The 2017 Architect 50

Here are the top firms of the year.

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. 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.

The List

Additional Ranks

Rank	Firm	Business	Sustainability	Design
1	SOM Score: 300.0	52	5	6
2	ZGF Architects Score: 288.7	76	1	30
3	Score: 279.9	28	4	35
4	NADAAA Score: 279.1	58	42	2
5	EYP Score: 274.7	79	3	27
6	HDR Score: 271.9	5	29	42
7	WRNS Studio Score: 270.0	4	15	78
8	Payette Score: 269.8	48	22	20
9	Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture Score: 269.1	15	14	50
10	Kirksey Score: 267.2	8	13	76
11	William Rawn Associates Score: 266.2	19	17	48
12	ZeroEnergy Design Score: 265.7	18	2	113
13	The Miller Hull Partnership Score: 261.3	112	8	19
14	Bruner/Cott & Associates Score: 260.5	48	20	38
15	DLR Group Score: 260.1	60	18	32
16	FXCollaborative Score: 260.0	1	38	79
17	LMN Architects Score: 256.3	13	37	46
18	Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects Score: 256.0	6	58	40
19	Gensler Score: 255.0	47	23	41
20	designLAB architects Score: 254.0	16	62	24
21	SRG Partnership Score: 253.4	85	19	34
22	BNIM Score: 251.9	134	11	17
23	Hastings Score: 251.8	29	21	70
24	HGA Score: 251.7	52	44	28
25	Score: 251.6	29	34	51
26	Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects Score: 251.1	97	7	44
27	HKS Score: 250.9	10	36	74
28	EskewDumezRipple Score: 249.4	127	12	25
29	Mithun Score: 249.1	92	10	60
30	Touloukian Touloukian Inc Score: 248.1	55	9	89
31	Studio Ma Score: 246.6	65	67	11
32	Lake\|Flato Architects Score: 245.8	113	6	52
33	Leers Weinzapfel Associates Score: 245.4	26	26	80
34	Annum Architects (formerly Ann Beha Architects) Score: 245.0	21	35	71
35	HOK Score: 244.8	59	16	74
36	Behnisch Architekten Score: 244.7	22	83	13
37	Richärd+Bauer Architecture Score: 243.6	11	84	22
38	Archimania Score: 242.6	98	55	13
39	MSR Design Score: 241.6	117	29	26
40	Mark Cavagnero Associates Score: 238.1	2	87	45
41	SmithGroup Score: 237.3	67	32	64
42	CBT Score: 236.9	84	46	35
43	Hacker Score: 235.9	118	38	23
44	Page Score: 235.0	33	51	64
45	CO Architects Score: 234.3	38	41	84
46	Cannon Design Score: 234.0	79	52	37
47	Anmahian Winton Architects Score: 229.7	78	92	9
48	Ziger\|Snead Architects Score: 229.6	119	25	46
49	Goettsch Partners Score: 228.2	61	47	67
50	BAR Architects Score: 227.6	2	50	136