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Top 100 University Architecture Firms

Top 100 University Architecture Firms

Gensler, Perkins+Will, and CannonDesign top Building Design+Construction’s annual ranking of the nation’s largest university sector architecture and A/E firms, as reported in the 2016 Giants 300 Report.


By BD+C Staff | August 9, 2016

Talley Student Union, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, N.C. Duda Paine Architects (design architect), Cooper Carry (interior architect), Stewart, Inc. (SE), Stanford White (MEP), Kimley-Horn & Associates (CE), and Rodgers Builders/Russell/Dayeco (joint CM). Photo courtesy of Rodgers Builders. 

TOP 100 UNIVERSITY ARCHITECTURE FIRMS
Rank Firm 2015 Revenue
1 Gensler $79,810,000
2 Perkins+Will $59,960,000
3 CannonDesign $56,800,000
4 EYP $46,539,910
5 Stantec $37,993,785
6 Robert A.M. Stern Architects $24,802,000
7 Clark Nexsen $24,561,000
8 S/L/A/M Collaborative, The $21,833,000
9 CO Architects $21,475,500
10 HDR $21,406,400
11 Ballinger $19,649,344
12 SmithGroupJJR $19,642,339
13 Page $19,470,000
14 Flad Architects $17,400,000
15 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill $15,941,647
16 Perkins Eastman $15,600,000
17 Solomon Cordwell Buenz $15,596,312
18 DLR Group $14,500,000
19 LS3P $14,293,922
20 Shepley Bulfinch $14,256,457
21 KSQ Design $14,210,386
22 Hord Coplan Macht $14,007,281
23 Diamond Schmitt Architects $13,362,000
24 Wilson Architects $13,200,000
25 ZGF Architects $12,544,291
26 Morris Architects $12,437,000
27 HMC Architects $12,170,603
28 Cooper Carry $11,915,576
29 Moseley Architects $10,090,664
30 Harley Ellis Devereaux $10,000,000
31 Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners $9,964,919
32 Davis Brody Bond $9,789,888
33 Kirksey Architecture $9,405,988
34 Hastings+Chivetta Architects $9,250,000
35 NORR $8,522,777
36 HKS $8,351,458
37 NBBJ $8,000,000
38 Mithun $7,836,000
39 Lord Aeck Sargent $7,474,931
40 HGA $7,372,000
41 EwingCole $7,227,000
42 LPA $7,003,057
43 Little $6,916,800
44 Paulus, Sokolowski and Sartor $5,982,000
45 Heery International $5,550,265
46 Leo A Daly $5,419,535
47 Tsoi/Kobus & Associates $5,093,900
48 Westlake Reed Leskosky $5,050,257
49 FXFOWLE $4,924,181
50 DLA+ Architecture & Interior Design $4,909,081
51 Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood $4,883,450
52 CTA Architects Engineers $4,804,414
53 Lawrence Group $4,659,000
54 Legat Architects $4,620,000
55 FKP Architects $4,559,249
56 BWBR $4,369,233
57 Harvard Jolly $4,213,839
58 LMN Architects $4,194,000
59 OZ Architecture $4,124,367
60 GBBN Architects $3,940,000
61 Parkhill, Smith & Cooper $3,622,282
62 HOK $3,564,000
63 Moody Nolan $3,500,000
64 FGM Architects $3,486,758
65 Cambridge Seven Associates $3,008,000
66 BLDD Architects $2,960,000
67 JLG Architects $2,914,217
68 VOA Associates $2,873,148
69 GWWO $2,822,672
70 RS&H $2,700,000
71 Marshall Craft Associates $2,648,574
72 Bostwick Design Partnership $2,418,000
73 SMMA | Symmes Maini & McKee Associates $2,341,278
74 Beck Group, The $2,282,522
75 Integrus Architecture $2,160,404
76 Grimm + Parker Architects $2,158,055
77 Bergmann Associates $1,946,080
78 Hoffmann Architects $1,912,327
79 4240 Architecture $1,912,009
80 NAC Architecture $1,834,657
81 Environetics $1,753,350
82 RSP Architects $1,750,000
83 Ashley McGraw Architects $1,617,882
84 Dattner Architects $1,605,186
85 DGA $1,575,376
86 Corgan $1,557,493
87 Carrier Johnson + Culture $1,532,602
88 Niles Bolton Associates $1,300,000
89 GGLO $1,290,000
90 Schenkel & Shultz $1,265,178
91 WDG $1,163,000
92 Nelson Worldwide Holdings $1,048,266
93 Alliiance $1,032,220
94 BBS Architects and Engineers $1,005,000
95 Albert Kahn Associates $1,000,000
96 CallisonRTKL $989,000
97 Zyscovich Architects $881,244
98 STG Design $855,000
99 Urbahn Architects $770,000
100 ACAI Associates $750,000
101 Eppstein Uhen Architects $736,977
102 Baskervill $715,960
103 tvsdesign $640,000
104 Hnedak Bobo Group $635,058
105 Cuningham Group Architecture $595,265
106 RNL Design $542,500
107 DAG Architects $500,000

 

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