All WA100 2011 articles – Page 3
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Features
Top 10 new entries
This year the World Architecture 100 welcomed a number of new entries. These are the top 10 practices who’ve jumped into the big league.
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Woodhead
Position in WA100 2011: 49Country: AustraliaLast ranking: 35Architects employed: 205Website: www.woodhead.com.auContact detailsSydney343 Pacific HighwayNorth SydneySydney, Australia 2060AustraliaTel: +6 129 964 9500 Ranked number five in the world in the defence sector by fees, the Australian practice Woodhead will complete two military projects in its home country this year.It is also ...
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Sweco
Position in WA100 2011: 18Country: SwedenLast ranking: 21Architects employed: 530Website: www.sweco.seContact detailsStockholmGjörwellsgatan 22Sweden 10026SwedenTel: +46 (0) 8 695 6000Fax: +46 (0) 8 695 6010 Once again the highest-ranking Scandinavian architect in our table, Sweco has increased its number of architects by 130 in the last year.The Stockholm-based practice specialises in ...
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Stantec
Position in WA100 2011: 32Country: CanadaLast ranking: 22Architects employed: 362Website: www.stantec.comContact detailsEdmonton10160 112 StreetEdmonton, Canada T5K 1L6CanadaTel: +1 604 696 8224 Stantec, the smaller of the two Canadian practices in the Top 100, snapped up UK-based Anshen & Allen (73 in our 2010 survey) in August to beef up its ...
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SmithGroup
Position in WA100 2011: 29Country: USALast ranking: 19Architects employed: 396Website: www.smithgroup.comContact detailsDetroit500 Griswold StreetSuite 1700Detroit, MI 48226USATel: +1 313 442 8460 SmithGroup is the oldest continuously practising architecture firm in the US, with 11 offices across the country. Its slogan is: “Client relationships older than our interns.”Perhaps that sense of ...
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RTKL
Position in WA100 2011: 27Country: USALast ranking: 15Architects employed: 400Website: www.rtkl.comContact detailsBaltimore901 South Broad StreetBaltimore, MD 21231USATel: +1 214 468 7713 RTKL has come a long way since it was started by two friends in a basement in Annapolis back in 1946. It is now the biggest architect in retail, ...
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Sheppard Robson
Position in WA100 2011: =64Country: UKLast ranking: =74Architects employed: 162Website: www.sheppardrobson.comContact detailsLondon77 ParkwayCamden TownLondon NW1 7PUUKTel: +44 (0)207 504 1700 Two pieces of news from last year demonstrate the range of this major UK practice, one of the few to rise up the rankings this year. In November it handed ...
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RMJM
Position in WA100 2011: 8Country: UKLast ranking: 5Architects employed: 746Website: www.rmjm.comContact detailsEdinburgh10 Bells BraeEdinburgh, EH4 3BJUKTel: +44 131 225 2532Fax: +44 131 226 5117 RMJM is the biggest practice in the UK, a title it has earnt by working on major projects all over the world from its 17 global ...
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Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart
Position in WA100 2011: 96Country: USALast ranking: 29 (2008)Architects employed: 89 Website: www.srssa.comContact detailsAtlantaOne Piedmont Center3565 Piedmont Road, Suite 303Atlanta, Georgia 30305 USAUSATel: +1 404-233-5453Fax: +1 404-264-0929 The Atlanta-based practice grew from 182 architects to more than 300 between 2006 and 2008, being rewarded with a position in the Top ...
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Populous
Position in WA100 2011: =36Country: UKLast ranking: 44Architects employed: 300 Website: www.populous.comContact detailsLondon14 Blades CourtDeodar RoadLondon SW15 2NUUKTel: +44 (0)20 8874 7666 Aedas has hung on to second place in the Top 100 for the third year in a row without increasing its architectural staff by many. But with so ...
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Perkins & Will
Position in WA100 2011: 7Country: USALast ranking: 17Architects employed: 761Website: www.perkinswill.comContact detailsChicago33 North Wabash AvenueSuite 3600Chicago, IL 60611USATel: +1 312 755 0770Fax: +1 312 755 0775 Perkins & Will is back in the top 10 for the first time since 2007 despite having one of the smallest number of overseas ...
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PageSoutherlandPage
Position in WA100 2011: 80Country: USALast ranking: 77Architects employed: 120Website: www.pspaec.comContact detailsHouston1100 LouisianaSuite 1Houston, TX 77002USATel: +1 713 871 8484 Texas-based PageSoutherlandPage has several offices in the Middle East but concentrates its efforts on the US. Last year, the practice earned $60.8 million from North America and a tiny but ...
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Nikken Sekkei
Position in WA100 2011: 4Country: JapanLast ranking: 1Architects employed: 1,073Website: www.nikken.co.jpContact detailsTokyoChiyoda-ku 2-18-3 Iidabashi102-8117 JapanTel: +8 1 3 6893 3055 Fax: +8 1 3 5226 3052Japan’s biggest practice never manages to hang on to first place for long, but nor is it ever far from the top. The 111-year-old Nikken ...
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Nihon Sekkei
Position in WA100 2011: 30Country: JapanLast ranking: 20 (2009)Architects employed: 379Website: www.nihonsekkei.co.jpContact detailsTokyoNishi-ShinjUKu, ShinjUKu Mitsui Bldg 2-1-1Tokyo, 163-0430JapanTel: +8 133 42 0730 Japan’s second-biggest architect, Nihon Sekkei, is back down to exactly where it was in 2007 in terms of architect numbers, though it has increased its fee income from ...
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NBBJ
Position in WA100 2011: 28Country: USALast ranking: 20Architects employed: 398Website: www.nbbj.comContact detailsSeattle223 Yale Avenue NorthSeattle, WA 98109USATel: +1 206 223 5555 Last year started well for the Seattle-based firm which acquired two practices in the spring: Boston’s Chan Krieger Sieniewicz and Fisher-Friedman Associates in San Francisco. However, it ended 2010 ...
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Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Position in WA100 2011: =25Country: USALast ranking: 16Architects employed: 403Website: www.som.comContact detailsChicago224 Michigan AvenueSuite 1000Chicago, IL 60604USATel: +1 312 554 9090 Last year began with all the razzmatazz surrounding the opening of the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. The year also saw the completion of the 71-storey ...
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Ronald Lu & Partners
Position in WA100 2011: 43Country: China (Hong Kong)Last ranking: 81Architects employed: 243 Website: www.rlphk.comContact detailsHong Kong213 Queen’s Road East33/F Wu Chung House Wanchai, Hong KongChinaTel: +8 522 891 2212 It is only the second year Ronald Lu has been in the Top 100 and already it has powered into the ...
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Wong Tung & Partners Ltd
Position in WA100 2011: 54Country: China (Hong Kong)Last ranking: 49Architects employed: 177Website: www.wongtung.comContact detailsHong KongCityplaza 35/FTaikoo Shing, Hong KongChinaTel: +8 522 803 9888 Completing Beijing’s tallest building was a highlight of 2010 for the Hong Kong-based practice which worked on the China World Tower with SOM.Looking to the future, Wong ...
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Kume Sekkei
Position in WA100 2011: 31Country: JapanLast ranking: 27Architects employed: 364Website: www.kumesekkei.co.jpContact detailsTokyo2-1-22 ShiomiKoto-kuTokyo, Japan 135-8567JapanTel: +8 135 632 7802 Kume Sekkei spent 2010 pushing into overseas markets, namely China and Vietnam, a strategy that will continue this year. Well-placed to exploit emerging Asian markets, it has bullish plans to increase ...