January 1, 2012

2012 Top 100 Design Giants


Nokia Gensler







Gensler for Nokia in Silicon Valley; photo by Nic Lehoux


This was the year the firms in Interior Design­’s top 100 Giants list confounded the pundits, not to mention themselves. The first surprise: These Giants took in 14 percent more in design fees than predicted in the previous survey, grossing $2.4 billion. That’s the most earned since before 2008 and a 10 percent jump from the last reporting period.

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2012 Top 100 Giants: Who Ranks Highest in Each Market?


Rank 2012

Firm (Headquarters, Website)

City

State

Design Fees

$ Value Installed

Sq. Ft. Installed

Design staff

Rank 2011

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1
Gensler
San Francisco CA $398.000 NR 59.00 1,435 1
2
HOK
St. Louis MO $105.000 $3,400.00 40.00 296 2
3
Perkins+Will
Chicago IL $96.203 $1,000.00 30.80 260 3
4
HBA/Hirsch Bedner Associates
Santa Monica CA $80.478 $4,748.20 28.35 705 6
5
Leo A Daly
Omaha NE $79.400 NR NR 199 4
6 Stantec Architecture Edmonton AB $69.821 $2,753.18 7.87 194 8
7
Jacobs
Pasadena CA $69.507 $1,242.00 13.80 300 5
8
Cannon Design
Chicago IL $67.500 NR 14.50 212 7
9
Callison
Seattle WA $56.250 NR NR 107 14
10
IA Interior Architects
San Francisco CA $53.191 $912.00 22.40 267 10
11
NELSON
Philadelphia PA $52.500 NR 27.20 184 9
12
AECOM
Los Angeles CA $46.000 $2,000.00 15.00 134 12
13
Wilson Associates
Dallas TX $43.000 $3,000.00 NR 287 11
14
NBBJ
Seattle WA $42.399 NR NR 196 13
15
KlingStubbins
Philadelphia PA $41.800 $1,500.00 15.00 135 15

SmithGroupJJR
Detroit MI $41.144 NR NR 160 12
17
Perkins Eastman
New York NY $36.300 $806.67 4.30 172 16
18
PageSoutherlandPage
Houston TX $36.000 NR NR 108 17
19 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill New York NY $35.106 NR NR 125 19
20 HDR Omaha NE $35.000 $10,000.00 32.48 263 18
21
Space Matrix
Singapore $28.000 $290.00 7.50 375 32
22 EwingCole Philadelphia PA $25.600 $450.00 2.20 130 24
23 DLR Group Omaha NE $25.300 $444.67 7.70 34 23
24
M Moser Associates
Quarry Bay Hong Kong $24.426 $183.54 5.39 477 22
25 HLW International New York NY $24.420 $715.00 NR 74 29
26 Flad Architects Madison WI $24.075 $1,067.28 8.89 86 25
27
Bilkey Llinas Design Associates
Palm Beach Gardens FL $23.580 NR NR 122 27
28 Rockwell Group New York NY $23.065 NR NR 106 34
29
Ted Moudis Associates
New York NY $22.500 $450.00 8.70 75 31
30 Vocon Cleveland OH $22.431 $394.00 4.20 85 36
31 Fentress Architects Denver CO $22.230 NR 8.30 14
32 Corgan Associates Dallas TX $21.291 $700.00 7.66 56 60
33
STUDIOS Architecture
Washington DC $20.700 $171.00 7.13 157 30
34
FRCH Design Worldwide
Cincinnati OH $20.400 NR NR 144 40
35 ZGF Architects Portland OR $20.000 $800.00 2.00 75 33
36
Peter Marino Architect
New York NY $19.800 $350.00 3.50 111 35
37 TPG Architecture New York NY $19.694 NR NR 122 28
38 Ba

llinger

Philadelphia PA $19.426 $523.80 1.05 17
39 RTKL Associates Baltimore MD $16.400 $225.00 8.00 60 26
40 Little Charlotte NC $15.524 $258.00 6.23 111 38
41 VOA Associates Chicago IL $15.500 $220.00 2.50 96 41
42 Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott Boston MA $14.627 $177.30 0.87 10 37
43
Daroff Design + DDI Architects
Philadelphia PA $14.170 $190.00 4.80 47 39
44
Roger Ferris + Partners
Westport CT $14.000 $395.00 1.20 33 42
45
Marc-Michaels Interior Design
Winter Park FL $13.500 $16.50 NR 29 44
46
ASD
Atlanta GA $12.259 NR NR 72 46
47 HKS Dallas TX $11.800 NR NR 83 53
48
DBI Architects
Washington DC $11.640 $200.00 3.00 25 43
49
CBT Architects
Boston MA $11.250 $405.00 4.00 35 50
50
DiLeonardo International
Warwick RI $10.900 NR NR 80 49
51
Rapt Studio
San Francisco CA $10.813 NR NR 42 65
52 RMW architecture & interiors San Francisco CA $10.698 $320.93 2.38 50 47
53 Environetics Los Angeles CA $10.500 $180.00 2.00 63
54
Mancini-Duffy
New York NY $9.900 $300.00 2.50 75 51
55
Creative Design Consultants
Costa Mesa CA $9.500 NR NR 21
56 Francis Cauffman New York NY $9.400 $275.00 7.00 48 55
57
Design Duncan Miller Ullmann
Dallas TX $9.207 $310.00 2.65 59 89
58 Lawrence Group St. Louis MO $9.189 $230.00 2.75 43 58
59
BBG-BBGM
New York NY $9.188 NR NR 52 85
60 Huntsman Architectural Group San Francisco CA $8.972 $425.00 1.00 62 73
61 Ware Malcomb Irvine CA $8.800 $17.60 3.52 33 64
62
Robert A.M. Stern Architects
New York NY $8.800 $9.28 1.90 15 56
63
Steelman Partners
Las Vegas NV $8.750 $400.00 2.00 57 52
64 LS3P Associates Charleston SC $8.700 $420.00 9.10 36 74
65 VeenendaalCave Atlanta GA $8.511 $19.24 5.47 76 82
66
Staffelbach
Dallas TX $8.415 $190.00 1.02 53 62
67
KNA Design
Los Angeles CA $8.300 $465.00 2.50 28 84
68
Spector Group
New York NY $8.200 $405.00 3.50 37 72
69
SAA
Culver City CA $8.190 $365.00 2.00 70 54
70 OTJ Architects Washington DC $8.179 $185.00 8.18 45 61
71 Cooper Carry Atlanta GA $8.000 $95.00 1.50 17
72 Kasian Vancouver Canada $8.000 NR 2.00 50 71
73
Planning Design Research
Houston TX $7.910 $46.20 3.90 24 68
74 The H. Chambers Company Baltimore MD $7.800 $72.00 0.60 14 59
75 Stonehill & Taylor Architects New York NY $7.526 $250.00 1.75 41
76 Baskervill Richmond VA $7.487 $625.00 6.00 19 79
77
Gettys
Chicago IL $7.400 $115.00 NR 71 76
78
tvsdesign
Atlanta GA $7.290 $86.50 2.87 43 63
79
Milo Kleinberg Design Associates
New York NY $7.250 $85.00 0.90 31 70
80
Aedifica
Montreal Canada $7.100 NR NR 95 87
81 JPC Architects Bellevue WA $7.000 NR NR 38 75
82 KZF Design Cincinnati OH $6.839 $350.87 6.25 26 81
83
Tricarico Architecture and Design
Wayne NJ $6.800 $75.00 1.30 46

JGA
Southfield MI $6.700 $60.00 0.50 30 80
85
ForrestPerkins
Washington DC $6.627 NR NR 46
86 Array Healthcare Facilities Solutions King of Prussia PA $6.600 $165.00 2.05 13
87
OPX
Washington DC $6.500 NR NR 40 91
88
Gary Lee Partners
Chicago IL $6.478 $323.90 1.60 28 97
89
Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart & Associates
Atlanta GA $6.396 NR NR 28 92
90 BraytonHughes Design Studios San Francisco CA $6.350 NR NR 38 69
91 Ronald Schmidt & Associates Englewood NJ $6.300 $20.00 3.15 32 88
92 Gresham, Smith and Partners Nashville TN $6.210 $1,100.00 6.19 36 78
93
Ziegler Cooper Architects
Houston TX $6.171 NR 3.50 36 100
94
Rottet Studio
Houston TX $6.120 $175.00 NR 23
95 The Switzer Group New York NY $6.028 $168.00 1.65 26 83
96 Partners by DESIGN Chicago IL $5.921 $70.41 3.50 29 99
97 Swanke Hayden Connell Architects New York NY $5.800 NR 2.00 61 66
98
SKB Architecture and Design
Washington DC $5.763 $73.00 0.81 23
99 DES Architects + Engineers Redwood City CA $5.735 NR 2.08 11
100
RNL
Denver CO $5.600 $173.00 2.90 23 95
*ID Fee, Dollar Value and Square Footage numbers are in millions.

NR – not reported


Firms New to 2012 Top 100 Giants

Firm

Rank
Fentress Architects 31
Ba

llinger

38
Environetics 53
Creative Design 55
Cooper Carry 71
Stonehill & Taylor Architects 75
Tricarico Architecture and Design 83
ForrestPerkins 85
Array Healthcare Facilities Solutions 86
Rottet Studio 94
SKB Architecture and Design 98
DES Architects + Engineers 99

Firms with the Most Foreign Projects
 
 
% of Overseas Projects
Space Matrix 100%
Bilkey Llinas Design Associates 100%

DiLeonardo International
99%
M Moser Associates 96%
HBA/Hirsch Bedner Associates 95%
Wilson Associates 90%
KNA Design 85%
Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart & Associates 76%
Steelman Partners 75%
Peter Marino Architect 73%
Design Duncan Miller Ullmann 70%
Aedifica 70%
Marc-Michaels Interior Design 60%
Gettys 60%
BraytonHughes Design Studios 50%

Most admired firms voted by 2012 Top 100 Giants:
1 Gensler
2 HOK
3
Yabu Pushelberg

Median Annual Salary
Principals/Partners $145,000
Project Managers $91,000
Designers $65,000
Other Design Staff $47,875
Principals/Partners $220
Project Managers $159
Designers $120
Other Design Staff $90

Fee by Project Type

Forecast Fees

%
Office $859,572,924 35.3%
Hospitality $461,316,248 18.9%
Healthcare/Assisted Living $381,072,989 15.6%
Government $197,696,389 8.1%
Educational $186,471,449 7.7%
Retail $145,143,813 6.0%
Residential $83,071,376 3.4%
Transportation $29,621,153 1.2%
Cultural $22,461,531 0.9%
Other $69,372,557 2.8%
Total: $2,435,800,430 100.0%

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