100 Best Architecture and Design Firms in the United States

From stunning skyscrapers to remote desert homes to iconic cultural landmarks, the United States’ built environment could be characterized as the most diverse in the world. Reflecting upon the country’s turbulent history as well as the plethora of contexts against which architects are challenged, US architecture is a multifaceted endeavor found in cultural melting pots — cities such as New York, Chicago and Los Angeles — as well as in extraordinary landscapes.

Albeit quite “new”  (shaped primarily from 17th century European influences and later on by the industrial revolution), US architecture fosters a notable synergy between art, science and technology. Iconic art deco buildings, modernist architects as well as an array of speculative and experimental practices greatly advanced the profession and discourse throughout the years. Consequently, this collection of firms is exemplary in its heterogeneity in methods, philosophies and approaches to making architecture.

With so many architecture firms to choose from, it’s challenging for clients to identify the industry leaders that will be an ideal fit for their project needs. Fortunately, Architizer is able to provide guidance on the top design firms in United States based on more than a decade of data and industry knowledge.

How are these architecture firms ranked?

The following ranking has been created according to key statistics that demonstrate each firm’s level of architectural excellence. The following metrics have been accumulated to establish each architecture firm’s ranking, in order of priority:

• The number of A+Awards won (2013 to 2024)
• The number of A+Awards finalists (2013 to 2024)
• The number of projects selected as “Project of the Day” (2009 to 2024)
• The number of projects selected as “Featured Project” (2009 to 2024)
• The number of projects uploaded to Architizer (2009 to 2024)

Each of these metrics is explained in more detail at the foot of this article. This ranking list will be updated annually, taking into account new achievements of United States architecture firms throughout the year.

Without further ado, here are the 100 best architecture firms in United States:

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100. Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects

Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects is internationally recognized for distinctive design, which extends the traditions of modernism through an approach that fuses new technologies with cultural and environmental sensitivity. Embracing the convergence of complex global factors that challenge today’s architects, the firm has evolved a unique approach to architecture and planning called Multicultural Modernism. Largely developed through the travels and experiences of founding Principal Steven Ehrlich, Multicultural Modernism centers around architectural anthropology and incorporates the following key elements: sensing place and listening to people; courtyards as an antidote to density and stress; and cross-cultural fusion.

Some of Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects’ most prominent projects include:

• The Press, Costa Mesa, California
• Spectral Bridge House, Los Angeles, California
• 700 Palms Residence, Los Angeles, California
• Zeidler House, Aptos, California
• Carrillo Residence, Los Angeles County, California

The following statistics helped Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects achieve 100th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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99. Raymond Jungles, Inc.

Raymond Jungles, Inc. (RJI) is a dynamic, creative and ecologically sensitive landscape architecture firm practicing from its studio in the Coconut Grove community of Miami, Florida. The firm has maintained a South Florida and international presence since 1981, completing a variety of award-winning projects of different complexities in the intervening thirty-five years. RJI has created gardens  in eleven countries including Antigua, Anguilla, the Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, China, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama and St. Kitts and Nevis. Their gardens are expressive of their region and the time in which they were created. The firm endeavors to provide as much supportive habitat on each project, as is appropriate, to put back some of what has been lost to the local and migratory fauna.

Some of Raymond Jungles, Inc.’s most prominent projects include:

• Grove at Grand Bay, Miami, Florida
• Casa Bahia, Miami, Florida
• Faena District, Miami, Florida
• Pine Tree North Garden, Miami Beach, Florida
• 1111 Lincoln Road

The following statistics helped Raymond Jungles, Inc. achieve 99th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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98. GRAHAM BABA ARCHITECTS

GRAHAM BABA ARCHITECTS is a vibrant Seattle architecture firm recognized for the successful place-making of commercial, residential and arts spaces. Whether through the renovation of existing buildings or in new construction, the firm believes authenticity can — and should — be found in every building by use of honest materials such as metals, wood and glass celebrated in their natural state.

Through subtle and economical design moves, Graham Baba creates places that tell a story, places that people are drawn to and spaces that encourage social interaction and community. The Graham Baba team is driven by thoughtful creativity and collaboration and works to celebrate the embedded qualities of spaces as well as the potential of a site and program and client vision.

Some of GRAHAM BABA ARCHITECTS’ most prominent projects include:

• Washington Fruit Company Headquarters, Yakima, Washington
• Trailbend Taproom, Seattle, Washington
• Alaska Airlines Flagship Lounge, Seattle, Washington
• Klotski Building, Seattle, Washington
• The Shop by Porter, Seattle, Washington

The following statistics helped GRAHAM BABA ARCHITECTS achieve 98th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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97. UNITEDLAB Associates

UNITEDLAB Associates is a vibrant, multi-disciplinary design studio established in 2015 by Sang Dae Lee, providing comprehensive architecture, landscape, and urbanism services. Operating in both New York City and Seoul, our approach embraces diverse perspectives, enriching the creative design process. Their core philosophy, SCAPE, explores the intricate relationship between society, ideology, and the built environment, focusing on the well-being of inhabitants.

Some of UNITEDLAB Associates’s most prominent projects include:

• Cloud Forests; Pavilion for Children’s Play, Hwaseong-si, South Korea
• 416 Memorial Park, Ansan-si, South Korea
• Hadohilljo Townhouse, Jeju-do, South Korea
• Round Retreat

The following statistics helped UNITEDLAB Associates achieve 97th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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96. LaRue Architects

Austin residential design firm LaRue Architects proudly celebrates its thirty-fourth anniversary in 2022. These days, few things in Austin can claim a such longevity, but this award-winning firm has endured, creating each new home as a unique and tailored piece of architecture that is specific to its owner and its site.

Principal Jim LaRue and his team have perfected a Hill Country Contemporary vernacular that draws on regional building methods and materials and the unique environment — topography, wind, trees, and of course, sun — for its modernist-inspired approach to Central Texas living.

Some of LaRue Architects’ most prominent projects include:

• The House on the Hill, Austin, Texas
• Westlake Drive Residence, Austin, Texas
• Mackey Ranch, Moody, Texas
• Blanco House, Austin, Texas
• Stoneridge, Austin, Texas

The following statistics helped LaRue Architects achieve 96th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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95. SOFTlab

SOFTlab is a design studio based in New York City. The studio was created by Michael Szivos shortly after receiving a graduate degree in architecture from GSAPP at Columbia University. The studio has since been involved in the design and production of projects across almost every medium, from digitally fabricated large-scale sculpture, to interactive design, to large-scale digital video installations. As the studio adjusted to a wide range of projects , it began to focus less on the medium and style and more on ideas. As a studio, SOFTlab, embraces projects that are strange, difficult, blurry and straddle multiple mediums.

Some of SOFTlab’s most prominent projects include:

• Flash:Light
• CHROMAesthesiae
• pAlice, Brooklyn, New York
• Grotta Aeris, Raleigh, North Carolina
• Lightweave, Miami, Florida

The following statistics helped SOFTlab achieve 95th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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94. Desai Chia Architecture

Desai / Chia Architecture is an award-winning architecture and interior design firm with a distinctive portfolio of commercial, retail and residential projects. They focus on providing our clients with compelling, customized environments that allow them to collaborate, innovate and thrive.
The firm believes in involving the client in an engaged, collaborative way. Their projects interweave technology, sustainability, material innovation, and a meticulous attention to details.

Desai / Chia Architecture encourages a multi-disciplinary design process and work closely with a specialized team of consultants and engineers to ensure a precision and attention to detail that is essential to ‘well-made’ and authentic design. Their projects have been published internationally and have won multiple awards.

Some of Desai Chia Architecture’s most prominent projects include:

• Spark Capital Mercer, New York City, New York
• Photographer’s Loft, New York City, New York
• Michigan Lake House, Leelanau County, Michigan
• Betaworks, New York City, New York
• Ledge House, Cornwall, Connecticut

The following statistics helped Desai Chia Architecture PC achieve 94th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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93. Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture

Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture is dedicated to the design of high-performance, energy-efficient and sustainable architecture on an international scale. The firm approaches each project, regardless of size or scale, with an understanding that architecture has a unique power to influence civic life. They strive to create designs that aid society, advance modern technology, sustain the environment and inspire users to improve the world. Their office is dedicated to the creation of new paradigms for sustainable development.

Some of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture’s most prominent projects include:

• Waldorf Astoria Beijing, Beijing, China
• Al Wasl Plaza, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Steppenwolf Theatre Campus Expansion, Chicago, Illinois
• Federation of Korean Industries, Seoul, South Korea
• Chengdu Greenland Tower, Chengdu, China

The following statistics helped Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture achieve 93rd place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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92. modus studio

modus studio is an idea. It is an idea that the patterns, perceptions, senses, and notions of daily experiences can create a process, a way to do things, which leads to architecture and good design. modus is built on the idea that relevant and inspiring architecture can be sourced from simple, everyday experiences. This conception allows the firm to depart from the general rule of form to create thoughtful architecture that begins to shape the present landscape and plan for a sustainable future. They believe the experience of architecture can be inspiring to all people in a daily and practical way. All people deserve good space derived from good ideas, and this is the mode in which modus studio operates.

Some of modus studio’s most prominent projects include:

• Osage Park Pavilion, Bentonville, Arkansas
• The Bob + Sunny Evans Tree House at Garvan Woodland Gardens, Hot Springs, Arkansas
• Manzeum, Fayetteville, Arkansas
• 560 Vinson, Fayetteville, Arkansas
• The Cardinal, Fayetteville, Arkansas

The following statistics helped modus studio achieve 92nd place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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91. Local Projects

Local Projects is a multi-disciplinary design studio with a portfolio spanning two decades in cultural, educational, and brand experience design and production. They are best known for technologically advanced work that drives emotional engagement. Located in NYC, they collaborate with a wide range of clients regionally and internationally, utilizing their unique capabilities and creative process to produce world-class projects in the fields of exhibition and media design, experience design, and media production. Founded in 2004, Local Projects is a woman-led business led by Whitney Rutter, CEO, and Samantha Wellbrock, COO, alongside Jake Barton, Founder & Chief Creative Officer.

Some of Local Projects’ most prominent projects include:

• New York At Its Core, New York City, New York
• Greenwood Rising, Tulsa, Oklahoma
• Target Open House, San Francisco, California
• UK Holocaust Memorial
• Le Visionnaire, Paris, France

The following statistics helped Local Projects achieve 91st place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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90. Arquitectonica

Arquitectonica is an architecture, interior design and planning firm that began in Miami in 1977 as an experimental studio. Lead by Bernardo Fort-Brescia and Laurinda Spear, the studio has evolved into a worldwide practice, combining the creative spirit with the efficiency of delivery
and reliability of a major architectural firm.

Some of Arquitectonica’s most prominent projects include:

• University of Miami School of Architecture Thomas P. Murphy Design Studio Building, Coral Gables, Florida
• Hobhouse, London, United Kingdom
• Canyon Ranch Living, Miami Beach, Florida
• Revel Resort and Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey
• Aria and Solaria, Milan, Italy

The following statistics helped Arquitectonica achieve 90th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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89. LEVER Architecture

LEVER is an architectural design practice with offices in Portland, Oregon and Los Angeles, California. The firm brings design excellence to buildings and spaces for mission-driven organizations and creative companies. LEVER is internationally recognized for material innovation and for pioneering work with Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT). Their projects encompass first-of-their-kind timber buildings for clients such as The Nature Conservancy and Adidas and include more than $1M in research to develop and test wood building assemblies.

Some of LEVER Architecture’s most prominent projects include:

• adidas East Village Expansion, Portland, Oregon
• The Louisa Flowers Affordable Housing, Portland, Oregon
• TreeHouse, Portland, Oregon
• Meyer Memorial Trust Headquarters, Portland, Oregon
• Oregon Conservation Center, Portland, Oregon

The following statistics helped LEVER Architecture achieve 89th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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88. STUDIO V

STUDIO V is a studio based architectural and urban practice based in New York City. The studio focuses on a broad range of design dealing with the contemporary urban condition at all scales and for nearly all types of projects. The firm design all scale projects from large and small ground up buildings and renovations, to new communities and urban infill designs, to finely scaled and detailed interiors. Current projects include arts and cultural spaces and buildings, residential buildings, industrial buildings, institutional and educational facilities, urban and waterfront master planning, transportation facilities, mixed use retail and commercial buildings, restaurants and hospitality design.

Some of STUDIO V’s most prominent projects include:

• Empire Stores, Brooklyn, New York
• The Tanks, Brooklyn, New York
• Silo City, Buffalo, New York
• The Underline at Dutch Kills, New York City, New York
• Macy’s Herald Square, New York City, New York

The following statistics helped STUDIO V achieve 88th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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87. RIOS

RIOS is an international design collective working beyond boundaries to inventively combine disciplines and amplify the impact of design. Within their practice, the built environment and landscape architecture are interconnected to harness the positive impacts of wellness and define design as a continuum. They use the power of story to connect us to place and to one another.

The practice operates at the intersection of architecture, landscape, urban planning, interior design, video, graphics and signage, experiential and product design to inform design at all types and scales. The firm believes that design is better when approached with inclusive thinking about ways to solve a problem.

Some of RIOS’ most prominent projects include:

• Spotify At Mateo Campus Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
• GoodRx Headquarters, Santa Monica, California
• Ellison Institute of Technology, Los Angeles, California
• Equipment Room, Austin, Texas
• Echelon Studios, Los Angeles, California

The following statistics helped RIOS achieve 87th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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86. Morphosis Architects

Founded in 1972, Morphosis is an interdisciplinary practice involved in rigorous design and research that yields innovative, iconic buildings and urban environments. With founder Thom Mayne serving as design director, the firm today consists of a group of more than 60 professionals, who remain committed to the practice of architecture as a collaborative enterprise. With projects worldwide, the firm’s work ranges in scale from residential, institutional and civic buildings to large urban planning projects. Named after the Greek term for ‘to form or be in formation’, Morphosis is a dynamic and evolving practice that responds to the shifting and advancing social, cultural, political and technological conditions of modern life.

Some of Morphosis Architects’ most prominent projects include:

• 8850 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California
• Orange County Museum of Art, Costa Mesa, California
• Orange County Museum of Art, Costa Mesa, California
• Genesis Electric Vehicle Charging Stations, Seoul, South Korea
• Bloomberg Center, New York City, New York

The following statistics helped Morphosis Architects achieve 86th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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85. HOLLANDERdesign Landscape Architects

Edmund Hollander Landscape Architects specializes in residential estates and gardens. Their experience covers a wide range of scales including estates and gardens in the Hamptons, Long Island’s North Shore, Connecticut, Westchester, New Jersey, Virginia and Europe; waterfront parks and developments; golf course restoration and planning; corporate headquarters; historic landscapes, horse farms; and urban roof top gardens. They bring to each project an attention to detailed design and environmental appropriateness encompassing, wherever possible, elements of the native or vernacular landscape. They utilize a combination of landscape architectural, horticultural and ecological talents to develop creative solutions to design problems.

Some of HOLLANDERdesign Landscape Architects’ most prominent projects include:

• Abstracting Morphology, New York
• The REACH Expansion, Washington, DC
• The Church, Sag Harbor, New York
• Rubenstein Commons, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey
• Guest House, Wainscott, New York

The following statistics helped HOLLANDERdesign Landscape Architects achieve 85th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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84. SmithGroup

SmithGroup is one of the world’s preeminent integrated design firms. Working across a network of twenty offices in the U.S. and China, a team of 1,400 experts is committed to excellence in strategy, design and execution. The scale of the firm’s thinking and organization produces partnerships with forward-looking clients that maximize opportunities, minimize risk and solve their most complex problems. SmithGroup creates exceptional design solutions for healthcare, science and technology organizations, higher education and cultural institutions, urban environments, diverse workplaces, mixed-use and waterfront developments, and parks and open spaces.

Some of SmithGroup’s most prominent projects include:

• UC San Francisco, Joan & Sanford I. Weill Neurosciences Building, San Francisco, California
• DC Water Headquarters, Washington, DC
• 1700 New York Avenue | Architectural Office, Washington, DC
• Society’s Cage, Washington, DC
• Joe Louis Greenway Framework Plan, Detroit, Michigan

The following statistics helped SmithGroup achieve 84th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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83. LEVENBETTS

LEVENBETTS is an award winning New York City based architecture practice. The office was founded by David Leven and Stella Betts in 1997 and focuses on all scales of projects including urban design, public buildings, houses and housing, commercial workspaces, exhibitions and furniture. The office employs a variety of people and methods to arrive at innovative solutions that are the result of observation, research, integration of building systems and an economic understanding of each project goals.

Some of LEVENBETTS’ most prominent projects include:

• ZOID, Columbia County, New York
• Square House, Stone Ridge, New York
• East Flatbush Library, Brooklyn, New York
• 36SML Beach House, Amagansett, New York
• ZOID House, Columbia County, New York

The following statistics helped LEVENBETTS achieve 83rd place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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82. Resolution: 4 Architecture

RESOLUTION: 4 ARCHITECTURE is an internationally published and highly acclaimed ten-person firm, completing projects in the residential, commercial, and public sectors. Founded in 1990 by Joseph Tanney and Robert Luntz, RES4 is dedicated to addressing 21st century conditions through intelligent architecture and design. The firm consciously works to enhance sustainable practices that address the current and long-term challenges facing dynamic communities. Through iterative investigation, RES4 works to shape the palpable, illuminate the obscure and understand the interface of architecture, its users and its context.

In 2003, RES4 won an International Competition for a modern prefabricated home, The Dwell Home. It was noted by the Washington Post as the “highest profile modern prefabricated home in America,” and is considered the “Holy Grail” for modern prefab enthusiasts by the Wall Street Journal.

Some of Resolution: 4 Architecture’s most prominent projects include:

• North Fork Bluff House, Mattituck, New York
• House on Fire Island, Fire Island, New York
• High Peak Meadow House, Maplecrest, New York
• Catskills Suburban, Palenville, New York
• Warren Street Townhouse, Brooklyn, New York

The following statistics helped Resolution: 4 Architecture achieve 82nd place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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81. Allied Works

Allied Works is an integrated architecture and design practice grounded in the collective pursuit of new expression. Their team shares a passion for design and, equally, the advancement of social and ecological well-being — all united by an ethic of exploration and uncommon commitment to creating beautiful, moving and meaningful work.

Their projects and creative works seek to inspire and elevate the individuals, institutions and organizations they serve. Established in 1994 by Brad Cloepfil and operating from studios in New York and Portland, Oregon, the practice has grown steadily through the completion of major museum and cultural projects, innovative educational facilities, residences and workplaces — all of varied scale, purpose and character — in locations across the globe.

This intentional diversity of project types and circumstances presents perspectives from all fields of practice, offers new insights and opportunities and advances our search for innovative solutions.

Some of Allied Works’ most prominent projects include:

• Sokol Blosser Winery Tasting Room, Dayton, Oregon
• National Music Centre of Canada, Calgary, Canada
• Dutchess County Residence – Main House, Dutchess County, New York
• Eleven Madison Park, New York City, New York
• Dutchess County Residence – Guest House, Dutchess County, New York

The following statistics helped Allied Works achieve 81st place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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80. Robert Hutchison Architecture

Robert Hutchison Architecture (RHA) specializes in the design of contemporary projects that balance beautiful, inspiring spaces with economic, pragmatic solutions. In partnership with clients, consultants and builders, they seek creative solutions for an architecture that is elegant and efficient. At the core of their work lies an interest in investigating the boundaries of architecture, balancing the permanent with the ephemeral to create works evoking a strong sense of place. Their diverse list of projects includes custom homes and remodels, cabins, art studios, commercial interiors and institutional and public works. Always striving for a holistic practice, the firm balances architectural commissions with research, writing and installation projects.

Some of Robert Hutchison Architecture’s most prominent projects include:

• Casa de Baño, Temascaltepec de González, Mexico
• Rain Harvest Home, Temascaltepec de González, Mexico
• Alley House #2, Seattle, Washington
• Courtyard House on a River, Greenwater, Washington
• Cantilever House, Seattle, Washington

The following statistics helped Robert Hutchison Architecture achieve 80th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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79. Roger Ferris + Partners

Roger Ferris + Partners is a critically acclaimed architecture firm providing architectural, interior design and master planning services to private, corporate and public-sector clients. RF+P is headquartered in Westport, Connecticut with offices in New York City and Bridgehampton, New York. Their practice consciously pursues a diverse selection of projects across a broad spectrum of typologies and scales. Their design exploration ranges from single family residences, commercial mixed use, to high rises, in contexts from rural towns to suburban campuses to dense urban centers. This diversity of building types, geographies and scales continually stimulates cross-pollination of ideas and the discovery of novel solutions.

Some of Roger Ferris + Partners’ most prominent projects include:

• Grove House, Bridgehampton, New York
• Red Barn, Westport, Connecticut
• Pool House, Westport, Connecticut
• Sound House
• Bay House, Noyack, New York

The following statistics helped Roger Ferris + Partners achieve 79th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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78. Rafael Vinoly Architects

Rafael Viñoly Architects, founded in 1983 and based in New York City — with branch offices in London, Manchester, Abu Dhabi and Buenos Aires — is an internationally renowned architectural firm with projects spanning six continents. Over the past thirty-five years, the practice’s key trademark is the ability to reinvent institutional typologies and integrate the public realm into civic buildings.

The uniquely diverse work the firm has completed includes award-winning courthouses, museums, performing arts centers, convention centers, athletic facilities, banks, hotels, hospitals, laboratories, recreational venues, residential complexes and commercial, industrial and educational facilities. Projects range in scale from laboratory casework to large urban commercial and institutional master plans.

Some of Rafael Vinoly Architects’ most prominent projects include:

• Carrasco International Airport, Montevideo, Uruguay
• The University of California, San Francisco, Ray and Dagmar Dolby Regeneration Medicine Building, San Francisco, California
• 432 Park Avenue, New York City, New York
• Vdara Hotel & Spa at CityCenter, Las Vegas
• Princeton University, Carl Icahn Laboratory of the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton, New Jersey

The following statistics helped Rafael Vinoly Architects achieve 78th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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77. The Living

Buildings are living organisms. They breathe and pulse. They inhabit complex ecosystems of species, technologies and culture. Understanding buildings requires understanding these vital signs and these ecosystems.

The Living is a design studio and an experiment in living architecture. Their work brings together the natural and the synthetic, the human and the machine, the individual and the collective. And it involves the intersection of (1) biology, (2) computation, and (3) the circular economy.

Their work with biology extends beyond biomimicry. While there is a long history of architects using biology as metaphor, their work employs actual living organisms to create alternative kinds of architecture.

Some of The Living’s most prominent projects include:

• Hy-Fi, New York City, New York
• Bionic Partition, Hamburg, Germany
• Living Light, Seoul, South Korea
• Embodied Computation Lab, Princeton, New Jersey
• Alive: A New Spatial Contract for Multi-Species Architecture, Venice, Italy

The following statistics helped The Living achieve 77th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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76. Prentiss + Balance + Wickline Architects

This practice designs with the belief that nothing is impossible and temper it with good old-fashioned pragmatism, embracing both big ideas and intricate details. Taking into account location, context and other inherent attributes of a specific project, Prentiss + Balance + Wickline Architects strives to create a balanced whole, integrating the structure and the environment. They consider the interplay between inside and outside, light and shadow, aesthetics and utility, carefully selecting materials that harmonize with nature, prioritizing efficiency and sustainability.

Some of Prentiss + Balance + Wickline Architects’ most prominent projects include:

• Boathouse, San Juan County, Washington
• Wintergreen Cabin, Winthrop, Washington
• Cortes, Strathcona, Canada
• Foster Loop, Okanogan County, Washington
• Ballard Cut, Seattle, Washington

The following statistics helped Prentiss + Balance + Wickline Architects achieve 76th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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75. SO – IL

SO–IL is an internationally recognized architecture and design firm based in New York. They create structures that establish new cultures, institutions and relationships. The firm works across countries and cultures. Together, their team speaks more than a dozen languages. Their clients are spread across France and South Korea to the United States and Mexico.

The firm believes that through deep collaboration, architects can strengthen communities’ ties to their environments. In an increasingly digitized world, their architecture incorporates innovative physical materials that follow the unique scale and conceptual grounding of each project: stretched chainmail over a gallery building, or an array of elegant glass tubes as a museum façade. The firm creates urban spaces, buildings for culture, residences and workplaces on a variety of scales.

Some of SO – IL’s most prominent projects include:

• Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, Davis, California
• Versace Showroom, New York City, New York
• CTF Museum, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
• Kukje Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
• Frieze Art Fair NYC, New York City, New York

The following statistics helped SO – IL achieve 75th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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74. Valerio Dewalt Train

Valerio Dewalt Train is a fifty person national architectural and design practice with offices in Chicago, Denver and San Francisco. Since 1994, the firm has based its practice on the simple idea that whatever the question, design is the answer. But they also believe that before an answer can be provided, one has to do the research to make sure the question is understood.

As designers, Valerio Dewalt Train takes a research-based approach to the design process; it is immersive and specific. This process allows them to explore the client’s DNA, user profile, research best practices and discover early on what sustainable strategies should be integrated in the project.

Some of Valerio Dewalt Train’s most prominent projects include:

• Vue53, Chicago, Illinois
• The YouTube Lobby, San Bruno, California
• Ford Calumet Environmental Center, Chicago, Illinois
• 1098 Alta, Mountain View, California
• Gordon Parks Arts Hall – University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, Chicago, Illinois

The following statistics helped Valerio Dewalt Train achieve 74th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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73. Specht Novak

Specht Novak was founded on the vision of creating elegant, comfortable and timeless buildings that are rooted in the unique environments in which they exist and shaped by the character of the people who will inhabit them.

Led by founding partner Scott Specht and partner Jakeb Novak, Specht Novak has over the past 30 years built a reputation as a forward thinking, award-winning, modern architecture firm with a strong philosophy regarding the importance of craftsmanship, detailing and client service. The firm’s work has been featured in over 250 publications worldwide including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Architectural Digest, Forbes, Travel + Leisure, and many others.

Some of Specht Novak’s most prominent projects include:

• Manhattan MicroLoft, New York City, New York
• New American House, Austin, Texas
• Treetops House, Austin, Texas
• Preston Hollow Residence, Dallas, Texas
• Weston Residence, Weston, Connecticut

The following statistics helped Specht Novak achieve 73rd place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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72. FXCollaborative

FXCollaborative leverages broad expertise in architecture, interiors and planning to enrich the world with responsible, intelligent and beautiful design. The firm’s holistic approach integrates client aspirations, an urban sensibility and a celebration of the craft of building. FXCollaborative’s work ranges from the scale of individual buildings and interiors — office towers, multi-family residences, cultural facilities, workplace, K-12 and higher-education institutions — to the city as a whole, addressing infrastructure and transportation.

Some of FXCollaborative’s most prominent projects include:

• Ministry of Taxes, Baku, Azerbaijan
• Allianz Tower, İstanbul, Turkey
• The UID Cube – Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Acibadem Ataşehir Hospital, Children’s Pavilion & Headquarters, Turkey
• David Rockefeller Creative Arts Center, Tarrytown, New York

The following statistics helped FXCollaborative achieve 72nd place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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71. Rand Elliott Architects

Globally recognized Rand Elliott Architects creates inspired, original work that speaks to the client’s culture and setting, creating a powerful experience. Established in 1976, Rand Elliott Architects came to prominence in part by winning 10 National AIA Honor Awards for Architecture in fourteen years’ time.

Projects “tell a story” of the client’s culture and setting, creating a powerful experience. Innovation is a hallmark, from the rowing world’s first modern boathouses to a new vision for “car parks” (four cool corporate parking garages built to date) to a striking tilt-up concrete building/sales tool for the tilt up firm and other “low potential” projects.

Some of Rand Elliott Architects’ most prominent projects include:

• Chesapeake Car Park 4, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• Car Park One at Chesapeake, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• Marfa Contemporary Gallery, Marfa, Texas
• PLICO, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

The following statistics helped Rand Elliott Architects achieve 71st place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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70. KieranTimberlake

Founded in 1984, KieranTimberlake brings together the experience and talents of eighty professionals of diverse backgrounds and abilities in a transdisciplinary practice that is recognized worldwide. Their projects include the programming, planning and design of new structures as well as the conservation, renovation and transformation of existing buildings, with special expertise in education, arts and culture, government, civic and residential projects. The firm envisions a beautiful, resonant and regenerative built environment. They rely on collective intelligence and nonhierarchical production structures for gains in economy, efficiency and quality.

Some of KieranTimberlake’s most prominent projects include:

• John A. Paulson Center, New York City, New York
• Dilworth Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Loblolly House, Taylors Island, Maryland
• Edgar N. Putman Event Pavilion, Doylestown, Pennsylvania
• Pound Ridge House, Pound Ridge, New York

The following statistics helped KieranTimberlake achieve 70th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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69. SkB Architects

SkB Architects was founded in February 1999 by Shannon Gaffney, Kyle Gaffney and Brian Collins-Friedrichs. The firm seeks to create meaningful, sensory-rich environments for individuals, corporate clients, retailers, developers and culturally-connected communities. Based in Seattle and with projects located throughout the United States, the diversity of the firm’s practice allows ideas from different project types to cross-pollinate and influence one another, ultimately leading to more comprehensive and informed design solutions. The firm is driven by the idea that thoughtful, insightful, and creative design has the power to enrich people’s lives.

Some of SkB Architects’ most prominent projects include:

• Bay Area Research Company, California
• Willis Tower, Chicago, Illinois
• U.S Bank Center, Seattle, Washington
• Wild Ginger, Bellevue, Washington
• 400 Fairview, Seattle, Washington

The following statistics helped SkB Architects achieve 69th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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68. Faulkner Architects

Faulkner Architects was formed by Greg Faulkner in 1998 to pursue the making of highly crafted, site sensitive places. Emphasis is placed on an interactive process between architect, client and builder through the duration of the project, that allows the inhabitants to be intimately involved with the design. A strong commitment to the quality of every project is evident in the buildings and professional relationships. Repeat projects for clients that become friends make up a third of the work.

Evolution of the design through construction is an integral part of the process. The work begins with listening to the client and understanding their ultimate goals for the project. A measured response emerges after careful consideration and observation. The designs are affected by vernacular traditions drawn from the culture of the place in which the project is to be built. These traditions impart wisdom to materiality, formal massing and most importantly, provide an overriding common sense view of building in an appropriate way.

Some of Faulkner Architects’ most prominent projects include:

• Miner Road, San Francisco, California
• Big Barn, Glen Ellen, California
• Lookout House, Truckee, California
• Viewfinder House, Truckee, California
• Martis Camp 141, Placer County, California

The following statistics helped Faulkner Architects achieve 68th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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67. COOKFOX Architects

COOKFOX is an architectural studio dedicated to a vision of integrated, environmentally responsive design. The firm believes good design is sustainable and are committed to being wise stewards of our shared natural and cultural resources. Guided by their passion for excellence, belief in the collaborative process and persistent curiosity, COOKFOX pursues projects that allow them to fundamentally re-think how people interact with buildings and the natural environment.

Starting with intensive research, the firm seeks to understand each unique project in its environmental, cultural and historical context. The work they do engages with layers of time and promotes a strong sense of place. Inspired by the legacy of artistry in architecture, COOKFOX uses technology and traditional techniques to bring the distinctive qualities of well-crafted materials and details into every project.

Some of COOKFOX Architects’ most prominent projects include:

• 100 VANDAM, New York City, New York
• Terminal Warehouse, New York City, New York
• One South First and Ten Grand, Brooklyn, New York
• Betances Residence, New York City, New York
• 100 Vandam, New York City, New York

The following statistics helped COOKFOX Architects achieve 67th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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66. Populous

Populous is a global design firm with colleagues spanning four continents. Working with communities of all sizes and using a range of disciplines, they create experiences that amplify the joy felt in shared human moments.

Some of Populous’ most prominent projects include:

• Carolina Panthers Rock Hill Development, Rock Hill, South Carolina
• Diablos Rojos Stadium, Mexico City, Mexico
• McLane Stadium, Waco, Texas
• National Speed Skating Oval, Beijing, China
• London 2012 Olympic Stadium, London, United Kingdom

The following statistics helped Populous achieve 66th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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65. Aidlin Darling Design

With a shared interest in exploring design across a wide range of scales, programs and disciplines, partners Joshua Aidlin and David Darling started Aidlin Darling Design around a woodshop in 1998. With an emphasis on designing for all of the senses, they have cultivated a diverse and collaborative studio that acts as the creative hub for an extended network of builders, fabricators, artists, engineers, chefs and other collaborators. The firm’s work explores a closely held conviction that design can enlighten the human spirit by engaging all of the senses.

Some of Aidlin Darling Design’s most prominent projects include:

• Trestle Residence, California
• The Prow, Seattle, Washington
• Windhover Contemplative Center, Stanford, California
• Geneva Car Barn & Powerhouse, San Francisco, California
• In Situ, San Francisco, California

The following statistics helped Aidlin Darling Design achieve 65th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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64. Taylor and Miller Architecture and Design

Taylor and Miller Architecture and Design was founded in 2002 by partners B. Alex Miller and Jeff Taylor. The firm is based in New York with fabrication facilities in the Berkshires and a portfolio of projects that include residential, retail, gallery spaces and installations alike. Taylor and Miller Architecture and Design collaborates with a diverse clients from both the United States and abroad. The firm’s research trajectories often focus on mining materials and ideas from contexts that are most ‘accessible’, both physically and conceptually. Physically, Taylor and Miller are active participants in their projects’ fabrication, and this participation often starts with a seemingly mundane palette of materials; manila rope, fishing line, 4×6” aluminum flashing or aircraft cable.

Some of Taylor and Miller Architecture and Design’s most prominent projects include:

• OFFICE > ENTROPY, New York City, New York
• Collapsable Workstations
• Duke of Montrose, Brooklyn, New York
• Salvage Swings, New York City, New York
• Lake House, Massachusetts

The following statistics helped Taylor and Miller Architecture and Design achieve 64th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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63. Clive Wilkinson Architects

Clive Wilkinson Architects is a distinguished architecture and design practice that collaborates with progressive clients to envision and design new buildings and environments that support, enhance and reinvigorate contemporary life.

Some of Clive Wilkinson Architects’ most prominent projects include:

• Intuit Marine Way Building, Mountain View, California
• One Shelley Street, Sydney, Australia
• Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Chicago, Illinois
• The Barbarian Group, New York City, New York
• West Los Angeles Residence, Los Angeles, California

The following statistics helped Clive Wilkinson Architects achieve 63rd place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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62. BE_Design

BE_Design is an architectural practice based in New York. The firm focuses on educational and community projects that serve rural and underprivileged areas in Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya, and Ghana, while also designing energy-efficient homes in New York.

Some of BE_Design’s most prominent projects include:

• Komera Leadership Center, Rwanda
• Kula Vocational Training & Community Center, Rwanda

The following statistics helped BE_Design achieve 62nd place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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61. S^A | Schwartz and Architecture

S^A | Schwartz and Architecture is a modern architecture and interior design studio established by Founder + Principal Neal J. Z. Schwartz, FAIA in 1997. Their expertise is in guiding clients through a highly interactive design process tailored to their personalities, budgets and needs. Rather than imposing a pre-conceived aesthetic, they begin their work by thoughtfully analyzing the particular opportunities posed by any site and constraint. They remain involved at every stage of design and construction, and thrive working with fixed schedules and resources.

Some of S^A | Schwartz and Architecture’s most prominent projects include:

• The Meander, California
• Leit House, Sonoma County, California
• Mourning Dovecote, Sonoma, California
• Lichen House, Glen Ellen, California
• Overlook Guest House, Los Gatos, California

The following statistics helped S^A | Schwartz and Architecture achieve 61st place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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60. Fogarty Finger

Fogarty Finger is committed to redefining the urban built environment through projects that are as evocative as they are pragmatic. The firm’s award-winning work captures the spirit of its surroundings, while creating a layered sense of materiality and refinement. The end result encapsulates smart design solutions that are responsive to the moment yet timeless in appeal.

The firm’s array of prominent commercial and residential projects showcases its strength in a dual concentration in architecture and interior design, both distinguished with its thoughtful and deliberate approach. The architecture practice has authored a number of notable large-scale ground-up projects in NYC as well as nationally.

Some of Fogarty Finger’s most prominent projects include:

• Dock 72 Lobby at Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York
• Rockefeller Group HQ, New York City, New York
• 757 Third Avenue – Stair, New York City, New York
• 512 West 22nd St., New York City, New York
• NOVA, New York City, New York

The following statistics helped Fogarty Finger achieve 60th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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59. GLUCK+

GLUCK+ is an architecture, construction and development firm located in New York City. Over a forty year period, the firm has generated a multi-faceted approach to the design and construction of buildings. To acknowledge this inclusive and expanding practice, the firm is being renamed GLUCK+, which builds on its approach to Architect Led Design Build (ALDB). The firm is dedicated to the idea that buildings benefit when architects take responsibility for the architectural process from conception to construction, assuming oversight of all aspects of a project. They have designed buildings throughout the United States, ranging in type from houses, schools, religious buildings and community centers to hotels, mixed-use/housing, corporate interiors, university buildings and historic restorations.

Some of GLUCK+’s most prominent projects include:

• The Stack, New York City, New York
• Tower House, United States
• House in the Mountains, Colorado
• Lady Liberty Academy Charter School, Newark, New Jersey
• Lakeside Retreat, New York City, New York

The following statistics helped GLUCK+ achieve 59th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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58. LEONG LEONG

LEONG LEONG is a New York and Los Angeles-based design office. Leong Leong’s internationally recognized work is driven by a commitment to ideas and their realization. Leong Leong believes the practice of design is a collective intelligence in constant dialogue with other disciplines, cultures and thinkers to offer new possibilities to engage the city. This concept-based approach is coupled with a deep interest in methods of production that challenge norms and reveal new territories. Leong Leong was founded by brothers, Christopher and Dominic Leong in 2009.

Some of LEONG LEONG’s most prominent projects include:

• City View Garage, Miami, Florida
• MA Curatorial Practice at School of Visual Arts, New York City, New York
• US Pavilion – 14th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
• Los Angeles LGBT Center – Anita May Rosenstein Campus, Los Angeles, California
• Siki Im x LEONG LEONG Concept Store, New York City, New York

The following statistics helped LEONG LEONG achieve 58th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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57. MARC FORNES / THEVERYMANY

MARC FORNES / THEVERYMANY is a New York-based art and architecture studio specializing in the intersection of unique, spatial, experience and structural performance. The studio’s method is deeply rooted in computational research and digital fabrication to produce public art, installation and environments, architectural skins and free-standing structures. Over the last ten years, THEVERYMANY has developed and implemented “Structural Stripes,” a building system by which custom-designed parts form complex, self-supporting curvilinear surfaces.

Some of MARC FORNES / THEVERYMANY’s most prominent projects include:

• Boolean Operator, China
• Louis Vuitton – Pavilion Nomad, Milan, Italy
• LOUIS VUITTON – YAYOI KUSAMA’s pop up store, London, United Kingdom
• [C]space DRL10 Pavilion, London, United Kingdom
• Pleated Inflation, Argelès-sur-Mer, France

The following statistics helped MARC FORNES / THEVERYMANY achieve 57th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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56. EHDD

EHDD is a national leader in architecture, interiors, urban planning and sustainability. Centered in San Francisco and Seattle, they derive inspiration from the many different voices that work together to envision, to build and to steward places they inhabit.

Since their founding in 1946, EHDD has embraced their client’s vision and designed to express their unique values. EHDD’s award-winning practice has exceptional expertise in designing libraries and educational facilities, buildings for science and housing, as well as museums, aquariums and zoos.

Some of EHDD’s most prominent projects include:

• The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Los Altos, California
• KQED Headquarter Renovation, San Francisco, California
• Lisa & Douglas Goldman Tennis Center (with HGA), San Francisco, California
• Juanita Beach Park Bathhouse, Kirkland, Washington
• San Francisco Marin Foodbank, San Francisco, California

The following statistics helped EHDD achieve 56th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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55. Arterra Landscape Architects

Arterra is a full-service landscape architecture firm specializing in contemporary, sustainable design. They collaborate with clients and their design team, providing imaginative solutions and clear communication.

The Arterra Team is a diverse and slightly quirky group of creative and nerdy individuals. They are dedicated to the art and the craft of their profession. They consider it an honor and a privilege to do the work they do — and they do it well. Arterra shares ideas and inspiration in a beautiful, open studio space, where design ideas come to life. They are dedicated to doing sustainable work and living sustainable lives. Their greatest achievement is creating a meaningful and sustainable landscape legacy.

Some of Arterra Landscape Architects’ most prominent projects include:

• Dry Garden Poetry, Santa Cruz, California
• Rumsen Trace, Carmel Valley, California
• The Painterly Approach, Belvedere Tiburon, California
• Farm to Table, Woodside, California
• Inspired by the Land, Healdsburg, California

The following statistics helped Arterra Landscape Architects achieve 55th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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54. Davis Brody Bond

Davis Brody Bond is among the nation’s leading design firms. The firm’s work brings strong, successful designs to complex building types and planning projects including cultural facilities, academic buildings, corporate and industrial structures and housing complexes.  They have been honored with more than 200 major design awards, and their work is regularly published in the national and international design press. In May 2011, Davis Brody Bond & Spacesmith announced their partnership: a partnership of excellence to strengthen services and expand the firm’s creative boundaries. Spacesmith is a versatile architecture and interior design firm with a multi-talented team led by partners with over twenty-five years of experience.

Some of Davis Brody Bond’s most prominent projects include:

• Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation, New York City, New York
• Perelman Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center, New York City, New York
• John A. Paulson Center, New York City, New York
• National September 11 Memorial, New York City, New York
• Columbia University Northwest Corner Building, New York City, New York

The following statistics helped Davis Brody Bond LLP achieve 54th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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53. Merge Architects

Merge is an architectural practice that uncovers opportunities for invention in the ordinary. They create exuberant social spaces, experiment upon existing typologies and develop contemporary craft methods to transform our cities, buildings and interior worlds. They reimagine common materials, building types and experiences through broad research and in-depth iteration. This method is applied across program, place, shape and scale; from master planning to furniture design, ground-up buildings to interior renovations.

Merge Architects engage a diverse team of designers, engineers, fabricators, clients and communities to realize the latent potential of every project and site. Great design is distilled from a collective of many voices; it’s in their name. The studio is driven by an unrelenting curiosity, optimism and urgency to change our built environment for the better.

Some of Merge Architects’ most prominent projects include:

• Kendall Square Workspace, Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Cable Mills – Modern Mill, Williamstown, Massachusetts
• West Broadway Housing, Boston, Massachusetts
• MIT Beaver Works, Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Grow Box, Lexington, Massachusetts

The following statistics helped Merge Architects achieve 53rd place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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52. Birdseye

Birdseye is an award winning architecture and building firm in Richmond, Vermont. Established in 1984, Birdseye began its life as a building company focused on creating high quality work. Skilled craftsmen created a building culture rooted in excellence. Over time, what began with woodworking and a strong interest in design evolved to become an employee owned, award-winning architecture and building firm.

Through the years, other architects and artisans, interested in the intimate relationship between architecture and the art of building, joined the company and the culture evolved to what it is today. Birdseye is a unique balance of innovation and tradition, creating beautiful objects and places to the highest standards of design and craftsmanship. Their architects, carpenters, wood workers, metal workers and machinery operators create lasting works of art.

Some of Birdseye’s most prominent projects include:

• Annex, Williston, Vermont
• Woodshed, Vermont
• Field House, South Kingstown, Rhode Island
• Homestead, South Hero, Vermont
• Cantilever House, Vermont

The following statistics helped Birdseye achieve 52nd place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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51. WXY architecture + urban design

WXY is an award-winning, studio-based multidisciplinary practice focusing on innovative approaches to public space, structures and cities. Celebrated as much for its focus on community and urban design as for the firm’s agility with incorporating new technologies and green design, WXY excels in complex urban challenges, education and civic buildings, parks and waterfront developments, and other projects ranging from furniture designs to city master plans. Claire Weisz is founding principal of the New York-based practice, working alongside partners Mark Yoes, Layng Pew and Adam Lubinsky. WXY has received the League Prize and an Emerging Voice in 2011 from The Architectural League.

Some of WXY architecture + urban design’s most prominent projects include:

• Brooklyn Navy Yard Master Plan, Brooklyn, New York
• Rebuild by Design
• Kearny Point Building 78 Annex, Kearny, New Jersey
• Downtown Brooklyn Public Realm Action Plan, Brooklyn, New York
• Arverne East RISE Community Hub and Nature Preserve House, New York City, New York

The following statistics helped WXY architecture + urban design achieve 51st place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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50. Colorado Building Workshop / University of Colorado Denver

Colorado Building Workshop, the design-build program at the Univeristy of Colorado Denver, serves the broader community by partnering with non-profit organizations to help build structures to advance their mission and vision.

Some of Colorado Building Workshop / University of Colorado Denver’s most prominent projects include:

• Auraria Bike Pavilions, Denver, Colorado
• Longs Peak Privies, Colorado, United States
• Holt Watters Field Camp, Antarctica
• Colorado Outward Bound School Seasonal Micro Cabins, Leadville, Colorado
• Skow Residence, Bluff, Utah

The following statistics helped Colorado Building Workshop / University of Colorado Denver achieve 50th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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49. Future Green Studio

Future Green Studio is a distinctive and innovative landscape design firm based in Brooklyn, New York. They are thoughtful stewards of the changing climate and creative shapers of the built environment. They are at the forefront of Landscape Urbanism — a design movement that combines a deep understanding of plants, people and places. They recognize that all the complex systems, forces and patterns of nature do not stop at the city limits.

Some of Future Green Studio’s most prominent projects include:

• EMPIRE STORES, Brooklyn, New York
• Silo City, Buffalo, New York
• 520 West 28th, New York City, New York
• Pool Farm, New York City, New York
• Gramercy Townhouse, New York City, New York

The following statistics helped Future Green Studio achieve 49th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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48. Skylab

Established two decades ago in Portland, Oregon, Skylab is a band of makers — curious, industrious and experimental. They are architects, designers, creators and entrepreneurs working together across a wide range of landscapes and locations. Made up of futurists, the firm is making today what they believe will inspire and connect people tomorrow.

Some of Skylab’s most prominent projects include:

• The N M Bodecker Foundation, Portland, Oregon
• Columbia Building, Portland, Oregon
• Serena Williams Building at Nike World Headquarters, Beaverton, Oregon
• Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon
• Luuwit View Park, Portland, Oregon

The following statistics helped Skylab achieve 48th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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47. INABA WILLIAMS

As more and more of the world is virtual and immaterial, physical space has become increasingly important to human life. Inaba Williams grew out of a desire by organizations to stand out in a digital age by creating built environments. The firm translates observations about human interaction, technology and communities into meticulously detailed spaces.

Some of INABA WILLIAMS’ most prominent projects include:

• Red Bull North America, New York City, New York
• Red Bull New York Office (A+ 2015), New York City, New York
• Hush Studios, Brooklyn, New York
• Skylight Installation, Stavanger, Kingdom of Norway
• Lackawanna Café, Jersey City, New Jersey

The following statistics helped INABA WILLIAMS achieve 47th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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46. Sharon Davis Design

Founded in 2007, Sharon Davis Design exists to design extraordinary buildings that transform communities. The firm’s work for nonprofit organizations represents a new model of design, in which innovation is measured in both social benefit and aesthetic accomplishment. Its work has gained renown for its ability to harmonize with both the natural and built environments, as well as its cost-effective, environmentally conscious approach to lighting, heating, plumbing and water resources. The firm ultimately measures the success of its designs by the degree to which they expand access to the fundamental human right of social justice, economic empowerment and a healthy sustainable environment.

Some of Sharon Davis Design’s most prominent projects include:

• Women’s Opportunity Center, Rwanda, Kayonza, Rwanda
• Partners in Health Housing, Rwanda
• Bayalpata Hospital, Seti, Far-Western Development Region, Nepal
• United Nations International Organization for Migration, Geneva, Switzerland
• Davis House, Garrison, New York

The following statistics helped Sharon Davis Design achieve 46th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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45. BNIM

The 2011 National Architecture Firm Award Winner, BNIM is an innovative leader in designing high performance environments. Through an integrated process of collaborative discovery, they create transformative, living design that leads to vital and healthy organizations and communities.

Some of BNIM’s most prominent projects include:

• The REACH Expansion, Washington, DC
• University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art, Iowa City, Iowa
• Todd Bolender Center for Dance and Creativity, Kansas City, Missouri
• Bancroft School Development, Kansas City, Missouri
• Pacific Center Campus, San Diego, California

The following statistics helped BNIM achieve 45th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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44. Trahan Architects

Trahan Architects is a global architecture firm with offices in New Orleans and New York founded on the belief that the mindful design of everyday spaces can elevate human experience.

With roots in New Orleans and a global perspective in New York, the firm brings a poetic approach to their work, considering each project as part of a unique ecosystem. They use the tools of our architectural practice — artistic expression, technical innovation and the mindful selection of materials — in their search for designs that are socially impactful, sincerely sustainable and aesthetically sublime.

Some of Trahan Architects’ most prominent projects include:

• College Station Boutique Hotel, College Station, Texas
• Magazine Street Residence, New Orleans, Louisiana
• National Bonsai and Penjing Museum at the National Arboretum, Washington, DC
• Aurora Event Center
• 111 North, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

The following statistics helped Trahan Architects achieve 44th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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43. archimania

archimania is a Memphis-based design firm with a track record of designing sustainable, engaging and economical buildings. Founded in 1995 and led by Todd Walker, FAIA and Barry Alan Yoakum, FAIA, their curated team designs authentic spaces and places that realize their clients’ vision. They provide high levels of service across a broad spectrum of project types, complexities and scopes.

archimania has over twenty-seven years of experience realizing high performing new construction projects in concert with the modernization of existing buildings — all within rigorous budgets. They design for resiliency and consider the long-term economic impact of building systems and materials on maintenance and operations.

Some of archimania’s most prominent projects include:

• Ballet Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee
• Memphis Teacher Residency, Memphis, Tennessee
• Tech901, Memphis, Tennessee
• 663 South Cooper, Memphis, Tennessee
• Visible Music College, Memphis, Tennessee

The following statistics helped archimania achieve 43rd place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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42. nARCHITECTS

nARCHITECTS is a Brooklyn-based architectural studio led by founding partners Eric Bunge and Mimi Hoang and principal Amanda Morgan. Their work instigates interactions between buildings, public space and their dynamically changing context. Across social and environmental change, they empower the communities with whom they work and design architecture for a world in flux. In projects such as Carmel Place (NYC’s first micro unit building), the Jones Beach Energy & Nature Center, the NYS Equal Rights Heritage Center, A/D/O and the renovation of Chicago Navy Pier, nARCHITECTS is tackling the most pressing issues that cities face — how we live, work and activate public spaces in response to the nation’s housing shortage, evolving modes of work and the need for diverse engagement in the public realm.

Some of nARCHITECTS’ most prominent projects include:

• Jones Beach Energy and Nature Center, Wantagh, New York
• Shanghai Library East Hall, Shanghai, China
• Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
• Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio
• Forest Pavilion, Hualien County, Taiwan

The following statistics helped nARCHITECTS achieve 42nd place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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41. MASS Design Group

MASS is committed to creating a just world. The firm shapes environments that enhance physical and emotional health and that liberate people from undignified structures. Every human being, regardless of nationality, socioeconomic status, religion, race or gender, has a fundamental right to design that improves their quality of life and is beautiful. They believe justice is beauty.

Some of MASS Design Group’s most prominent projects include:

• Ilima Primary School, Ilima, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Maternity Waiting Village, Kasungu, Malawi
• Butaro Doctors’ Housing, Butaro, Rwanda
• The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, Montgomery, Alabama
• Butaro Hospital, Burera, Rwanda

The following statistics helped MASS Design Group achieve 41st place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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40. WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism

WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism is at the forefront of architectural design practices that are redefining the relationships between landscape, architecture, infrastructure and art. The firm’s projects are noted for clarity of vision, bold and iconic forms, and material innovation. Named one of North America’s “Emerging Voices” by the Architectural League of New York, WEISS/MANFREDI’s distinct vision was recognized with the Award in Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, as well as the Tau Sigma Delta Gold Medal and the New York AIA Gold Medal. The firm’s design for the Seattle Art Museum’s Olympic Sculpture Park, awarded by international competition, integrates art, architecture and ecology in a new model for waterfront development.

Some of WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism’s most prominent projects include:

• Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, Ithaca, New York
• Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park, Brooklyn, New York
• Brooklyn Botanic Garden Robert W. Wilson Overlook, Brooklyn, New York
• Brooklyn Botanic Garden Visitor Center, Brooklyn, New York
• Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

The following statistics helped WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism achieve 40th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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39. Studio Link-Arc

Based in New York City, Studio Link-Arc is an international team of architects and designers. Their name refers to the practice’s collaborative nature as well as the company’s mission, which is to work across disciplines to create strategy and design in the fields of urban planning, architecture, spatial art and landscape. The firm accomplishes this by linking knowledge, resources and intelligence, from multiple perspectives and diverse backgrounds. Their body of work includes innovative projects at all scales.

Some of Studio Link-Arc’s most prominent projects include:

• Banu Restaurant, Zhengzhou, China
• Shenzhen Bay Gallery, Shenzhen, China
• China Resources Archive Library, Shenzhen, China
• The Loop, Shenzhen, China
• Nanjing Art Center, Nanjing, China

The following statistics helped Studio Link-Arc, LLC achieve 39th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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38. Utile, Inc.

Utile is a design firm built like a think tank. Their team thrives on solving complex urban problems in intelligent, pragmatic ways.

From theoretical issues that frame policy to the practical implementation of architectural commissions, they develop a rigorous, research-based approach to finding the best answers. Their work yields fresh ways to think about how they develop and build cities, presented with useful, compelling clarity (it’s why they’re called Utile).

Some of Utile, Inc.’s most prominent projects include:

• Front Street Affordable Housing Phase I, Portland, Maine
• Boston City Hall Public Spaces Renovation, Boston, Massachusetts
• Autodesk Boston Workspace Expansion , Boston, Massachusetts
• Roxbury Branch of The Boston Public Library Renovation, Boston, Massachusetts
• Boston Coastal Flood Resilience Design Guidelines & Zoning Overlay District, Boston, Massachusetts

The following statistics helped Utile, Inc. achieve 38th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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37. Montalba Architects

Founded in 2004 by David Montalba, Montalba Architects is a multi-disciplinary firm with studios in Santa Monica and Lausanne, Switzerland producing select architecture and urban design-related projects. The studio’s work ranges in scope and context, from rural landscapes in the Swiss Alps to the dense urban scapes of New York and Los Angeles. By embracing a humanistic approach that considers not only a client’s needs and site considerations, but also the cultural and economic environment, solutions are realized that are contextual, yet conceptual and visionary in their intent, effect and appeal. Each project emphasizes experiences by creating environments that are both socially responsive and aesthetically progressive. The studio approach to design goes beyond architecture to encompass all elements of making, bringing a more complete cohesion to each project.

Some of Montalba Architects’ most prominent projects include:

• 9720 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, California
• Whitepod, Eco-Chalets, Monthey, Switzerland
• Bex & Arts, Bex, Switzerland
• Studio Dental, San Francisco, California
• LR2 House, Pasadena, California

The following statistics helped Montalba Architects achieve 37th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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36. REX

REX is an internationally acclaimed architecture and design firm based in New York City. Believing architecture should actively empower its users and communities — not simply be a representational art — REX challenges and advances building paradigms and promotes the agency of architecture. This ethos guides the studio’s aspiration to produce inventive designs so functionally specific that they offer new and inspiring aesthetic experiences. REX’s designers of varied cultural, social, and educational backgrounds are led by founding principal Joshua Ramus, and associate principals Alysen Hiller Fiore, Adam Chizmar and Raúl Rodríguez García.

Some of REX’s most prominent projects include:

• Perelman Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center, New York City, New York
• Vakko Fashion Center & Power Media Headquarters, İstanbul, Turkey
• Equator Tower, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• 2050 M Street, Washington, DC
• Necklace Residence, New York

The following statistics helped REX achieve 36th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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35. Brooks + Scarpa Architects

Brooks + Scarpa, has redefined the role of the architect to produce some of the most remarkable and exploratory work today. BROOKS + SCARPA has received over fifty-five major design awards.

Some of Brooks + Scarpa Architects’ most prominent projects include:

• The NEST Toolkit, Santa Monica, California
• Orange Grove, Los Angeles, California
• Southern Utah Museum of Art, Cedar City, Utah
• The SIX Veterans Housing, Los Angeles, California
• New Center for Manufacturing Innovation, Monterrey, Mexico

The following statistics helped Brooks + Scarpa Architects achieve 35th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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34. Jensen Architects

JENSEN is a team who is passionate about creating buildings and environments that enrich the experiences of organizations and individuals. Guided by a responsibility to achieve the most using the fewest resources and to engage a broader cultural perspective, the firm develops solutions that embody each client’s values and larger purpose.

Their wide-ranging portfolio — encompassing arts, education, residential and workplace — is underpinned by an abiding interest in how the world lives and works today and collectively takes pleasure in solving design challenges through research, unconventional thinking and a focus on craft.

Some of Jensen Architects’ most prominent projects include:

• Stanford Residence, Stanford, California
• The Shed Healdsburg, Healdsburg, California
• Blue Bottle Morse Building, Oakland, California
• Turner Residence, Larkspur, California
• SFMOMA Rooftop Sculpture Garden, San Francisco, California

The following statistics helped Jensen Architects achieve 34th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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33. ODA

ODA is leading a quiet but unyielding revolution to replace the dogma of resigned and compromised city living for one that enriches lives and adapts to human needs. The firm believes that architects can and must rethink their reliance on the extruded big box concept, and instead design permeable buildings to help restore human relationships to nature. Collective and individual consciousness is constantly fluctuating by the context that humans actively shape. Radical change to the common built environment doctrine is a crucial element in maintaining physical and psychological wellbeing.

Some of ODA’s most prominent projects include:

• POST Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
• 10 Jay, Brooklyn, New York
• Terrarium Cheong-Dam, Seoul, South Korea
• 371 Broadway, New York City, New York
• East 44th Street, New York City, New York

The following statistics helped ODA achieve 33rd place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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32. SPF:architects

Founded in 1990, SPF:architects is a Los Angeles architecture firm specializing in clients and projects that require a high level of design sensitivity, technical expertise, and hands-on principal involvement. The studio, led by Zoltan E. Pali, FAIA, and Judit M. Fekete-Pali, LEED, houses an award-winning design team, and one of the world’s most accomplished technical documentation workshops.

A team currently twenty individuals strong, their capabilities include all phases of project development, from research and conceptual design to schematics, design development, construction documents, bidding, negotiations and contract administration. The firm’s experience in shepherding large, complex projects gives it the knowledge base and operational systems needed to manage projects that demand leadership that is collaborative in nature.

Some of SPF:architects’ most prominent projects include:

• The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, California
• Rainbow Bridge, Long Beach, California
• WE3 at Water’s Edge, Los Angeles, California
• Rumblefish – Taylor Yard Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge, Los Angeles, California
• Ziering Residence, Tranquillo Road, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California

The following statistics helped SPF:architects achieve 32nd place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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31. Ross Barney Architects

Ross Barney Architects is a Chicago-based architecture and urban design studio. Established by Carol Ross Barney, the studio occupies a unique place within the panorama of contemporary practice that is characterized by a reputation for work in the public realm. From community buildings to campus buildings for premier academic and research institutions, to groundbreaking transit stations that connect vibrant neighborhoods, Ross Barney Architects has produced distinctive structures that have become community icons.

The studio’s ideas and projects have been recognized by entities and publications from around the world. Ross Barney Architects’ work has been exhibited in Chicago, New York, Washington D.C.

Some of Ross Barney Architects’s most prominent projects include:

• Chicago Riverwalk, Chicago, Illinois
• McDonald’s Global Flagship Walt Disney World Resort, Lake Buena Vista, Florida
• McDonald’s Chicago Flagship, Chicago, Illinois
• Railyard Park, Rogers, Arkansas
• CTA Cermak-McCormick Place Station , Chicago, Illinois

The following statistics helped Ross Barney Architects achieve 31st place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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30. Handel Architects

Handel Architects is an architecture, interior design and planning firm that began in New York City in 1994. Today the practice is led by Founding Partner Gary Handel alongside Partners Blake Middleton, Glenn Rescalvo, Frank Fusaro, and Michael Arad. Handel Architects is working on projects across North America, South America, the Middle East, and Asia, with more than 150 architects, interior designers, planners, and support staff from offices in New York City, San Francisco, and Hong Kong. The firm has gained national and international recognition for work such as the Dream Downtown Hotel in New York City, the World Trade Center Memorial in New York City, the Millennium Tower in San Francisco, and the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Washington DC’s Georgetown neighborhood. Handel Architects has won numerous Design Awards and is regularly featured in architectural journals and design publications.

Some of Handel Architects’ most prominent projects include:

• 170 Amsterdam, New York City, New York
• National September 11 Memorial, New York City, New York
• Sendero Verde, New York City, New York
• Millennium Tower Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
• The House at Cornell Tech, New York City, New York

The following statistics helped Handel Architects achieve 30th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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29. SHoP Architects

SHoP is a new generation of architects. Since 1996, SHoP has modeled a new way forward with their unconventional approach to design. At the heart of the firm’s method is a willingness to question accepted patterns of practice, coupled with the courage to expand, where necessary, beyond the architect’s traditional roles. They come to each new project with open minds, an expert team and a collaborative process that adapts itself specifically to the problem at hand. This freedom to be nimble allows them to effectively address a broad range of issues in our work.

Some of SHoP Architects’ most prominent projects include:

• Uber Headquarters, San Francisco, California
• LaGuardia Airport Master Plan
• TalkBox, United States
• Domino Park, Brooklyn, New York
• American Copper Buildings, New York City, New York

The following statistics helped SHoP Architects achieve 29th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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28. SCAPE Landscape Architecture D.P.C.

SCAPE is a design-driven landscape architecture and urban design studio based in New York. The firm believes landscape architecture can enable positive change in communities through the creation of regenerative living infrastructure and public landscapes. They work to integrate natural cycles and systems into environments across all scales, from the urban pocket-park to the regional ecological plan. SCAPE does this through diverse forms of landscape architecture — built landscapes, planning frameworks, research, books and installations — with the ultimate goal of connecting people to their immediate environment and creating dynamic and adaptive landscapes of the future. Their staff is experienced in landscape architecture, architecture, urban design, horticulture and planning, and we integrate these skillsets to practice design as interpreters and synthetic thinkers.

Some of SCAPE Landscape Architecture D.P.C.’s most prominent projects include:

• Milstein Hall, Ithaca, New York
• Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center, Brooklyn, New York
• Rebuild by Design
• Digital Water i-Pavilion, New York City, New York
• Rescue Company 2, New York City, New York

The following statistics helped SCAPE Landscape Architecture D.P.C. achieve 28th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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27. Pelli Clarke & Partners

From the World Financial Center in New York to the Petronas Towers in Malaysia and the International Finance Centre in Hong Kong, Pelli Clarke & Partners has had the great fortune to design many prestigious projects. Their portfolio includes retail and mixed-​use projects, academic buildings, libraries, museums, research centers, residences and master plans, and the firm has served private clients, businesses, institutions and government agencies. Our work has received critical acclaim and hundreds of design awards, including the American Institute of Architects’ Firm Award, the highest honor for an architectural practice.

Some of Pelli Clarke & Partners’s most prominent projects include:

• Salesforce Transit Center Park, San Francisco, California
• Chengdu Museum of Natural History, Chengdu, China
• Block 185, Austin, Texas
• BILBAO WATERFRONT ABANDOIBARRA MASTER PLAN, Bilbao, Spain
• Bill and Melinda Gates Computer Science Complex Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas

The following statistics helped Pelli Clarke & Partners achieve 27th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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26. Miró Rivera Architects

Miró Rivera Architects is an internationally recognized architecture practice whose body of work exemplifies design excellence, blurs art and architecture and reflects a unique sense of place. The studio offers a wide range of architectural services including: institutional, commercial and residential architecture; urban planning; and interior design.

Miró Rivera Architects has garnered over 100 design awards, including the AR Emerging Architecture Award; the Texas Architecture Firm Award; ArchDaily’s list of the “World’s Best Architects”; and forty local, state and national awards from the American Institute of Architects. The firm has represented architecture from the United States at exhibitions across Europe, Asia, and Latin America; their work has been featured worldwide in numerous prestigious publications, including Architectural Digest, Architectural Record, and The New York Times.

Some of Miró Rivera Architects’s most prominent projects include:

• Hill Country House, Wimberley, Texas
• Vista Residence, Austin, Texas
• 1917 Bungalow, Austin, Texas
• Lady Bird Lake Hike and Bike Trail Restroom, Austin, Texas
• Residence 1414 Renovation, Austin, Texas

The following statistics helped Miró Rivera Architects achieve 26th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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25. LMN Architects

LMN Architects specializes in designing convention centers, cultural arts venues, higher education and sports facilities, commercial and mixed-use developments and urban environments that celebrate and enrich communities. Founded in 1979, LMN has earned an international reputation for high quality design, successfully managing complex projects and delivering progressive, sustainable solutions.

Some of LMN Architects’s most prominent projects include:

• University of Iowa School of Music: Suspended Theatroacoustic System, Iowa City, Iowa
• Sound Transit University of Washington Station, Seattle, Washington
• Voxman Music Building, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
• Voxman Music Building Terracotta Facade, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
• Vancouver Convention Centre West, Vancouver, Canada

The following statistics helped LMN Architects achieve 25th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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24. Signum Architecture

Signum’s most valuable design tool is the trust clients place in them to craft personal spaces that reflect what they already know about themselves and what they discover about themselves through the collaboration. Whether conspiring on a winery estate, a modest, sustainability-forward passive house or a private retreat, this relationship infuses each work with originality and meaning. Located in Napa Valley wine country, Signum specializes in custom residential and winery design.

Some of Signum Architecture’s most prominent projects include:

• Aperture Cellars, Healdsburg, California
• Odette Estate Winery, Napa County, California
• Covert Estate Winery, Napa, California
• Domaine Fondugues Pradugues, Saint-Tropez, France
• HALL Wines, Saint Helena, California

The following statistics helped Signum Architecture achieve 24th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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23. Wheeler Kearns Architects

Wheeler Kearns is a collective practice of architects. They work with people who seek to enrich their lives in spaces that embody their purpose, energy and vision. When one of their spaces resonates with a client’s deepest intention, it has a lasting and powerful impact. As the firm works, they devote all their energies to understanding their client’s core purpose, the transformation they seek, their mission. Wheeler Kearns want to see the challenge through their clients’ eyes. Doing this guides the firm to what they call the “emotional center,” the heart around which the entire project revolves. They return to that central idea as the craft concepts, help clients make decisions, and refine responses to those choices.

Some of Wheeler Kearns Architects’ most prominent projects include:

• North Lawndale Employment Network, Chicago, Illinois
• Clearwater Lake Retreat, Clearwater Lake, Wisconsin
• The Night Ministry, Chicago, Illinois
• Art Institute of Chicago – Ryan Learning Center Renovation, Chicago, Illinois

The following statistics helped Wheeler Kearns Architects achieve 23rd place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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22. The Miller Hull Partnership

Founded in 1977 by David Miller and Robert Hull, partners with a defining background in the Peace Corps, The Miller Hull Partnership is strongly influenced by site and environmental conditions. The heart of their work is understanding the power of natural surroundings. The firm’s legacy of environmentally responsible buildings is inspired by the efficiency and elegance of passive systems and regional materials. They leverage the openness and flexibility of modernist form to celebrate connections inside and out. The studio continually explores the boundaries of current thought, pulling from the latest technology, materials and cultural context. Miller Hull is widely recognized for innovative, timeless designs that provide enduring value by harmoniously elevating the ordinary with nature. Partnership is at the core of their practice.

Some of The Miller Hull Partnership’s most prominent projects include:

• Loom House, Bainbridge Island, Washington
• The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design, Atlanta, Georgia
• Renton Public Library, Renton, Washington
• Mercer Island Fire Station 92, Mercer Island, Washington
• Pike Place MarketFront, Seattle, Washington

The following statistics helped The Miller Hull Partnership achieve 22nd place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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21. Form4 Architecture

Form4 Architecture believes in returning a sense of humanity to modernism through emotional meaning and poetic design. The San Francisco-based award‐winning firm measures success by our contributions to society through a 2nd Century Modernist approach that balances expressive design, rigor, empathy and sustainability to create captivating buildings and spaces that resonate with people and enhance their lives.

Some of Form4 Architecture’s most prominent projects include:

• Corten Ribbon, Walnut Creek, California
• Sanguine Lily, 1916 Centenary Chapel at Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, Ireland
• Glass Butterfly
• The Innovation Curve, Palo Alto, California
• Verdant Sanctuary, Palo Alto, California

The following statistics helped Form4 Architecture achieve 21st place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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20. ikon.5 architects

Founded in 2003 and dedicated to providing its clients with innovative design solutions that exhibit a high level of craft, ikon.5 architects has earned a reputation among clients and peers as a forward-thinking studio of nimble and creative designers that see every project as an opportunity for design excellence. Proceeding with the belief that every site and client has a unique history or story to tell, the firm approaches architecture as storytelling using the language of built form and landscape. Working collaboratively and across a range of building typologies, including libraries, university facilities, offices, cultural facilities and government buildings, their work celebrates and reflects in its form-giving the great diversity of the communities and people we are privileged to serve.

Some of ikon.5 architects’s most prominent projects include:

• Mori Hosseini Student Union | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida
• School of Art & Design at New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred, New York
• Health & Wellness Center | Suffolk County Community College, Riverhead, New York
• Campus Commons at SUNY New Paltz – Student Center, New Paltz, New York
• Louis Vuitton NY Offices and Showroom, New York City, New York

The following statistics helped ikon.5 architects achieve 20th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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19. Ennead Architects

Ennead is a design firm of more than 200 architects, designers and thinkers with offices in New York and Shanghai, and a presence in South Florida and California. Together, the studio brings contrasting areas of interest, expertise and experience to every project. Since 1963, Ennead has partnered with owners, developers, institutions and governments to create architecture that is firmly rooted in humanist principles.

The firm is led by nine partners who push a multi-disciplinary ethos centered around capturing knowledge and understanding lessons learned across all typologies, for the betterment of planning, design and delivery. Ennead’s focus is on creating iconic architecture grounded in the belief that, at its best, design communicates ideals, reinforces institutions and acts as an agent of positive change.

Some of Ennead Architects’s most prominent projects include:

• Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact at University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
• Fostering Resilient Ecological Development, New York City, New York
• Rethinking Refugee Communities
• Lingang Science & Technology City, China
• Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center, Washington, DC

The following statistics helped Ennead Architects achieve 19th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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18. Diller Scofidio + Renfro

Founded in 1981, Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R) is a design studio whose practice spans the fields of architecture, urban design, installation art, multi-media performance, digital media and print. With a focus on cultural and civic projects, DS+R’s work addresses the changing role of institutions and the future of cities. The studio is based in New York and is comprised of over 100 architects, designers, artists and researchers, led by four partners — Elizabeth Diller, Ricardo Scofidio, Charles Renfro and Benjamin Gilmartin. DS+R’s cross genre work has been distinguished with TIME’s “100 Most Influential People” list and the first grant awarded in the field of architecture from the MacArthur Foundation, which identified Diller and Scofidio as, “architects who have created an alternative form of architectural practice that unites design, performance and electronic media with cultural and architectural theory and criticism.

Some of Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s most prominent projects include:

• High Line, New York City, New York
• High Line Lighting, New York City, New York
• MA Curatorial Practice at School of Visual Arts, New York City, New York
• Columbia University Medical Center, Graduate Education Building, New York City, New York
• The Shed, New York City, New York

The following statistics helped Diller Scofidio + Renfro achieve 18th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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17. Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects [LOHA]

Founded in 1994 by Lorcan O’Herlihy, FAIA, LOHA is an award-winning architecture and urban design firm of twenty-five talented designers, with offices in Los Angeles and Detroit. Collectively and collaboratively, driven by O’Herlihy, passion and creative vision, the firm has built a robust portfolio of work that is rooted in embracing architecture’s role as a catalyst for change.

With a conscious understanding that architecture operates within a layered context of political, developmental, environmental and social structures, LOHA seeks to elevate the human condition via the built environment. They work with a diverse group of stakeholders to deliver work ranging from art galleries, bus shelters, and large-scale neighborhood plans, to large mixed-use developments, supportive housing and university residential complexes.

Some of Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects [LOHA]’s most prominent projects include:

• Granville1500, Los Angeles, California
• Jeanette301, Santa Ana, California
• MLK1101 Supportive Housing, Los Angeles, California
• Cloverdale749, Los Angeles, California
• Dillon617, Los Angeles, California

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16. NADAAA

NADAAA is a design firm with expertise in architecture, landscape and urban design. With a defined culture of research, collaboration and fabrication, the firm has challenged the building industry by taking on its means and methods, while also developing innovative ways of building at many scales — from the scale of infrastructure to furniture. Led by Nader Tehrani the firm operates with twenty-five collaborators, between offices in Boston and New York City.

Some of NADAAA’s most prominent projects include:

• MIT Site 4, Cambridge, Massachussetts
• Melbourne School of Design, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
• University of Toronto, Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, Toronto, Canada
• Rock Creek House, Washington, DC
• Villa Varoise, France

The following statistics helped NADAAA achieve 16th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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15. CannonDesign

CannonDesign is an integrated design solutions firm focused on helping people continuously flourish. Whether designing for innovations in health, new scientific discoveries, equity in education or the next big idea in business, they use their Living-Centered Design approach to improve human life and catalyze widespread, systemic change. Their ability to help organizations solve challenges and seize opportunities is why Fast Company named them a World Changing Company and one of the most innovative design firms in the world.

Some of CannonDesign’s most prominent projects include:

• St. Louis Public Library, Central Library Renovation, St. Louis, Missouri
• Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM), Montréal, Canada
• California Institute of Technology Resnick Sustainability Center, Pasadena, California
• Richard J. Daley College Campus, Chicago, Illinois
• Ehrman Crest Elementary and Middle School, Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania

The following statistics helped CannonDesign achieve 15th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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14. IwamotoScott Architecture

IwamotoScott Architecture is an award winning architecture and design firm established by Lisa Iwamoto and Craig Scott. Based in San Francisco, California, the firm has gained national and international recognition for innovative design with projects around the country and overseas. Committed to pursuing architecture as a form of applied design research, IwamotoScott proceeds from the belief that each project can achieve a unique design synthesis. IwamotoScott’s client list includes arts organizations, educational institutions, media firms, commercial developers and private clients. Our projects consist of work at all scales including urban design, buildings, interiors, full-scale fabrications, museum installations and exhibitions and theoretical proposals.

IwamotoScott has received over eighty design awards and honors.

Some of IwamotoScott Architecture’s most prominent projects include:

• Pinterest HQ, San Francisco, California
• Pinterest HQ2, San Francisco, California
• Heavybit Industries, San Francisco, California
• City View Garage, Miami Design District, Miami, Florida
• Pinterest NY – Scissor Stair, New York City, New York

The following statistics helped IwamotoScott Architecture achieve 14th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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13. Feldman Architecture

Feldman Architecture is an innovative residential and commercial studio known for creating buildings that sit lightly on the earth: beautiful, healthful and soulful spaces that enhance their clients’ lives, communities and the environment.

Some of Feldman Architecture’s most prominent projects include:

• Curveball, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
• Mill Valley Cabins, Mill Valley, California
• Slot House, Los Altos, California
• The Sanctuary, Palo Alto, California
• Sunrise, Healdsburg, California

The following statistics helped Feldman Architecture achieve 13th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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12. Sasaki

For seventy years, Sasaki has pioneered interdisciplinary design by integrating planning, urban design, landscape architecture, civil engineering, architecture, interior design, graphic design, and data science to shape places.

The diverse practice is formed by 350 professionals whose vision and ideas shape the structure and organization of the firm. Collaboration is at the core of what they do; the firm sees it not as just a working style, but as one of the fundamentals of innovation. Their design is a process, not just an outcome. Sasaki conceive of sustainability in its multiple forms — environmental, societal and economic — and believe that their clients are best served by built environments that respect, advance and preserve all three.

Some of Sasaki’s most prominent projects include:

• Chicago Riverwalk, Chicago, Illinois
• John A. Paulson Center, New York City, New York
• Bai’etan Exhibition Center Landscape, Guangzhou, China
• Rebuild by Design, New York City, New York
• Bonnet Springs Park, Lakeland, Florida

The following statistics helped Sasaki achieve 12th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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11. ZGF Architects

Attention to craft and beauty is elemental to the ZGF culture. A deep respect for the built environment evolved from reverence for the surrounding natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest landscape and a commitment to stewardship of the natural environment. Rather than reflecting a signature style, their work is derived from the particulars of the climate, context and the human experience. The instinct to build community, making places where people come together for a common purpose, is central to their work.

Some of ZGF Architects’s most prominent projects include:

• The Assembly, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Amazon HQ2 at Metropolitan Park, Arlington, Virginia
• Mercat del Peix Research Center, Barcelona, Spain
• J. Craig Venter Institute La Jolla, San Diego, California
• Expensify Portland Office, Portland, Oregon

The following statistics helped ZGF Architects achieve 11th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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10. Field Operations

Field Operations is a leading-edge landscape architecture and urban design practice based in New York City, with offices in San Francisco, Philadelphia, Shenzhen and London. Field Operations is renowned for strong contemporary design across a variety of project types and scales, from large urban districts, master plans and complex planning sites, to small well-crafted, detailed design projects. Regardless of scale, there is a special commitment to the design of a vibrant and dynamic public realm, informed by the ecology of both people and nature, rooted in place and context.

The ultimate aim is to bring beauty, health and vitality to the different kinds of environments where people live and interact.

Some of Field Operations’s most prominent projects include:

• The Refinery at Domino, Brooklyn, New York
• Qianhai’s Guiwan Park, Shenzhen, China
• The Underline’s Brickell Backyard, Miami, Florida
• West End Square, Dallas, Texas
• High Line – Moynihan Connector, New York City, New York

The following statistics helped Field Operations achieve 10th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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9. Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson is noted for elegant and humane design, ranging from modest houses to large academic, civic, cultural, commercial and corporate buildings. Their principals and staff are deeply committed to active collaboration with our clients, emphasizing thorough research and analysis of each situation’s particular human, technical and economic circumstances. The result is exceptional architecture that resonates within its place.

Since 1965, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson has received more than 675 regional, national, and international design awards, including three AIA Committee on the Environment Top Ten Green Project awards, nine AIA National Honor awards and the AIA Architecture Firm Award.

Some of Bohlin Cywinski Jackson’s most prominent projects include:

• Apple Store, Stanford, Palo Alto, California
• Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, Davis, California
• Square, Inc., San Francisco, California
• High Meadow Dwellings at Fallingwater,  Mill Run, Pennsylvania
• Blue Bottle South Park, San Francisco, California

The following statistics helped Bohlin Cywinski Jackson achieve 9th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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8. Rockwell Group

Based in New York with offices in Los Angeles and Madrid, Rockwell Group is an interdisciplinary architecture and design firm that emphasizes innovation and thought leadership in every project. Founded in 1984 by David Rockwell, FAIA, and led by David and partners Shawn Sullivan and Greg Keffer, the firm merges performance and architecture to create extraordinary experiences and built environments across the globe.

Merging theater, performance, and architecture to create unique narratives for each project, the firm’s work includes hotels and restaurants, theaters, cultural and educational institutions, set designs, products and exhibitions.

Some of Rockwell Group’s most prominent projects include:

• Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center, Washington, DC
• Moynihan Train Hall Ticketed Waiting Room, New York City, New York
• Edge, New York City, New York
• Bathhouse, New York City, New York
• NeueHouse, New York City, New York

The following statistics helped Rockwell Group achieve 8th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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7. Perkins&Will

Perkins&Will, an interdisciplinary, research-based architecture and design firm, was founded in 1935 on the belief that design has the power to transform lives. Guided by its core values — design excellence, diversity and inclusion, living design, research, resilience, social purpose, sustainability and well-being — the firm is committed to designing a better, more beautiful world. With an international team of more than 2,000 professionals, the firm has over twenty studios worldwide, providing integrated services in architecture, interior design, branded environments, urban design and landscape architecture.

Some of Perkins&Will’s most prominent projects include:

• MIT Site 4, Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Billerica Memorial High School, Billerica, Maine
• First Year student Village, Coral Gables, Florida
• The Exchange at 100 Federal, Boston, Massachusetts
• University of California, San Francisco, Nancy Friend Pritzker Psychiatry Building, San Francisco, California

The following statistics helped Perkins&Will achieve 7th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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6. HDR

HDR is an integrated design practice that creates human-centered, inspiring places grounded in smart ideas substantiated through data and research and informed by global best practices. They embrace unconventional thinking in order to elevate the human spirit and inspire human endeavors.

Rather than focus on “sustainable design,” which calls for doing no harm, the firm is investing in new ways to design built environments that give more than they take. Regenerative design moves beyond basic high-performance design toward renewal-focused impacts and metric-driven targets for carbon, water, nutrients, air, biodiversity, social and health categories. HDR also believes that the approach to project delivery and the technological tools used can significantly improve outcomes for clients and drastically change the entire industry.

By leveraging interactive design information, modeling workflows into client-based deliverables focused on rapid iteration, and in-depth study of the client’s design problems, HDR generates solutions with greater precision and performance, in less time. Finally, HDR is rethinking traditional building and space typologies to better serve diverse users, providing solutions to social challenges, and working to design stronger, more vibrant communities.

Some of HDR’s most prominent projects include:

• Wollongong Central Development, Wollongong, Australia
• CNL New Builds | Ontario, Canada, Chalk River, Canada
• The Six Willows, Jinan, China
• Kolos Data Center, Ballengen, Norway
• DAYLO STEM Center and Breen Performing Arts Center, Princeton, New Jersey

The following statistics helped HDR achieve 6th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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5. Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates

Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) is a global architecture practice dedicated to clients that represent the most forward-thinking companies and institutions around the world — visionaries that believe that value is not just producing return on investment but also in contributing to the urban environment and communities. The firm’s portfolio spans more than forty countries, and includes a wide range of projects from office and residential buildings to civic and cultural spaces to educational facilities.

Some of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates’s most prominent projects include:

• SouthWorks, Ithaca, New York
• Huamu Lot 10, Shanghai, China
• Centra Metropark, Woodbridge Township, New Jersey
• 18 Robinson, Singapore
• Lotte Concert Hall, Seoul, South Korea

The following statistics helped Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates achieve 5th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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4. Steven Holl Architects

Steven Holl Architects is a twenty-eight-person innovative architecture and urban design office working globally as one office from three locations: New York City, Rhinebeck, NY and Beijing. Steven Holl leads the office with partners Chris McVoy, Noah Yaffe, Roberto Bannura, and Dimitra Tsachrelia.

Steven Holl Architects is recognized for the ability to shape space and light with great contextual sensitivity and to catalyze the unique qualities of each project to create a concept-driven design at multiple scales, from minimal dwellings, to university works, to new hybrid models of urbanism. The firm has realized architectural works around the world, with extensive experience in the arts, campus and educational facilities and residential work, as well as mix use and office design, public works and master planning.

Some of Steven Holl Architects’s most prominent projects include:

• Institute for Contemporary Art, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
• Sliced Porosity Block, Chengdu, China
• Daeyang Gallery and House, Seoul, South Korea
• Maggie’s Centre Barts, London, United Kingdom
• Nancy and Rich Kinder Museum Building, Houston, Texas

The following statistics helped Steven Holl Architects achieve 4th place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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3. Gensler

At Gensler, the value of architectural practice stems from its positive impact on the human experience. This dynamic and collaborative design firm unites creativity, research and innovation to solve complex problems for its clients. Their work challenges conventional ideas about architecture and the built environment. The firm isn’t just designing buildings — they are reimagining cities and places that make a difference in people’s lives. Founded in 1965, Gensler has built a team of 6,000 professionals who partner with clients in over 100 countries each year. Everything we do is guided by our mission: to create a better world through the power of design.

Some of Gensler’s most prominent projects include:

• Amazon HQ2 at Metropolitan Park, Arlington, Virginia
• Willis Tower, Chicago, Illinois
• 550 Madison Lobby, New York City, New York
• Fifth + Tillery, Austin, Texas
• San Francisco International Airport, Boarding Area E, San Francisco, California

The following statistics helped Gensler achieve 3rd place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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2. Olson Kundig

Olson Kundig is a Seattle-based design practice with offices in Chicago and New York City founded on the ideas that buildings can serve as a bridge between nature, culture and people, and that inspiring surroundings have a positive effect on people’s lives. Led by thirteen owners, the firm’s work can be found across the globe, with projects as wide ranging as huts to high rises, homes — often for art collectors — to academic, cultural and civic projects, museums and exhibition design, places of worship, creative production, urban design and interior design. The firm began its creative existence in 1966 with the architect Jim Olson, whose work at that time centered on explorations of the relationship between dwellings and the landscapes in which they inhabit.

Some of Olson Kundig’s most prominent projects include:

• ANOHA—The Children’s World of the Jewish Museum Berlin , Berlin, Germany
• 242 State Street, Los Altos, California
• Martin’s Lane Winery, Kelowna, Canada
• Shinsegae International, Seoul, South Korea
• Charles Smith Wines Jet City, Seattle, Washington

The following statistics helped Olson Kundig achieve 2nd place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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1. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is an influential collective of architects, designers, engineers and planners, responsible for some of the world’s most technically and environmentally advanced buildings, and significant public spaces. From a strategic regional plan to a single piece of furniture, SOM’s designs anticipate change in the way we live, work and communicate, and have brought lasting value to communities around the world. The firm’s approach is highly collaborative, and its interdisciplinary team is engaged on a wide range of international projects, with creative studios based across the globe.

Some of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)’s most prominent projects include:

• Poly International Plaza, Beijing, China
• Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru — Terminal 2, Bengaluru, India
• P.S. 62 The Kathleen Grimm School for Leadership and Sustainability, New York City, New York
• JTI Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland
• Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Terminal 2, Mumbai, India
• Featured image: One World Trade Center, New York City, New York

The following statistics helped Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) achieve 1st place in the 100 Best Architecture Firms in United States:

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Other Architecture firms to Consider

Several other renowned architecture firms can be found just outside the Top 100, each of which is worth considering for their experience in delivering high quality, large-scale projects across typologies. They include: Büro Koray Duman Architecture, PLLC, ANACAPA, Bates Masi + Architects, Montse Zamorano | Architecture Photography, Klopf Architecture, Koning Eizenberg Architecture, de Leon & Primmer Architecture Workshop, designbuildLAB, Jaklitsch / Gardner Architects, JOHN GRABLE ARCHITECTS, Rangr Studio, Leers Weinzapfel Associates, LTL Architects, Best Practice Architecture, 1100 Architect, kevin daly Architects, Waechter Architecture, Neumann Monson Architects, AW-ARCH, TEN Arquitectos

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• Architectural design with a high level of both functional and aesthetic value
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• Inclusion of construction photographs

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