The 2019 Architect 50

Here are the top firms of the year.

The ARCHITECT 50 attempts to answer a simple question: Who had the best year?

In this latest installment of our annual ranking, we crunched the data from 182 firms, ranked them in three categories (business, sustainability, and design), and then added those three scores together to create the overall ranking. For a more detailed look at how we calculated the scores, see our methodology.

Lake|Flato Architects claimed the overall top spot, combining enviable design chops with a keen sensitivity to sustainability. Read more about the Texas-based firm's big year here.

Also check out the Top 50 firms in business, sustainability, and design to discover how Marmol Radziner, BNIM, and Trahan Architects had their own banner years.

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	Lake\|Flato Architects Score: 100.0	70	11	3
2	BNIM Score: 99.8	121	1	2
3	Hastings Score: 98.3	10	35	7
4	Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture Score: 95.3	18	13	24
5	SOM Score: 95.2	47	18	11
6	The Miller Hull Partnership Score: 94.3	29	2	35
7	HDR Score: 94.2	7	4	52
8	WRNS Studio Score: 93.4	4	3	81
9	Score: 93.3	69	9	21
10	Touloukian Touloukian Inc Score: 90.3	27	7	60
11	Olson Kundig Score: 90.1	32	66	12
12	Gensler Score: 90.0	22	64	15
13	LMN Architects Score: 89.9	59	32	16
14	Leers Weinzapfel Associates Score: 89.8	36	42	20
15	ZGF Architects Score: 89.7	29	21	38
16	EskewDumezRipple Score: 89.4	120	40	10
17	Bruner/Cott & Associates Score: 88.8	18	8	81
18	Richärd+Bauer Architecture Score: 88.7	104	31	14
19	Cannon Design Score: 88.4	62	48	17
20	Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects Score: 87.7	15	20	65
21	Mithun Score: 87.5	45	6	74
22	DLR Group Score: 87.1	81	21	33
23	Steinberg Hart Score: 86.5	16	51	43
24	HGA Score: 86.2	46	50	31
25	Payette Score: 86.1	47	46	32
26	EYP Score: 85.9	41	25	54
27	Score: 85.5	50	16	62
28	MASS Design Group Score: 85.4	85	106	4
29	Ayers Saint Gross Score: 85.2	22	25	73
30	SmithGroup Score: 85.1	32	5	109
31	Hacker Score: 84.9	111	14	48
32	SRG Partnership Score: 84.4	107	15	43
33	William Rawn Associates Score: 83.8	54	59	34
34	Mahlum Architects Score: 83.7	11	39	87
35	Clark Nexsen Score: 83.6	8	45	91
36	EHDD Score: 83.3	2	29	134
37	Sasaki Score: 83.2	53	23	74
38	Bora Score: 83.1	56	46	47
39	HOK Score: 83.0	32	10	118
40	Stantec Score: 82.8	57	52	43
41	Hennebery Eddy Architects Score: 82.6	76	17	78
42	Archimania Score: 82.0	124	24	52
43	Opsis Architecture Score: 81.9	39	12	120
44	Trahan Architects Score: 81.8	145	124	1
45	HKS Architects Score: 81.7	43	61	56
46	Page Score: 81.6	21	36	102
47	NADAAA Score: 81.4	101	118	8
48	Arrowstreet Score: 80.7	88	67	35
49	Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects [LOHA] Score: 80.5	127	121	6
50	David Baker Architects Score: 80.4	25	62	80