There were plenty of reasons why this edition of the Architect 50 was the most competitive yet. For starters, 149 firms submitted entries—the most in recent memory. And the practices that did rise to the top, at least in the business rankings, demonstrated massive revenue gains and enviable growth. First-time entrants made an immediate impression, the most notable of them—WORKac—taking top honors in the design category. In the end, this year was as much about the established heavyweights as the young upstarts: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill became the first to secure the overall number one position twice.
Check out the list of the Top 50 firms and read more about how SOM topped the rankings.
Also check out the lists of the Top 50 firms in business, sustainability, and design—the three categories that were used to calculate the overall ranking—and discover how FXFowle, ZGF Architects, and WORKac had banner years.
To see how we computed the rankings, review our methodology. For a deeper dive into the data, click here.
And finally, register for next year’s Architect 50 here.
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2017 Architect 50: The Top Firm Overall
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill is the first firm to be ranked Number One twice in our annual list.
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2017 Architect 50: Top 50 Firms in Business
FXFowle earns the Number One spot by owning the middle.
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2017 Architect 50: Top 50 Firms in Sustainability
ZGF Architects repeats as Number One with a portfolio that combines high performance with design excellence.
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2017 Architect 50: Top 50 Firms in Design
WORKac takes the Number One spot with a portfolio of projects that are "playful, colorful, and well detailed."
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2017 Architect 50: Methodology
How we computed the rankings.
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2017 Architect 50: A Deeper Dive Into the Data
A snapshot of how firms answered key questions that contributed to this year's ranking.
