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Information - BDSTANTEC
University of Toronto at Scarborough, CanadaStantecRank: 22Country: CanadaLast ranking: 32Architects employed: 436The Canadian giant continues to outperform its even bigger compatriot, IBI Group (4), in terms of fee income although it has less than half the number of architects.In 2011 Stantec took fees of $190 million+ while IBI earned between ...
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Information - BDRTKL ASSOCIATES
RTKL’s Baraya development in Doha, QatarRTKL2012 rank: 17Country: USALast ranking: 27Architects employed: 503RTKL-UK was named best financial performer in a league table of property industry consultants in December, capping a good year for the multi-disciplinary firm. It earned £190,000 for every UK employee, according to the survey compiled by Building ...
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Information - BDAEDAS
Olympia 66 retail development in Wusi Lu in the XigangAedas2012 rank: 1Country: UK/China/USALast ranking: 2Architects employed: 1,497 Aedas has seized the prize marked World’s Largest Practice after three years in the number two spot in the WA100. Its triumph was a result of phenomenal growth in Asia where turnover increased ...
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Information - BDAECOM
Aecom2012 rank: 2Country: USALast rank: 1Architects employed: 1,390Aecom’s masterplan for the King Khalid Medical City in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, is focused on a 1,000-bed hospital. Aecom has been knocked off the top spot after just one year of glory. But the vast multidisciplinary corporation can reassure itself that at 45,000, ...
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Information - BDGENSLER
Gensler2012 rank: 3Country: USALast ranking: 3Architects employed: 1,223It might be a couple of hundred architects off this year’s prize but Gensler is still delivering a chart-topping performance.It is number one in no fewer than six sectors — urban design ($25 million of fee income), leisure ($43 million), hotels ($52 million), ...
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Information - BDNIKKEN SEKKEI
The Bank of Chengdu by Nikken SekkeiNikken Sekkei2012 rank: 5Country: JapanLast ranking: 4Architects employed: 1,059 Most Japanese people will be entering 2012 with a sense of relief, as the nation continues to rebuild itself — physically and spiritually — after March’s devastating earthquake and tsunami.Sony Building near the West Gate ...
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Information - BDIBI GROUP
IBI Group’s McGill University Health Centre (MUHC)IBI Group2012 rank: 4Country: CanadaLast ranking: 5Architects employed: 1,129 IBI Group is Canada’s biggest practice by a long way, with well over twice the number of architects of its nearest Canadian rival, Stantec (22). However, its $160 million+ fee income is actually smaller than ...
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Information - BDFOSTER & PARTNERS
Masterplan for West KowloonFoster & Partners2012 rank: 6Country: UKLast ranking: 9Architects employed: 879Britain’s two big guns are travelling in opposite directions this year, with Foster & Partners emerging the emphatic winner. By taking on as many architects as RMJM (13) has shed, it has seized the title of Britain’s largest ...
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Information - BDDP ARCHITECTS
DP Architects2012 rank: 7Country: SingaporeLast ranking: 13Architects employed: 820DP Architects has designed the Singapore University of Technology and Design with UN Studio.The only Singapore practice in this year’s survey, DP Architects took on more than 200 architects in 2011, though its fee income has dropped slightly. So far its ...
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Information - BDP&T ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS
Dalian Software ParkP&T Architects & Engineers2012 rank: 8Country: China (Hong Kong)Last ranking: 6Architects employed: 640One of the oldest and largest practices in south-east Asia, P&T derived more than half its work from China last year, closely followed by India, Thailand, Singapore and Vietnam.Saudi Arabia was also a lucrative market and ...
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Information - BDHDR ARCHITECTURE
Communications Security Establishment, CanadaHDR Architecture2012 rank: 10Country: USALast ranking: 12Architects employed: 626Still the world’s biggest healthcare and criminal justice architect, HDR has also moved into the WA 100 survey’s Top 10 this year.The practice earns more in North America than anyone bar Gensler, though its ambitions by no means end ...
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Information - BDSAMOO ARCHITECTS
Gyeongju Arts CentreSamoo Architects2012 rank: 9Country: South KoreaLast ranking: 14Architects employed: 632From the relative safety of its new vantage point in the WA 100 Top 10, Korea’s biggest practice can watch its two closest rivals fight it out for the silver medal.POSCO Global CenterBut though Samoo Architects & Engineers has ...
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Information - BDSWECO
the Karolinska Institutet Science Park (KISP) designed by Sweco FFNSSweco2012 rank: 12Country: SwedenLast ranking: 18Architects employed: 600With 50% more architects than its nearest compatriot, Tengbom Architects (28), Sweco remains Scandinavia’s biggest practice. For the second year in a row it has increased its headcount.The Malmö city Tunnel by SWECOThe Stockholm-based ...
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Information - BDRMJM
RMJM’s redesign of the Khoo Teck Puat Hospital in SingaporeRMJM2012 rank: 13Country: UKLast ranking: 8Architects employed: 593Last year it was the UK’s biggest practice but RMJM has lost more than 150 architects, allowing Foster & Partners (6) to snatch that crown.The Scottish practice had one high-profile departure last year: Will ...
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Information - BDCANNON DESIGN
Seidman Cancer Center, Cleveland, OHCannon Design2012 rank: 11Country: USALast ranking: 17Architects employed: 616CJ R and D Center, Korea by Yazdani Studio of Cannon DesignCannon is the third-biggest earner in North America, with fees of $189 million.The practice’s biggest sectors are healthcare, where its $114 million income is enough to secure ...
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Information - BDWOODS BAGOT
YiXing Dongjiu Residential Development, ChinaWoods Bagot2012 rank: 14Country: AustraliaLast ranking: 11 (2009)Architects employed: 581The Australian practice is the second-biggest earner on its home turf, after compatriot Hassell (30). It is also doing well in Asia, notably Central Asia where it is working on a new terminal at Baku airport in ...
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Information - BDATKINS
The Lotus Hotel, a five-star business and resort hotel in Lin Gang new town, ShanghaiAtkins2012 rank: 15Country: UKLast ranking: 15Architects employed: 580After shedding nearly 1,000 staff in 2010, Atkins pulled itself up by its bootstraps last year. It spent the first half of 2011 recruiting key staff and bidding for ...
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Information - BDGMP
FC Nanjing canyon Tower Block ComplexGMP2012 rank: 20Country: GermanyLast ranking: 24Architects employed: 449The Hamburg practice is the one to beat in China as far as British architects are concerned.Small practices, which have recently included Serie and Sutherland Hussey, celebrate when they triumph over the German titan, known for hoovering up ...
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Information - BDKUNWON
I-park Haeundae, Udong in BusanKunwon2012 rank: 19Country: South KoreaLast ranking: 25Architects employed: 465By recruiting more than 60 architects last year, Korea’s third biggest architects firm made its second successive climb up the WA 100 rankings, after suffering a sharp fall in 2010.Pangyo Sanun Maeul 7 Housing Complex. SongdoIt is now ...
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