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Judith Davidsen and Wing Leung -- Interior Design, 1/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

91. JPC Architects designed this Seattle office for Corbis, the image-licensing agency.

1. GENSLER, Venables, Bell & Partners, San Francisco.

2. HELLMUTH, OBATA + KASSABAUM, Ogilvy & Mather, Chicago.

3. PERKINS + WILL, Centers for Disease Control research laboratory, Atlanta.

4. CALLISON, Sogo, Osaka, Japan.

5. LEO A DALY, Institute for Genomic Research, Rockville, Maryland.

6. HBA/HIRSCH BEDNER ASSOCIATES, Nafsika Astir Palace, Vouliagmeni, Greece.

7. SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRILL, City National Bank, Los Angeles.

8. IA INTERIOR ARCHITECTS, Wachovia, London.

9. HDR, Hixson-Lied Science Building at Creighton University, Omaha.

12. WILSON & ASSOCIATES, Hilton Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

23. HILLIER ARCHITECTURE, Synygy, Philadelphia.

26. KLING, Elsevier, Philadelphia.

27. ZIMMER GUNSUL FRASCA PARTNERSHIP, Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center, San Diego.

41. LITTLE DIVERSIFIED ARCHITECTURAL CONSULTING, Charles Mack Citizen Center, Mooresville, North Carolina.

18. HLW, HBO, Los Angeles.

30. A/R ENVIRONETICS GROUP, Corcoran Group, New York.

32. MANCINI DUFFY, Bloomingdale's, New York.

35. TED MOUDIS ASSOCIATES, Knight Equity Markets, Jersey City.

36. EWINGCOLE, Walter and Leonore Annenberg Conference Center for Medical Education at Lankenau Hospital, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania.

38. INTERIOR SPACE INTERNATIONAL, InfoSpace Mobile, Los Angeles.

48. ASD, America Online, Mountain View, California.

55. Brennan beer gorman monk interiors, Swissôtel Krasnye Holmy, Moscow.

64. TRICARICO ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN, Garmany, Red Bank, New Jersey.

84. WOLCOTT ARCHITECTURE INTERIORS, the firm's own office, Los Angeles.

69. LS3P ASSOCIATES, the firm's own office, Charleston, South Carolina.

72 ENVIRONMENTS GROUP, Smurfit-Stone Building lobby, Chicago.

74 BUTLER ROGERS BASKETT, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, New York.

77. FRANCIS CAUFFMAN FOLEY HOFFMANN, Ethicon cafeteria, Somerville, New Jersey.

80. SLIFER DESIGNS, residence, Vail, Colorado.

83. TSOI/KOBUS & ASSOCIATES, Harkness Commons at Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

93. H. HENDY ASSOCIATES, Herman Miller, Costa Mesa, California.

97. BERGMEYER ASSOCIATES, Table 1280 at the Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta.

98. JRS ARCHITECT, North Fork Bank, Manhasset, New York.

99. ADD, 360 Newbury Street residences, Boston.

The new year rings in steady growth for the 2006 top 100 Interior Design Giants. This group earned a grand total of $1,751,147,122—up 9 percent from the previous study period. After 2004's leap from 1.1 to 10.2 percent growth, this past year's little dip in the growth rate only means that the gains are settling down to a healthy, regular pace.
Overall, the top 100 Giants' firms employed 9,165 designers, staffing up by an impressive 10.2 percent. That's a sure sign that these industry leaders—and, we hope, all design firms—are breathing easier than they have been since the beginning of the millennium.
On average, top 100 Giants achieved $225,481 in earnings per design professional, with the highest earning $967,214 for the year. When asked about pay for individuals, firms reported that the average annual salary for principals and partners was $158,896; the highest was $750,000, the lowest was $75,000. Project managers, directors, and job captains were paid an average $86,178 a year, with the highest-paid among them making $175,000 and the lowest-paid $51,000. Designers' average salary was $61,494, with a high of $100,000 and a low of $40,000. Other interior design employees came in at $45,171 on average, the range being $90,000 to $26,000.
Most of the top 100 Giants report lavishing attention and enhanced services on clients. However, a few firms have adopted a kind of tough-love policy, adhering strictly to scope-of-work agreements and training the staff about when it's necessary to require change orders.
Total space installed by the top 100 Giants was 581,454,354 square feet, up 12.8 percent from the previous year. The monetary value of these installations totaled $44,222,971,959, a sizable increase of 13.99 percent.
Spending on furnishings, fixtures, and construction increased, rising by $5,427,527,165, contrasted with increases of $3,934,138,324 in 2004 and $2,239,807,976 in 2003. Eco-friendly purchases represented 4.1 percent of reported total spending. All but five Giants reported specifying green products to the tune of $1,809,856,000, up $56,723,320 from the previous year—one firm even reported that every product specified last year was green. Many firms believe that sustainable design can benefit the designer and the client.
Being international is also a good thing. The top 100 Giants reported that foreign jobs accounted for 9.9 percent of all projects, up slightly from the previous year and up a surprising 25 percent from pre-2001 figures. The U.K. led, followed by China, Mexico, the United Arab Emirates, Canada, France, and Japan. One firm claims to have worked "on every continent but Antarctica." The Top 100 Giants

2006 Rank	Firms Headquarters	I.D. Fees (millions)	Work Installed		Design Staff	2005 Rank
			Value (millions)	Sq. Ft. (millions)
1	Gensler San Francisco; gensler.com	$128.520	$2,850.00	39.75	739	1
2	Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Saint Louis; hok.com	$95.792	$2,736.90	35.09	259	2
3	Perkins + Will Chicago; perkinswill.com	$60.200	$1,400.00	16.50	251	6
4	Callison Seattle; callison.com	$49.440	$1,395.00	13.49	115	9
5	Leo A Daly Omaha; leoadaly.com	$44.800	$1,125.75	14.25	182	4
6	hba/Hirsch Bedner Associates Los Angeles; hbadesign.com	$42.103	$2,484.06	23.66	280	19
7	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill New York; som.com	$42.000	NR	NR	204	3
8	IA Interior Architects San Francisco; interiorarchitects.com	$41.966	$770.00	20.80	222	7
9	HDR Omaha; hdrinc.com	$41.600	$1,500.00	15.80	256	8
10	SmithGroup Minneapolis; smithgroup.com	$34.827	$517.91	5.58	164	16
11	Cannon Design Boston; cannondesign.com	$33.600	NR	4.50	140	15
12	Wilson & Associates Dallas; wilsonassoc.com	$33.000	$1,000.00	NR	232	17
13	NELSON Philadelphia; nelsononline.com	$32.000	$800.00	14.00	270	22
14	NBBJ Seattle; nbbj.com	$30.500	$915.00	20.00	207	13
15	Pavlik Design Team Fort Lauderdale, Florida; pavlikdesign.com	$29.793	$1,650.00	21.10	134	11
16	PageSoutherlandPage Houston; pspaec.com	$29.281	$366.00	5.63	181	18
17	Jacobs Pasadena, California; jacobs.com	$28.811	$320.00	4.00	158	5
18	HLW New York; hlw.com	$28.400	$600.00	NR	100	10
19	Design Forum Dayton, Ohio; designforum.com	$27.900	$650.00	6.30	206	21
20	Creative Design Consultants Costa Mesa, California; cdcdesigns.com	$27.000	NR	0.75	84	20
21	Perkins Eastman New York; perkinseastman.com	$25.800	$368.57	2.46	142	24
22	TPG Architecture (The Phillips Group) New York; tpgarchitecture.com	$25.700	$1,540.00	14.00	89	14
23	Hillier Architecture Princeton, New Jersey; hillier.com	$22.750	$432.00	5.80	60	12
24	DMJM Rottet/DMJM Design Los Angeles; dmjmrottet.com	$22.080	$285.60	2.70	155	27
25	Flad & Associates Madison, Wisconsin; flad.com	$21.825	$473.00	8.80	152	23
26	Kling Philadelphia; kling.us	$19.500	$400.00	2.50	90	25
27	Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership Portland, Oregon; zgf.com	$18.500	$608.00	2.40	65	38
28	FRCH Design Worldwide Cincinnati; frch.com	$18.084	$200.77	NR	129	32
29	Ellerbe Becket Minneapolis; ellerbebecket.com	$18.000	$450.00	5.83	36	43
30	A/R Environetics Group New York; arenvironetics.com	$17.600	$190.00	2.60	65	30
31	HKS Dallas; hksinc.com	$17.500	$450.00	5.00	74	28
32	Mancini Duffy New York; manciniduffy.com	$17.280	$475.00	7.80	122	29
33	RTKL Associates Baltimore; rtkl.com	$16.500	$410.00	6.80	74	26
34	Burt Hill Pittsburgh; burthill.com	$16.120	NR	NR	244	34
35	Ted Moudis Associates New York; tedmoudis.com	$15.550	$155.00	3.50	80	39
36	EwingCole Philadelphia; ewingcole.com	$15.214	$570.00	2.90	147	31
37	CUH2A Princeton, New Jersey; cuh2a.com	$15.000	$933.83	15.30	79	48
38	Interior Space International Chicago; epstein-isi.com	$15.000	$550.00	14.00	78	37
39	STUDIOS Architecture Washington, D.C.; studiosarchitecture.com	$14.700	$900.00	4.00	77	35
40	HFS Group/Concepts 4 Long Beach, California; hfsales.com	$14.200	$312.00	9.00	28	72
41	Little Diversified Architectural Consulting Charlotte, North Carolina; littleonline.com	$13.750	$320.00	16.50	33	59
42	Cubellis Associates Boston; cubellis.com	$13.475	$296.45	5.39	52	50
43	Marc-Michaels Interior Design Winter Park, Florida; marc-michaels.com	$13.300	$25.60	NR	41	42
44	VOA Associates Chicago; voa.com	$12.800	$152.00	4.60	63	55
45	Peter Marino Architect New York; petermarinoarchitect.com	$12.375	$350.00	0.55	95	45
46	Daroff Design + DDI Architects Philadelphia; daroffdesign.com	$12.222	$160.00	2.00	54	66
47	DBI Architects Washington, D.C.; dbia.com	$12.200	$221.00	2.60	51	44
48	ASD Atlanta; asdnet.com	$12.000	NR	NR	64	51
49	Roger Ferris + Partners Westport, Connecticut; ferrisarch.com	$11.500	$300.00	1.50	48	47
50	Granary Associates Philadelphia; granaryassoc.com	$10.950	NR	NR	58	71
51	Swanke Hayden Connell Architects New York; shca.com	$10.600	$250.00	3.50	107	40
52	DiLeonardo International Warwick, Rhode Island; dileonardo.com	$10.560	NR	NR	55	49
53	RMW architecture & interiors San Francisco; rmw.com	$10.415	$247.25	3.15	51	52
54	Gresham Smith and Partners Nashville; gspnet.com	$10.160	$197.29	3.91	67	60
55	Brennan Beer Gorman Monk Interiors New York; bbg-bbgm.com	$10.150	NR	NR	60	82
56	Switzer Group New York; theswitzergroup.com	$10.100	$75.00	2.50	45	75
57	CBT/Childs Bertman Tseckares Boston; cbtarchitects.com	$10.000	$230.00	3.00	44	53
58	TVS Atlanta; tvsa.com	$10.000	$98.12	1.63	49	65
59	Karlsberger Companies Columbus, Ohio; karlsberger.com	$9.847	$278.00	2.28	20	57
60	SPACE Chicago; thinkspace.biz	$9.750	$475.00	6.80	118	41
61	OWP/P Chicago; owpp.com	$8.600	$215.00	4.30	30	46
62	Ballinger Philadelphia; ballinger-ae.com	$8.600	$165.00	4.50	22	62
63	Gould Evans Kansas City, Missouri; gouldevans.com	$8.500	NR	NR	147	56
64	Tricarico Architecture and Design Wayne, New Jersey; tricarico.com	$8.493	$140.00	4.92	70	63
65	Huntsman Architectural Group San Francisco; huntsmanag.com	$8.057	$300.00	7.00	61	73
66	Cooper Carry Atlanta; coopercarry.com	$8.030	NR	NR	46	83
67	Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott Boston; sbra.com	$7.920	$110.00	0.80	16	67
68	McCall Design Group San Francisco; mccalldesign.com	$7.840	$80.00	1.50	38	NR
69	LS3P Associates Charleston, South Carolina; ls3p.com	$7.800	$650.00	12.00	61	86
70	Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart & Associates Atlanta; srssa.com	$7.742	$155.00	3.00	37	98
71	Spector Group New York; spectorgroup.com	$7.560	NR	1.49	32	64
72	Environments Group Chicago; envgroup.com	$7.500	$200.00	2.00	59	97
73	Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects New York; gwathmey-siegel.com	$7.500	$165.28	0.31	48	68
74	Butler Rogers Baskett New York; brb.com	$7.452	$157.80	1.75	57	61
75	BraytonHughes Design Studios San Francisco; bhdstudio.com	$7.400	NR	NR	32	79
76	Lawrence Group Saint Louis; thelawrencegroup.com	$7.262	$130.75	1.80	77	92
77	Francis Cauffman Foley Hoffmann Philadelphia; fcfh-did.com	$7.000	$150.00	3.00	37	76
78	Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo Honolulu; watg.com	$7.000	NR	NR	53	84
79	Planning Design Research Corporation Houston; pdrcorp.com	$6.988	$300.00	3.75	46	93
80	Slifer Designs Edwards, Colorado; sliferdesigns.com	$6.900	NR	NR	37	74
81	WWCOT Los Angeles; wwcot.com	$6.805	$168.00	3.00	15	NR
82	H. Chambers Company Baltimore; chambersusa.com	$6.775	$65.00	2.00	13	78
83	Tsoi/Kobus & Associates Cambridge, Massachusetts; tka-architects.com	$6.771	$313.11	1.24	7	58
84	Wolcott Architecture Interiors Culver City, California; wolcottai.com	$6.693	$90.00	2.00	40	112
85	Carrier Johnson San Diego; carrierjohnson.com	$6.536	$93.37	0.93	23	94
86	TRO/The Ritchie Organization Newton, Massachusetts; troarch.com	$6.294	$57.21	0.32	17	89
87	OPX Washington, D.C.; opxglobal.com	$6.255	$70.00	1.50	34	81
88	TranSystems Corporation South Norwalk, Connecticut; silvestertafuro.com	$6.247	NR	1.00	30	100
89	LPA Irvine, California; lpainc.com	$6.096	$142.13	2.41	36	107
90	JGA Southfield, Michigan; jga.com	$6.012	$55.00	1.70	33	77
91	JPC Architects Bellevue, Washington; jpcarchitects.com	$6.000	$462.00	7.70	42	121
92	Ware Malcomb Irvine, California; waremalcomb.com	$5.920	$140.00	4.10	41	103
93	H. Hendy Associates Newport Beach, California; hhendy.com	$5.907	$86.00	1.80	37	110
94	Staffelbach Design Associates Dallas; staffelbach.com	$5.890	$96.00	0.85	47	96
95	Loebl Schlossman & Hackl Chicago; lshdesign.com	$5.890	$85.50	0.95	14	85
96	Group Goetz Architects Washington, D.C.; gga.com	$5.800	$120.00	1.20	34	99
97	Bergmeyer Associates Boston; bergmeyer.com	$5.700	$103.00	0.75	54	90
98	JRS Architect Mineola, New York; jrsarchitect.com	$5.700	$51.00	1.20	24	69
99	ADD Cambridge, Massachusetts; addinc.com	$5.600	$186.60	3.73	34	91
100	RYA Design Consultancy Dallas; rya.com	$5.525	$176.13	1.96	39	136
Methodology: The first installment of the two-part annual business survey of Interior Design Giants comprises the 100 largest firms ranked by interior design fees for the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005. The second 100 Giants firm ranking will be published in July. Interior design fees include fees attributed to: 1. All types of interiors work, including commercial and residential. 2. All aspects of a firm's interior design practice, from strategic planning and programming to design and project management. 3. Fees paid to a firm for work performed by employees and independent contractors who are "full-time staff equivalent." Interior design fees do not include revenues paid to a firm and remitted to subcontractors who are not considered the equivalent of full-time staff. For example, certain firms attract work that is subcontracted to a local firm. The originating firm may collect all the fees and retain a fee for management or generation, paying the remainder to the performing firm. The amounts paid to the latter firm are not included in the fees of the collecting firm in determining its ranking. Data was compiled and analyzed by Interior Design's market research staff in New York: research director Wing Leung and research manager Laura Girmscheid. Judith Davidsen is a frequent contributor to Interior Design.

Top 10 in Corporate/Office Design

FIRMS	I.D. FEES	RANK
Gensler	$68,115,600	1
Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum	$42,531,648	2
NELSON	$32,000,000	13
IA Interior Architects	$25,179,600	8
Perkins + Will	$24,080,000	3
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill	$20,580,000	7
TPG Architecture (The Phillips Group)	$18,761,400	22
Leo A Daly	$17,472,000	5
A/R Environetics Group	$15,312,000	30
Mancini Duffy	$14,065,920	32

Top 10 in Hospitality Design

hba/Hirsch Bedner Associates	$42,103,000	6
Wilson & Associates	$31,680,000	12
HFS Group/Concepts 4	$13,916,000	40
DiLeonardo International	$10,560,000	52
Gensler	$8,996,400	1
Brennan Beer Gorman Monk Interiors	$7,612,500	55
Daroff Design + DDI Architects	$7,088,760	46
Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo	$6,860,000	78
H. Chambers Company	$6,097,500	82
BraytonHughes Design Studios	$4,810,000	75

Top 10 in Government Design

Jacobs	$13,829,319	17
Gensler	$10,281,600	1
DMJM Rottet/DMJM Design	$10,156,800	24
Leo A Daly	$5,376,000	5
STUDIOS Architecture	$5,145,000	39
HLW	$4,260,000	18
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill	$4,200,000	7
HDR	$4,160,000	9
Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum	$4,023,264	2
Group Goetz Architects	$3,770,000	96

Top 10 in Transportation design

FIRMS	I.D. FEES	RANK
Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum	$6,226,480	2
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill	$4,200,000	7
Leo A Daly	$4,032,000	5
Gensler	$3,855,600	1
Transystems Corporation	$3,123,500	88
Daroff Design + DDI Architects	$2,199,960	46
NBBJ	$2,135,000	14
Hillier Architecture	$1,137,500	23
Interior Space International	$750,000	38
DMJM Rottet/DMJM Design	$662,400	24

Top 10 in Health-Care/Assisted-Living Design

HDR	$24,960,000	9
Perkins + Will	$19,264,000	3
Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum	$19,158,400	2
Cannon Design	$15,120,000	11
NBBJ	$13,115,000	14
Perkins Eastman	$12,900,000	21
PageSoutherlandPage	$12,590,830	16
Ellerbe Becket	$9,900,000	29
Granary Associates	$9,636,000	50
Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership	$9,250,000	27

10 Fastest-Growing (by design fees)

FIRMS	2004 ID FEE	2005 ID FEE	% CHANGE	06 RANK
HFS Group/Concepts 4	$6,850,000	$14,200,000	107.3	40
Brennan Beer Gorman Monk Interiors	$6,000,000	$10,150,000	69.2	55
hba/Hirsch Bedner Associates	$25,825,000	$42,103,000	63.0	6
RYA Design Consultancy	$3,465,000	$5,525,000	59.5	100
Granary Associates	$6,900,000	$10,950,000	58.7	50
Daroff Design + DDI Architects	$7,790,000	$12,222,000	56.9	46
Switzer Group	$6,560,000	$10,100,000	54.0	56
Little Diversified Architectural Consulting	$9,000,000	$13,750,000	52.8	41
Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart & Associates	$5,100,000	$7,741,675	51.8	70
Perkins + Will	$40,000,000	$60,200,000	50.5	3

Top 10 in Cultural Design

FIRMS	I.D. FEES	RANK
EwingCole	$4,259,920	36
HKS	$3,500,000	31
HLW	$2,840,000	18
Ellerbe Becket	$2,700,000	29
Gensler	$2,570,400	1
SPACE	$1,950,000	60
Leo A Daly	$1,792,000	5
SmithGroup	$1,393,087	10
Gould Evans	$1,360,000	63
Perkins + Will	$1,204,000	3

Top 5 with Overseas Projects

FIRMS	% OF FOREIGN PROJECTS	RANK
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill	75	7
hba/Hirsch Bedner Associates	70	6
DiLeonardo International	65	52
Wilson & Associates	60	12
Swanke Hayden Connell Architects	60	51

Top 10 in Educational Design

FIRMS	I.D. FEES	RANK
Cannon Design	$13,440,000	11
Hillier Architecture	$6,825,000	23
SmithGroup	$6,617,163	10
Perkins + Will	$6,020,000	3
DMJM Rottet/DMJM Design	$5,299,200	24
Burt Hill	$5,158,400	34
Leo A Daly	$4,928,000	5
Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum	$4,406,432	2
PageSoutherlandPage	$4,392,150	16
HLW	$4,260,000	18

Top 10 in Technology Design

IA Interior Architects	$14,688,100	8
Flad & Associates	$9,384,750	25
CUH2A	$7,500,000	37
Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum	$6,513,856	2
Gensler	$6,426,000	1
HLW	$5,680,000	18
NBBJ	$5,490,000	14
PageSoutherlandPage	$5,270,580	16
HDR	$4,160,000	9
RMW Architecture & Interiors	$3,645,098	53

Top 10 in Residential Design

Creative Design Consultants	$23,490,000	20
Marc-Michaels Interior Design	$13,330,000	43
Peter Marino Architect	$5,940,000	45
Slifer Designs	$5,865,000	80
Gwathmey Siegel & Associates	$4,275,000	73
HLW	$2,840,000	18
Cooper Carry	$2,409,000	66
Perkins + Will	$2,408,000	3
Lawrence Group	$2,323,720	76
Roger Ferris + Partners	$2,300,000	49

Top 10 in Retail Design

FIRMS	I.D. FEES	RANK
Callison Architecture	$34,608,000	4
Design Forum	$27,900,000	19
Pavlik Design Team	$26,813,282	15
Gensler	$21,848,400	1
FRCH Design Worldwide	$14,105,520	28
Tricarico Architecture and Design	$8,322,921	64
McCall Design Group	$6,664,000	68
Cubellis Associates	$6,063,750	42
JGA	$6,012,000	90
RYA Design Consultancy	$5,248,750	100