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A giAnt wAkEs

Confdence is surging in the US, and the country’s architects are tightening their grip on the WA100

sEEk AnD yE shALL finD

Top practices are in expansion mode, which means there’s a world of opportunities for architects

top 100 chARt

The world’s largest practices in 2015, ranked by the number of architects employed

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From Bjarke Ingels to Warren and Mahoney, there are some exciting names breathing down the necks of the top 100

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Who they are, what they’ve been doing and what they’re planning for 2016: a closer look at all top 100 practices

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models of restraint

After the largesse of 2014, most top practices reined themselves in last year. But Gensler showed it still has an insatiable appetite for expansion

This year’s WA100 reveals that the global architectural economy has cooled since last year but is still

top 10 frms saw turnover leap by 23%, double that of 2015. This proportionately bigger rise

are markedly less optimistic than before. By contrast, confdence in North America has jumped to

very much in positive territory. The top 100 frms now employ a total of 37,343 architects, which is 7% up on 2015. Although this growth is good news, it is less than half that of the previous year when

than the increase in number of architects means staf are working harder than ever. Output at the top 10 frms is $29,056 per architect, an increase of 12% on 2015. The rate of growth in architect

nearly the same level as China, while rising optimism in the UK has pushed India out of third place. Of course, the slowdown in growth rates is no bad thing, as rapid expansion is usually followed

the top 100 frms took on 15% more architects.

numbers may have slowed, but recruitment levels remain

by a painful crash. One thing that this year’s WA100 shows is how

Last year, the top 10 frms expanded faster than the rest of the WA100, and this trend has

buoyant, with the same number of frms expecting to hire more than 50 architects over the next

been repeated for 2016. Overall, the top 10 frms grew by 10% which is more restrained – and

12 months as they did in 2015. The number of frms saying they will take on 31 to 50 architects over the

sustainable – than the previous year’s 16% growth. Much of this year’s growth is

next 12 months has increased too. With the number of employed architects increasing, it is getting

due to Gensler, which has regained pole position after a year’s break by taking on an extra 685 architects.

harder to fnd good staf. For the frst time we asked architects which global regions were the

It now employs 2,299 – a record for the WA100. But with the exception of Aecom, all of the other top 10

most difcult to recruit in. Africa came top, followed by North America, then the Middle East and

property seen as a safe bet. The world remains an uncertain place – the civil war in Syria

frms also added numbers, which means they now all employ more

western Europe. The most marked change this

continues, the threat from Islamic State grows, Europe is moribund

than 800 architects. Gensler’s increased frepower has helped it to break a second record by busting through the $1bn-turnover barrier for the

year is where to fnd work. As growth slows down in China, the economic pendulum has swung frmly back to the West. Although architects still see China

and question marks hang over the sustainability of the recovery. Whatever happens, spare a thought for the small practices – as it will again be the biggest frms

frst time. This surge in revenue is refected more widely: the

as ofering the best prospects for growth in the coming year, they

that are best placed to cope with the changing global market.

ThE MOST MArKEd ChANGE ThIS yEAr IS WhErE TO FINd WOrK. AS GrOWTh SLOWS dOWN IN ChINA, ThE ECONOMIC pENdULUM hAS SwuNG FIrMLy BACK TO ThE WEST THOMAS LANE, BD EDiTOr

the biggest frms have successfully adapted to big market shifts. Architects report that the focus in China has moved away from big infrastructure towards a service economy. Likewise, the shale oil and gas-fuelled boom in North America looks vulnerable in the face of collapsing oil prices, but capital is fowing from emerging economies as investors seek safe havens , with North American

How THE CHArTs wErE CompIlEd

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A GIANT WAKES

While the heat goes out of the Chinese market, the USA is enjoying something of a renaissance. David Blackman reports on which regions will thrive and which will falter over the year ahead

Nearly half (49%) expect South and central America to be a growing market with just 5% anticipating decline, while 30% expect stagnation in Australasia.

American dominance The revival of the US market is reflected by the tightening grip that practices from the world’s per capita biggest economy have over the upper echelons of the WA100. Five of the world’s top 10 practices are headquartered in the US, compared with four last year, while recently merged CallisonRTKL is knocking on the door in 11th place. Doug Wignall, president of fifth-placed HDR says growth is strongest on the east and west coasts, which tend to have more pronounced peaks and troughs than the Midwest and south. HKS president Dan Noble, whose company has climbed 11 places, says his company’s home state of Texas is “red hot” with no fewer

The global construction market is coming of the boil. That appears to be the opinion among the

confidence about the USA, 72% of respondents anticipate that the North American construction

prospects than any other apart from North America. Two-thirds (66%) expect the Middle East to

than 30 multi-family apartment developments currently under construction in Houston alone.

world’s top architecture practices, judging by the 150 or so companies that responded to the annual

economy is set to grow – 7% strongly. North America is the only market where confidence is higher than it

be a growing market, although this is down on 79% last year. Just under one in 10 (9%) anticipates a

Nik Karalis, the recently appointed chief executive officer of sixth-placed Australian

World Architecture 100 survey. The overwhelming majority of architects (74%) expect the global construction industry to grow in the next 12 months, but just 2% believe there will be a strong expansion.

was last year. Across the Pacific Rim, which includes China, confidence has clearly taken a knock. The 58% of respondents who expect growth this year represents a big drop on

declining workflow over the next 12 months. Nearly two-thirds of global firms expect the south Asian construction market, which is dominated by India, to grow

multinational Woods Bagot, believes that this construction market buoyancy doesn’t just stem from the USA’s cheap gas and oil-fuelled economic recovery. Another factor is the need to

One-fifth reported that they expect stagnation over the next 12 months,

last year when nearly nine in 10 had a positive outlook about the

next year. But Europe remains the global

refurbish ageing facilities such as convention centres. “North

while 8% believe the global industry will decline, a leap on last year’s figure of 1%. The main source of this waning confidence is China. While 20.5%

region’s prospects. Eleven per cent expect decline in the construction market across the Pacific Rim over the next year, with 24% predicting stagnation.

construction confidence blackspot, despite the sugar rush supplied by falling fuel prices over the past year. Global architects are gloomiest about central and eastern Europe

America is entering a new creative epoch. A lot of stock has come to the end of its lifecycle,” he says. In addition, US local government is benefiting from increased

of respondents reckon China has the best growth prospects in 2016, this figure only just pips that for the USA (19.5%). By contrast, China was the runaway hot pick (32%) last year, with the US a distant second on 12.5%.

Perhaps surprisingly, given the political troubles scarring much of the Middle East, the WA100 respondents had more confidence in this region’s

where just under one-third (32%) expect any growth next year, with the biggest share (44%) anticipating stagnation. But confidence in western Europe is scarcely higher, with 44% expecting stagnation, compared with 41% who plump

revenues, meaning it can launch bond issues to pay for social infrastructure such as education buildings, says Noble.

for growth. More than one in eight (13%) expect the western European construction market to decline next year, which is the highest proportion for any world region,

talking point for global architecture practices is the ramiﬁcations of the slowdown in the Chinese market, brought home by August’s share price

despite the bullishness about the UK market.

crash, which sparked the biggest bout of worldwide stock

Australia (6%). Reflecting the high level of

NIK KARALIS, WOODS BAGOT

Chinese brakes Inevitably though, the biggest

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Confirming this renaissance of the Anglosphere, respondents were third-most bullish about the UK (14%), followed by last year’s second place, India (10%), and

NORTH AMERICA IS ENTERING A NEW CREATIVE EPOCH. A LOT OF STOCK HAS COME TO THE END OF ITS LIFECYCLE

What are your feelings about the health of the global construction economy in the next 12 months?

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What are your feelings about the health of the construction economy in the following areas in the next 12 months? Strong growth

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80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 Central & Eastern Europe

Western Europe

South & Central America

North America

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market volatility since the height of the ﬁnancial crisis in 2009. This was partly prompted by Beijing’s decision to shift the focus of the country’s economy from

more there than anywhere (else) in the world.” He adds that developers from Hong Kong and Singapore are tending to concentrate on their domestic markets.

in the country’s first-rank cities. “They are still building another New Zealand every year,” points out Karalis, adding that Woods Bagot is committed to remaining

projects. HDR’s Wignall says: “Workers who were employed in steel mills and coal mines are more likely to be employed in buildings that architects will be involved in,

construction and infrastructure investment, which has kept surging ahead during the economic crisis, to a more western-style service economy. Keith Griffiths, chairman of the Hong Kong-based Aedas, says the

Lance Josal, chief executive of CallisonRTKL, agrees that gloom over China is exaggerated. “China’s just come down to more earthly growth expectations: it just couldn’t continue to grow likeit was before. If we hit 6% growth rates we would be

in the country. “China has slowed down but our strategy is to stay and weather the storm.” And he says the firm is still doing high-quality work in the Chinese market. “Our current projects are not just survival but brand-enhancing projects.”

like hotels.” Even the ageing of the Chinese population will have benefits for the construction industry in the form of demand for under-developed sectors such as healthcare.

Chinese construction market has suffered: “The amount and pace of work in China has certainly reduced. We are having to be more precise about what type and where

happy as bugs in a rug.” “I would never count China out: they may have a little soft spot now but we see it coming back,” he adds. The difference now is that

And the Chinese government’s decision to shift the country’s economic focus from manufacturing to services, while causing short-term pain, may

Further afield

we are taking work on. But it’s a vast market so we are still building

there are fewer projects and they are more heavily concentrated

ultimately benefit architects by fostering demand for real estate

are seeing a lot of money coming into London and America.”

In addition of course, Chinese developers are looking for opportunities outside of their home markets. Grifths says: “We

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Which country ofers the most growth potential for architectural services?

Canada 2%

UK 14%

Germany 2%

USA 19.5%

China 20.5 Japan 1%

Turkey 1% Iran 1% Kuwait 1%

Iraq 2% UAE 4% Saudi Arabia 4%

Venezuela 1%

Bangladesh 1% Vietnam 2% Cambodia 1%

India 10% Africa 2%

Indonesia 3%

Paciﬁc Rim (incl. China)

Central Asia (incl. India)

Middle East

Australia 6%

I WOULD NEVER COUNT CHINA OUT: THEY MAY HAVE A LITTLE SOFT SPOT NOW BUT WE SEE IT COMING BACK

A similar picture can be observed in the Middle East, that other major powerhouse of the global construction market over the last decade-and-a-half.

companies to work there. They are very ethnocentric, unlike a lot of countries that welcome collaboration: they talk that game but don’t walk it.”

HKS’ Noble says the Gulf and Saudi Arabia are busy markets, but political problems mean that the rest of the region is too uncertain an environment to work in currently. Even before the recent tragic downing of the Russian tourist

On top of problems with being paid late or even not at all, Noble identifies high tax rates as a major disincentive to working in South America’s biggest economy, which has recently plunged into recession. While the company maintains a

think it’s worth doing business there,” he says. Similar issues mean Woods Bagot’s Karalis is cautious about

to a long-term relationship with an architect. “We are cautiously shifting our emphasis towards a different type of client who won’t take the design and run,” he says. It’s a useful reminder about the risks involved in developing

airbus over the Sinai peninsula, he says the practice had stopped work on a local hotel project. He is bearish too on Brazil, the misfiring “B” in the Brics superclub

local office in Brazil, this is largely to service the practice’s multinational clients, such as the Four Seasons hotel chain, that are doing projects in the country. “Having boots on

committing to the Indian market, even though one in 10 WA100 respondents name the south Asian giant as the star-performing construction economy for 2016.

world economies. And with the US Federal Reserve Bank about to push the button on long-delayed interest rate rises, which many believe will trigger a fresh bout of turbulence

of emerging markets economies. “They make it difficult for foreign

the ground makes sense in terms of serving domestic clients. I don’t

Having had its fingers burnt on Indian projects in the past, Karalis

in emerging markets, a cautious approach makes sense.

LANCE JOSAL, CALLISONRTKL

says the practice will only work with what he describes as quality clients who have good credit ratings, have a good payment track record and can display a commitment

SEEK AND YE SHALL FIND Almost all of the WA100 are hiring, which means architects can choose from a world of opportunities. David Blackman reports on the hotspots

ﬁrms (53%) said they did not plan to let any architects go, a slightly higher proportion (than last year) said they expected to do so. Of those 47%, 10% are planning to get rid of 10 or more architects – double last year’s ﬁgure – while 37% plan to make a smaller number of redundancies.

Where the work is

Despite the cooling of the construction market reported

Firms report that difculties ﬁnding skilled architects are evenly spread across the world, with the biggest headaches in Africa followed by North America.

by the ﬁrms that make up the WA100, the world’s top architects are still in expansion mode. The good news for those

Given the current robustness of the US construction market, it is hardly surprising that North America is seeing labour

hoping to make a career in the discipline is that more ﬁrms want to hire than ﬁre. Out of the 136 companies that responded

shortfalls. Dan Noble, president of HKS, says that while there is competition for talent across all of the markets that his company

to this section of the survey, just one said they were not planning to take on any staf in the next

works in, it is most acute in the US. He says the company currently has around 70 vacancies for

12 months. Nine per cent reported that they were expecting to hire

architects worldwide. On top of that, he reckons that HKS probably needs another 35 to boost

more than 50 architects, the same proportion as last year. An increased share (13%) said

his 1,200-strong design team. The labour market in China, meanwhile, is not as tight as it

they anticipated hiring 31 to 50, although a slightly lower share (33%) plan to take on 11 to 30. However, the report points to some churn in the major practices. While a majority of

once was. Adeas chairman Keith Grifths says the slowdown means that the ﬁrm has redeployed some of its architects into neighbouring markets. Australia though, despite its economy having gone of the boil following the slump in demand from China for raw materials, is still importing architects, according to Bates Smart chief executive Simon Swaney, whose Sydney-based company is the highest new entrant in this year’s WA100. He says the ﬁrm is continuing to attract highly skilled candidates, particularly

OUR TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY IS ON FIRE AND THE NUMBER OF ENGINEERS COMING OUT OF SCHOOL CAN’T KEEP UP WITH THE PACE DAN NOBLE, HKS

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44%

53%

Back in the USA, HKS’ Nolan

In which region(s) of the world are you ﬁnding it most difcult to recruit skilled architects? 2%

1% 2% 4%

16%

Central & Eastern Europe South & Central America Central Asia (incl. India) Australasia Paciﬁc Rim (incl. China) Western Europe Middle East North America Africa

24%

19%

executive of CallisonRTKL, says that – with the experience of the ﬁnancial crisis still fresh in its mind – the practice is taking a cautious approach to recruitment. He says he is increasingly keen to

10 %

% 15

architectural practices is driving up wage costs. Meanwhile, Lance Josal, chief

5% 7%

10 %

source of recruits. “Our technology industry is on ﬁre and the number of engineers coming out of school can’t keep up with the pace,” he says, warning that the technology sector’s ability to pay more than

In which region(s) of the world do you think the education system delivers the most work-ready architects?

Africa South & Central America Middle East Central Asia (incl. India) Central & Eastern Europe Australasia Paciﬁc Rim (incl. China) North America Western Europe

45%

that have traditionally preyed on engineering graduates, companies like Facebook and Google are eyeing up architecture schools as a

None 0-10 11-30 31-50 50+

In demand says practices face mounting competition from an unlikely source for architectural talent. As with the ﬁnancial services ﬁrms

2% 9%

33 %

even though we might not have needed them, which has stood us in good stead.”

% 13

greenﬁeld sites. Swaney stresses the importance of continuing to recruit throughout the market cycle: “We employed a number of people, particularly out of Europe,

How many architects do you expect to let go in the next 12 months?

How many architects do you expect to be hiring in the next 12 months?

% 38

from Europe. It’s not just the famous outdoors Aussie lifestyle that appeals, he explains, but the opportunities to work on

BEST IN SCHOOL This year, for the ﬁrst time, BD

School, still produce the

recruit specialists in particular building types. “We are looking for

quizzed those who submitted

highest-quality candidates, with a

students more exposure to a

entries for the WA100 on their

blend of technological savvy and

commercial market. In addition,

people who are specialists in their ﬁeld and can really help us and their clients improve the bottom line of their business. They need to know as much as the clients do

perceptions about the quality of

a wider social and environmental

it provides access to a wider range

architectural education in diferent

awareness. HKS’s Noble reckons

of printed architectural textbooks,

regions of the world.

north-east US institutions produce

most of which Grifth says are still

the highest-calibre designers,

written in English.

produced the most job-ready

although Midwest graduates tend

about the building type.” Ideally, Josal wants to see his ﬁrm’s architects become acknowledged as the top players in the sectors that they have specialised in. And this specialisation can’t start too early:

architects, by far the biggest

to have a better work ethic.

When asked which region

proportion (45%) identiﬁed western

Adeas’s Grifths agrees that

US experience gives Chinese

Exactly one in 10 believes that the Paciﬁc Rim region, which includes China, produces the

Europe, nearly double the share of

the West’s blue-chip universities

world’s most job-ready architects.

those who named North America

provide the best architectural

And east Asia’s architectural

(24%). This ﬁnding doesn’t surprise

education overall, but not

schools are increasingly highly

CallisonRTKL’s Josal: “The world

necessarily for the Chinese market.

rated, with Tsinghua University

comes to the West when it’s looking

“For China, which is the world’s

name-checked by a number of

even interns at CallisonRTKL are encouraged to concentrate on a particular building type. “The generalists’ days in the architecture and design

for design professionals,” he says.

biggest construction economy, the

senior executives. They include

most work-ready architects are

Josal, who points to how the Beijing

Karalis agrees that the prestigious

those trained in mainland Chinese

institution requires students to put

North American and European

universities, who’ve then had a year

their practical skills to test on site

institutions, such as Colombia

or two of overseas masters degrees,

prior to qualiﬁcation, boosting job

community are numbered,” he says, “or may have passed already.”

University and London’s Bartlett

preferably in America.”

readiness for when they graduate.

Woods Bagot chief executive Nik

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RANK 2016

RANK 2015 NEW

PRACTICE NAME

COUNTRY

ARCHITECTS EMPLOYED

FEE INCOME (US $MILLION)

1 2

3 1

Gensler AECOM

USA USA

2,299 2,100

$900-1bn $400-499m

3 4 5 6 7

2 4 6 7 5

Nikken Sekkei Perkins+Will HDR Woods Bagot Aedas

Japan USA USA Australia China

1,700 1,135 975 898 890

$400-499m $290-299m $270-279m $160-169m $200-209m

8 9

8 11

IBI Group HOK

Canada USA

836 829

$210-219m $270-279m

10 11 12

9 23 10

P&T Architects and Engineers CallisonRTKL DP Architects

China USA Singapore

800 751 720

$160-169m $330-339m $100-109m

13 14 15=

12 16 13

Jacobs Foster + Partners Sweco

USA UK Sweden

700 666 650

$400-499m $220-229m

15= 17 18

14 18 29=

White Arkitekter Perkins Eastman Architects HKS

Sweden USA USA

650 617 591

$100-109m $170-179m $210-219m

19 20 21

15 21 19

Samoo Architects & Engineers Kohn Pedersen Fox Junglim Architecture

South Korea USA South Korea

584 555 549

$230-239m $150-159m $80-89m

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

26 22 20 24 17 29= 27= 27= 35

Stantec Tengbom Cannon Design Nihon Sekkei Heerim Architects & Planners SmithGroupJJR Haeahn Architecture GMP DLR Group

Canada Sweden USA Japan South Korea USA South Korea Germany USA

496 482 475 461 444 439 425 422 382

$290-299m

31 32 33 34

31 37 32=

ATP Architects Engineers ZGF Architects Kume Sekkei

Austria USA Japan

380 379 376

$70-79m $80-89m $90-99m

Kunwon Architects Planners & Engineers

Korea

366

$50-59m

35 36 37 38 39 40 41

49 25 38 36 42 32= 41

Atkins NBBJ Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei Leigh & Orange HPP Architects BDP KEO International Consultants

UK USA Japan China Germany UK Kuwait

352 344 330 322 313 311 297

$130-139m $160-169m $130-139m $70-79m $30-39m $60-69m $150-159m

42 43 44

40 46 45

Sunjin Engineering & Architecture Hyundai Architects & Engineers Cox Architecture

South Korea South Korea Australia

296 275 263

$70-79m $70-79m $70-79m

45 46 47

50 55 52

Dewan Architects & Engineers Chapman Taylor ACXT-IDOM

UAE UK Spain

253 250 241

$60-69m $40-49m $50-59m

•

$130-139m $140-149m $180-189m $140-149m $60-69m $80-89m $150-159m

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RANK 2016

RANK 2015

48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59= 59= 61

PRACTICE NAME

COUNTRY

ARCHITECTS EMPLOYED

FEE INCOME (US $MILLION)

47 34 51

Capita Property and Infrastructure / ESA Leo A Daly Ronald Lu & Partners

UK USA China

234 227 222

$140-149m $50-59m

53 58 62= 71= 57 56

Aukett Swanke Ishimoto Architectural & Engineering Firm Aidea Populous Wong Tung & Partners LINK Arkitektur

UK Japan Philippines USA China Norway

221 218 212 209 207 202

$30-39m $50-59m $10-19m $90-99m $50-59m $40-49m

Bates Smart Buchan Group Allford Hall Monaghan Morris B+H Architects EHAF Consulting Engineers

Australia Australia UK Canada Egypt

200 195 194 194 185

£30-39m $50-59m $40-49m $40-49m $30-39m

60 48

NEW

• • •

62 63

59 62=

Broadway Malyan AXS Satow

UK Japan

184 180

$70-79m $50-59m

64 65 66=

44 61 79=

HENN Jaspers-Eyers Architects GVA

Germany Belgium Mexico

179 175 170

$80-89m $20-29m $10-19m

66= 68 69

65= 65= 78

CF Møller PBK National Engineering Bureau

Denmark USA UAE

170 169 168

$50-59m $50-59m $60-69m

70 71 72

54 76 77

Archial NORR Sheppard Robson SSH

UK UK Bahrain

167 166 161

$70-79m $20-29m $80-89m

73 74 75

71= 69= 71=

Page Burckhardt + Partner Wilmotte & Associés

USA Switzerland France

160 159 154

$120-129m $60-69m $30-39m

76 77 78 79 80

69= 94 84

Archetype Group Valode & Pistre Architectes Allies and Morrison Lemay DSP Design Associates

Vietnam France UK Canada India

151 150 147 146 144

$10-19m $30-39m $30-39m $30-39m $5-9m

AHR Scott Brownrigg

UK UK

139 137

$30-39m $20-29m

Henning Larsen Architects Purcell CP Kukreja Architects

Denmark UK India

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Above and far right: Comcast Innovation and Technology Center in Philadelphia by Foster + Partners. Right: Fosters’ competition-winning design for the Jeddah metro in Saudi Arabia.

2015 marks the 10th year in a row that Foster +

astronauts on Mars built by autonomous robots,

Partners has been voted the world’s most admired

to indigenously built vaulted structures for drone

architectural practice by the WA100 survey.

ports that will save thousands of lives in Africa.

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pool of creative talent, and this is what guarantees

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an extremely bright future for us.”

ﬁrst time, with underlying proﬁt up 44% to £51m.

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BIG founding partner Bjarke Ingels, said:

Herzog & de Meuron

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Renzo Piano

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our colleagues worldwide cite us as a signiﬁcant

Gensler

and ﬁnal tower at the New York World Trade

reference for how they think about their practices

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and our profession. Architectural history and the

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a conversation of words but more importantly of

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headquarters in California. BIG pips Herzog & de

designs and buildings.

HOK

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The Danish practice’s successes also included

Meuron, which slips down to third place, followed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop. Responding to the news of his ﬁrm’s ﬁrst place,

“Having just returned from a study trip to Switzerland with 120 of my colleagues I have very clear testimony to the clarity and quality of the

Norman Foster said: “The practice has been

work of Herzog & de Meuron and to ﬁnd ourselves

engaged in a particularly wide range of projects

as neighbours on this list makes this honour even

this year – from 3D-printed dwelling units for

more material.“

Below: Fosters’ MuRéNa (Musée Régional de la Narbonne Antique) in south-west France broke ground in November 2015.

the billion-dollar architect Gensler has enjoyed a year of massive expansion as investors fock to the US market 1

gensler

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Chinese market temporarily cools and developers look to more certain political and economic markets. usA 3 2,299

But other regions are also proving fruitful. “The Middle East is once again an important market for Gensler, enabling our frm to engage in projects with immense scale and cultural impact,” says Hoskins.. “We have also seen an increase in activity in Latin America, which has become a highly important market for our frm and an area that we

What a year for the North American giant, which celebrated its half-century by surpassing $1 billion in fees for the frst time. At the same time, Gensler increased its architects from 1,614 to a phenomenal 2,299 – a new record for the rankings – as it regained poll position as the largest practice in the world.

believe holds immense opportunity for growth in the coming years.” In terms of the type of work, 2015 was very much a “year of the towers” at Gensler, which celebrated the opening of both the Shanghai Tower, at 632m the world’s second-tallest building, and the PNC Tower in Pittsburgh. This 33-storey building has a double-skin

Unusually, this sharp rise in numbers was achieved by organic growth rather than acquisition. Joint CEO Diane Hoskins puts Gensler’s success down to an entrepreneurial and innovation–led culture at the practice. It has also benefted from investing in a growing research programme. “Growth is not the principle objective of our frm; we view it as the outcome of our mission to make a diference. We take a client-centric approach to our work and harness the scale and diversity of our frm to

facade that contributes to a reduced energy footprint and a LEED Platinum certifcation. The practice’s biggest sector by far is corporate, followed by retail and hospitality, where it is also the highest performer (see pages 71 and 72). It has also seen a spike in demand for mixed-use districts. Projects due to complete in the next year include the 36,500-seat La Rinconada Stadium in Caracas, Venezuela, the University of Kansas Business School, and a

deliver results that no one else can,” she says. Another factor has been the vigour of the North American market, which accounts for well over half of Gensler’s takings. The practice has seen a capital fight to safety to North America and Canada as the

headquarters for genetic-sequencing frm Illumina in Cambridge, UK. Gensler opened an ofce in Oakland, California in 2015 and plans to follow this in 2016 with a new UK branch in Birmingham and an increased presence in Canada.

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After the acquisition of fellow integrated services giant URS in 2014, it has been a time of consolidation for US giant AECOM. Last year’s leader employs 2,100 architects – huge numbers to the architectural world but just a tiny fraction of its 100,000 workforce worldwide. AECOM’s breadth of service enables it to ofer everything from fnance and feasibility at the onset of a project through to operation at the end. Design delivery has been further strengthened by the recent acquisition of Hunt Construction. One of the challenges in such a large company, says Bill Hanway, AECOM’s lead for global architecture, is how to tap into this expertise in its architectural ofer. “We see major advantages in harnessing the group’s broad-based knowledge and innovative technology in our design solutions,” he says.

AECOM’s design work will get plenty of exposure this year at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, where it worked extensively on the masterplan, preliminary design for the seven sporting venues, and detailed design of the International Broadcast Centre.

nikken sekkei

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JApAn 2 1,700

AECOM is also lead consultant for the Los Angeles 2024 Olympic bid and designer of the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California, which Hanway says will be the most technologically advanced stadium in North America when it opens in the autumn. The company’s integrated ofer helps its expertise across the building sectors, with particular success in corporate, government, transport and infrastructure work around the world. Hanway points to transport, industrial and sports as being particular areas of growth. Hot spots for its architectural work include the Middle East, South-east Asia and some parts of North America, where it recently completed enhancements to Los Angeles International Airport. Notable completions in the coming year include two China projects – Schwarzman College at Tsinghua University in Beijing and Heyuan Hilton DoubleTree and commercial mixed-use project in Heyuan City, Guangdong.

The Japanese mega-practice reigns supreme in the Pacifc Rim region, billing almost twice as much as its nearest competitor. Nikken Sekkei is prolifc in many sectors but most notably in corporate and masterplanning/urban design work. In China, Nikken Sekkei had particular success with mixed-use development projects. As well as its core regional markets, the practice is increasingly looking to expand its overseas operations in the hope that these will grow to 20% of its sales. It has invested in and formed a business alliance with Australian practice Buchan Group and is also eyeing opportunities in Europe and the US. It particularly sees potential for transferring its expertise in transit-oriented developments into new regional markets. For the moment, however, much of its work is in Japan, with signifcant projects including the Toho Gakuen School of Music in Tokyo and Narita International Airport Terminal 3 in Chiba.

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The global American frm continues to grow, expanding in the Middle East in particular as well as its core North American market. Perkins + Will remains a major force in the corporate sector where it is ranked fourth, as well as in health, education, and science and technology.

Above: AECOM’s masterplan for the 2016 Rio Olympics. Top right: Toho Gakuen School of Music in Tokyo by Nikken Sekkei. Opposite: Gensler’s Shanghai Tower – at 632m the second-tallest building in the world.

Notable completions include the Shanghai Natural History Museum, while new wins include the commission to masterplan a 690ha mixed-use “airport city” beside the huge new Istanbul New Airport currently under construction. The group also unveiled the design for a proposed 65-storey condominium tower at East 37th Street in New York. Perkins + Will recently strengthened its UK presence with the acquisition of Portland Design Associates, a branding, retail strategy and design company. Another London-based practice, Pringle Brandon, is already part of the group.

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The American health sector leader continues to grow, both within its core North American market and globally. HDR increased its presence in the former by acquiring CEI Architecture, one of western Canada’s

Australia’s biggest practice edges even higher up the rankings after experiencing growth across all its key markets and sectors, with particular success in workplace and residential. While Australasia

leading healthcare practices, in July. Major ongoing US projects include Penn Medicine’s New Patient Pavilion in Philadelphia and the 64-acre Parkland Hospital campus in Dallas. Notable international healthcare projects include the Children’s Hospital of Soochow University in the Yangtze Delta Region of China and the masterplan of Beijing International Medical Center, which will be

remains its busiest region, Woods Bagot expanded further in Asia, where it grew in Singapore and opened a new studio in Kuala Lumpur. Further afeld, Woods Bagot is enjoying success in the Middle East and in Europe, where it has expanded its London studio. Projects here include a 350-room hotel and cinema complex in Leicester Square. In North America, the group recently won a number of key

the largest medical centre in the world. HDR also works extensively in the education, government and science and technology sectors and plans to expand its activities globally in recreation, education and real estate.

airport commissions. Declaring a full pipeline of current and potential work, Woods Bagot expects to continue to expand throughout 2016 and into 2017.

Adelaide Convention Centre by Woods Bagot.

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Sina.com’s headquarters in Beijing by Aedas will complete this year.

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China has been the main focus for Aedas after splitting from its eight UK ofces and branches in Russia, Poland and Kazakhstan in 2014. Notable projects include Sina Plaza, the headquarters of internet group Sina.com in Beijing, the mixed-use Xuzhou Suning Plaza in Xuzhou, and Hong Kong International Airport Midfeld Concourse, which all complete in 2016. Aedas is also looking to grow again in the UK, acquiring RHWL and its specialist cultural and public building subsidiary Arts Team in January. “Aedas will grow a strong network of China ofces in the next fve years which will become the backbone of our global company, while we are also planning for a steady growth of our London, Middle East and South-east Asia ofces,” says chairman Keith Grifths.

ibi group

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Canada 8 836

2016 looks set to be high-rise residential year for IBI in its home market of Canada, where it expects to complete seven such projects in Vancouver and one every three to four weeks in Toronto. Senior living projects are another strong sector in Canada, which accounts for 60% of the practice’s total workload. Its next biggest markets are the US (20%) and the UK (15%), where IBI is strongest in education and healthcare. Signifcant completions include the £872m Queen Elizabeth University Hospital & Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Glasgow. Looking ahead, IBI is hoping to leverage its Canadian experience in mixed-use, high-density urban development in the UK and select US markets. Generally, it is experiencing a reduction in single-purpose institutions and more growth in mixed-use, diverse projects involving both private and public sector partners and clients.

IBI’s £872 million Queen Elizabeth University Hospital & Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Glasgow completed in 2015.

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11 829

HOK’s 60th anniversary year was a successful one, with the US giant opening three new US ofces and increasing staf by 123. The practice fnalised the acquisition of sports, recreation and entertainment design frm 360 Architecture, putting it back on track to re-establish its sports and recreation expertise following the departure several years ago of its sports division (now Populous, see no 54). For the moment, however, its biggest sector is the corporate market, accounting for $89 million of its predominantly North American turnover. Other fruitful markets are healthcare, aviation and transportation, and science and technology, which HOK expects to grow in 2016. The coming year will also see the completion of one of its most prominent UK projects, the Francis Crick Institute near King’s Cross in London.

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The Francis Crick Institute in London by HOK.

11 China 9 800

CaLLisonrtkL

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usa 23 751

The second-highest placed Chinese practice has seen a shift in workload from residential towards the commercial ofce, hospitality and retail

CallisonRTKL enters the rankings as a combined entity for the frst time after Callison was bought by RTKL’s parent company Arcadis in 2014.

sectors. China remains P&T’s core market with continued expansion in Hong Kong and also in Macau. Key projects include the Tianjin Goldin Metropolitan Convention Center. The practice also has ambitions for

The core of its work is in the commercial sector, with a particular strength in retail, where its billings are second only to Gensler, as well as residential, hospitality, healthcare and workplace.

growth in the South Pacifc area, Indonesia and Myanmar, where there are plans to open an ofce. In Australia, P&T has established a joint venture to work on high-rise projects. Beyond the Pacifc Rim region, P&T is expanding in Africa, Saudi

CallisonRTKL operates globally, with North America remaining its biggest market by far, followed by the Pacifc Rim. It expects to see a levelling of of work in China in 2016 but an increase in South-east Asia, the Middle East and North America. “While we are certainly seeing signs

Arabia and eastern Europe/west Asia, where it is working in Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Russia.

of a strengthening market, the business of architecture and design is no less challenging than it’s ever been,” says chief executive Lance Josal.

Tianjin Goldin Metropolitan Convention Center in China by P&T Architects and Engineers.

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Sweco’s Stockholm Lighthouse residential complex on the island of Kvarnholmen.

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The Singaporean practice opened a London ofce in 2015 and plans to add a branch in Istanbul in the coming year. Both moves are part of a strategy to expand beyond its current markets in Asia into Europe and the Middle East and become “the go-to international frm for integrated design services”, according to chief executive Francis Lee. London projects include Mariner’s Quarter, a development of two residential towers in the Royal Docks, east London. The group, which next year celebrates its 50th anniversary, had most success last year with mixed-use developments including the Bandar Seri Alam retail, leisure and entertainment centre in Malaysia, and a conference centre, ofces, retail and residential development in the Hongqiao Linkong Economic Zone in Shanghai.

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Architecture is a relatively small part of Jacobs’ technical services group, accounting for just 700 of its 66,000 employees worldwide but enough to place it 13th in the WA100 rankings. Jacobs is active globally across many sectors including science and technology, fnishing both the US Food and Drug Administration’s SE Quadrangle Research Laboratory in White Oak, Maryland, and Foundation Medicine in Cambridge, Massachussetts last year. In 2016, it expects to complete a 300,000sq ft corporate business centre for Eastman Chemical Company in Kingsport, Tennessee, and a facility for Fosun R&D in Shanghai.

foSTER + PARTnERS

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uk 16 666

Foster + Partners, the UK’s highest placed entry and as ever the practice most admired by its peers, more than held its own this year as it added 32 architects and increased fee income to $220-229 million. The Middle East was its largest market at $63 million, and the practice has plans to open a Dubai ofce in 2016. Commissions include the 3Beirut mixed-use scheme and the Jeddah metro, one of its

Foster + Partners’ design for the Musée Régional de la Narbonne Antique in southern France.

many projects in the transport sector, which it tops (see page 72). Other key regions were North America, Asia and the UK, where the practice won competitions for the Cardif Interchange and a regeneration of the Whiteleys department store in London. Fosters also reports progress in the more difcult markets of South America – where it is ranked second – and mainland Europe.

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The major Swedish practice this year opened the frst ever architecture ofce in the city of Kiruna, some 145km north of the Arctic Circle. The ofce is supporting White’s 100-year masterplan for the reinvention of the city, which is relocating to accommodate mining activity. White operates from 14 ofces in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and the UK, and has plans in 2016 to expand its presence in London and Oslo. This year its varied portfolio includes the 320,000sq m New Karolinska Solna University Hospital in Stockholm, a masterplan for the government quarter in Oslo and underground stations in Stockholm.

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PERkInS EASTmAn ARCHITECTS

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uSA 18 617

The Swedish engineering and architecture consultancy has continued to expand with the acquisition of Metro Architects and Dutch engineer Grontmij, plus the opening of a new ofce in the Baltic city of Gävle. Signifcant projects include the appointment to design an 11km-long underground line, including fve new stations, in Stockholm, and the 24,000sq m expansion of Örebro University Hospital in collaboration

Growing US planning, design and consulting frm Perkins Eastman tops the tables in the fast emerging elderly living market (page 70) and is also active in the health, masterplanning, hospitality, residential and mixed-use sectors. Seniors’ projects under construction include a 1.6 million sq ft community in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China. Looking ahead, it plans to build up its fve international ofces in

with Aart Architects of Denmark. Sweco now has ambitions to further develop its work beyond its northern Europe stronghold. “We have a stable and growing market share in Scandinavia. Now we aim to increase our export operations to Asia and the Middle East,” says Jan Mattsson, president of Sweco’s architectural division.

addition to its core North American market and is also looking to acquire niche practices to strengthen its ability to succeed in the recovering construction market. In November it made one such deal by merging with Forrest Perkins, which specialises in interior design and interior architecture for luxury hospitality and high-end multi-residential projects. The practice hopes to expand in sports and exhibition markets.

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The MGM National Harbor hotel and resort in Maryland by HKS.

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It was a good year for North American practice HKS, which shoots up

KPF’s biggest region in 2015 was the Pacifc Rim despite a slowdown in

the rankings after experiencing strong growth in its key specialisms of health, sport and hospitality. Architect numbers rose by 200, with ongoing projects including the $600 million MGM National Harbor

the China market, with the practice identifying Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and Cambodia as growing markets, along with Turkey and Latin America.

gaming and hospitality resort in Maryland (above) and the $800 million Minnesota Vikings US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. “We continue to see healthy double-digit growth in all our major sectors and our backlog and pipeline are strong through 2016,” says Dan

The practice is active throughout the sectors including commercial, hospitality, residential, academic, and research, and it is particularly focused on unlocking the potential of underused city-centre sites. Notable projects include a new terminal at Abu Dhabi Airport and a

Noble, president and chief executive. In additional to its core sectors, HKS plans to continue to grow its corporate, education and aviation

mixed-use masterplan for Hudson Yards in New York. In London, it is this year due to complete South Bank Tower, a 67,000sq m remodelling

work in 2016.

and extension of a Richard Seifert building.

samoo architects & engineers

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south Korea 15 584

presidents and due to open this year. The cubic form is a reference to the great seal commonly used in Asian cultures to denote authenticity and authority. Another key ongoing commission is the 93,316㎡sq m Suwon Convention Center, which takes a relatively low-rise form and maximises open spaces in order to harmonise better with the hill setting.

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Samoo remains the highest placed of the South Korean big hitters despite a dip in its number of architects. The architecture and engineering practice works overwhelmingly in the Pacifc Rim area and tops the rankings in the science and technology sector (see page 72). One of its most prestigious recent projects is the Presidential Archive of Korea in Sejong, designed to exhibit the historical records of Korea’s

Samoo’s Presidential Archive of Korea in Sejong, South Korea.

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South Korean practice Junglim Architecture already works throughout South-east Asia and has ambitions of expanding further afeld. It is currently designing a new national museum for the Democratic

Established in 1906, Tengbom is Sweden’s oldest frm of architects. Operating from 12 ofces throughout Sweden and Finland, the practice works in all scales from product design to urban planning.

Republic of Congo in Kinshasa, west-central Africa, and in 2016 has hopes of getting into the North American market. Closer to home, current work includes a 17,055sq m factory in Osan and the $18.4 million Taepyeong 4-dong Community Center in Seongna, both in South Korea, the latter expected to complete in the next year. In 2015 it also won frst place in the Happyhouse competition for a 4,156sq m

This year it began construction on HSB Living Lab in Gothenburg, a research arena for housing of the future intended as a living laboratory for technical and architectural innovations. As well as designing the of-site fabricated building, Tengbom is a partner in the research project. Commercial projects include the Mästerhuset in Stockholm’s business district, which completed this year and provides 37,000sq m

mixed-use and residential development in Seoul.

of ofce, retail and restaurant space. Restaurant design include the Carousel opposite the Royal Opera House in Stockholm and Torsgatan 21, a restaurant within the high-rise Bonnier Building, which was designed in the 1930s by Ivan and Anders Tengbom.

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COUNTRY LAST RANKING ARCHITECTS EMPLOYED

CANADA 26 496

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Health and education were the strongest-performing building design sectors for Stantec, the Canadian full-service professional consulting

COUNTRY LAST RANKING ARCHITECTS EMPLOYED

group. Notable projects in 2015 included the National Centre for Cancer Care & Research in Doha, Qatar, and a library designed with Snøhetta at Temple University in Philadelphia. The group is planning to expand its

Based primarily in North America with additional ofces in Abu Dhabi and Mumbai, Cannon is a full-service design group whose biggest sector

presence in the western US in both healthcare and education. Stantec continues to grow its building design capability with the addition of US practice Sparling, adding three more locations to its

is healthcare, where it is ranked ffth. Major projects completing in 2016 include the Mount Sinai medical centre in Florida and the University of Minnesota ambulatory care centre.

network of 200-plus ofces across Canada, the US, the UK, the Middle East, India and the Caribbean.

Cannon’s other key sectors are education, science and technology, corporate/commercial and sports. At the University of Utah, it is building the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, an unusual student residence/ innovation centre hybrid, due for occupation in autumn 2016.

Below: Stantec’s Solitair Brickell residential tower in Miami, Florida. Below right: Lassonde Studios at the University of Utah by Cannon Design.

Cannon’s acquisition of Pittsburgh-based multidisciplinary frm Astorino at the end of 2014 enabled it to create a new design-led design-and-build division and gain an ofce in Dubai.

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The Ninbo Greenland Centre in Ninbo, China, designed by Nihon Sekkei and due for completion in 2017.

NIHON SEKKEI

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JAPAN 24 461

Japan’s second-highest placed practice has benefted from an increase in market activity in the lead up to the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. The practice works across the sectors with a particular track record in work for corporate clients. Ongoing work includes the mixed-use 94,681sq m Toshima Ecomuse town. Outside Japan, Nihon Sekkei is active in China and the wider Pacifc area, with overseas ofces in Hanoi, Jakarta and Shanghai. Signifcant projects include Ninbo Greenland Centre, a 283,000sq m commercial ofce development in Ninbo, China. Rising to a height of 240m, this is due to complete in 2017. In Hanoi, Nihon Sekkei is designing the 59,000sq m MB Grand commercial bank tower.

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SOUTH KOREA 17 444

Another of the South Korean giants, Heerim has performed particularly strongly in the residential sector, topping the chart with $72 million fee income, nearly double that of its nearest rival. Heerim works across most of the main sectors, primarily in the Pacifc Rim area but also in central

The SOCAR ofce tower in Baku, Azerbaijan, completed by Heerim in 2015, is inspired by the national symbol of fre.

and eastern Europe. The practice recently opened a new ofce in Astana, Kazakhstan and completed two major projects in Azerbaijan – the Baku Olympic Stadium and ofces for State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR). The latter’s dynamic form was designed to present a futuristic vision of Azerbaijan inspired by the national symbol of fre, the Baku symbol of wind, and SOCAR’s main business of energy.

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The renovation of Eero Saarinen’s famous General Motors Design Dome in Warren, Michigan, was one of the more notable projects carried out by US practice SmithGroupJJR last year. The long-established practice

As well as its domestic region, much of this South Korean practice’s work is in Iraq, the Philippines and Myanmar, with further expansion planned for Iran and Qatar in 2016.

focuses primarily on the North American market, where it is strongest in hospitals in the western states and corporate ofces in the Midwest. Although growth slowed in the university sector in the south-west and western states, SmithGroupJJR is looking to expand into the university and healthcare markets in the north-eastern states and Texas. Internationally, the practice will complete First Automotive Works’

Haeahn’s projects are typically large-scale residential, new towns, sport and complex mixed-use developments such as Prism City, a 300,000sq m terminal, commercial, ofce, and culture scheme in Daegu, South Korea. Other recent projects include the National Assembly Smart Work Center and Press Center in Seoul and the 90,000sq m Korean National Police University in Chungnam, Korea,

468,000sq m research and development centre in Jilin, China, in 2016.

which completes in the next year.

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dlr group

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Germany’s highest-placed practice continued to perform strongly this year in its two key markets of China and western Europe, enjoying most

After experiencing record revenues and new fees in 2015, it’s hardly surprising that DLR declares itself “very bullish” about the current global

success in ofce and culture buildings. Vietnam was another key area, with GMP winning an international competition for Vietnam’s National Exhibition and Trade Fair Center in

design environment. The American practice increased its architect numbers by 56, opening ofces in Washington DC, Houston and Dubai. It also has an eye on additional expansion both domestically and in

Hanoi and laying the foundation stone for the German House in Ho Chi Minh City, a project to accommodate the German Consulate plus visa, trade and cultural ofces, and local bases of German companies.

Africa, China and the Middle East. DLR experienced growth in its traditionally highest-performing sectors of education – where it tops the rankings – and government, as

GMP also enjoyed considerable competition success in China, with wins including a new Guangzhou Museum in Guangzhou, and Qianhai Trade Center in Shenzhen. Among GMP’s completions in 2015 were a new rehearsal building for the Deutsche Oper am Rhein ballet company in Dusseldorf and SOHO Fuxing Lu, a new urban quarter in Shanghai.

well as workplace, retail/mixed-use and sports. Key projects include the $270 million modernisation of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and a two-building workplace at Google’s Kirkland campus in Washington State. One of its more unusual commissions was T3, a seven-storey, wood-framed ofce building in Minneapolis.

DLR Group’s design for a two-building facility at Google’s Kirkland Campus in Washington State.

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The $87 million University of Arizona Cancer Center by ZGF Architects, which was completed in June 2015.

ATP ARCHITECTS ENGINEERS

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AUSTRIA 31 380

KUME SEKKEI

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Austria’s highest-ranked architect remains one of the major players in the western Europe market with strong performances in the retail and science and technology sectors in particular last year.

Health continues to be the strongest area for this long-established Japanese practice, which operates primarily in Japan, China and Vietnam. Kume Sekkei also works broadly across other sectors including

Signifcant completions included a teaching and research building for the Faculty of Architecture and Faculty of Technical Sciences at the University of Innsbruck and a €43 million ofce for BASF at Ludwigshafen. Retail commissions include a prototype supermarket

education, corporate, government and residential, where it this year completed the 138,965sq m Tomihisa Cross project in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Unusually, this community-led redevelopment includes individual houses as well as mid- and high-rise residential towers and retail, with

concept for EDEKA in Gaimersheim, Germany, and Riviera, a 120,600sq m shopping and leisure centre on the Croatian coast at Opatija.

an emphasis on providing a communal green environment. Architecture is just one of Kume Sekkei’s services – it also ofers

Healthcare is one of ATP’s key target areas for 2016, both in its core German-speaking markets and elsewhere in central and eastern Europe, where it has a strong presence.

project, construction and facility management, structural and environmental engineering, and earthquake resistance and seismic isolation design.

ZGF ARCHITECTS

KUNWON

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USA 37

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SOUTH KOREA NEW 366

Based in Portland, Oregon, with fve additional ofces in North America, ZGF continues its steady progress up the rankings. During 2015 most of its work was in the healthcare, government, higher education and corporate ofce sectors with some growth in commercial/mixed-use

Newcomer to the WA100 Kunwon had a good year in 2015, with revenue rising to a fve-year high following increased demand in housing and mixed-use residential sectors. The South Korean practice works mainly in the Pacifc Rim, where projects include the Jamsil Olympic Complex

projects. Notable ongoing work includes the Children’s Hospital of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada and the Nanoengineering and Sciences Building at the University of Washington in Seattle. In 2016 ZGF anticipates growth in transit-oriented development, healthcare, corporate, and commercial/mixed use sectors. Its strategies include increased partnering with general contractors.

regeneration in Seoul, which the practice secured after winning an international ideas competition. Although government and public sector work decreased, Kunwon chief executive Go Sung Ho anticipates further growth in a variety of sectors. “In the coming years, we expect the medical and tourism sectors to grow, along with retail environment design,” he says.

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atkins

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uk 49 352

The multidisciplinary group gained nearly 100 architects during 2015, reporting steady recruitment across the board. In the UK, the higher education sector was a particular strength, with projects under construction including the innovation centre and campus hub at the University of Edinburgh. Atkins is also designing a new ofce for 1,000 staf at its own Woodcote Grove headquarters in Surrey. There has also been an increase overseas work the London ofce is delivering. Meanwhile in North America and India, Atkins expanded in various sectors including education, aviation and transportation. In Vietnam, it began construction of Vincom Landmark 81, a mixed-use skyscraper which at 460m will be the country’s tallest building.

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Healthcare continues to be the strongest sector for this US global group, which is currently working on what will be the largest medical facility in the UK, the £335 million Royal Liverpool University Hospital (with HKS). NBBJ is active in most other sectors as well, in particular the corporate market, completing a headquarters for Samsung Semiconductor in San Jose, California, and working on ofces for Amazon in Seattle. In China, notable projects include Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center, which is due for completion in 2016. Meanwhile in the UK, NBBJ attracted media attention with concept proposals for a “shadowless” tower and the reinvention of the Circle Line on the London Underground as a giant travelator. Above right: Atkins’ 460m-high Vincom Landmark 81 in Ho Chi Minh City will be the tallest building in Vietnam. Below: Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei’s Robot Village project, completed in March 2015.

mitsubishi jisho sekkei

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japan 38 330

A robot village dedicated to showcasing the latest in robotic technology was among notable projects completed last year by Japanese practice Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei. Designed for Yaskawa Electric, the development was one of the many corporate sector projects that provide the bulk of the practice’s turnover in its core Pacifc Rim market. Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei recently completed its frst project in Taiwan – the TS Dream Mall retail, hotel and ofce development in Tainan – and will follow this in 2016 with the completion of another large mixed-use project, the 201,800㎡sq m Taipei Nanshan Plaza. More generally, the practice aims to increase its renovation, construction management and overseas workload in the coming year.

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CHINA

LAST RANKING ARCHITECTS EMPLOYED

36 322

Despite a slowing in mainland China’s real-estate investment market, Hong Kong practice Leigh & Orange (L&O) was kept busy in 2015 on projects including a 530m-high hotel/ofce/retail tower in Guangzhou and a 830,000sq m mixed-use development at Tongjiayuanzi Metro Station & Metro Line Depot in Chongqing. Completions included the frst phase of the massive Studio City gaming and retail resort in Macau. L&O reports that the Hong Kong market remains reasonably active, in particular the public and transportation sectors. The practice is designing fve stations for the New Mass Transit Railway South Island line as well as the $1 billion expansion of Cathay Pacifc’s Catering Services.

HPP ARCHITECTS

COUNTRY LAST RANKING

GERMANY 42

ARCHITECTS EMPLOYED

313

One hundred and forty years of German footballing history are celebrated in the German Football Museum in Dortmund, one of the latest buildings completed by HPP. The frm is continuing to build its business in China and is also expanding in Turkey and western Europe, where it has been busy with ofce and residential projects. In both China and Turkey the focus is on urban complexes and high-rise buildings, with work including the recently fnished PHOTO: DAVID BARBOUR

73,300sq m AND Istanbul and Yotrio Tower ofce developments, the latter due to complete this year in Ningbo, China. In 2016, HPP is planning to enter the industrial sector as well as increasing its activities in the science and technology, retail and residential markets. Alder Hey Children’s Health Park in Liverpool by BDP.

BDP

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UK 32= 311

Architect numbers fell by 47 at BDP, the third-highest UK architect in the rankings. Nonetheless the practice reports a general growth across all of its key sectors of education, healthcare, workplace and retail. Three-quarters of its business is generated in the UK, where BDP completed several high-profle projects including the £48 million revamp of Victoria Station in Manchester and the £237 million Alder

HPP’s Cologne University of Music and Dance will complete in 2018.

Hey Children’s Health Park in Liverpool. Notable projects completing in 2016 include a comprehensive refurbishment of the National Army Museum in London. Looking ahead, BDP says it is particularly interested in pursuing private/commercial opportunities in the Asian markets and also developing its healthcare work in the Canadian market.

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Hyundai’s Guanggyo D3 Apartments & Residential Commercial Complex in Suwon, South Korea.

KEO INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANTS

COUNTRY LAST RANKING ARCHITECTS EMPLOYED

KUWAIT 41 297

HYUNDAI ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS

COUNTRY LAST RANKING ARCHITECTS EMPLOYED

SOUTH KOREA 46 275

Established in 1964, KEO is the king of the Middle East region (see page 69), billing nearly double its nearest rival and increasing its architect

This South Korean architecture and engineering group – an afliate of the Hyundai Motor Group – continued to perform strongly in its core

numbers by 19. The Kuwaiti architecture, engineering and project and construction management practice works mostly on mixed-use projects, with masterplanning, education and infrastructure also strong. This year’s building completions include the Westlin Doha Hotel &

sector of science and technology, where it ranked third in fee billings. Based in Seoul and Beijing, the vast majority of its work is in the Pacifc Rim. Signifcant recent work includes the Gyeongpodae Hyundai hotel, the Hyundai department store in Korea and the

Spa in Doha’s Bin Mahmoud district, with the group identifying infrastructure companies as its best clients.

Hyundai Yantai R&D centre in Yantai, China. In addition to its core regional markets, the group will in 2016 fnish two major projects

The company says its future strategy is for “constant eforts in business development”.

rather further afeld – the massive Dubai Eye Bluewater entertainment complex development in the UAE and the KIA car factory in Monterrey.

SUNJIN ENGINEERING & ARCHITECTURE

COUNTRY LAST RANKING ARCHITECTS EMPLOYED

SOUTH KOREA 40 296

COX ARCHITECTURE

COUNTRY LAST RANKING ARCHITECTS EMPLOYED

AUSTRALIA 45 263

The South Korean practice is looking beyond its immediate market to the broader Asian region, with the focus on Bangladesh, Vietnam, Uzbekistan and Myanmar. Looking ahead to 2016 and 2017, Sunjin is hoping to expand further afeld into the South American market. Sunjin is active in many sectors including masterplanning/urban

Ofce developers were the best clients this year for Cox, one of Australia’s largest multidisciplinary practices. Established in 1962, the practice has fve ofces in its home country plus further bases in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Cox works broadly across other sectors too, including

design, corporate, government and residential. Ongoing projects include ofce and industrial facilities at both the Yongin and Dongtan2 Techno Valley Knowledge Industrial Centres, and the 180,000sq m Wonju Correctional Institution at Wonju City. Sunjin has also become the frst design and construction frm to obtain the ISO 10002 standard.

masterplanning, transport, residential and public. Construction is under way on the massive Burwood Peninsula sporting precinct, which the practice is collaborating on with Hassell and HKS and which will include a 60,000-seater stadium. It is also designing a mixed-use redevelopment of Casino Canberra and has unveiled designs for a 42-storey apartment tower in Melbourne.

Creating Places for People UK Pavilion at Milan Expo 2015 Photograph ÂŠ Mark Hadden

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ACXT-IDOM is currently working on the Riyadh underground in Saudi Arabia.

DEWAN

COUNTRY LAST RANKING ARCHITECTS EMPLOYED

47 UAE 50 253

ACXT-IDOM

COUNTRY LAST RANKING ARCHITECTS EMPLOYED

SPAIN 52 241

One of the largest Middle Eastern architects and engineers, Dewan has benefted from the region’s latterly buoyant sectors of retail, hospitality

The only Spanish representative once again tops the South and central America turnover chart, with recent work including new underground

and education. Ongoing projects include the 585,327sq m Reem Island Mall in Abu Dhabi and the 2.6 million sq m Samarra University, designed for the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientifc Research in Iraq. Dewan reports a decline in the commercial market, but in the culture

stations in Santiago, Chile, and the Lima Convention Centre in Peru. Over the next few years, ACXT plans to target the healthcare market in South America as well as further transport work in Saudi Arabia, where it is already working on the Riyadh underground. The practice is also

sector the group picked up a major commission for the Basra Culture Palace for the Basra Governorate in Iraq with a design inspired by

active in Africa, and expects to complete projects at two Senegal universities during 2016.

Arabic calligraphy. In 2016, Dewan is considering opening ofces in Cairo and Doha as well as exploring Tehran as a potential future market.

Domestically, 2015 completions included a 27,000sq m mixed-tenure housing development in Sarriko, Bilbao and 38,600sq m of ofces for the city of Vitoria, Spain.

CHAPMAN TAYLOR

COUNTRY LAST RANKING ARCHITECTS EMPLOYED

48 UK 55 250

CAPITA | ESA

COUNTRY LAST RANKING ARCHITECTS EMPLOYED

UK 47 234

Architect numbers increased by 42 at Chapman Taylor during 2015, with signifcant commissions including two new projects at MediaCityUK in Salford and Westgate Oxford. While its core focus remains the retail and leisure sectors in western, central and eastern Europe, the practice is

Capita | ESA – which became part of the Capita property and infrastructure group in 2011 – operates from seven ofces across the UK and Poland. The broad-based practice had most success in 2015 in the commercial ofces, residential, mixed-use, justice and education sectors.

continuing to diversify into hospitality, ofce and residential design. It is also targeting South-east Asia, central and South America and the Middle East, where it entered into strategic relationships with engineers in Qatar and Dubai. This year will see the completion of the Mall of Qatar, a 500,000sq m retail, sports and entertainment centre and the Global Harbor shopping centre in Changzhou, China.

Notable UK work includes £19 million ofces at the Farnborough Business Park, a residential development in Durham due for completion in early 2018, and the conversion of the former government ofce building Hercules House into a 438-bedroom hotel near London’s Waterloo Station. In 2016, the practice hopes to develop further in the education and healthcare sectors.

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Leo A Daly’s design for the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport Terminal 3, which is scheduled to open in 2018.

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laSt ranKing architectS employed

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Most of Leo A Daly’s work is in North America, with Texas a particular growth area for the architecture, engineering and planning frm. Government and infrastructure projects remain a big part of this

Aukett Swanke remained strong in the corporate, residential and hospitality sectors with 2015 ofce completions including Forbury Place in Reading and the Arcus III tower in Moscow. Highlights for 2016

century-old practice’s broad-based work, with current projects including an intelligence community campus in Maryland and transitional veterans’ housing for the US Department of Veterans Afairs. But the frm has seen most expansion in its education work, which has

include completing the frst phase of the Eastside Locks development in Birmingham and the 38,000sq m Monet apartments in Moscow. However, the practice is cautious about predicting prospects in its key European markets and is eyeing growth in the Middle East until greater

tripled over the last year, as well as the hospitality, life sciences, food distribution, pharmaceutical and condominium markets.

stability has returned. “We see the UK and wider European markets continuing to be impacted by currency, political and automotive issues

Overseas, it has designed the building and landscape for the 148,000sq m China Mile Beijing IT Park.

as well as refugee relocation, creating a level of volatility which is difcult to predict,” says chief executive Nicholas Thompson.

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china 51 222

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laSt ranKing architectS employed

Based in fve ofces across China, Roland Lu & Partners has a particular focus on mixed-use and super high density projects across the Pacifc Rim region. These include one of its most signifcant current projects – the 390,000sq m Tianjin CTF Finance Centre, which is due to complete in

Ishimoto Architectural & Engineering Firm is one of the longest established practices in Japan, set up in 1927 by Kikuji Ishimoto, who studied at the Bauhaus. The practice now has nine domestic ofces,

2017. A collaboration with SOM, this commercial, ofce, hotel and serviced apartment development includes a 97-storey tower. Another large-scale mixed-use project underway is TODTOWN, a “mini-city” above a transport interchange in Minhang, Shanghai. The coming year will see the completion of a new campus for the Technology and Higher Education Institute in Hong Kong.

and works mainly in its domestic market, with outposts in Mexico, Portland and Milan. Projects span the sectors, with education a particular strength as well as health and hospital projects and work for local governments. Ishimoto creeps up the WA100 rankings after increasing its architect numbers from 194 to 218 in 2015.

58 218

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The only Philippines practice in the rankings, Aidea set up an ofce in Thailand in 2015 and hopes to expand further in 2016 with new outposts expected to open in London, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Indonesia and Vietnam. Currently 90% of its work is in the Philippines and Asia, primarily in the mixed-use, residential, hospitality and corporate sectors. A key growth area in 2015 was Middle East residential. In 2016/17, Aidea plans to target retail work in the Pacifc Rim. “As we move towards the ASEAN [Association of South-east Asian Nations] economic integration and prepare for the [World Trade Organisation’s] GATS Treaty in 2020, Aidea is creating a regional alliance of practices to service the increased global market,” says president and chief executive Abelardo M Tolentino Jr. Ongoing Philippines work includes the 1.2 million sq m Mandani Bay mixed-use development in Mandaue City, Cebum and the 500,000sq m GGLC Aeropark campus in Clark, Pampanga. Aidea’s City Gate mixed-use scheme in Makata City in the Philippines.

wong tung & pArtners

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57 207

The Chinese practice reports that despite a downturn in mainland China, the Hong Kong market has been boosted by government policies for speeding up housing supply, and long-term investment in education, healthcare and public infrastructure. Residential was Wong Tung’s strongest sector in 2015, with hospitality, retail and corporate turnover also signifcant and healthcare providers identifed as its best clients. In addition to its core Chinese markets, the practice last year billed $4.7 million in central Asia. The Darling Harbor Live exhibition centre in Sydney by Populous.

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link Arkitektur

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norwAy 56 202

Populous climbed 17 places in the rankings after gaining 69 architects during 2015. As usual, the practice reigned supreme in the sports sector (see page 72), with 2015 completions including the $370 million Videotron Centre arena in Quebec and the £42 million Stadiummk football stadium in Milton Keynes. Current work includes the London Olympic Stadium transformation and the Las Vegas Arena

Norway’s highest-placed practice is now owned by Norwegian engineering frm Multiconsult. Link, which operates mainly in Scandinavia, will continue as a separate brand. The practice has had increased turnover in the housing, hotels and health sectors after a concerted efort last year to expand its health and hospitality work. In 2016, it plans to build up its work in urbanism and social sustainability.

in Nevada, US. Populous acquired London architecture and interior design practice Jump Studios in June and opened a new ofce in Pittsburgh to focus on campus planning. Over the next year, Populous plans to grow its hospitality and mixed-use planning and design work in addition to the practice’s core sectors of sport, events and convention centres.

This year Link will start construction on the $350 million Søder hospital in Stockholm, Sweden, and expects to complete the 24,000sq m Scandic hotel in Flesland, Bergen, and the 20,000sq m Paradis ofce building in Stavanger, Norway. Retail is another important area, with mall projects including the 80,000sq m Horisont in Bergen, and 32,000sq m Bekkestua in Oslo.

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BATES SMART

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AUSTRALIA

LAST RANKING ARCHITECTS EMPLOYED

NEW 200

High-rise residential and hospitality have been signifcant growth areas for Bates Smart, one of Australia’s longest established architects. Based in Melbourne and Sydney, the practice is also optimistic about prospects

PHOTO: BRETT BOARDMAN

in the commercial ofce market and the retirement living sector, where design quality is increasingly signifcant. Projects due for completion in 2016 include the Alexandra on the Park retirement living development and the high-rise Opera residential tower, both in Melbourne. “A new attitude towards living, working and playing in our cities is emerging and this is refected in the growth of high-rise, high-quality mixed-use developments,” says managing director Simon Swaney.

BUCHAN GROUP Bates Smart’s Australia Towers in Sydney Olympic Park, completed in 2015.

COUNTRY LAST RANKING ARCHITECTS EMPLOYED

AUSTRALIA 60 195

The Australian practice is targeting expansion after forming an alliance with leading Japanese group Nikken Sekkei to take their work into new regions and sectors in Australasian, European and Middle Eastern markets. Buchan already leads the retail sector in Australasia and is also working on a number of hospitality/hotel projects as well as exploring new opportunities in the commercial ofce world. Major recent completions include the 188,000sq m Emporium development in Melbourne and the Lakeside Joondalup Shopping Centre in Western Australia. In 2016, expected completions include a $20 million refurbishment of Istanbul Mall in Istanbul, Turkey as well as numerous retail developments in Australia. Buchan this year celebrates its 125th anniversary.

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ALLFORD HALL MONAGHAN MORRIS

COUNTRY LAST RANKING ARCHITECTS EMPLOYED

UK NEW 194

New entrant Allford Hall Monaghan Morris is going from strength to strength, winning the Stirling Prize in October for the Burntwood School campus in Wandsworth, south London, after having been nominated three times before. Education is just one of its many areas of expertise, with the bulk of AHMM’s work coming from corporate clients in the UK. Completed commercial projects in 2015 included the Steward Building in Spitalfelds, London and 61 Oxford Street, which contains Zara’s fagship store. Also in the West End, AHMM won planning permission for 21-31 New Oxford Street, the redevelopment of the former WC1 mail sorting ofce.

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B+H ARCHITECTS

COUNTRY LAST RANKING ARCHITECTS EMPLOYED

CANADA 48 194

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The Canadian frm’s sporting work took centre stage this year at the Toronto 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Games, where it was responsible for masterplanning four venues and designing three other builidings. B+H works throughout the sectors primarily in North America but also in the Pacifc Rim, where it has built up a signifcant turnover

Buchan’s Aus$100 million Emerald tower in Melbourne, Australia.

with ofces in Shanghai and Beijing, and the Middle East. New wins include the design of 130,064sq m Gleneagles Medini Hospital, Johore in Malaysia, where B+H also recently completed its frst retail project, the Quill City Mall in Kuala Lumpur. However B+H slipped down the WA100 rankings this year after architect numbers fell from 251 to 194.

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EHAF CONSULTING ENGINEERS

COUNTRY LAST RANKING ARCHITECTS EMPLOYED

EGYPT NEW 185

AXS SATOW

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This Egyptian newcomer to the WA100 rankings has eight ofces across the Middle East and North Africa, the latest opening in 2015 in Oman. Established in 1972, EHAF Consulting Engineers works broadly across

Japanese practice AXS Satow added new ofces in Yokohama and Okinawa in 2015 as it continued to focus primarily on its domestic and Chinese markets.

the mixed-use, hospitality, residential, retail, ofce and transportation sectors. Current projects include the 37–storey Marina Ofce Tower in Lusail City, Qatar, and United Square, a mixed-use development of three integrated ofce and apartment towers above lower level retail in the UAE. Looking ahead, EHAF is hoping to continue growing with further expansion planned in Africa.

The practice works broadly with particular success in the health, education, culture and government sectors. It has a strong track record in libraries, and will fnish two more in 2016 – the Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Library and the Library of Seinan Gakuin University at Fukuoka. Outside Japan, AXS Satow is working on several projects in China

including an ofce for Zhuhai City Hengquin Area in Guangdong and a health and wellness centre for elderly people in Tianjin.

BROADWAY MALYAN

COUNTRY

LAST RANKING ARCHITECTS EMPLOYED

59 184

HENN

COUNTRY LAST RANKING

GERMANY 44

ARCHITECTS EMPLOYED

179

With projects ranging from a Waitrose supermarket in Chester to the Luanda 2030 city masterplan in Angola, Broadway Malyan continues to work broadly across multiple sectors and global markets.

Based in Munich, Henn moves to the top of the western Europe fee chart

Residential, mixed-use, masterplanning and education have been its strongest sectors over the past 12 months, with the UK practice reporting a strong pipeline in the coming year. Particular areas of opportunity

(see page 69) despite a drop of 86 in its architect numbers. The practice’s big strength is the science and technology sector and in particular the automotive industry, where it has major projects for Porsche and BMW.

are UK housing and masterplanning, education in South-east Asia and the Middle East, masterplanning in Sub-Saharan Africa and Qatar, and mixed-use in South-east Asia. In 2015, it completed a shopping centre in

Henn is also currently building the Arena 3036 automobile research building for the University of Stuttgart. Aside from western Europe, Henn is most active in the Pacifc

Argentina – its frst commercial project in the Americas. 2016 will be about consolidating these markets and sectors. “Our focus in the coming year is very much about reinforcing our existing ofer after the welcome rise in revenue and profts during the past fnancial year,” says Gary Whittle, managing director.

Rim, where it has ofces in Beijing and Shanghai. Looking ahead, it anticipates the most potential in USA, South Korea and China where it is building the China Railway Tower, a 200m-high ofce tower in Taiyuan. In 2016, Henn is particularly hoping to expand its healthcare work in

Broadway Malyan’s West Yorkshire archive is being built in Wakefeld, UK.

Henn’s Wittenstein Innovation Factory in Igersheim-Harthausen, Germany.

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both western Europe and China.

1 Architectural Competition Winner

Architectural Competition Winner

3 1. Deloitte* & KPMG HQ - Brussels Airport

4. Warsaw Spire - Poland

2. Paradis Xpress - Liège

5. European Parliament - Brussels

3. Eurostadium - Brussels

6. Le Toison d’Or - Brussels

In cooperation with 1*. A2RC / 2. A2M, BAG / 6. UN-Studio

JASPERS-EYERS ARCHITECTS INNOVATE, DESIGN, CREATE

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The Eurostadium Brussels by Jasper-Eyers Architects is being built for the 2020 European Championships.

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BELGIUM 61

ARCHITECTS EMPLOYED

175

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ARCHITECTS EMPLOYED

170

Winning a competition to design the new Eurostadium Brussels to

Denmark’s highest-placed practice, CF Møller is ranked fourth in

host the 2020 UEFA European Football Championship was one of the highlights of 2015 for Jaspers-Eyers, the only Belgian representative in the WA100 rankings.

western Europe (see page 69) where it is strongest in Nordic countries and the UK. As well as its core markets of healthcare, research, education,

The practice’s work is overwhelmingly located in its domestic market, with recent completions including a $90 million KPMG headquarters at Brussels Airport and the mixed-use Le Toison d’Or development, which houses the country’s frst Apple store.

residential, commercial and cultural, the practice is expanding its work in the masterplanning, infrastructure and climate adaption sectors. Signifcant ongoing projects include Copenhagen International School, which will be Copenhagen’s largest school when it completes in 2016

In 2016 Jaspers-Eyers will complete projects for Nike, Deloitte and the European Parliament in Belgium as well as the Warsaw Spire, a

and is entirely covered in solar cells. The practice is also completing the frst phase of the 6.3 billion DKK (£600 million) New University

$125 million ofce headquarters building in Warsaw which at 220m will be the tallest in Poland.

Hospital Aarhus, Denmark’s largest construction project. The hospital is organised like a town with a hierarchy of neighbourhoods and streets.

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MEXICO 79= 170

With plans to open a London ofce in 2016 and to target work in Europe and China, Mexican practice GVA has ambitions far beyond its core market of South and central America. GVA is ranked fourth in its region and is predominantly active on large-scale hospitality, residential and mixed-use projects including the 12,132sq m co-joined City Garden Towers in Panama and the 321,000sq m commercial and mixed-use América Centro Mundial de Negocios in Bogotá, Colombia. Education projects include 64,200sq m Arkansas State University in Querétaro. As well as expanding its geographical reach, GVA aims to become stronger in the residential sector.

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Texas has traditionally been the focus for PBK, which is by far the largest

Part of the Canadian multidisciplinary group Ingenium, Archial Norr

education practice in the state with a particular track record in both high schools and college sports facilities. Ongoing projects include the $175 million Katy High School and Junior High School and a $53.5 million

this year picked up a RIBA Award for the Dalmunach Distillery in Speyside designed by its Inverness studio, one of the practice’s seven UK ofces. New commissions this year include a visitor centre at Dunottar

football stadium and athletic facility at Prairie View A&M University. “At PBK we know that good design can lift the human spirit and contribute to enhanced engagement and increased student achievement. We always strive for this result,” says president and chief

Castle in Aberdeenshire. Archial Norr works across diverse sectors in the UK and western Europe including education, industrial and retail, completing a £12 million refurbishment of Debenhams on London’s Oxford Street in 2014.

executive Dan Boggio. In 2016, the practice is looking to continue its recent expansion into

It is also collaborating with sister company NORR on projects in EMEA, India and North America, which is the group’s biggest regional market.

the California education and healthcare markets.

However its architect numbers fell this year from 209 to 167.

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SHEPPARD ROBSON

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UK 76 166

National Engineering Bureau (NEB) continues to grow, increasing its architect numbers by 45 over the last year. The UAE architecture and engineering group operates in most of the Gulf nations, with the bulk of its projects in the UAE, and has further ofces in North Africa, Iran and India. NEB has a particular track record in skyscrapers in Dubai, and is currently on site with Marina 106, a 445m-high residential

Sheppard Robson moves up six places this year after experiencing consistent growth across its UK ofces and throughout the diverse sectors in which it works. The coming year will see the completion of major projects such as One Fitzroy Place in London’s Westminster and the New Science Building at the University of Hertfordshire. It will also conclude a

tower in Dubai Marina. The 160,000sq m development is due to complete in 2019. As well as large-scale residential development, NEB works extensively across commercial, hospitality, education and retail, with ongoing projects including the 38,147sq m Intercontinental Fujairah Hotel & Resort in Fujairah and the 37,629sq m Crowne Plaza Marina in Dubai.

series of masterplans for Water Aid to improve water supply in four fast-growing African cities. New commissions include the redevelopment of the historic Royal Mint Court site next to the Tower of London. In addition, Sheppard Robson is looking to diversify further into other sectors, including hotels, retail and healthcare.

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Established in 1961 in Kuwait, this architecture and engineering frm has grown into one of the big players in the Middle East region, where it is placed third in the rankings (see page 69). Architects employed

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rose from 124 to 161, with the most successful sectors including infrastructure, culture and heritage, as well as healthcare, corporate and hospitality projects. Ongoing projects include the Sheikh Al-Ahmad Cultural Centre, a performing arts and exhibition complex that forms part of a new national cultural district in Kuwait. SSH recently opened a London ofce to supplement its presence across the Middle East, Algeria and South Africa.

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The BATLab building at HUG University Hospital Geneva in Switzerland by Burckhardt + Partner.

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Page made two important acquisitions in the last year to add to its traditional areas of expertise in government, health, education, and

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science and technology. It gains a presence on the US west coast and expands its urban/campus planning capabilities with the addition of San Francisco-based urban designer BMS Design Group. The practice

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Burckhardt + Partner’s primary focus is its home market of Switzerland,

also acquired Strategic Science & Technology Planners (SST Planners), a laboratory planning and design architecture frm. Page’s long track record designing embassies continues with recent

where it is particularly active in the corporate, residential and science and technology sectors. Projects include a headquarters for Nationale Suisse in Basel and a collaboration with SOM for the ongoing

completions including Abuja in Nigeria and Rabat in Morocco. These contribute to the practice’s strong showing in the Africa region, where it tops the rankings. Signifcant ongoing projects include the Center for BrainHealth Brain Performance Institute at the University of Texas, Dallas, and the Seventy Rainey Street luxury residential tower in Austin, Texas, both due to complete in 2017.

conversion and extension of the United Nationals Ofce at Geneva – a project expected to last until 2024. Completions over the coming year will include a new home for the International School of Berne, a school for the children of diplomats and international employees, and a pharmaceutical production building for Novartis Pharma.

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Looking ahead, the practice is hoping to expand in the hospitality and government sectors.

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Headquarters for Google in London and L’Oréal in Clichy were among the notable projects completed this year by Wilmotte, the highest-placed French architect in this year’s rankings. France proved to be Wilmotte’s best region for architecture, with ongoing Paris work including a Russian Orthodox spiritual and cultural

Page’s Center for BrainHealth Brain Performance Institute at the University of Texas, Dallas, due for completion in 2017.

centre and the transformation of Paris-Nord station. The Middle East proved the best region for urban planning. In Beirut, Wilmotte completed the seven-year refurbishment and extension of the neo-Moorish Sursock Museum. In 2016, the practice is planning to target work in Iran, central America and Africa, where it is hoping to secure urban design projects.

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The Beirut Souks cinemas designed by Valode & Pistre.

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The Vietnamese multidisciplinary construction group, which has

The French practice’s strategy of working across a broad range of scales,

ofces as far afeld as France and Kazakhstan, plans to concentrate its eforts increasingly on the South-east Asia region. Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines are particular target areas for growth and there are plans to open an ofce in Bali. Archetype’s design projects range from mixed-use high-rises to education, healthcare, industrial facilities and resorts. It recently

sectors and regions paid of last year as it increased its architects by 50%. Valode & Pistre’s projects span Europe, Russia, China, the Middle East and North and Sub-Saharan Africa, and include a shopping mall in China, a retail and entertainment centre in the Beirut Souks and an

completed the 96-room Sanctum Inle Lake Resort in Myanmar and in the coming year will fnish Saigon Pearl Phase 3, a $23 million

Grande Arche ofce buildings at Paris La Défense and a 170,000sq m General Hospital at Vigo in Spain. In Moscow, the practice is fnishing the 200,000sq m Skolkovo Technopark of ofces and research facilities.

residential complex in Ho Chi Minh City.

exhibition centre in Morocco. Notable projects completing in 2016 include a renovation of the iconic

ALLies And morrison

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Allies and Morrison steps up the rankings after its architect numbers rose by 34. Although the UK practice is also working in the Lebanon and North America, its focus is primarily on the domestic market, with a host of major ongoing London projects in a variety of sectors. These include

Archetype’s GEM leisure complex in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

the 100 Bishopsgate commercial tower in the City and a new masterplan for Greenwich Peninsula. Notable completions in the next year include the residential developments of Hollandgreen at the former Commonwealth Institute and Kidderpore Avenue in Hampstead, and the expansion of King’s College School in Wimbledon.

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Lemay’s redevelopment plan for Maison Alcon in Montreal, Canada.

new 146

This Canadian practice makes its WA100 debut after boosting its numbers with the acquisition of three Quebec architectural frms from the IBI Group – DAA, Cardinal Hardy Architectes and Martin Marcotte / Beinhaker Architectes. Lemay also formed a joint venture with IBI in China and is looking into further growth outside Quebec throughout the rest of Canada and the USA. Further afeld, it is looking into possible mergers in Europe and the Middle East. Healthcare providers remain Lemay’s best clients, with recent projects including the 300,000sq m McGill University Health Centre in Montreal and the CHUM Research Centre, the largest healthcare research centre in Quebec. The private sector in North America is providing the group with most of its work, and Lemay hopes to increase its share in the mixed-use and hospitality sectors in this region. 80

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Ahr

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Despite a slower market in Indian real estate, this Mumbai-based multidisciplinary practice has increased its architects by 25% as it

AHR, formerly the UK division of AEDAS, makes its frst appearance in the WA100 charts since its split from the Hong Kong division in 2014.

enjoys a surge in “vertical” housing work in the west of the country. These super high rises include a 1,000,000sq ft residential tower in Mumbai.

The bulk of its earnings are in Europe and in particular the UK, where the practice has had growth in the education and commercial sectors as well as science and technology, energy and residential markets.

DSP works all over India and across other sectors in addition to residential including hospitality, stadia and commercial sectors. It is looking to diversify into education and healthcare and move into the Middle East market. Projects due to complete in 2016 include the

Upcoming completions in 2016 include the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering building at the University of Bath, and Beswick Community Hub in Manchester. Overseas, AHR opened an ofce in Dubai in 2015 and is targeting work throughout the Middle East

multi-sport TransStadia in Ahmedabad and Emerald Isle mixed-use development in Mumbai.

and Asia, where the retail sector has already yielded new commissions. In Pakistan it is set to complete the Emporium Mall in south Lahore. 82

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Scott Brownrigg returns to the Top 100 after increasing its architect numbers by 49. This rise follows two key moves in 2015: in New York, the practice opened an ofce to support expansion into North America; in the UK, it acquired GMW Architects and GMW International. These now operate under the Scott Brownrigg brand, strengthening the practice’s expertise in transport, aviation and City of London schemes. The aviation sector has been a particular area of expansion, with the practice lead designer on what will be the largest single terminal in the world at Istanbul New Airport. Scott Brownrigg has also launched a new sector specialism of Advanced Technologies to focus on the transformative impact of technology on cities and architecture. Left: Scott Brownrigg’s Vista Chelsea Bridge in London, part of the Nine Elms Regeneration scheme.

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Maison de la Radio Great Auditorium, Paris, by ArchitectureStudio.

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denmark 68 136

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The Danish frm is continuing to grow its international workload, both within Europe and in Turkey, the Middle East and Asia.

This newcomer to the rankings was established in 1973 in Paris, with further ofces subsequently opened in Shanghai, Beijing, Venice and

Henning Larsen Architects works broadly across the sectors, most notably corporate, education, cultural and residential, with the practice identifying residential developers/housebuilders as its best clients

Saint Petersburg. Architecture-Studio works broadly across most sectors, with notable completions in 2015 including an extension of Créteil Cathedral

this year. It recently completed the Campus Kolding communications and design building at the University of Southern Denmark, which has a dynamic facade of 1,600 perforated steel shutters which adjust to solar conditions.

in northern France, which added a new dome formed by two spherical shells. Ongoing work includes the 11,200sq m Caisse d’Epargne headquarters of Aquitaine Poitou-Charentes in Bordeaux. International wins include competitions for Tangier University

Notable ongoing projects include “The Crystal”, a new city hall in Kiruna, Sweden, due for completion in 2016, and an Islamic community

Hospital in Morocco and the campus of Hanoi University of Science and Technology. The practice also signed a strategic co-operation agreement

centre and mosque in Copenhagen for the Islamic Society of Denmark.

with Shandong Tong Yuan Design Group in China.

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purcell

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cp kukreJa associates

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New entrant Purcell specialises in heritage work, with projects last year including the addition of glass walkways to London’s Tower Bridge and the regeneration of the 12th-century Cardigan Castle in Wales. Ongoing projects include the Defence and National Rehabilitation Centre in Nottinghamshire and facade repairs to Battersea Power Station. Internationally, Purcell sees potential for substantial growth in the

Based in New Delhi, CP Kukreja Associates works widely throughout India and across all building sectors, a breadth that helped it as the market slowed in response to the change in political regime. Its most active areas were masterplanning, institutional, residential, ofces and mixed-use. Notable projects included the masterplanning of the 511-acre Gautum Buddha University in Uttar Pradesh and a

transformation of historic buildings for new uses in China, India, Asia Pacifc and North America, and last year set up bases in Delhi and Melbourne. It is already working on the £200 million regeneration of the former Central Police Station in Hong Kong. In the UK, Purcell acquired Worcester-based architectural practice ST Walker and Duckham, which is best known for its conservation work.

85,000sq m facility for JCB India in Jaipur. Developments coming up for completion in 2016 include an Inter State Bus Terminal on the Noida Expressway and the mixed-use Logix City Centre, both in Uttar Pradesh. Looking ahead, CP Kukreja is targeting urban design, commercial and smart cities projects.

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morphogenesis

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Already one of India’s largest practices, Morphogenesis is planning to open a new ofce in Mumbai in 2016 and expects to double the size of its Bangalore ofce, which opened in 2014. Major projects completing this year include Adani Shantigram, a 306,600sq m residential township in Ahmedabad. The practice has a particular interest in the design of “smart” cities – which it defnes in terms of “Sustainability, Mobility, Afordability, Resilience and Technology”– and is designing India’s frst vertical “smart” township. Morphogenesis is looking to expand in South-east Asia and the Middle East. It is also working in South Africa, where projects include a residential township in Johannesburg. Environmental Science and Chemistry Building, University of Toronto by Diamond Schmitt.

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canada 102 130

The Toronto practice increased its architects by 40 this year after success in the education, culture and commercial sectors. Among its many university projects nearing completion are the C$155 million (£77 million) Schulich School of Engineering at the University of Calgary and the C$65 million Student Residence and Culinary Arts Building at Centennial College, Toronto. In Vaughan, Ontario, Diamond Schmitt is designing the C$138 million ofce and retail KPMG Tower. Another fruitful market was multistorey residential in Toronto. In 2016, the practice plans to continue expanding into US markets after sustained growth in two of its specialities of academic laboratories and concert venues. It is particularly focused on the eastern seaboard and southern states such as Texas, where it is designing the Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts and Sciences in Lubbock. 88

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solomon cordwell buenz

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usa new 129

This US newcomer to the WA100 rankings is an architecture, interior design and planning frm with ofces in Chicago and San Francisco. It focuses primarily on the North American market, working for commercial and institutional clients across the sectors. Residential developers are its best clients, accounting for around half its turnover, with notable completed projects including 500 Lake Shore Drive in Chicago. Also in the city, SCB recently topped out 4 East Elm, the frst high-rise condo to be built in the Gold Coast neighbourhood since 2010.

australia new 116

A new entrant to the WA100 chart, GHD Woodhead was formed in 2014 by the merger of Australian practices Woodhead and GHD. Unsurprisingly, it is most active in Australasia, where it has the ffth-highest fee income (see page 68). As well as its 12 ofces in Australia, the group has a presence in New Zealand, the Philippines, the UAE, Qatar, Chile and the USA. GHD Woodhead works broadly across a range of sectors, for commercial and government clients with target markets including transport, retirement living, defence and justice and infrastructure. Projects that the practice expects to complete this year include the 23-storey 203 North Terrace tower in Adelaide, Air 7000 defence facilities in Adelaide and Darwin, Barwon Water’s new headquarters in Geelong, Curtin University School of Medicine in Perth and an Executive Jet Terminal in Dubai.

51 Pirie Street, a 34-storey hotel and residential development in Adelaide by GHD Woodhead.

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Another newcomer to the rankings, Mexican practice Gomez Vazquez has outposts in Texas and Panama City as well as its domestic ofces at Mexico City and Guadalajara.

New Delhi-based Sikka Associates was kept busiest with work for institutions and ofce clients over the last year. While institutional projects are scattered around the country, including the Indian

While central America has been its key market to date, Gomez Vazquez International (GVI) plans to expand further in South America and the USA, and also to the Caribbean. GVI’s many resorts and residential high-rises include the Bosque Real towers currently under construction at Huixquilucan in Mexico. The practice is also active in other sectors including sport, where it

Institute of Technology in Ropar, ofce commissions are located mainly around the capital. These include workplaces at the Spaze Buziness Park in Gurgaon and the LKJ Noida IT Park. In other sectors, the practice recently completed a new terminal at Chandigarh Airport as well as the gated residential community Uniworld Grande Housing. During 2016, Sikka plans to target infrastructure work

is designing baseball stadiums in Mexico and Nicaragua. Mixed-use projects include the Latitud La Victoria shopping, ofce and residential complex in Queretaro, Mexico.

in new sectors, take part in design competitions and expand overseas.

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KUWAIT 88 106

A museum on the life and times of the prophet Muhammad and a new military airbase are among the diverse projects of Gulf Consult, one of the

As the Chinese market has slowed, Japanese practice Showa Sekkei is increasingly looking to Thailand and Myanmar in addition to its domestic market. As well as architectural design, the practice has worked

the largest consulting frms in Kuwait. Gulf Consult works across most sectors, with other notable recent projects including a police hospital and a terminal at Kuwait

broadly in urban planning, construction management and water infrastructure. Much of its work is in the healthcare and education sector,s with

International Airport. In 2016 it expects to work on the design of a Toyota City showroom and service centre, the Kuwait Cancer Center, and its own new head ofce.

projects including the design of campuses at Kochi and Fukuoka universities, in India and Japan respectively. Aside from these sectors, it works widely on projects ranging from government ofces to sports stadiums to funeral halls.

Gulf’s primary focus will remain its core domestic market, but it is exploring opportunities for new ofces in Sudan and Yemen. “ The frm will also pursue opportunities away from its traditional focus on major public sector projects,” says chief executive Ubed Arain.

Sikka Associates’ Trade Facilitation Center & Crafts Museum in Varanasi, India, due for completion in 2017.

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97 ireland 114 106

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Top 100 newcomer PM Group specialises in the planning and design of biopharmaceutical, medical technologies, research and development, and food engineering facilities. The group includes the architecture,

WATG this year celebrated 70 years of designing hospitality and leisure destinations, with more than 360 hotels completed. The Pacifc Rim was WATG’s most prolifc market in 2015, with the

masterplanning and engineering planning practice PM Devereux, which increased its headcount by 20% during its last fnancial year. Ongoing projects include the £100 million Reckitt Benckiser R&D facility in Hull and the Southampton Centre for Cancer and Immunology. It recently completed its frst BIM project, the £25 million Farnham Road Hospital redevelopment in Guildford.

practice opening an ofce in Shanghai to add to overseas branches in London, Singapore, Istanbul and Dubai. Commissions include the development of the frst Embassy by Hilton in the Asia Pacifc, located on the resort island of Hainan in Bo’ao, China. WATG’s London planning and landscape team had a busy year, completing seven projects including the El Mirador resort in Andalucía.

Mg2

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98 usa 81 105

progetto CMr

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last ranking arChiteCts eMployed

92 102

Previously MulvannyG2 Architecture, the US practice this year rebranded as MG2 and moved into new global headquarters in Seattle. MG2 has a particular expertise in retail design – where it is ranked fourth

WA100’s only Italian representative in 2016, Progetto is active in China, India and Turkey as well as its domestic market. It has seen signifcant growth in retail, residential, leisure, commercial and masterplanning

(see page 72) – as well as working throughout the hospitality, mixed-use, residential and ofce sectors. Its work is primarily in the North American market, where recent

sectors with notable projects including new ofces for Adidas in Monza (in collaboration with Alifor) and for ING in Milan. Looking ahead, Progetto will continue to focus on international work,

projects include the world’s largest Costco wholesale warehouse in Salt Lake City, and 1101 West Lake, a 150,000sq ft ofce building in the Lake Union area of Seattle.

with the Chinese market accounting for most of its growth since 2010. According to chief executive Massimo Roj: “Our projects show a holistic approach based on our motto: ‘Less ego, more eco’.”

Left: Progetto’s EverNature residential development is currently on site in Taipei, Taiwan. Opposite, bottom: EPR Architects turned Sea Containers House in London into the Mondrian London hotel. Opposite, top: One The Elephant in south-east London by Squire and Partners.

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86 101

10 Design’s focus remains China, South-east Asia and the Middle East. Urban mixed-use, hospitality and residential have been strong in the latter, where 10 Design currently has $6 billion of designs under construction. In China, 2016 will see the completion of its frst super high rise projects including a 320m tower in Shizimen. Malaysia is also an area of expansion, with the group’s frst mixed-use development in the country, KL Gateway, completing in 2016. In addition to its core markets, 10 Design has expanded in the UK, where it is building a presence with projects such as the masterplanning of the £80 million innovation hub at Queen Margaret University in Scotland. Central and eastern Europe are other target regions.

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101

EPR is upbeat after experiencing growth in its three key areas of expertise – residential, hotel and ofce. Projects include the completion of 24 Savile Row, a commercial/retail development in London’s Mayfair, and the ongoing £300 million mixed-use Ram Quarter in Wandsworth. It was also architect for the 360-bedroom Mondrian London hotel at Sea Containers House on the south bank of the Thames. “EPR is continuing to grow from strength to strength with high-quality projects on site and on the drawing boards . We have great clients and are extremely positive about the future,” says managing director Chris Castle.

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arChiteCts eMployed

101

The thriving London residential and mixed-use market has proved fertile territory for Squire and Partners, with completions this year including the £50 million St Edmund’s Terrace in Primrose Hill and three townhouses at Macaulay Road in Clapham. These will be followed by the mixed-use One The Elephant at Elephant & Castle and the Clarges ofce and residential development for British Land in Mayfair. 2016 will see Squire and Partners relocate to a new home in Brixton as part of the practice’s own project to refurbish and extend a former department store. The scheme also includes the conversion of a former fre station and stables to provide new premises for Brixton post ofce.

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necessarily mean beautiful, with German giant Hochtief barely troubling the scorers and the UK’s

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biggest contractor Balfour Beatty failing to secure a single vote. Commenting on her frm’s success in topping the cost consultant poll, Rider Levett Bucknall global chairman Ann Bentley pointed to the partnership’s independent status. “This is a fantastic accolade for our work globally, and we are proud that the architecture community holds our consultancy in such high regard. “Our market has seen a lot of change over the last few years, with many mergers and acquisitions taking place. Our status as an independent frm gives us a clear diferentiator and it is an important distinction for our clients when they are selecting their partners to appraise their projects. Our company structure is focused on a regional approach in every country we operate in, meaning that we can provide local support and expertise underpinned by the strength and knowledge of the global practice.”

Managing the merger of two big businesses is no easy task. And the construction industry has seen a wave of big tie-ups in

Rider replaced AECOM at the top followed by the Singapore-based Langdon & Seah, which is soon to disappear as a separate brand

recent years, the most signifcant of which is AECOM’s union with

following its absorption into the Dutch-based Arcadis group.

its competitor URS to entrench its position as the world’s biggest construction consultant. However, the merger seems to have gone down like a lead balloon

Responding to the news of its slip down the polls, AECOM said: ““Of course we are disappointed that we have lost our number 1 position, particularly having

has retained its edge over Arup as

biggest strength traditionally lay in private-sector building work, Parsons Brinckerhof was more rooted in public sector infrastructure projects.

among the world’s top architects, according to BD’s WA100 survey. When it comes to which cost consultant architects think provides the best service, AECOM has dropped from frst to equal ffth place.

spent so many years at the top. “AECOM is an organisation that prides itself on being responsive to clients and the wider market, and as such we have spent time over the last year looking at how we can best serve our clients,

the services engineer that ofers best-quality service, according to respondents, although the tables were turned when the same question was posed about structural engineering. The WA100’s favourite project

Bringing the two companies together has created opportunities – for example, Parsons Brinckerof’s strength in transport had helped open doors at the UK’s two biggest airports, Gatwick and Heathrow. The

The company, which only picked up two votes in this category from the WA100 respondents, was overtaken in the poll by Rider Levett Bucknall,

including the architecture community.” It’s a diferent story so far at WSP Parsons Brinckerhof, created following the sale of

manager was Mace by a clear margin. Opinion on contractors was more mixed with no company scoring more than the four votes secured by Bouygues, followed

other big plus point is Parsons Brinckerhof’s strong footprints in the Asian and US markets. Tony Williams, of the consultancy Building Value, says

Langdon & Seah, Gardiner & Theobald and Turner & Townsend.

the US-based engineer by UK contractor Balfour Beatty. WSP

by BAM and Brookfeld on three apiece. In this category, big didn’t

that the contrast in the WA100 poll fortunes of AECOM and WSP

tony williams, building value

stepping on each other’s toes,” he says, explaining that while WSP’s

WHEn yOU Buy A COnSULTAnT, yOU ARE nOT BuyInG ASSETS, A fACTORy OR LAnD, yOU ARE BuyInG PEOPLE AnD PEOPLE ARE MOBILE

Philippe Honnorat, UK head of building services at WSP Parsons Brinckerhof, said that his company’s merger is working one year on. “Because we have very diferent client bases we are not

wo r l d a r c h i t ec t u r e to p 1 0 0 Ja n ua ry 2 01 6

BeSt partnerS Surveyed architects’ favourite professional associates Parsons Brinckerhof this year reﬂects the diferent ways the two companies have merged.

empire-building by AECOM and Arcadis has seen the disappearance of venerable and

He praised the decision by Canadian consultancy Geniver, when it bought WSP three years ago, not to junk the internationally better known British brand. “They had good

well-respected brands like Davis Langdon and EC Harris. In the case of AECOM’s UK operations, recent months have seen the departure of a number of key personnel.

ranK 2016

practice

Bouygues

sense to change the name of the group and they haven’t looked back.” now they have repeated the trick by retaining the Parsons Brinckerhof name. By contrast, recent

Williams says: “When you buy a consultant, you are not buying assets, a factory or land, you are buying people and people are mobile. you protect that: otherise you are buying fresh air.”

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Brookfeld Multiplex

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Larsen & Toubro

Lendlease

Sir Robert McAlpine

Skanska

Züblin

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pra practice

Rider Levett Bucknall

Residential developers are architects’ favourite clients, according to the WA100 poll. Responding to a poll question

in the UK during the 1970s and 80s. “Many of the companies are enormous multinationals and they are building large

Langdon & Seah

Gardiner & Theobald

Turner & Townsend

AECOM

on who had been their best type of client this year, 23% named housebuilders, followed closely by

campus-type developments across most of the large cities in China.” But with a rapidly ageing

DG Jones

Arcadis

Hanscomb

oﬃce developers (19%). Healthcare providers were the third best client, named by 13%.

population, healthcare looks set to be the long-term growth area in construction. The Global

for those working in the far East, though, these splits feel increasingly arbitrary. Keith

Construction 2030 report, recently published, forecasts that China will need tens of thousands

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practice pra

Mace

Drees & Sommer

Griﬃths, chairman of Hong Kong-headquartered Aedas argues that projects being delivered in East Asia’s big cities increasingly fall into the mixed commercial camp, embracing retail, oﬃces and

of new and upgraded hospitals and clinics to cater for the country’s exploding elderly population over the next 15 years, which helps to explain why the Chinese government has recently opened

Arcadis

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loft apartments. “We very rarely do a stand-alone oﬃce development

up its healthcare sector to foreign investment through public private

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pra practice

WSP

in Asia. There’s a much wider range of product.” nik Karalis, chief executive of Woods Bagot, agrees that mixed-use is the biggest trend

partnerships. Doug Wignall, president of US practice HDR, says that his firm is well placed to benefit from greater demand for a new wave of

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he sees. “Tenants are looking to diversify uses.” He believes that developers are keen to avoid putting their eggs into one basket for sound commercial reasons. “Land values are so signifcant that projects

retirement living communities, thanks to its expertise in the fields of both healthcare and hospitality. And he predicts that the application of new technolog will transform the nature of healthcare facilities being built. “There is a

sometimes don’t stack up without a massive tenant so you now need a blend to make feasibility stack.” Griﬃths adds that where oﬃce development is taking place in

strong decentralisation of projects. facilities are based more in communities and neighbourhoods rather than for cities and regions. They are smaller in scale but have

the far East, it is the campus-style developments that were popular

to be planned as part of the overall urban framework.”

proJect ManaGerS

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Thornton, Tomasetti

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REGIONAL TOP 10

Where in the world? The top architectural ďŹ rms in each global region ranked by fee income

Australasia: 203 North Terrace in Adelaide by GHD Woodhead is a 23-storey residential tower and adapted listed building.

Central Europe: Boehringer Ingelheim research institute for molecular pathology in Vienna by ATP.

AFRICA

CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE

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USA

21.5

HDR

USA

24.7

Boogertman + Partners

South Africa

17.4

Heerim

South Korea

19.0

ACXT-IDOM

Spain

9.0

Gensler G

USA

18.6

Broadway Malyan

6.7

ATP

Austria

16.0

Perkins Eastman

USA

6.1

CallisonRTKL Ca

USA

15.2

Saraiva + Associados

Portugal

5.5

Chapman Taylor

14.8

Jacobs J

USA

5.0

Foster + Partners

12.0

Gensler G

USA

4.3

Page

USA

6.5

SAOTA

South Africa

4.0

HOK

USA

5.0

AECOM

USA

3.0

IBI Group

Canada

4.0

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FEE INCOME US $MILLION 27.9

Woods Bagot

Australia

68.0

Gensler G

USA

Cox Architecture

Australia

49.0

J Jacobs

USA

20.0

Buchan Group

Australia

44.8

Steelman Partners

USA

15.0 14.9

J Jacobs

USA

35.0

Nikken Sekkei

Japan

Bates Smart

Australia

31.2

CallisonRTKL Ca

USA

12.5

GHD Woodhead

Australia

29.5

P&T

China

12.5 8.8

HDR

USA

21.9

CP Kukreja

India

Warren and Mahoney

New Zealand

18.6

Page

USA

8.7

Ha Hayball

Australia

17.2

Foster + Partners

7.0

Thomson Adsett

Australia

15.8

DSP Design Associates

India

6.7

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NORTH AMERICA

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KEO

Kuwait

153.9

Gensler

USA

696.7

Gensler

USA

80.6

Jacobs

USA

295.0

SSH

Bahrain

80.5

Stantec

Canada

278.8

Foster + Partners

63.0

Perkins + Will

USA

211.8

Dewan

UAE

60.0

HOK

USA

209.0

National Engineering Bureau

UAE

52.0

AECOM

USA

204.0

Jacobs

USA

43.0

HKS

USA

199.1

Aidea

Philippines

42.3

HDR

USA

191.8

AECOM

USA

41.0

IBI Group

Canada

179.0

Gulf Consult

Kuwait

40.0

CallisonRTKL

USA

174.8

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COUNTRY

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ACXT-IDOM

Spain

24.0

Foster + Partners

20.0

Gensler

USA

18.8

GVA

Mexico

18.0

Hyundai

South Korea

9.3

Gomez Vazquez

Mexico

5.0

Jacobs

USA

5.0

Saraiva + Associados

Portugal

4.5

Junglim

South Korea

4.5

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USA

3.8 South America: ACXT-IDOM’s Lima Convention Center was completed in 2015.

PACIFIC RIM (incl. China)

WESTERN EUROPE

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Nikken Sekkei

Japan

418.8

Henn

Germany

79.0

Samoo

South Korea

211.2

ATP Architects

Austria

63.0

AECOM

USA

197.0

BDP

57.4

Aedas

China

178.5

CF Møller

Denmark

52.0

Gensler

USA

178.4

Gensler

USA

44.1

COUNTRY

FEE INCOME US $MILLION

Heerim

South Korea

162.0

LINK Arkitektur

Norway

41.8

P&T

China

140.0

PLP Architecture

41.7

Nihon Sekkei

Japan

138.3

Broadway Malyan

40.6

Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei

Japan

130.3

Foster + Partners

40.0

Kume Sekkei

Japan

96.3

Allford Hall Monaghan Morris

38.3

MARKET SECTORS TOP 10

Project types The top architecture practices in each market sector ranked by fee income

SmithGroupJJR is designing the National Hurricane Museum & Science Center in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Completion is due in 2018.

CULTURE

EDUCATION

RANK 2016

PRA PRACTICE

COUNTRY

FEE INCOME

RANK

$US MILLION

2016

PRACTICE PRA

COUNTRY

$US MILLION

FEE INCOME

SSH

Bahrain

21.7

DLR Group

USA

74.5

Gensler

USA

21.5

Stantec

Canada

68.2

HDR

USA

13.7

PBK

USA

44.8

AXS Satow

Japan

10.9

Perkins + Will

USA

43.2

Populous

USA

10.0

Cannon Design

USA

35.4

VOA Associates

USA

10.0

HDR

USA

32.9

SmithGroupJJR

USA

9.1

Gensler

USA

32.2

ACXT-IDOM

Spain

9.0

IBI Group

Canada

31.7

Samoo

South Korea

8.6

Nikken Sekkei

Japan

31.2

Cox Architecture

Australia

7.0

Samoo

South Korea

20.9

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Perkins Eastman

USA

33.0

AECOM

USA

158.0

Thomson Adsett

Australia

8.0

Page

USA

47.3

Gensler

USA

6.1

Gensler

USA

37.6

IBI Group

Canada

4.0

DLR Group

USA

32.6

Stantec

Canada

3.2

IBI Group

Canada

29.5

P&T

China

3.0

Heerim

South Korea

22.0

Nihon Sekkei

Japan

2.9

Archial NORR

20.6

ATP

Austria

2.0

HOK

USA

20.0

Bates Smart

Australia

1.8

HDR

USA

19.2

Burckhardt + Partner

Switzerland

1.3

Leo A Daly

USA

14.1

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HEALTHCARE

HERITAGE

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COUNTRY

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RANK 2016 PRA PRACTICE

COUNTRY

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HDR

USA

164.4

Gensler

USA

12.9

NBBJ

USA

94.0

SSH

Bahrain

11.3

HKS

USA

89.8

P&T

China

6.0

Stantec

Canada

85.5

Purcell

5.0

Cannon Design

USA

73.7

Burckhardt + Partner

Switzerland

4.6

Perkins + Will

USA

69.8

National Engineering Bureau

UAE

4.0

CallisonRTKL

USA

51.3

Wilmotte & Associés

France

3.7

SmithGroupJJR

USA

47.5

Junglim Architecture

South Korea

3.0

Perkins Eastman

USA

39.0

HPP Architects

Germany

1.8

Nikken Sekkei

Japan

36.8

EPR Architects

0.9

RANK 2016 PRACTICE PRA

COUNTRY

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Gensler

USA

92.7

Aedas

China

73.7

AECOM

USA

55.0

HKS

USA

40.0

Steelman Partners

USA

35.0

P&T

China

33.0

KEO

Kuwait

25.7

Leigh & Orange

China

25.0

WATG | Wimberly Interiors

USA

24.6

Dewan

UAE

24.0

INFRASTRUCTURE

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MASTERPLANNING FEE INCOME

RANK

2016

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COUNTRY

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2016

PRACTICE PRA

COUNTRY

$US MILLION

Leo A Daly

USA

44.2

Nikken Sekkei

Japan

72.4

AECOM

USA

28.0

KEO

Kuwait

33.4

SSH

Bahrain

24.6

IBI Group

Canada

28.0

KEO

Kuwait

19.1

Gensler

USA

26.9

IBI Group

Canada

15.7

CallisonRTKL

USA

22.9

Sunjin

South Korea

14.5

Perkins Eastman

USA

17.0

Heerim

South Korea

13.0

Nihon Sekkei

Japan

16.8

Leigh & Orange

China

5.0

Sunjin

South Korea

15.3

Hyundai

South Korea

4.6

Chapman Taylor

13.0

Purcell

4.4

HOK

USA

13.0

MIXED-USE

FEE INCOME

OFFICES

RANK 2016 PRACTICE PRA

COUNTRY

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RANK 2016 PRACTICE PRA

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FEE INCOME $US MILLION

KEO

Kuwait

124.5

Gensler

USA

526.7

Kohn Pedersen Fox

USA

87.3

Nikken Sekkei

Japan

175.2

Gensler

USA

68.8

AECOM

USA

130.0

Squire and Partners

20.1

Perkins + Will

USA

109.5

Broadway Malyan

15.6

HOK

USA

89.0

HOK

USA

14.0

Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei

Japan

86.2

Perkins Eastman

USA

10.0

Woods Bagot

Australia

73.0

FXFOWLE

USA

8.2

Nihon Sekkei

Japan

59.7

GVA

Mexico

6.8

NBBJ

USA

49.0

Kunwon

Korea

5.0

Foster + Partners

46.0

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Heerim

South Korea

72.0

Gensler

USA

134.4

IBI Group

Canada

37.2

CallisonRTKL

USA

124.1

Woods Bagot

Australia

29.0

Buchan Group

Australia

44.5

Samoo

South Korea

28.7

MG2

USA

39.4

Aedas

China

28.0

Stantec

Canada

29.0

Haeahn

South Korea

26.4

Aedas

China

27.6

P&T

China

25.0

Woods Bagot

Australia

26.0

Kunwon

Korea

24.9

Chapman Taylor

25.6

Nikken Sekkei

Japan

24.7

ATP

Austria

22.0

10=

DLN

China

24.0

Foster + Partners

20.0

10=

Perkins Eastman

USA

24.0

10=

Ronald Lu & Partners

China

24.0

COUNTRY

$US MILLION 105.1

SCIENCE RANK

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SPORT

FEE INCOME PRACTICE PRA

Samoo

South Korea

Henn

Germany

70.5

Hyundai

South Korea

51.3

Perkins + Will

USA

29.9

ATP

Austria

28.0

HDR

USA

27.4

Page

USA

25.7

Nikken Sekkei

Japan

25.6

HOK

USA

23.0

Cannon Design

USA

21.2

TRANSPORT

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RANK 2016 PRACTICE PRA

COUNTRY

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Populous

USA

82.1

Foster + Partners

47.0

Wilmotte & Associés

France

55.3

AECOM

USA

43.0

HKS

USA

45.0

Gensler

USA

36.7

HOK

USA

33.0

Leo A Daly

USA

30.8

Gensler

USA

24.7

HOK

USA

23.0

Foster + Partners

20.0

Aedas

China

21.6

Heerim

South Korea

20.0

ACXT-IDOM

Spain

21.0

AECOM

USA

19.0

Nikken Sekkei

Japan

21.0

Archial NORR

10.5

Kohn Pedersen Fox

USA

19.1

GMP

Germany

10.0

IBI Group

Canada

17.5

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ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES RANK 2016

PRA PRACTICE

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT

COUNTRY

FEE INCOME US $MILLION

RANK 2016

PRA PRACTICE

COUNTRY

FEE INCOME US $MILLION

Gensler

USA

569.7

KEO

Kuwait

88.4

Nikken Sekkei

Japan

299.4

Heerim

South Korea

71.0

Samoo

South Korea

230.2

EHAF

Egypt

64.4

CallisonRTKL

USA

229.0

SSH

Bahrain

38.6

Stantec

Canada

219.4

Kunwon

Korea

32.3

Perkins + Will

USA

216.5

Nikken Sekkei

Japan

29.4

HKS

USA

198.8

National Engineering UAE

IBI Group

Canada

184.0

26.0

Burea Bureau

Aedas

China

173.0

Sunjin

South Korea

24.7

HDR

USA

172.6

Junglim

South Korea

20.0

GMP

Germany

16.0

COUNTRY

FEE INCOME US $MILLION

CONSULTING RANK 2016

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ENGINEERING COUNTRY

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RANK 2016

PRA PRACTICE

Gensler

USA

51.6

Stantec

Canada

1,249.8

IBI Group

Canada

46.0

EHAF

Egypt

65.2

Nikken Sekkei

Japan

21.9

Leo A Daly

USA

41.1

CallisonRTKL

USA

14.9

Page

USA

40.5

HDR

USA

13.7

DLR Group

USA

36.5

HOK

USA

7.0

HDR

USA

35.6

Page

USA

5.4

SmithGroupJJR

USA

33.8

DLN .

China

5.0

Henn

Germany

28.4

Perkins Eastman

USA

3.2

KEO

Kuwait

28.4

Gulf Consult

Kuwait

2.8

Cannon Design

USA

25.1

ENVIRONMENT

FACILITIES MANAGEMENT

RANK

FEE INCOME

RANK

2016

PRA PRACTICE

COUNTRY

US $MILLION

2016

PRA PRACTICE

COUNTRY

FEE INCOME

Stantec

Canada

358.3

Gensler

USA

10.7

KEO

Kuwait

19.1

HOK

USA

6.0

Perkins Eastman

USA

3.9

Nikken Sekkei

Japan

2.5

Sunjin

South Korea

3.1

Cannon Design

USA

2.5

DLN.

China

3.0

HPP

Germany

0.5

US $MILLION

ATP

Austria

2.5

Lemay

Canada

0.5

HOK

USA

2.0

GHD Woodhead

Australia

0.1

Junglim

South Korea

2.0

Nihon Sekkei

Japan

1.3

Lemay

Canada

1.2

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PRA PRACTICE

INTERIOR DESIGN

COUNTRY

FEE INCOME US $MILLION

RANK 2016

PRA PRACTICE

COUNTRY

FEE INCOME US $MILLION

EHAF

Egypt

13.3

Gensler

USA

360.1

SmithGroupJJR

USA

11.8

Stantec

Canada

73.1

KEO

Kuwait

8.1

Perkins + Will

USA

61.0

IBI Group

Canada

6.0

HOK

USA

55.0

GVA

Mexico

5.8

NBBJ

USA

52.0

BDP

5.7

CallisonRTKL

USA

49.3

HDR

USA

5.5

Woods Bagot

Australia

38.0

Mitsubishi Jisho

Japan

4.4

Perkins Eastman

USA

31.5

Aedas

China

29.6

HDR

USA

27.4

Se Sekkei 9

WATG | Wimberly

USA

4.2

USA

4.0

Interiors 10

HOK

PLANNING

PRODUCT DESIGN

RANK

FEE INCOME

RANK

2016

PRA PRACTICE

COUNTRY

US $MILLION

2016

PRA PRACTICE

COUNTRY

FEE INCOME

Nikken Sekkei

Japan

64.0

CallisonRTKL

USA

14.6

Gensler

USA

59.1

Gensler

USA

4.3

US $MILLION

KEO

Kuwait

25.9

HDR

USA

2.7

Woods Bagot

Australia

11.0

UNStudio

Holland

1.5

Japan

1.4

IBI Group

Canada

9.0

Nikken Sekkei

Cox Architecture

Australia

7.0

Wilmotte & Associés France

1.0

HOK

USA

7.0

HOK

1.0

WATG | Wimberly

USA

6.0

Interiors 9=

Leigh & Orange

China

5.0

NBBJ

USA

5.0

SURVEYING RANK 2016

PRA PRACTICE

USA

HKS

USA

0.7

CF Møller

Denmark

0.7

Progetto CMR

Italy

0.3

COUNTRY

FEE INCOME US $MILLION

URBAN DESIGN COUNTRY

FEE INCOME US $MILLION

RANK 2016

PRA PRACTICE

AHR

8.9

IBI Group

Canada

28.0

Nikken Sekkei

Japan

8.5

Gensler

USA

19.3

Henn

Germany

4.1

CallisonRTKL

USA

14.8

IBI Group

Canada

2.0

EHAF

Egypt

13.3

HPP

Germany

1.3

Broadway Malyan

12.6

Lemay

Canada

1.0

Sunjin

South Korea

12.5

Gulf Consult

Kuwait

0.8

Perkins + Will

USA

12.5

Kunwon

Korea

0.2

ACXT-IDOM

Spain

12.0

DLN

China

9.0

KEO

Kuwait

7.5

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31/F, One Island East, 18 Westlands Rd, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong +852 2821 6484 ada.suen@aedas.com www.aedas.com

aHr

5-8 Hardwick Street, London EC1R 4RG, UK +44 (0) 161 828 7900 stefan.redfern@ahr-global.com www.ahr-global.com

aIDea

30/F Ayala Life FGU Centre, 6811 Ayala Avenue, Salcedo Village, Makati City 1227, Philippines +632 758 8888 cd_bd@aidea.com.ph www.aidea.com/ph

allfOrD Hall MOnagHan MOrrIs

Morelands, 5-23 Old street, London EC1V 9HL, UK +44 (0) 20 7251 5261 info@ahmm.co.uk www.ahmm.co.uk

allIes anD MOrrIsOn

85 Southwark Street, London SE1 0HX, UK +44 (0) 20 7921 0100 awards@alliesandmorrison.com www.alliesandmorrison.com

20th Floor, 9 Doan Van Bo, Ward 12, District 4, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam +84 8 3943 1256 amanda.wilson@archetype-group.com www.archetype-group.com

2nd Floor, Tennyson House, 159-165 Great Portland Street, London W1W 5PA, UK +44 (0) 20 7580 0400 rwalton@archialnorr.com www.archialnorr.com

arCHITeCTure sTuDIO

=84

10 rue Lacuée, Paris 75012, France +33 43 45 18 00 as.co@architecture-studio.fr www.architecture-studio.fr

Level 1, 696 Bourke Street, Melbourne 3000, Australia +61 481 133 257 huy.chau@buchan.com.au www.buchan.com.au

BurCkHarDT + parTner

Dornacherstrasse 210, Basel 4002, Switzerland +41 61 338 34 34 katja.febrandt@burckhardtpartner.ch www.burckhardtpartner.ch

C CallIsOn rTkl

CannOn DesIgn

CapITa prOperTy anD InfrasTruCTure

rank 11

65 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7NQ, UK +44 (0) 7880 401 272 rob.elliott2@capita.co.uk www.capitaproperty.co.uk

=65

Europaplads 2, 11th Floor, Aarhus 8000, Denmark +45 8730 5343 jw@cfmoller.com www.cfmoller.com

CHapMan TaylOr

10 Eastbourne Terrace, London W2 6LG, UK +44 (0) 20 7371 3000 shosey@chapmantaylor.com www.chapmantaylor.com

Level 6, 155 Clarence Street, Sydney 2000, Australia +61 2 9267 9599 john.ferendinos@cox.com.au www.coxarchitecture.com.au

www.atp.com

=84

rank 90

481 University Avenue, Suite 300, Toronto, Ontario M5G 2H4, Canada +1 416 5962299 mira.shenker@bharchitects.com www.bharchitects.com

rank 45

Villa 583, Al Wasl Road, Jumeirah, Dubai 60990, UAE +971 43956566 info@dewan-architects.com www.dewan-architects.com

DIaMOnD sCHMITT arCHITeCTs

=84

384 Adelaide Street W. Suite 300, Toronto M5V 1R7, Canada +1 416 862 8800 x254 rgraham@dsai.ca www.dsai.ca

Dlr grOup

520 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN 55402, USA +1 913 378 4622 aernsting@dlrgroup.com www.dlrgroup.com

Dp arCHITeCTs

6 Rafes Boulevard, 04-100 Marina Square 39594, Singapore +65 6338 3988 communications@dpa.com.sg www.dpa.com.sg

Dsp DesIgn assOCIaTes

5 Abd El Rahman Hussein St. Cairo 12321, Egypt +20 1282 415 555 nader.nabil@ehafconsulting.org www.ehaf.com

30 Millbank, London SW1P 4DU, UK +44 (0) 20 7932 7751 caroline.torres@epr.co.uk

=99

www.epr.co.uk

F fOsTer + parTners

rank 14

Riverside, 22 Hester Road, London SW11 4AN, UK +44 (0)20 7943 6966 mstreets@fosterandpartners.com www.fosterandpartners.com

G gensler

rank 1

2 Harrison Street, Suite 400, San Francisco 94105, USA +1 202 776 7504 julie_obiala@gensler.com www.gensler.com

1717 Pacifc Avenue, Dallas 75201, USA +1 202 912 8170 thom.mckay@callisonrtkl.com www.callisonrtkl.com

Dewan arCHITeCTs & engIneers

2-10-12, Yokoami, Sumida-ku, Tokyo 130-0015, Japan +81 35611 7205 k_yumizaki@axscom.co.jp www.axscom.jp

BuCHan grOup

rank

E eHaf COnsulTIng engIneers

epr arCHITeCTs www.bdp.com

Ashirwad, D-1 Green Park, New Delhi 110016, India +91 9810 122 110 cpka@cpkukreja.com www.cpkukreja.com

36-40 York Way, London N1 9AB, UK +44 (0) 20 7843 3106 nick.deklerk@aukettswanke.com www.aukettswanke.com

B+H arCHITeCTs

Riverside House, 2A Southwark Bridge Road, London SE1 9HA, UK +44 (0) 20 7261 4200 s.steward@broadwaymalyan.com www.broadwaymalyan.com

Cp kukreja arCHITeCTs

Euston Tower, 286 Euston Road, London NW1 3AT, UK +44 (0) 133 2225 660 richard.seston@atkinsglobal.com www.atkinsarchitecture.com

aXs saTOw

BrOaDway Malyan

COX arCHITeCTure

aTkIns

aukeTT swanke

BDp 16 Brewhouse Yard, London EC1V 4LJ, UK +44 (0) 20 7812 8235 martin.davies@bdp.com

Cf Møller arCHITeCTs

arCHIal nOrr

Heiliggeiststrasse 16, 286 Euston Road, Innsbruck 6010, Austria +43 512 5370-0 michael.pufnger@atp.ag

1 Nicholson Street, Melbourne 3000, Australia +61 28354 5100 ccowlishaw@batessmart.com www.batessmart.com

225 N. Michigan Ave, Suite 1100, Chicago 60601, USA +1 716 774 3494 cwhitcomb@cannondesign.com www.cannondesign.com

arCHeType grOup

aTp arCHITeCTs engIneers

BaTes sMarT

6th Floor, Devchand House, Shiv Sagar Estate, Dr. Annie Besant Road, Worli, Mumbai, 400018, India +91 981 982 1703 shraddha@dspdesign.co.in www.dspdesign.co.in

gHD wOODHeaD

133 Castlereagh St., Sydney 2000, Australia +61 292 397 175 kirill.reztsov@ghd.com www.ghdwoodhead.com

gMp

Elbchaussee 139, Hamburg 22763, Germany +49 40 88 151 176 bahrens@gmp-architekten.de www.gmp-arkitekten.de

gOMez vazquez InTernaTIOnal

Calle B 818 Jardines Seattle, Zapopan, 45150, Mexico +52 33 18160216 c.camberos@gvi.la www.gvi.la

gulf COnsulT

=94

P. O. Box 22412, Safat 13085, Kuwait 22412 +965 663 33744 hhalghanim@gckuwait.com www.gckuwait.com

gva Aurelio Ortega No. 764, Col Seattle, Zapopan, Jalisco 45150, Mexico +52 33 380 88552 andrea@gva.la

H HaeaHn arCHITeCTure

=65

www.gva.la

rank 28

Haeahn Building, 208 Boneunsa-ro, Gangnam-Gu, Seoul 6135, South Korea +82 22 156 4388 08khj@haeahn.com www.haeahn.com

HDr arCHITeCTure

8404 Indian Hills Drive, Omaha , NE 68114, USA +1 402 399 1233 jan.bishop@hdrinc.com www.hdrinc.com

HeerIM arCHITeCTs & planners

39, Sangil-ro 6-gil, Gangdong-gu, Seoul 134090, South Korea +82 22 040 5451 jychong@heerim.com www.heerim.com

Henn

Augustenstrasse 54, Munich 80333, Germany ++49 89 5235 7832 rainer.sladek@henn.com www.henn.com

HennIng larsen arCHITeCTs

=82

Vesterbrogade 76, Copenhagen 1620 V, Denmark +45 821 13160 fe@henninglarsen.com www.henninglarsen.com

Hks

350 N. St. Paul Street, Dallas, TX 75201, USA +1 241 969 3373 aschwiening@hksinc.com www.hksinc.com

HOk

10 South Broadway, Suite 200, St.Louis, 63102, USA +1 314 754 4074 lori.moran@hok.com www.hok.com

wo r l d A r C H I T E C T U r E To p 1 0 0 JA n UA ry 2 01 6

HPP ArcHitects Kaistr. 05, Düsseldorf 40221, Germany +49 211 83 84 133 farina.kast@hpp.com

39 www.hpp.com

HyundAi ArcHitects & engineers AssociAtes 4F Hyundai Building, 75 Yulgok-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 3058, South Korea +82 2 746 6598 susanahn@hda.co.kr

www.hda.co.kr

rAnk

iBi grouP

7th Floor, 55 St. Clair Ave West, Toronto M4V 2Y7, Canada +1 416 596 1930 drummond.hassan@ibigroup.com www.ibigroup.com

isHimoto ArcHitecturAl & engineering

4-6-12 Kudan-minami Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0074, Japan +81 80 3753 7583 satoh@ishimoto.co.jp www.ishimoto.co.jp

rAnk

J JAcoBs

155 North Lake Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA +1 314 335 4389 denise.ryan@jacobs.com www.jacobs.com

JAsPers-eyers ArcHitects

Rue Haute 139, Brussels 1000, Belgium +32 2 514 04 96 jm@jaspers-eyers.be www.jaspers-eyers.be

Junglim ArcHitecture

214 Yulgok-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-460, South Korea +82 2 708 8582 hyunji.kim@junglim.com www.junglim.com

rAnk

K keo internAtionAl consultAnts

41 www.keoic.com

koHn Pedersen Fox 11 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036, USA +1 212 237 3471 asewall@kpf.com

20 www.kpf.com

kume sekkei

2-1-22 Shiomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-8567, Japan +81 3 5632 7802 yuta.suzuki@kumesekkei.co.jp www.kumesekkei.co.jp/en/

kunwon ArcHitects PlAnners And engineers

Daeiltech B/D, 23 Yeoksam-ro, 25-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 6224, Korea +82 2 3467 4378 chha@kunwon.com www.kunwon.com

L leigH & orAnge

rAnk 38

19/F East Warwick House, Taikoo Place, 979 King’s Road, Hong Kong, China +86 852 28999000 jasmine.chan@leighorange.com www.leighorange.com

lemAy

780 Brewster Avenue, 4th Floor, Montreal H4C 2K1, Canada +1 514 787 3322 jvachon@lemayonline.com www.lemayonline.com

leo A dAly

8600 Indian Hills Drive, Omaha, NE 68114, USA +1 402 390 4344 jtmcgauvran@leoadaly.com www.leoadaly.com

link Arkitektur

Elveveien 81, PB 469, Lysaker, Oslo 1327, Norway +47 915 68 617 rm@linkarkitektur.no www.linkarkitektur.no

mg2 1101 Second Ave., Ste 100, Seattle 98101, USA +1 206 962 6567 molly.kemper@mg2.com

mitsuBisHi JisHo sekkei

rAnk 96 www.mg2.com

Marunouchi 2-chome Building, 2-5-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005 Japan +81 3 3287 5555 yoshiko.araki@mj-sekkei.com www.mj-sekkei.com

N85 Panchsheel Park, New Delhi 110017, India +91 11 41828070 manit@morphogenesis.org www.@morphogenesis.org

N nAtionAl engineering BureAu

PO Box 3679, Safat 13037, Kuwait +965 246 16141 babjir@keoic.com

morPHogenesis

rAnk 68

304 Oud Metha Ofces Building, Dubai 26644, UAE +97 1 4 3 24 2020 info@neb.ae www.neb.ae

nBBJ

223 Yale Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109, USA +1 212 739 7235 hdimof@nbbj.com www.nbbj.com

niHon sekkei

2-1-1 Nishi-shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 163-0430, Japan +81 50 3139 6739 matsumoto-n@nihonsekkei.co.jp www.nihonsekkei.co.jp/en

nikken sekkei

2-18-3 Lidabashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8117, Japan +81 3 5226 3030 fukuyama.kumiko@nikken.jp www.nikken.co.jp/en

P P&t ArcHitects And engineers

rAnk 10

33/F 633 King’s Road, North Point, Hong Kong, China +852 2832 7499 ivylee@p-t-group.com www.p-t-group.com

PAge

1615 M Street, NW Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036, USA +1 713 871 8484 nfeshman@pagethink.com www.pagethink.com

PBk

11 Greenway Plaza, 22nd Floor, Houston 77046, USA +1 800 938 7272 donna.range@pbk.com www.pbk.com

Perkins + will

330 North Wabash, Avenue Suite 3600, Chicago 60611, USA +1 212 251 7074 media@perkinswill.com www.perkinswill.com

Perkins eAstmAn

sHowA sekkei

=92

4-12-10 Toyosaki, Kita-Ku, Osaka 5310072, Japan +81 6 7174 8787 n-matsushita@showa-sekkei.co.jp www.showa-sekkei.co.jp

sikkA AssociAtes ArcHitects

=92

A-2/1 Africa Avenue, Safderjung Enclave, New Delhi 110029, India +91 981 000 6757 raman@saaindia.net

www.saaindia.net

smitH grouP JJr

500 Griswold Suite 1700, Detroit MI 48226, USA +1 313 442 8470 sandra.knight@smithgroupjjr.com www.smithgroupjjr.com

solomon cordwell Buenz

625 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago 60611, USA +1 312 896 1153 agnes.flar@scb.com

squire And PArtners

www.scb.com

=99

77 Wicklow Ave., London WC1X 9JY, UK +44 (0) 20 7278 5555 lae@squireandpartners.com www.squireandpartners.com

ssH

Al Moayyed Tower, 21 F., Ofce 2103, building 2504, Road 2832, Block 428, Al Seef District, Manama 973. Bahrain +965 222 12099 richard.lira@sshic.com www.sshic.com

stAntec

10160-112 Street, Edmonton T5K 2L6, Canada +1 416 598 5288 andrea.johnson@stantec.com www.stantec.com

sunJin engineering & ArcHitecture

Sunjin B/D, 19, Yeongdeungpo-ro3-gil, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul 150-102, South Korea +82 2 6333 3236 sunjinpj@sunjin.co.kr www.sunjin.co.kr

sweco

=15

Gjörwellsgatan 22, Stockholm 100 26, Sweden +46 8 695 6088 guest.carina.sundqvist@sweco.se www.swecpgroup.com

T 10 design

rAnk =99

115 Fifth Avenue, New York 10003, USA +1 646 358 8760 t.colabella@perkinseastman.com www.perkinseastman.com

Dolphin House, 4 Hunter Square, Edinburgh EH1 1QW, UK +852 3975 2010 cchan@10design.co www.10design.co

Pm grouP

tengBom

=94

Killakee House, Belgard Square, Dublin 24, Ireland +353 140 40700 john.brophy@pmgroup-global.com www.pmgroup-global.com

PoPulous

4800 Main Street, Suite 300, Kansas City 64112, USA +1 816 329 4313 annie.hellweg@populous.com www.populous.com

Progetto cmr Corso Italia 68, Milan 20122, Italy +39 2 584 9091 m.monguzzi@progettocmr.com

Purcell

98 www.progettocmr.com

=82

15 Bermondsey Square, London SE1 3UN, UK +44(0) 20 7397 7171 cristie.hamond@purcelluk.com www.purcelluk.com

R ronAld lu & PArtners

rAnk 50

33rd Floor Wu Chung House, 213 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai,Hong Kong, China +852 2891 2212 faviachu@rlphk.com www.rlphk.com

S sAmoo ArcHitects & engineers

rAnk 19

V VAlode & Pistre 115 rue du Bac, Paris 75007, France +33 1 53 63 22 00 communication@v-p.com

W wAtg | wimBerly interiors

wHite Arkitekter

wilmotte & Associés

wong tung & PArtners

woods BAgot

77 Parkway, London NW1 7PU, UK +44(0) 20 7504 1737 peter.dye@sheppardrobson.com www.sheppardrobson.com

www.v-p.com

rAnk 97

=15

68 rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, Paris 75012, France +33 685 394 323 borina.andrieu@wilmotte.fr www.wilmotte.com

scott Brownrigg

sHePPArd roBson

Magasinsgatan 10, Box 2502, Gothenburg SE-403 17, Sweden +46 851 36 552 carl.backstrand@white.se www.white.se

295, Olympic-ro, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-240, South Korea +82 2 2184 5259 kimeunjung@samoo.com www.samoo.com

rAnk

300 Spectrum Centre Drive, Suite 500, Irvine 92618, USA +1 808 540 4624 dkawamura@watg.com www.watg.com

5/F, Cityplaza 3, 14 Taikoo Wan Road, Taikoo Shing, Hong Kong, China +852 2803 9308 ericyhchoy@wongtung.com

77 Endell Street, London WC2H 9DZ, UK +44 (0) 20 7240 7766 c.donald@scottbrownrigg.com www.scottbrownrigg.com

Katarinavägen 15, Stockholm 11182, Sweden +46 707 198 443 emelie.mannheimer@tengbom.se www.tengbom.se

www.wongtung.com

75 Riding House Street, London W1W 7EJ, UK +85 2 2155 7630 ross.donaldson@woodsbagot.com www.woodsbagot.com

Z zgF ArcHitects

rAnk 32

1223 Washington Street, Suite 200, Portland, OR 97205, USA +1 503 224 3860 amy.columbo@zgf.com www.zgf.com

Road 13 Winery Oliver, British Columbia, Canada

Schwarzwald-Baar Hospital Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany

Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital of Soochow University Suzhou, Jiangsu, China Lauritzen Gardens Omaha, Nebraska, USA

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