Top 170 University Building Architecture Firms for 2023

Gensler, CannonDesign, Page Southerland Page, SmithGroup, and Ayers Saint Gross top the ranking of the nation's largest university sector architecture and architecture/engineering (AE) firms, as reported in Building Design+Construction's 2023 Giants 400 Report.

Top 170 University Building Architecture Firms for 2023
	FIRM	2022 REVENUE
1	Gensler	$66,941,324
2	CannonDesign	$55,000,000
3	Page Southerland Page	$49,054,200
4	SmithGroup	$47,169,624
5	Ayers Saint Gross	$37,444,768
6	DLR Group	$35,150,000
7	Stantec	$28,674,106
8	LMN Architects	$27,890,000
9	Perkins&Will	$26,186,658
10	ZGF	$21,690,959
11	HDR	$20,276,673
12	Shepley Bulfinch	$19,511,861
13	S/L/A/M Collaborative, The	$18,223,061
14	Goodwyn Mills Cawood	$17,253,837
15	PBK Architects	$16,865,776
16	Moseley Architects	$16,842,940
17	Hanbury	$16,101,974
18	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill	$15,165,000
19	BSA LifeStructures	$15,019,010
20	Flad Architects	$14,950,000
21	Hord Coplan Macht	$12,944,330
22	LPA	$11,521,853
23	Kohn Pedersen Fox	$11,110,774
24	LaBella Associates	$11,008,303
25	Sasaki	$10,936,542
26	HED	$10,889,300
27	Diamond Schmitt Architects	$10,656,168
28	RDG Planning & Design	$10,138,517
29	Kirksey Architecture	$10,130,132
30	HKS	$10,000,000
31	BHDP Architecture	$9,747,640
32	Kahler Slater	$9,200,000
33	HMC Architects	$9,082,483
34	Lord Aeck Sargent Planning & Design	$8,655,508
35	Hastings+Chivetta Architects	$8,470,539
36	McMillan Pazdan Smith	$7,855,714
37	LS3P Associates	$7,805,813
38	HGA	$7,727,205
39	Huckabee	$7,237,357
40	NBBJ	$7,000,000
41	Cordogan Clark & Associates	$6,890,750
42	LEO A DALY	$6,245,437
43	Hoefer Welker	$5,900,000
44	CO Architects	$5,770,607
45	Baskervill	$5,714,893
46	Mithun	$5,546,239
47	RATIO Design	$5,543,086
48	RRMM Architects	$5,428,420
49	SWBR	$5,095,192
50	Davis Brody Bond	$5,061,356
51	EwingCole	$5,000,639
52	RSP Architects	$4,904,000
53	Cooper Carry	$4,340,403
54	GBBN	$4,070,000
55	Design Collaborative	$3,898,912
56	Corgan	$3,895,982
57	Legat Architects	$3,829,000
58	TETER	$3,808,332
59	Moody Nolan	$3,737,354
60	Bailey Edward Design	$3,662,568
61	FXCollaborative	$3,410,844
62	BLDD Architects	$3,325,000
63	Ballinger	$3,298,879
64	Tighe & Bond	$3,101,189
65	Finegold Alexander Architects	$2,790,959
66	Interior Architects	$2,766,986
67	GMB Architecture + Engineering	$2,757,969
68	Clark & Enersen	$2,719,470
69	MSA Design + MSA Sport	$2,700,000
70	KCBA Architects	$2,700,000
71	Parkhill	$2,681,594
72	Champlin Architecture	$2,671,251
73	Little Diversified Architectural Consulting	$2,522,043
74	Ratcliff Architecture	$2,500,000
75	NORR	$2,486,980
76	Alliiance	$2,455,976
77	Bergmeyer	$2,427,052
78	HOK	$2,383,307
79	FGM Architects	$2,356,068
80	PGAL	$2,330,500
81	Ashley McGraw Architects	$2,314,979
82	EUA	$2,030,000
83	Spiezle Architectural Group	$2,014,000
84	CPL Architecture, Engineering, Planning	$2,003,587
85	Cushing Terrell	$1,989,743
86	Studio+	$1,962,466
87	INVISION Architecture	$1,941,783
88	Manning	$1,872,238
89	Wold Architects and Engineers	$1,769,000
90	Nelson Worldwide	$1,750,000
91	Schmidt Associates	$1,735,000
92	Cromwell Architects Engineers	$1,725,440
93	H2M Architects + Engineers	$1,677,567
94	CSArch	$1,640,110
95	Curtis + Ginsberg Architects	$1,633,080
96	GWWO Architects	$1,581,218
97	BWBR	$1,535,440
98	Hollis + Miller Architects	$1,502,704
99	Quinn Evans	$1,499,611
100	Taylor Design	$1,369,717
101	Rossetti	$1,321,943
102	NAC Architecture	$1,301,365
103	IKM Architecture	$1,300,000
104	Urbahn Architects	$1,289,500
105	Orcutt \| Winslow	$1,180,582
106	KSS Architects	$1,172,320
107	Hafer	$1,170,426
108	Walbridge	$1,170,000
109	TowerPinkster	$1,162,421
110	Dattner Architects	$1,102,250
111	Elkus Manfredi Architects	$1,012,331
112	ACi Architects	$985,970
113	CSO	$985,280
114	May Architecture	$921,306
115	G70	$904,550
116	Ryan Companies US	$865,000
117	Grimm + Parker Architects	$860,154
118	JCJ Architecture	$814,377
119	Fennick McCredie Architecture	$800,951
120	SHP	$778,743
121	Cuningham	$775,777
122	Solomon Cordwell Buenz (SCB)	$772,125
123	Carrier Johnson + Culture	$722,980
124	FSB Architects + Engineers	$720,199
125	DesignGroup	$700,000
126	Marmon Mok	$692,623
127	KGD Architecture	$658,874
128	GPD Group	$635,000
129	Cooper Robertson	$584,285
130	Gresham Smith	$573,516
131	LHB	$569,699
132	Populous	$546,889
133	DAG Architects	$521,692
134	JRS Architect	$475,000
135	HuntonBrady Architects	$462,366
136	Kitchell	$448,591
137	Elevatus Architecture	$425,000
138	Ware Malcomb	$396,569
139	Stengel Hill Architecture	$383,321
140	SMMA	$378,125
141	Zimmerman Architectural Studios	$362,607
142	MA Design	$358,552
143	CetraRuddy Architecture	$342,383
144	REES	$324,000
145	BCA Architects & Engineers	$275,000
146	AE7	$232,393
147	Greenberg Farrow	$229,000
148	CTA Architects	$228,209
149	Dyer Brown & Associates	$220,773
150	Oculus	$187,111
151	GSB	$185,000
152	ThenDesign Architecture	$181,518
153	Core States Group	$170,504
154	DLA Architects	$163,504
155	Arcadis North America	$151,666
156	CosciaMoos Architecture	$146,753
157	Garmann Miller	$146,397
158	GRW	$119,851
159	FCArchitects	$114,564
160	Grace Hebert Curtis Architects	$72,826
161	Miller Dunwiddie	$70,930
162	Álvarez-Díaz & Villalón	$50,000
163	McKinley Architecture and Engineering	$47,000
164	AHL	$38,248
165	DLA+ Architecture & Interior Design	$34,397
166	Method Architecture	$34,263
167	BBS Architects, Landscape Architects & Engineers	$24,832
168	Thriven Design	$21,250
169	RBB Architects	$21,000
170	45 Architecture	$5,550
171	TreanorHL	$5,235
172	Michael Baker Intl.	$3,772

Source: 2023 Giants 400 Report

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