Gensler, Populous, DLR Group, Stantec, and Perkins and Will top the rankings of the nation's largest cultural facility sector architecture and architecture engineering (AE) firms, as reported in Building Design+Construction's 2019 Giants 300 Report.
Top 110 Cultural Sector Architecture Firms
BD+C GIANTS 300 REPORT
| RANK | COMPANY | 2018 CULTURAL SECTOR REVENUE |
| 1 | Gensler | $48,866,559 |
| 2 | Populous | $35,280,655 |
| 3 | DLR Group | $24,600,000 |
| 4 | Stantec | $18,512,051 |
| 5 | Perkins+Will | $15,698,740 |
| 6 | Davis Brody Bond | $14,939,803 |
| 7 | Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture | $14,688,016 |
| 8 | Quinn Evans Architects | $10,618,646 |
| 9 | Cuningham Group Architecture | $9,789,034 |
| 10 | HGA | $8,018,135 |
| 11 | GWWO Architects | $6,701,363 |
| 12 | JCJ Architecture | $5,921,662 |
| 13 | SmithGroup | $5,837,135 |
| 14 | HKS | $5,218,700 |
| 15 | Fentress Architects | $5,200,000 |
| 16 | Progressive AE | $4,132,627 |
| 17 | HDR | $4,017,436 |
| 18 | Leo A Daly | $4,000,000 |
| 19 | CallisonRTKL | $3,983,000 |
| 20 | Ennead Architects | $3,841,440 |
| 21 | Perkins Eastman | $3,700,000 |
| 22 | Diamond Schmitt Architects | $3,620,000 |
| 23 | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill | $3,584,460 |
| 24 | LMN Architects | $3,355,300 |
| 25 | EwingCole | $3,151,000 |
| 26 | CambridgeSeven | $3,100,000 |
| — | Kahler Slater | $3,100,000 |
| 28 | HOK | $2,966,000 |
| 29 | Retail Design Collaborative/Studio One Eleven | $2,872,628 |
| 30 | Ayers Saint Gross | $2,865,761 |
| 31 | Parkhill, Smith & Cooper | $2,801,224 |
| 32 | Clark Enersen Partners, The | $2,678,888 |
| 33 | Grimm + Parker Architects | $2,349,440 |
| 34 | Elkus Manfredi Architects | $2,349,000 |
| 35 | GBBN | $2,335,400 |
| 36 | RATIO | $2,132,900 |
| 37 | Payette | $2,047,782 |
| 38 | Moody Nolan | $2,000,000 |
| 39 | CO Architects | $1,997,055 |
| 40 | CBT | $1,769,713 |
| 41 | OZ Architecture | $1,636,262 |
| 42 | PGAL | $1,400,000 |
| 43 | AE7 | $1,369,513 |
| 44 | Mithun | $1,334,860 |
| 45 | Cooper Carry | $1,333,007 |
| 46 | FXCollaborative | $1,316,831 |
| 47 | Hoefer Wysocki Architects | $1,300,000 |
| 48 | Steinberg Hart | $1,117,500 |
| 49 | NBBJ | $1,100,000 |
| 50 | Glave & Holmes Architecture | $1,055,836 |
| 51 | RDG Planning & Design | $1,030,000 |
| 52 | Little | $952,221 |
| 53 | Field Paoli | $861,000 |
| 54 | MEIS Architects | $814,000 |
| 55 | Harvard Jolly | $763,163 |
| 56 | Hastings+Chivetta Architects | $760,308 |
| 57 | Finegold Alexander Architects | $730,485 |
| 58 | PS&S | $722,000 |
| 59 | Dattner Architects | $716,133 |
| 60 | Hoffmann Architects | $687,794 |
| 61 | HuntonBrady Architects | $670,315 |
| 62 | Huntsman Architectural Group | $666,194 |
| 63 | ICON Architects | $590,000 |
| 64 | Architectural Design Consultants | $590,000 |
| 65 | Clark Patterson Lee (CPL) | $574,762 |
| 66 | Clark Nexsen | $510,000 |
| 67 | NAC Architecture | $496,851 |
| 68 | FSB Architects & Engineers | $463,128 |
| 69 | Álvarez-Díaz & Villalón Architecture & Interior Design | $450,343 |
| 70 | Miller Dunwiddie | $448,375 |
| 71 | Barker Rinker Seacat Architecture | $436,311 |
| 72 | PHCM Design | $420,000 |
| 73 | CBRE | $331,000 |
| 74 | DLZ | $329,600 |
| 75 | Goettsch Partners | $314,200 |
| 76 | Emersion Design | $303,414 |
| 77 | JLG Architects | $278,005 |
| 78 | H2M Architects + Engineers | $271,986 |
| 79 | GMB Architecture + Engineering | $264,862 |
| 80 | Shepley Bulfinch | $259,653 |
| 81 | Stevens & Wilkinson | $251,227 |
| 82 | Bermello Ajamil & Partners | $250,000 |
| 83 | Zyscovich Architects | $221,272 |
| 84 | Bostwick Design Partnership | $218,578 |
| 85 | GFF | $214,872 |
| 86 | LaBella Associates | $205,000 |
| 87 | Omniplan | $200,800 |
| 88 | Highland Associates | $200,000 |
| 89 | BKV Group | $193,378 |
| 90 | Kirksey Architects | $182,107 |
| 91 | BBS | $149,000 |
| 92 | WATG | $139,000 |
| 93 | Curtis + Ginsberg Architects | $115,314 |
| 94 | FitzGerald | $110,000 |
| 95 | DLA Architects | $109,813 |
| 96 | Garmann/Miller | $108,870 |
| 97 | Schenkel & Shultz | $101,596 |
| 98 | SWBR | $96,127 |
| 99 | G70 | $84,486 |
| 100 | HMC Architects | $83,558 |
| 101 | RSP Architects | $81,000 |
| 102 | BWBR | $70,200 |
| 103 | Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood | $68,593 |
| 104 | Method Architecture | $55,479 |
| 105 | Becker Morgan Group | $53,610 |
| 106 | ZGF Architects | $29,326 |
| 107 | STR Partners | $15,000 |
| 108 | GRW | $11,296 |
| 109 | FGM Architects | $11,235 |
| 110 | ATA Beilharz Architects | $4,501 |
| 111 | Corgan | $4,417 |
| 112 | KZF Design | $4,037 |
| 113 | Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart & Associates | $3,415 |
| 114 | S/L/A/M Collaborative, The | $2,000 |
| SOURCE: BD+C 2019 GIANTS 300 REPORT | ||
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