled from plant waste by Model No. model-no.com 7. Handmade, low-waste concrete bookshelf marbled with natural pigments by Tosco Studio. toscostudio.com

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Design Takes Shape

June 10–12 2024 THE MART Chicago

Design Takes Shape at NeoCon 2024 What are the latest and best design solutions for the spaces in which we work, live, travel, learn, and heal? What new innovations will transform our shared environments to be healthier for occupants and the planet? What is energizing some of the most creative minds in the industry? Find out at the 55th edition of NeoCon, when Design Takes Shape. Join us on June 10-12, at THE MART in Chicago

Emerging Design NeoCon will be presenting a new installation spotlighting emerging designers and curated by Jon Otis, Pratt Institute professor and Principal & Creative Director of Object Agency (OIA). The installation will showcase the perspectives of student designers, ensuring the future of design is both celebrated and nurtured. DesignScene by SANDOW Interior Design will once again be celebrating by bringing our favorite brands and emerging designers together to create immersive, educational, and meaningful experiences. Pop into the space for a sneak peek of Interior Design’s Show Daily being produced LIVE and get a glimpse of any number of industry roundtables with top industry leaders and specifying designers attending their first NeoCon discussing the future of design.

Happy (Together) Hour, Tuesday, June 11, 5-6:30pm Get together with NeoCon friends and colleagues on THE MART’s River Park Tuesday after the show and enjoy complimentary drinks and live music. All NeoCon registrants welcome! METROPOLIS Sustainability Lab Embark on a transformative journey at METROPOLIS’s Sustainability Lab during NeoCon – an immersive exhibit and hub dedicated to empowering you to make a positive impact on both people and the planet. Dive into the latest innovations, explore cutting-edge initiatives, and access valuable resources to advance your work in sustainable design.

Preview some of what NeoCon 2024 has to offer. Visit neocon.com to register and find full details on exhibitors, programming, special features and events.

Experiences ART on THE MART Projection by Yinka Ilori Launching during NeoCon, ART on THE MART will present a new immersive commission by the British-Nigerian multidisciplinary artist and designer Yinka Ilori, in partnership with Momentum Textiles + Wallcovering, exploring memories and mindfulness. 9pm and 9:30pm nightly, starting June 6.

NeoCon Podcast Studio Powered by SURROUND NeoCon will once again host a live podcast studio, in partnership with SURROUND, a podcast network from SANDOW Design Group, featuring the best architecture and design-driven shows. A lineup of shows will be recorded on the first ﬂoor of THE MART throughout the three days of NeoCon. Stop by to meet podcast hosts and participate in exciting giveaways and hospitality throughout the show.

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Programming This year’s programming will serve as a global stage for a power-list of visionary speakers and industry leaders. Keynotes and other featured programs will be presented onsite and also available via live stream.

Monday Keynote: Bob Weis, Global Entertainment Leader, Gensler Leveraging the Power of Storytelling in Commercial Design

dynamic public installations and color-forward aesthetic that evoke feelings of joy and bring communities together around the world. Behind his progressive work lies a philosophy grounded in design’s power to tell stories of identity, culture, and purpose, and inspire the dreamer in everyone. In an intimate “fireside chat” style keynote, Ilori will discuss how he harnesses diverse mediums of design as a catalyst to tell stories, using creativity and colors as a language to celebrate cultural identities, and the power of design to elevate the individual while unifying the masses. Association Host:

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The last few years have tested the limits of our cities and built environments across the globe, leaving people and their communities with an urgent need for a return to vibrancy and experiences they can enjoy and remember together. Today, storytelling in design has become a top priority for clients and their stake holders, as well as our own aspirations as creators. Drawing from more than thirty years at Walt Disney Imagineering creating story-driven experiences and his current role as Global Entertainment Leader at Gensler, Bob Weis will demonstrate how creatives can use this magical tool to bring vibrancy to everyday places and spaces. Association Host:

Visit neocon.com for full programming details. Programming registration opens April 3.

Featured Presentations & Workshops A full roster of dynamic, on-site programming will run throughout each day of NeoCon. With a lineup of esteemed presenters from partner organizations such as IIDA, ASID, BIFMA, Fast Company, and Crain's, attendees can expect to gain valuable insights, inspiration, and strategies to stay at the forefront of the industry. CEU Education This year’s CEUs will be available for virtual, on-demand learning June 10 – September 13 in addition to CEUs offered in-person over NeoCon show dates. Registrants will choose from a catalog of more than 50 sessions running across a spectrum of important topics.

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Wednesday Keynote: Ruth E. Carter, Two-Time Academy-Award Winning Costume Designer Designing Afrofuturism: The Art of Storytelling in Costume Design

Tuesday Keynote: Yinka Ilori, British-Nigerian Multi-Disciplinary Artist and Designer The Power of Affirmation: Yinka IIori in conversation with Khoi Vo and Cherly Durst British-Nigerian Multi-disciplinary Artist and Designer Yinka Ilori is known for his

Ruth E. Carter became the first Black woman to win an Oscar for Costume Design in 2019. This affirmed her voice through the creation of Afrofuturism and devotion to retraining the eye to see beauty through costume design. Igniting a cultural renaissance, Carter’s decades long work in film proves that diversity in design and representation in story matters to audiences. This proved true again when Carter made history in 2023 winning her second Oscar for Wakanda Forever. In this keynote, one of the most sought-after costume designers on the globe, takes us on a journey, from concept to creation, to design the Afrofuture and shares how the art of storytelling translates in costume design and the building of worlds. Association Host:

NeoCon Talks Join us for NeoCon Talks, where we bring together industry disrupters, leaders, and inﬂuencers for thought-provoking 20-minute conversations that delve into trending topics that challenge conventional thinking and ignite innovation. No additional registration is required. In partnership with:

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Manufacturer Keynote: 5 Key Strategies to Navigate Client Evolution Manufacturers, distributors, and reps, this presentation is JUST for YOU. We'll delve into the transformative challenges reshaping our industry, unveiling groundbreaking insights from our latest research on the ever-evolving landscape of customer expectations. Hosted by ThinkLab.

NeoCon 2024 Exhibitors With nearly 1 million square feet of exhibition space, NeoCon features game-changing products and services from more than 400 leading companies and emerging players — providing unparalleled access to the latest and most innovative solutions in commercial design. Visit neocon.com for exhibitor updates. 123 2/90 Sign Systems 2020, A Cyncly Company 9to5 Seating A A. Pomerantz & Co. A. Rudin Access Products Incorporated Acousound AEG Home Theaters Design Studio AHF Products AIS Akkouo, by Sedia Systems AKU Tech Allermuir ALUR Alvic USA Amazing Magnets Andreu World Anees Furniture & Design Anji Fuhe Furniture Co., Ltd. Ann Sacks APCO Signs Arcadia Arc-Com Area International, Inc. Armstrong Flooring Arpa USA - FENIX Arrmet Artistic Tile Artizin LLC Aspecta ASSA ABLOY Assembled Works B B.one Furniture Company Limited Baker | McGuire BauTeam Chicago Beaufurn Behr Paint Company Benjamin Moore Bernhardt Design Bestuhl BIFMA Bjelin Bobrick Washroom Equipment Bold Furniture Borgo Contract Seating Bosch Experience & Design Center Boss Design Bradley Corporation Bright Group, The Brizo and Delta Chicago Brown Jordan Buechel Stone Bulo BuzziSpace

C Cabot Wrenn CAI Designs CAI Outdoor Calyx by Claridge Cane-line Canon U.S.A. Carlisle Wide Plank Floors CECOCECO Co., LTD Century Furniture CF Group-Falcon, Thonet & Shelby Williams CF Stinson CGS ORIS - Metis Systems Chaos Cylindo Chen-Source Inc. Choice Industries Christopher Peacock Chuan Hsing Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. Cixi Mingye Communication & Electronic Co., Ltd Clarus ClearSpace Design Climate Positive Solutions Gallery CMS Electracom Comfordy Co, Ltd Concertex Configura Inc. Contuo Technology Co., Ltd Covers and ALL Cowtan & Tout Cumberland D Dacor Kitchen Theater DAEHA Chairs Co., LTD DARRAN Furniture Dauphin David Sutherland Showroom Davis Furniture Dawon Chairs Co., Ltd. deAurora Decca Contract Design Pool LLC Designers FREE, Inc. Designers Linen Source DesignHQ DesignScene by Sandow Designtex DewertOkin Technology Group Co., Ltd. Digilock Divine Flooring Division 12 DKE Office DOM Interiors Dormakaba USA, Inc. Dupont Corian

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F Fabricut Ferrell Mittman / Avery Boardman Fi Interiors FlexiSpot Focal Point Fomcore Formaspace Formica Corporation Forward Space Foshan Cosyking Furniture Technology Co., Ltd. Foshan Nanhai Xinda Clover Industry Co., Ltd. Foshan Sitzone Furniture Co., Ltd. Foshan Yourseat Office Furniture Co., Ltd. Framery FreeAxez, LLC Frovi FSI & Sena FUNC Furicco Furniture FurnitureLab G Gaggenau GALLEY, THE GANTNER Garden on the Wall Genuwine Cellars Ghent, a GMi Company Global Furniture Group Gloster / Dedon Goldsit Office Furniture GRAFF Great Openings Green Hides Greenish

Greenlam America Inc. Greenmood Gressco Ltd. Gross Stabil Corp. Groupe Lacasse Gymba LTD H HALCON Harvest Link International Pte Ltd. HAT Collective Haworth Heller Heshan Zonman Furniture Limited Hickory Chair Hightower Hirsh Industries HMTX Industries Holland & Sherry Hollman HOLLY HUNT Honsit Hookay Office Furniture House of Rohl Studio HOWE Hummingbird Collective I ILLA Co., Ltd. INDEAL Indiana Furniture Innovant Innovations in Wallcoverings InPro Inspired Closets Chicago Integra Seating Intensa Interior Crafts Isomi Italcer iZone Imaging J J. Marshall Design JANUS et Cie John Rosselli & Associates K K & B Galleries, Ltd. Kadeya Enterprise Co., Ltd Kaidi LLC Kano Global Karndean Designﬂooring Katonah Architectural Hardware Katonah Architectural Hardware Lighting Furniture KEHONG Keilhauer

Kettal Keyless.Co LLC KFI Studios KI KI Wall Koncept Kravet, Inc. Krug KTE Co., Ltd. Kubebooth Küberit USA Kwalu L Lapchi Rug Design Studio Legend Office Co., Ltd. LINAK LiteMirror Loftwall LOGICDATA Lumi Legend Luxer One M Mac Chairs and Components Co., Ltd. Magnuson Group Makr Furniture Mannington Commercial Mantra Inspired Furniture Martin Brattrud Material Intelligence / Climate Positive NOW Materials Inc. Mayer Fabrics Metro Light & Power, LLC Metropolis Sustainability Lab Michael - Cleary Middleby Residential Miele Experience Center MilkMate Mizetto MOCKETT MOD Powered by National Lighting Modernsolid Industrial Co., Ltd. Moen Design Center Momentum Textiles & Wallcovering Monogram Design Center Chicago Mountain Lumber MURAFLEX MUSEPoD Mute My Resource Library N Narbutas NARDI NaughtOne Nevins New Style Cabinets Nienkämper Ningbo Aoke Office Equipment Co., Ltd. Ningbo Qiangsheng Electric Motor, Co. Ltd. Ningbo Xindongqi Industrial Technologh Co.,Ltd Nook Pod Noure’s Oriental Rug, Inc. Novus - More Space Systems Nucraft NWH O Offices to Go (OTG) OfficeSource Furniture

OFS Ojmar Okamura OM Seating Omnimax USA LLC Onyx Specialty Papers, Inc. Osborne & Little P Pallas Textiles Panolam Surface Systems | Nevamar | Pionite Paris Ceramics Patcraft Patra Paul Ferrante PEDRALI Phillip Jeffries Pindler Pliteq Flooring Poggenpohl Porcelanosa Tile/ Kitchen/ Bath/ Hardwood Power Construction, Luxury Residence Group Prismatique Designs Ltd. PS Furniture Q Qidong Vision Mounts Qingdao Richmat Intelligence Technology Inc. Quadrille Wallpapers and Fabrics, Inc. Quali Co., Ltd. Quiet Earth Moss R Radius Track Corp. Rakks Architectural Shelving and Hardware Regal Castors Regency & RGS Furniture Richard Norton Gallery, LLC Richlite Company Rigidized Metals Corporation Rite-Tech Industrial Co., Ltd. ROMO Room & Board for Business S SAFCO Products Samuel & Sons Sanderson Design Group Sandler Seating SBFI Scalamandré Scandinavian Spaces Scavolini Store Chicago Schiavello Schluter Systems L.P. Schumacher / Patterson Flynn Scott Group Studio Senator Shaw Contract Shenghua Sherwin-Williams Color Studio Sickler, Inc. Silen SitOnIt Seating SIXINCH® USA SLALOM S.r.L. SnapCab Snowsound USA Solar Graphics Soundbox Source International

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NeoCon June 10-12, 2024

The Official Awards Program Honoring Outstanding Products

A hallmark of NeoCon since 1990, Best of NeoCon is the official awards program honoring outstanding new products from exhibiting companies across a wide range of verticals. Best of NeoCon 2024 will feature entrants in 55 product categories evaluated onsite by a diverse jury of more than 50 leading architects, designers, specifiers, and facility managers with expertise spanning commerical, healthcare, education, and hospitality sectors. The program will bestow Gold and Silver awards alongside honors in innovation, sustainability, and business impact in 55 categories at a live awards event on Monday morning of NeoCon. Follow us on social media for entrant highlights, juror profiles, and a showcase of this year’s winners. #BestofNeoCon2024 NeoCon June 10-12, 2024

it all adds up M Moser Associates plus TAV Ceramics equals abacus-inspired installations for the Vancouver, Canada, office of accounting-software company Tipalti 5

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SLIP-CAST CLAY BEADS 1. An iPad sketch by M Moser Associates senior associate Alex Watkins reveals one of two installations that would be realized by Canadian-based artist Tanvi Arora of TAV Ceramics for Tipalti’s Vancouver office, a two-level 24,000-square-foot project also by M Moser. 2. To form the giant ceramic “beads” that would compose the abacus-reminiscent works—one an all-white partition, the other a blue ceiling-scape—Arora poured clay into molds in her studio, also in Vancouver. 3. She tested multiple pigments before finding the shade that matched Tipalti’s branding. 4. and 5. She hand-painted 160 of the beads with a matte stain from Mason Color and left 140 unfinished, before firing all of them. 6. and 7. On-site, the beads for the partition were strung on floor-to-ceiling metal rods fitted with rubber gaskets.

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group practice By gathering healthcare researchers and private-sector partners under one roof, the TMC³ Collaborative Building in Houston by Elkus Manfredi Architects streamlines the laboratory-to-market pathway text: michael lassell photography: eric laignel

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Previous spread: On the Texas Medical Center campus in Houston, uplit custom oak grids host video screens in the entrance gallery to the James P. Allison Institute, a cancer research lab in the four-story TMC³ Collaborative Building by Elkus Manfredi Architects, also the master planner of the 37-acre TMC Helix Park in which the structure stands. Top: More oak, in the form of ceiling slats, joins poured-concrete walls to cocoon the main reception desk, also custom. Bottom: An internal balcony outfitted with Dan West’s Cultivate table and Jasper Morrison’s Alfi chairs overlooks stadium seating in the atrium. Opposite top: The 12,000-square-foot space is topped with a ceramic fritted glass skylight and surrounded by tiers of open circulation corridors fronting glass-walled offices and labs. Opposite bottom: The view from reception emphasizes the dynamic nature of the central volume, which rises nearly 75 feet.

Everything’s bigger in the Lone Star State. The Texas Medical Center in Houston is the largest such complex in the world as well as among its most highly regarded. Spanning more than 2 square miles, encompassing 61 different hospitals and institutions, it constitutes the eighth largest business district in the U.S., one that recently became even larger with the addition of TMC Helix Park, a 37-acre trailblazing life-sciences campus that will eventually include multiple laboratory and research buildings along with a convention center, hotel, an apartment tower, and retail space—more than 5 million square feet of real estate in all. The first structure, the four-story, 250,000-square-foot TMC³ Collaborative Building, opened in October 2023. Elkus Manfredi Architects, the big Bostonbased firm assigned the inaugural project as well as the master planning of Helix Park, has stats almost as impressive as the client’s: It not only ranks number 48 among the Interior Design top 100 Giants but also 34th, 43rd, and 49th on the Hospitality, Sustainability, and Healthcare Giants lists, respectively. David P. Manfredi, CEO and founding principal along with the late Howard F. Elkus, describes TMC³ as “both the convening space for the Helix campus as well as a microcosm of the whole.” Dedicated to connectivity and cooperation between and among researchers and privatesector partners, the facility is inspired by translational science: “Traditionally, there’s been a great divide between academic and commercial science, the biopharmaceuticals,” Manfredi notes. “The translational science construct brings the two worlds together to move solutions from lab to market as fast as possible.” “The model at TMC³ is to combine fully equipped laboratory space, promising startups, and organizations that offer seed capital and support in translational medicine,” says Elkus Manfredi principal Elizabeth Lowrey, who led the interior architecture team. “We’re shifting from a research mindset of ‘mine’ to one of ‘ours.’” Thus, the building’s 43,000 square feet of state-of-the-art laboratories are shared by three of TMC’s founding institutions: the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, the Texas A&M University Health Science Center, and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. The building itself, Manfredi continues, “is almost square in plan, out of which is hollowed an atrium that serves as the town square for the whole

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campus, the agora for ideas.” Throwing off the rectangular footprint slightly, the east facade describes a long, shallow curve that follows the arc of the adjacent garden—one of five green spaces by landscape architect Mikyoung Kim that connect in a DNA-inspired double helix, a near 7-acre expanse that gives the campus its name. As for the atrium, it’s also strikingly expansive: 12,000 square feet of limestone-clad floor space topped by an almost equally large ceramic fritted glass skylight nearly 75 feet above. Fronted by deep balcony corridors, three encircling tiers of glass-walled laboratories and administrative offices overlook the huge volume, which is crisscrossed by a bridge and staircases linking the floors. Transparency and connectivity are more than metaphors here. Thanks to bleacher seating and a podium backed by a giant video screen, the atrium accommodates educational and cultural events, while oak slats covering the walls and balcony undersides bring warmth and texture to the imposing venue, as do the poured-in-place concrete walls surrounding the reception area. Dedicating so much cubic footage to an atrium might seem counterintuitive but, flooded with daylight, its vast dimensions and

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Left: Executive-suite reception features MUT Design’s Block seating, Marco Merendi & Diego Vencato’s Caementum side tables, a customized Tidal B rug by Workshop/APD, and a terrace with Lievore Altherr Molina’s Leaf chairs. Top, from left: Outside an executive office, corridor paneling is either oak veneer or high-gloss lacquer. Custom graphics emblazon an Allison Institute corridor. Bottom: Ultrasuede paneling enhances acoustics in the boardroom, where Kevin Stark’s Cadre chairs line the custom etched glass–topped conference table and Together benches by Eoos provide window seating.

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PROJECT TEAM MARK SARDEGNA; JOE PRYSE; SUSANNE ACKERMANN; LAWRENCE KO; PEARL PYO; KATE BORES; MARY FERRILL; MICHAEL STRAHM; JEFF SALOCKS; ROGER ORLANDO; JEFF JACOBY; DESMOND MC AULEY; CYNTHIA FINLEY; PABLO MALAN; MARK ROBITZ; TOM JIN; SCOTT TUCKER; BRYAN PREMONT; GREGORY BUCKINGHAM; JUNAID ABBASI; MARCO ANCIANO: ELKUS MANFREDI ARCHITECTS. MOODY NOLAN: ARCHITECT OF RECORD (ATRIUM, CONFERENCE SPACES, LECTURE HALL). MIKYOUNG KIM DESIGN: LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT. CASTELLI DESIGN: LIGHTING CONSULTANT. ALBRECHT CONSTRUCTION; CROWN VENEER; ISEC; 9WOOD: WOODWORK. WALTER P MOORE: STRUCTURAL ENGINEER. SHAH SMITH & ASSOCIATES: MEP. VAUGHN CONSTRUCTION: GENERAL CONTRACTOR. PRODUCT SOURCES FROM FRONT WAC LIGHTING: UPLIGHTS (GALLERY). CAESARSTONE: DESK SURFACING (MAIN RE- CEPTION). UNITED FORMING: CUSTOM CONCRETE WALLS. RP VISUAL SOLUTIONS: LED DISPLAY. EMECO: CHAIRS (BALCONY). HAWORTH: COMMUNAL TABLES (BALCONY, ATRIUM). GARRETT LEATHER: BLEACHER SEAT PADS (ATRIUM). CAPPELLINI: CHAIRS (ATRIUM), GUEST CHAIRS (EXECUTIVE OFFICE), CURVED SOFA (EXECUTIVE HALL). MISSANA: ARMCHAIRS, SOFAS (EXECUTIVE RECEPTION). EQ3: GLASS COFFEE TABLES. PEDRALI: SIDE TABLES. WARP & WEFT: CUSTOM RUG. MCGRORY GLASS: ETCHED-GLASS WALLS. NEWMAT: STRETCH CEILING (EXECUTIVE RECEPTION, BOARDROOM). ARPER: LOUNGE CHAIRS (EXECUTIVE TERRACE). BLU DOT: ROUND TABLES (TERRACES). DEKO: GLAZED PART ITION (EXECUTIVE OFFICE). BENTLEY MILLS: CARPET. WALLGOLDFINGER: TABLES (EXECUTIVE OFFICE, BOARDROOM). SOFTLINE: LOUNGE CHAIR. (EXECUTIVE HALL). NIENKÄMPER: TABLES. FLOS: FLOOR LAMP. CREATIVE MATTERS: RUG. ASTEK: CUSTOM WALLCOVERING (INSTITUTE HALL). HBF: CHAIRS (BOARDROOM). COALESSE: BENCHES. ECODOMO: DARK WALLCOVERING. KNOLL: LIGHT WALLCOVERING (BOARDROOM), CHAIRS (TERRACE 2). MAHARAM: CARPET (BOARDROOM), CHAIR FABRIC (INSTITUTE SEATING AREA). BERNHARDT: SOFA, CHAIRS, COFFEE TABLES (INSTITUTE SEATING AREA). KVADRAT: SOFA FABRIC. DELOS: RUG. THROUGHOUT ARDEX: CONCRETE FLOORING. STONE SOURCE: STONE FLOORING. USG: ACOUSTIC CEILINGS. BENJAMIN MOORE & CO.: PAINT.

natural surfaces animate the whole building. “You walk in, and the generosity of light and space become palpable,” Lowrey observes. “The materials bring a human touch to the scale, making the huge volume feel approachable and reassuring.” The second and third stories contain the joint laboratories and adjacent administrative areas. The fourth floor houses the TMC executive suite—a low key–luxe environment of glossy whites and silver grays offset by marble flooring and wood or suede paneling—partner-institution offices, and the James P. Allison Institute, a 14,000-square-foot cancer research lab named for the resident Nobel laureate. Furniture throughout is clean and modern, with a representative sampling of blue-chip pieces by Jasper Morrison, MUT Design, Luca Nichetto, and other contemporary luminaries. As befits a medical center, the LEED Gold–certified TMC³ building places a premium on the health and well-being of its occupants, most conspicuously by maximizing the physical relationship between the interiors and the natural world. “When we began discussing our involvement with Helix Park back in 2019,” Manfredi recalls, “one of the first things I said was that the outdoor spaces are as important as the indoor ones.” The curving east facade hosts an amphitheaterlike array of staggered terraces—sun-drenched, lushly planted, and furnished with pristine-white tables and chairs by Lievore Altherr Molina and Richard Schultz, they are an irresistibly welcoming al fresco amenity. And, of course, the ground floor offers immediate access to the green park where in good weather research teams can hold meetings under a canopy of shade trees. “People are not just working out there—they can have lunch together or a beer on Friday after work or movie nights and kite festivals,” Manfredi concludes. “Making all those connections with colleagues and their families in a low-pressure, natural environment will accelerate the science.” Top: Francesco Favaretto’s Bombom chairs and Luca Nichetto’s Luca sofa and tables form a seating vignette in the Allison Institute. Bottom: The curved east facade sports a stack of pergola-shaded, planted terraces, this one furnished with Richard Schultz’s 1966 chairs. Opposite top: Flooring is concrete in the institute’s entrance gallery, as it is throughout TMC³’s second and third floors. Opposite bottom: Gathered with Susanne Grønlund’s Noomi lounge chair and Sebastian Wrong’s Spun Light-F floor lamp, Morrison’s Orla sofa echoes the curve of the executive corridor wall.

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The apartment in downtown Manhattan was expansive, sprawling over more than 5,600 square feet on two levels. And it was located on the opposite side of the country. But it took just two months for Nicole Hollis, principal and creative director of her namesake San Francisco–based firm, to get the duplex up and running and her clients moved in. It helped that the residence in question was in excellent condition, requiring little more than the removal of wallpaper and various built-ins that previous owners had installed, followed by plastering and painting. It was also on the top two floors of the historic Puck Building, the late 19th–century former printing plant and one-time home of the satirical weekly magazine Puck (not to mention the locale of the interior design studio of Debra Messing’s Grace Adler in the sitcom Will & Grace), with two gilded statues of the impish Puck character in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream standing outside. The 11-story redbrick Romanesque revival building currently houses a mix of residential and commercial tenants (the REI flagship store is at its base). “It’s iconic,” begins Hollis, who went to the

Fashion Institute of Technology in Midtown and had an early design crit in this very building. Today, her studio’s portfolio encompasses worldwide residential design, about 85 percent of business, but also hotel projects, about 15 percent, which secures her ranking on two of Interior Design’s Giants lists: 64th amid the top 100 and 51st among hospitality. For this project, Hollis already knew the clients and their taste well, having done multiple homes for them over a dozen years, including their primary residence in Silicon Valley. A couple whose three daughters are now teenagers, they prioritize comfort. “It’s like shorthand with them by now,” Hollis continues. The clients wanted to start using their new place as soon as possible—the husband often comes to New York for business, and his wife is involved in charities and the arts—so Hollis hit the ground running. With original brick walls and barrel-vaulted ceilings and iron beams and columns providing strong character, Hollis quickly decided that her approach would be “keeping things calm and neutral.” She opted for a quiet palette that ranges from creamy

Previous spread: In the family room of a duplex penthouse in New York, a 5,600-square-foot project by NicoleHollis for a repeat client, the Groundpiece sectional by Antonio Citterio, coffee and side tables by Ini Archibong and Gary Magakis, and a custom oak media console are enlivened by a grid of Donald Judd woodcuts. Left: Featuring an original barrel-vaulted brick ceiling and a Sheila Hicks woven sculpture, the living room’s open and airy furniture plan is suitable for the client to host small charity events, with guests seated in Arttu Brummer’s mohair-upholstered wingback chairs and a custom leather-wrapped sofa, all served by a Vincenzo De Cotiis cocktail table and Noro Khachatryan’s onyx side table. Top, from left: Eric Schmitt’s granite-finished table occupies the upper foyer, which leads to the duplex’s three bedrooms and en suite bathrooms. Another view of the living room reveals a pair of 1960’s lounge chairs by Liceu Artes e Oficios standing before an Olafur Eliasson wall piece. Bottom: Near the room’s windows, swivel chairs by Bunn Studio join a Hun-Chung Lee table.

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Top, from left: The stairwell’s custom smoked-glass chandelier is by Bocci. A console by Patrick E. Naggar furnishes the entry foyer. Bottom: In the main bedroom, wool bouclé wraps the custom headboard, which encircles cast-bronze lamps by Elan Atelier. Opposite: Backdropped by an Eamon Ore-Giron artwork in the dining room is a Céline Wright chandelier and a Tyler Hays table, the latter flanked by 1960’s Sam Maloof chairs found on 1stDibs.

whites to warm grays and browns with the glint of gold, brass, and bronze in select furnishings. There’s virtually no pattern in the place, save for the existing black, white, and gray marble flooring in the foyer, but luxurious textures—cashmere, mohair velvet, woven leather—abound. Much of the color is supplied by a collection of arresting artworks by the likes of Olafur Eliasson, Sheila Hicks, and Donald Judd, procured by consultants with whom the clients and Hollis had worked in the past. The homeowners brought little more than a single piece of furniture to the apartment—a walnut-slab table with a bronze base by Tyler Hays that would go in the dining room—so there was lots of shopping to do. Hollis scooped up an overscale mobile chandelier by Céline Wright plus a set of eight 1960’s walnut-and-leather chairs by Sam Maloof to go above and around the dining table. “To get chairs that were comfortable and available—those were a coup,” Hollis notes. The designer knew the clients liked the sectional sofa with built-in bookshelf by Antonio Citterio that she’d selected for their primary residence, so she got another one for the family room here and paired it with a mesmerizing green-ombre coffee table by Ini Archibong. As for the balance of the furnishings, Hollis and her team gathered contemporary and mid-century pieces, artisan-made works and those NicoleHollis designed itself. The lower level, containing the entry foyer, living and dining rooms, kitchen, den, and gym, needed to accommodate work and entertaining as well as family life. In the living room, for example, the main seating group, which revolves around a sculptural cast-brass cocktail table by Vincenzo De Cotiis, might be the setting for a charity event. Meanwhile, near the window, two tub chairs and a bronzed table by Hun-Chung Lee provide an intimate spot for morning coffee. Upstairs is a second foyer, three bedrooms and bathrooms, and a home office. In the bedrooms, Hollis streamlined the decorating, installing temporary bed frames until custom ones, upholstered in linen or wool bouclé, were completed, and showing restraint everywhere. “It’s so easy to overdo, to overdecorate,” she says. The bedrooms the 178

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Top, from left: Linen upholsters the custom headboard and frame in one of the two daughter/guest bedrooms, where the rug combines wool and silk and the artwork is by Charles Gaines. Lit by an opal Beran lamp, a Christophe Delcourt desk in the office off the main bedroom rests on a leather rug. Bottom: In the second daughter/guest bedroom, the bench is by Thomas Hayes Studio and the painting by Ariana Papademetropoulos. Right: The bench in the main bedroom is by Alexander Purcell Rodrigues, the 1950’s armchairs upholstered in mohair velvet.

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daughters use when they’re in town might at other times function as guest rooms, so they were deliberately kept neutral in character, yet blue-chip art and rugs in wool and silk maintain the luxe factor. The main bedroom is perhaps the serenest space in the penthouse. Given the ruddy brick of the window wall, Hollis dialed the temperature down with a gray scheme: It’s the color of the plaster on other walls, the sheer alpaca-wool drapery, the mohair covering a pair of 1950’s wingback chairs, the stain of the custom nightstands. The latter are enveloped by a curving oak headboard. The vintage chairs possess a similarly strong, sculptural form. Those pieces and certain others were installed six months after the initial move-in, with the final installment of furnishings at the nine-month mark. By then, the clients had long since settled into their new home away from home.

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things are looking up The Morrow Hotel by INC Architecture & Design and Rottet Studio brings a much-needed dose of optimism to the nation’s capital text: rebecca dalzell photography: eric laignel

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Previous spread: The lobby of The Morrow Hotel in Washington by INC Architecture & Design, which oversaw public spaces, and Rottet Studio, which conceived the 203 guest rooms and the conference center, sets the tone of the 12-story new-build, where spaces evoke different times of day, in this instance, a clear, bright morning. Top: Acid-etched ribbed-glass panels surround the linen- and leather-upholstered sofas, which are custom by INC, while flooring is travertine and the ceiling cast gypsum. Bottom, from left: Custom pendant fixtures and stools serve the marble-topped bar at Le Clou brasserie, the hotel’s main restaurant. A tinted-glass storefront leads to the 11th-floor cocktail lounge, Vesper. Opposite top: Custom mohair-covered armchairs, cocktail tables in walnut and travertine, and oak parquet instill an evening vibe at Vesper. Opposite bottom: Custom ceiling fixtures and creamy marble tabletops lend a celestial feel to Le Clou’s dining room. 184

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Dysfunction in government. A pandemic. An uncertain economy. The Morrow Hotel, a recently opened property in Washington, is an antidote to the national—and global—malaise. The name alone evokes better days ahead. But it’s the fresh, light scheme that conveys the optimism of the new brand, part of the Curio Collection by Hilton. That’s thanks to two of Interior Design’s Hospitality Giants: Rottet Studio, ranked 40th on that list, and INC Architecture & Design, 42nd, which conceived the private and public areas, respectively. Though the firms worked independently, they created differentiated spaces with warmth and character that form a remarkably cohesive whole. The 149,000-square-foot, 12-story hotel is part of Central Armature Works, a new mixed-use development in the formerly industrial NoMa neighborhood. Construction by the client, developer Trammell Crow Company, began in 2019, and its team initially envisioned a dark and luxurious atmosphere that gestured to the gritty location by the train tracks. But the pandemic soon scrambled that plan. Trammell Crow hired creative agency Revolver to rethink the hotel for the COVID era, and the resulting brand book became the basis for the interiors. “We all agreed that we needed something positive: airy, open, and joyful,” begins Adam Rolston, INC founding partner and APRIL.24

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Left, from top: Concrete side tables, custom seating, and Bon Vivant ottomans form a terrace lounge at Upstairs, the hotel’s rooftop bar. Inside Upstairs, where furnishings are all custom, there are views out to Capitol Hill. Rottet outfitted a meeting room in the con ference center with Ames chairs and Thin Single Float sconces. Right: More art instal lation than light fixture, polished bronze and gesso-textured petals hang from the ceiling in the ballroom, where Rottet’s custom rug is hand-tufted wool and nylon.

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creative and managing director. He, cofounding partner and construction and development director Drew Stuart, and their team oversaw the concepts for the lobby; Le Clou, a modern brasserie and the hotel’s main restaurant; the 11th-floor cocktail lounge, Vesper; and Upstairs, the rooftop bar and terrace. The 203 guest rooms and the conference center, totaling 16,500 square feet of meeting areas, are by Rottet Studio—which also ranks 67th among the top 100 Giants and 80th for Sustainability Giants—led by Interior Design Hall of Fame member and founding principal Lauren Rottet. The firms rarely consulted each other during the process, Rolston says, “but we arrived at the same place.” That’s because both took a holistic slant that extended the brand identity into the physical environment. “Despite designing a hotel during the pandemic, almost entirely over video calls, the project was a seamless collaboration,” Stuart recalls. “It’s a prime example of our communitarian approach.” INC, also 123rd amid the Rising Giants and 68th for Sustainability, has a growing portfolio of hospitality projects that includes the nearby Line Hotel and the 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge in New York. While the former occupies a century-old church, the Morrow is in

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a ground-up building. Rolston and Stuart began by studying the area to create a sense of place, visiting such disparate local sites as the Lincoln Memorial, Union Market, and Manifest, a club/ barbershop. “It’s always a heavy lift to bring real personality to a new-build, but it’s what we enjoy doing,” Rolston continues. The city’s neoclassical architecture inspired fluted coffee tables and oak millwork that wraps columns. In the lobby, ribbed-glass panels have a celadon hue taken from the conservatory at the United States Botanic Garden, about a mile away. The district’s low-key culture informed the comfortable yet luxurious setting. One of Revolver’s ideas was that spaces should evoke different times of day, depending on when they’re used, transitioning from light to dark. “It was poetic and became the core driver of the project,” Rolston notes. The lobby’s sky blue– upholstered sofa, white travertine flooring, and bleached millwork channel morning. In clubby Vesper, the same millwork is stained midnight blue, and navy mohair armchairs, dark travertineand-walnut tables, and oak parquet are more nighttime. At the rooftop Upstairs, the green, blue, and orange palette comes straight from a photograph of the National Mall at dusk. Guest rooms have the bright, crisp look of midday. “They’re meant to feel calm and relaxing, reflecting the idea of how the colors of the sun change your perception of the city,” Rottet picks up the thread. She and her studio created quartz-topped nightstands, maple-veneered credenzas, and ombré wallpaper reminiscent of drifting clouds. Rottet—who’s designed hotels everywhere from Lubbock, Texas, to Hong Kong plus dozens of ships for Viking Cruises—explains that, “It’s always our goal to make interiors animated like the outdoors, and not static.” This instinct aligned with the brand’s emphasis on the times of day.

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Rottet also aimed to indicate movement. The idea sprang from the train tracks, the repetitive rhythm of local bay windows, and turntables (the Beatles played their first U.S. concert around the corner from the site). This led to the ribbing of the lacquered-wood wainscotting—that coincidentally mirrors INC’s fluted columns— and wool rugs with speckled patterns. In the ballroom, polishedbronze petals glint under a grand ceiling fixture, its circular shape evoking Washington’s historic rotundas. Bill Brewer, a senior vice president at Trammell Crow, says his company hired two different firms for logistical reasons, but it proved to be fortuitous. “We didn’t have to worry about things getting too uniform,” he says. But there’s still continuity: “Design elements travel through the spaces in an effective way.” He points to the cove lights in the lobby and Le Clou, where cast-gypsum circles are plastered to drywall ceiling panels to form shapes that resemble celestial bodies. Derived from column capitals, the fixtures are placed randomly in the lobby and symmetrically in the more formal restaurant. In both places, they seem to signal that there is upward momentum. Top: Allied Maker’s Aperture sconce illuminates a custom quartz-topped night stand in the main bedroom of the Burnham, the hotel’s largest suite; the New Zealand wool rug is also custom. Bottom: A leather-backed sofa circles a Corbett table in its living room. Opposite top: A custom light-art fixture faces Ellipses dining chairs in the Burnham’s dining area. Opposite bottom, from left: Custom wallpaper evokes moving clouds in a standard guest room. Limestone mosaic tiles floor a guest bathroom, where the vanity and mirror are custom. 190

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the great escape Restorative biophilia, rain showers, tasty cocktails—the Chase Sapphire Lounge by The Club at LaGuardia Airport by Corgan and ICrave takes members away before they go away text: dan howarth photography: courtesy of corgan and icrave

Let’s face it, air travel is more stressful than ever. Packed terminals, long security lines, and chaotic scenes are causing major disruption and inducing dread ahead of our trips. A shining light in this seemingly dark time for aviation is the revamped LaGuardia Airport, New York City’s oncereviled domestic hub that has undergone an $8 billion overhaul and become the talk of the town for the right reasons instead. That’s especially true in Terminal B, which has received a state-of-the-art revamp by HOK and WSP Design. It’s there that Chase Sapphire credit-card holders have access to a newly opened flagship lounge by Corgan and ICrave, a Journey Studio, that promises to remove as many airport pain points as possible, whether for individual business travelers or a family en route to Disney World. 194

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Officially named the Chase Sapphire Lounge by The Club, the nearly 22,000-square-foot project is the third in this network of members-only spaces to open after Boston and Hong Kong, and provides a unique cardholder perk for New Yorkers and those passing through. To craft an exclusive hospitality experience for these customers, the clients— JPMorgan Chase and Airport Dimensions—tapped leaders in two sectors: airport specialist Corgan and customerexperience expert ICrave—#6 and #70, respectively, among Interior Design’s top 100 Giants. “Chase came to us with the brief to reinvent the airport lounge,” ICrave creative director David Taglione begins, “a new benchmark within the U.S. market.” Also ranked 10th on the Hospitality Giants list, ICrave was up to the task.

Previous spread: For the Chase Sapphire Lounge by The Club at LaGuardia Airport, a joint, 21,850-square-foot project by Corgan and ICrave, a Journey Studio, a section of the floor plate was removed to create a 20-foot main sitting area while retaining the mezzanine level, demarcated by Francesco Favaretto’s Bombom swivel chairs and plants, both real and faux, overhanging a band of wire-mesh panels backed by flexible LED strips. Left: An 18-foot-long custom sofa and Mono ottomans by Birgitte Due and Jonas Trampedach anchor the main seating area. Top: To create a feeling of compression before entering the lounge proper, the original 8-foot ceiling height was maintained at reception, floored in a custom terrazzo mix. Bottom: A curvaceous mirrored ceiling panel reflects a structural column, concealed with 3D-printed walnut-veneered panels to resemble a tree trunk, continuing the biophilic scheme.

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The designated two-level site, located within the bowels of the airport, proved a consid erable challenge. With low, 8-foot ceilings and no windows, the teams had to get creative with spatial moves and innovative lighting systems across the envelope. “The lack of windows took us outside the realm of the airport altogether, and really freed us up to do something incredibly fresh,” Taglione reveals. Together with Corgan, their considerations revolved around questions such as: “How do you de-stress guests? How do you give them the ex perience of feeling like they’re in a whole other world, and not the daily grind of traveling?” according to Ginger Gee DiFurio, vice president and aviation studio design director at Corgan, which is also 7th amid the 100 Sustainability Giants. The de-stress process begins upon arrival, when guests are greeted by agents, then guided through a low corridor before emerging into a bright double-height volume—a sequence that exaggerates the feeling of compression and then opens up, explains Taglione. The void the firms carved through the thick central floor plate offers an impression of spaciousness, and introduces curvaceous shapes around wire mesh–covered, softly illuminated mezzanine balconies that are echoed across the ceiling as layered coves. Organic treelike forms on both levels are wrapped in undulating walnut-veneer panels to disguise structural columns and pipework, and rise to meet mirrored panels that create the illusion of continuing growth through the ceilings. Timber is a recurring material, adding to the high-end, inviting vibe through such applications as paneling of oak veneer or rift-cut white-oak tambour and wood-effect porcelain floor tiles laid in a herringbone pattern. At the center of the lounge, a large circular bar is conceived as a beacon and a place to gather. It’s fitted with bespoke brass taps, exquisitely tailored stools, and a quartzite countertop, and crowned with halolike rings, evoking a “chandelier, or an amazing piece of jewelry,” Leanne Fremar, JPMorgan Chase chief brand officer, suggests. “It’s the very first thing people look for, a helpful wayfinding element,” Gee DiFurio adds. Guests are encouraged to use the different areas as they desire, whether joining Zoom calls in cossetted booths, dining or having a drink, or kicking back on luxe seating by the likes 196

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“The teams had to get creative with spatial moves and innovative lighting systems across the two-story envelope”

Opposite: Arven stools by Parla ring the quartzitetopped bar. Top, from left: Along the perimeter of the lounge, a storefront system of glass and brass mesh partially encloses a rift-cut white oak–lined family room, which adjoins a playroom. Travertine tiles envelop a restroom. Bottom: One of three reserve-ahead suites features Nendo’s Tape armchairs, Republic of II by IV’s Ren settee, and Median ceiling-mount fixtures by Apparatus, the latter’s cove surrounded by leather.

of Francesco Favaretto, Monica Förster, and Nendo before their flights. Some spaces are more intimate, like the areas demarcated by glass partitions around the perimeter of the lounge. These include a family room and adjoining playroom to keep children entertained, while tweens and teens can find a retro-style arcade with a jukebox, pinball machine, and shuffleboard hidden beyond an unassuming photo booth. A staircase sweeps up to the mezzanine, past a mix of live and faux plants cascading over the balconies, to a quieter space for reading and relaxation. From this level, also reachable via elevator, guests can access a trio of resort-inspired private suites offering such spalike details as tiled baths, generous vanities, and rain showers “as if they were in a five-star hotel,” Fremar describes. The suites offer “everything you need to get ready for your destination,” she adds, noting that these facilities must be prebooked in advance. 198

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Each Sapphire Lounge is conceived to reflect its location, so the LaGuardia project takes influences from the city’s iconic entertainment venues, “with Madison Square Garden on one end of the spectrum and the Boom Boom Room at the other,” Fremar explains, the leather ceiling and sexy lighting in the private suites channeling the latter. Several well-known Manhattan spots were tapped as collaborators on food and beverage menus—West Village bistro Joseph Leonard, cocktail bar Apotheke, Joe Coffee—while regionally inspired artwork includes a mural of Polaroids taken all around the city by a commissioned local photographer. The space is devoid of any blatant branding—there’s intentionally only hints of Chase’s signature blue. Instead, warm illumination, natural materials, and soft furnishings create a calming environment to unwind, regroup, and make merry ahead of an onward journey.

PROJECT TEAM BRENT KELLEY; SHELLY NICHOLS; FARHAD MODY; GREG VESSELS; TONY GIARD; SHANE FYE; ASHLEY LAPPE; MATTHEW SHAYO; GABRIEL NG: CORGAN. NICOLE RAVASINI; KAMALA HUTAURUK; DEBRA CHAN; CLAUDIA DE LEON; EMILY EVANS; ANDREW DELGADO; ADAM MURPHY: ICRAVE, A JOURNEY STUDIO. GOLDSTICK STUDIO: LIGHTING DESIGNER. CARVART; DANZER: WOOD WORK. TEXSTON: PLASTERWORK. RIGIDIZED METALS: METALWORK. BLONDIE’S TREEHOUSE: INTERIOR LANDSCAPING. ARORA ENGINEERS: MEP. TURNER CONSTRUCTION: GENERAL CONTRACTOR. PRODUCT SOURCES FROM FRONT BERNHARDT DESIGN: SWIVEL CHAIRS (MEZZANINE), DINING CHAIRS (BAR), SIDE TABLES (SUITE). MARTIN BRATTRUD: CUSTOM SOFA (MAIN SEATING AREA), CUSTOM OTTOMANS (RESTROOM). FREDERICIA FURNITURE: OTTOMANS, SIDE TABLES, WHITE ARMCHAIR (MAIN SEATING AREA). DAVIS FURNITURE: GRAY CHAIRS. APPARATUS: SCONCES (RECEPTION), CEILING FIXTURES (SUITE). PARLA: STOOLS (BAR). FLORIM; SALVATORI: TILE (RESTROOM). TUOHY: SETTEE (SUITE). MINOTTI: CHAIRS. ULTRA FABRICS: CEIL ING LEATHER. ROLL & HILL: CHANDELIER (SUITE RECEPTION). SHAW CONTRACT: CUSTOM CARPET (ARCADE). TURF: WALLCOVERING. THROUGHOUT BANKERWIRE: WIRE MESH. NEW YORK STONE; TERRAZZO & MARBLE SUPPLY: STONE FLOORING. FORMGLAS: COLUMN CLADDING. LOLOEY: CUSTOM AXMINSTER CARPET. MOHAWK GROUP: CARPET TILE. BENJAMIN MOORE & CO.: PAINT.

Left: A dedicated quiet area for work and Zoom calls offers booth seating, plus a Josephine sofa by Gordon Guillaumier and Monica Förster’s Kashan chairs. Top: Custom ottomans and large vanities furnish restrooms. Center: Tambour paneling and Jason Miller’s Modo chandelier mark the private suite reception. Bottom: A retro-style arcade is reached via a photo booth in the family room.

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“The colorful feature wall behind the new secondfloor concierge desk was inspired by The Mart’s original art deco motifs and finishes”

gensler giants 100: #1; sustainability: #1; hospitality: #2; healthcare: #15. project The Mart, Chicago. standout The latest phase in the ongoing renovation of the 1930 landmark—the largest privately held commercial building in the U.S. and home to the NeoCon trade show— enlarges and enhances the outdoor public plaza, River Park, as well as reimagines 200,000 square feet on the first two levels inside. The South Lobby’s fluted columns, ornate metalwork, and splendid murals are preserved and comple mented with furniture from resident showrooms, while the revivified conference center, fitness facilities, and work lounge on the amenities floor above are joined by an intimate speakeasy for tenants only. photography Jason O’Rear.

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zgf giants sustainability: #10; healthcare: #14; 100: #20. project Victory Capital Performance Center, San Antonio. standout The largest mass timber–constructed professional sports facility of its type, the 138,900-square-foot training center for the San Antonio Spurs is informed by the region’s semiarid landscape and Mission-style architecture. Cross-laminated timber, glulam spanning beams, and concrete blocks are left exposed in their natural state, while local limestone, knotty oak, and leathers offer a Texan sense of craft. Thanks to extensive glazing, the sunlit interiors, which include practice courts, hydrotherapy pools, and kitchen and dining areas, offer views of the 45-acre site, a former quarry being developed as a performance-research campus. photography Dror Baldinger.

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“The front with facade is distinguished by glass fiber–reinforced concrete piers “Lines “Playing of different one color for each window creates a visual effect, from the outside, and depth” that of form a colonnade with light, shadow, walking throughplaying different experiences in the same space” curvatures crisscross and converge like overlapping waves, giving a surging, flowing vibe”

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“George Bernard Shaw’s quote, ‘We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing,’ was central to our concept”

perkins&will giants healthcare: #1; sustainability: #2; 100: #3. project Kabam, Vancouver, Canada. standout A consolidation project that gathers the growing mobile gaming company’s multiple city locations into a five-floor, 118,000square-foot headquarters, the high-spirited workplace features interconnecting bleachers and inclined floors that encourage the 500 staffers to move throughout while providing opportunities for such delights as the Rolling Hill slope and its mirrored underside, dubbed the Periscope, which creates visual connection between reception and the floor below. Pet-friendly social hubs center around a canary-yellow stair, much used by dogs and their human companions. photography Ema Peter.

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“With a focus on the passenger, we have created a rich, sensory experience that inverts every expectation of how an airport can look and feel”

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skidmore, owings & merrill giants sustainability: #14; 100: #35. project Terminal 2, Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru, India. standout Known as “the garden city,” this state capital gets an appropriately verdant, new airport terminal, its 2.7 million square feet encompassing a series of spaces tied together by lush interior landscaping done in collaboration with landscape architects Grant Associates and designers Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla. Throughout, hanging plantings, green walls, and sunken gardens are complemented with natural materials— bamboo, granite, brick, and rattan—that emulate the rich textures, colors, and vernacular of the local countryside, a wonderfully biophilic antidote to jet lag. photography Ekansh Goel, courtesy of Studio Recall.

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populous giants 100: #41. project Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky. standout The two most recent updates in the decade-long renovation of the home of the Kentucky Derby are the First Turn grandstand and the Homestretch club. The former involved replacing temporary seating with a new stadium structure that accommodates 5,300 people beneath a 100-foot cantilevered roof and a 50,000square-foot club, its lobby festooned with jockey-silk flags, and its main bar haloed by a wraparound LED screen. Farther down the track, the entry of the made-over Homestretch features a 50-footlong mural of racing thoroughbreds by local artist Tyler Robinson. photography Tom Harris.

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“The building offers flexibility, with adaptable interiors and a neutral palette, making it easier for organizers to create the exact venue they require”

lmn architects giants sustainability: #36; rising: #131. project Summit, Seattle Convention Center. standout A six-story, 5.1 million-square-foot addition to the campus, this structure’s striking form—stacked volumes clad in black-aluminum or stainless-steel panels interspersed with glass curtain walls—reflects its pioneering vertical program. The lobby level connects to the facilities above—a multi use hall, meeting rooms, a penthouse ballroom—via escalators or a breathtaking staircase, dubbed the Hillclimb, which incorporates cushions printed with the state flower on bleacher seating of madrone, one of the woods, some of it salvaged, installed through out to evoke the Pacific Northwest’s forested beauty. photography Tim Griffith.

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message understood At professional networking platform LinkedIn’s Toronto headquarters by CannonDesign, company values are expressed via witty graphics and connection-conducive spaces text: peter webster photography: eric laignel

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Previous spread: Transit map–inspired wayfinding on a wall of slats—all made of locally sourced, reclaimed Douglas fir—defines the middle-level elevator lobby of the three-floor, 100,000-square-foot Toronto headquarters of global business-networking platform LinkedIn by CannonDesign. Top: The lounge off the tech bar on the same floor is furnished with Ellaby high-back lounge chairs by Eoos and Odo Fioravanti’s Babila XL sled-base chairs overhung by Andrew Neyer’s Crane wall fixtures. Center: Privacy film featuring updated versions of onomatopoeia graphics from superhero comics clads phone-booth doors in an office area. Bottom: Music production– related graphics cover the wall outside the in-house recording studio. Opposite top: In the main elevator lobby on 28, “Invest in Transformation” is one of several mottos reinforcing LinkedIn core values that appear throughout the office. Opposite bottom: Acrylicize’s treelike sculptural installation Hinterland spans all three levels and creates a canopy above the reception area.

With 36 offices around the globe, LinkedIn is almost as ubiquitous a physical presence as it is a digital one. And like the business-focused social media platform’s 1 billion-plus members, each of those offices has an individual identity, a personal brand that closely reflects the culture of the city and country it’s located in. The company’s new three-floor, 100,000-square-foot Toronto headquarters is an ebullient example of this individualistic paradigm. “This was our first project with LinkedIn,” recalls Meg Navin, commercial practice executive director at CannonDesign, which, in July 2019, won the competition to relocate the Toronto office to a ground-up LEED Platinum– certified building by Architects-Alliance and B+H Architects. Cannon—which is number 12 among the Interior Design top 100 Giants and also 4th and 12th on the Healthcare and Sustainability Giants lists, respectively—provided interior design and work strategy services, “and a little bit of change management,” adds Navin, who led the project. “It’s a sales office, so our task was making sure LinkedIn’s team had the right mix of spaces—for meetings, individual heads-down work, and shared resources for everyone—as a total kit of parts.” In February 2020, the scope of work expanded when Cannon won the environmental graphics portion of the job, which Dylan Coonrad, in the recently minted position of creative director, headed. Almost immediately, COVID shut everything down. “We had to pause,” Navin continues, “and start having conversations about the future of work, security, safety, and other important factors that began coming to light.” The client decided to phase construction floor by floor instead of doing it all at once, which allowed Cannon to develop the program over time—test different layouts, furniture solutions, square footages per employee, and so on—and apply the best results when building out the next level. Now, with all phases complete, the fine-tuned headquarters puts a premium on “collaboration spaces, team rooms, places where people can come together,” Navin says, noting that there are relatively few singular workstations, “evidence that we were able to adjust a bit with the future of work changing so rapidly in front of us and say, ‘Maybe one-on-one is not the right solution for you.’” So, desk-sharing neighborhoods are balanced with enclosed rooms for quiet meetings with clients, augmented by smaller pods and phone booths for individual use. Amenity spaces, which include a lounge, coffee bar, game area, and recording studio—a lot of the employees have instrumental skills and like to jam now and then—are generous and exuberantly characterful. The Grove, a large 216

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cafeteria that can be combined with an adjacent training room for all-hands meetings, is matched with an almost equally expansive kitchen, since food quality was an important consideration. “We worked closely with LinkedIn’s catering service to make sure all the culinary equipment was top-notch,” reports Coonrad, whose team helped name the eatery and many of the other nonwork facilities while creating the headquarters’ extraordinary graphics environment in which most walls are lavishly embellished. “We produced 104 individual graphics over the phased construction period,” he confirms. “Normally, that would be a red flag—why would anyone want so many?—but, for the client, it’s an outward gesture toward the employees, a sign of how much the company wants them to thrive and feel included in the workplace.” The messaging begins in the elevator lobbies, where floor numbers are rendered as convoluted networks of reclaimed-wood strips that resemble transit maps. Dotted across the framework are several mottos, like “Aspire to Excellence” or “Invest in Transformation,” which reinforce company core values. One end of each lobby faces its own commissioned mural featuring an abstracted depiction of a specific Canadian sight—the Aurora Borealis,

“The tree concept was an early response to Toronto’s reputation as a city of verdant parks” Top: Osko + Deichmann’s Superkink armchairs and Gabriel Teixidó’s barstools join ping-pong and pool tables in the game area, where the parts of a deconstructed Muskoka chair form a wall installation. Center: Wayfinding signage is one of the few elements consistent across all LinkedIn spaces but the adjacent magnetized wall game, based on a children’s puzzle, is custom. Bottom: Jehs + Laub’s Jalis stools pull up to the tech bar fronted with hand-painted ceramic tile, while Gensler’s Free Address sofa and LucidiPevere’s Rho ottomans provide adjacent seating. Opposite: Rising through the open stairwell, the 40-foot-tall sculpture is made from tubes of Douglas fir, brass, blackened steel, concrete, and frosted acrylic. 218

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Top: Niagara Falls, a mural by local artist Jeannie Phan, can be seen from the 27th-floor lobby, where flooring is concrete as it is mostly throughout. Center: The fitness center locker room includes ceramic tile–clad floor and walls, Anderssen & Voll’s oval mirror, and chunky teak stools. Bottom: Plaid flannel, an overworked Canadian symbol, makes a sole, discreet appearance in a corridor. Opposite top: Reclaimed Douglas fir slats reappear in the Grove cafeteria, where the floor is inlaid with a large, central rectangle of terrazzo. Opposite bottom: Aurora Borealis, another Phan mural, faces the cafeteria’s name rendered as a giant cross-stitch wall embroidery using parachute cable.

Niagara Falls, Dinosaur National Park—by Toronto illustrator Jeannie Phan. “LinkedIn puts effort into engaging local artists and giving them credit whenever possible,” Coonrad notes. The murals are prelude to a plethora of clever Canada-specific iconography, such as the game area’s striking wall installation made from the parts of a deconstructed Muskoka chair—an arguably morecomfortable version of America’s classic Adirondack seat—though as the designer is quick to point out, such cliched Canuck symbols as moose or plaid flannel are avoided. (The latter appears once, in highly abstracted form, on a huge sign reading “The World Needs More Canada.”) But the intervention that perhaps best embodies the company’s desired sense of place for its regional headquarters is Hinterland, a three-story-high treelike sculpture that rises up through the open stairwell, a direct response to Toronto’s reputation as a city of enviably verdant parks. Made from tubes in a number of materials—wood, metal, concrete, and acrylic—the airy, twisting form not only evokes a tree’s roots, trunk, branches, and overarching canopy but also suggest the connections, pathways, and conduits between business professionals that the networking platform is designed to facilitate. At LinkedIn headquarters, the messages are always mixed, in the very finest sense of the word.

PROJECT TEAM MICHAEL BONOMO; NICOLE ANDREU; PETER MC CARTHY; MICHELLE LYNCH; PAUL NG; CHRIS LAMBERT; CARMEN RUIZ CRUZ; KATERINA HONSBERGER; ENGE SUN; HENDY BLOCH; BARRETT NEWELL; OLIVIA GEBBEN; STEFFANY BRADY; CHELSEA DOCHERTY; ABBEY FURLOW; MIRANDA HALL; SHARON MATHEW; JACKIE TOBIN; JESS WIER; NICOLE SOWINSKI: CANNONDESIGN. ARCHITECTS-ALLIANCE; B+H ARCHITECTS: BUILDING ARCHITECTS. JEANNIE PHAN: CUSTOM MURALS. SKETCH WORKING ARTS: ART CONSULTANT. NGASSOCIATES: FOOD-SERVICE CONSULTANT. THORNTON TOMASETTI: ACOUSTICS CONSULTANT. SMITH + ANDERSEN: MEP. ENTUITIVE: STRUCTURAL ENGINEER. DPI CONSTRUCTION: GENERAL CONTRACTOR. PRODUCT SOURCES FROM FRONT VISO: CUSTOM SCONCES (ELEVATOR LOBBIES). KEILHAUER: HIGH-BACK CHAIRS (LOUNGE). STUFF BY ANDREW NEYER: PENDANT FIXTURES. WCI: DISC-BASE TABLES (LOUNGE, GAME AREA). HIGHTOWER: COFFEE TABLE (LOUNGE), BARSTOOLS (GAME AREA). CHILEWICH: RUGS (LOUNGE, TECH BAR). BLÅ STATION: CHAIRS (LOUNGE, GAME AREA), UPHOLSTERED CHAIRS, BARSTOOLS (CAFETERIA). PEDRALI: SLED-BASE CHAIRS (LOUNGE), WOOD CHAIRS (CAFETERIA). FRAMERY: PHONE BOOTHS (OFFICE AREA). SHAW CONTRACT: CARPET TILE. ARKTURA: CEILING BAFFLES (RECEPTION). XAL: TRACK LIGHT ING. EVENT MATERIALS: DESK LAMINATE (RECEPTION), BANQUETTE LAMINATE (CAFÉ CORRIDOR). ARPER: ROUND TABLES (GAME AREA, TECH BAR). STYLEX: SOFA (TECH BAR). COR SITZMÖBEL: BAR STOOLS. CAESARSTONE: COUNTERTOPS (TECH BAR, LOCKER ROOM). DAVIS FURNITURE: OTTOMANS (TECH BAR), WHITE CHAIRS (CAFETERIA). FIRECLAY TILE: BAR-FRONT TILE (TECH BAR), COLUMN TILE (CAFETERIA). STONE SOURCE: WALL TILE, FLOOR TILE (LOCKER ROOM). ARTICLE: STOOLS. MUUTO: OVAL MIRROR. TOTO: SINK FITTINGS. FORMICA: LOCKER LAMINATE. NEMO TILE & STONE: FLOOR TILE (CAF ETERIA). VIBIA: PENDANT FIXTURES. SEED DESIGN: TRACK PENDANT FIXTURES. ALLERMUIR: TABLES. THROUGHOUT DADO LIGHTING; FOCAL POINT; LITELINE: LIGHTING. AMERICAN CLAY: WALL PLASTER. CENTURY ARCHITEXTURE: BRICK WALL TILE. ARMSTRONG: ACOUSTIC CEILING PANELS. INTERNATIONAL CELLULOSE CORPORATION: ACOUSTIC CEILING FINISH. WAUSAU TILE: TERRAZZO. BENJAMIN MOORE & CO.; SCUFFMASTER: PAINT.

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1. Kupoli steel and glass coffee table in Electric Blue Chrome by Cameron Design House. camerondesignhouse.com 2. Benny phthalate-free woven-plastic rug in orange by Brita Sweden. britasweden.se

3. Josh Owen’s SOS stool of postconsumer recycled plastic by Heller. hellerfurniture.com

4. Chango’s Overcast Stitch wallpaper by Chasing Paper. chasingpaper.com 5. Origami armchair with Paprika-lacquered base by Royal Stranger. royalstranger.com

6. Uchronia’s Waving Silk fabric (on chair) by Prelle. prelle.fr 7. Stainless-steel wall lamp by Georgiev Zabeta. georgievzabeta.com 8. Centro handwoven wool tapestry in Lapis Blue with stainless-steel rod and bronze wall mounts by Andean through Adorno. estudioandean.com; adorno.design 9. Sacha Lakic’s Apex upholstered poufs by Roche Bobois. roche-bobois.com on the cover: Society of Wonderland's inflatable Oxygen chair of recyclable and biodegradable thermoplastic polyurethane by Mojow. mojow-design.com

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ewingcole When the esteemed Ivy tapped EwingCole to modernize and expand its existing varsity crew facility, located in an 1875 stone boathouse along the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, a key driver was “juxtaposing the legacy of rowing with the evolution of the sport’s technology and culture,” lead designer Andrew Donaldson-Evans says. That’s evident in the grand hall, where 150- year-old oak trusses have been restored and discreetly reinforced with steel. Suspended from the beams is an inspirational relic: the Pocock sculling shell that oarsman and later UPenn coach Joe Burk rowed to win and set a record at the 1938 Henley Royal Regatta. Below, original redframed windows were moved inside, repurposed as a double-sided display case for trophies. They also offer a glimpse into the adjoining addition, the erg training room replete with state-of-the art ergometers (aka rowing machines). There, repointed stone and repaired scarlet shiplap, both once exterior-facing, pair with new white shiplap, a tensile steel ceiling structure, skylights, and a mural of Boathouse Row. It’s a pristine intervention that gives Penn rowing a home base worthy of its Division I status. —Lisa Di Venuta 231

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