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30 Best Architecture and Design Firms in Iran

These annual rankings were last updated on August 22nd, 2024. Want to see your firm on next year’s list? Continue reading for more on how you can improve your studio’s ranking.

Iran is the second largest country in the Middle East. It is vastly characterized by its diverse cultural heritage and history and distinct landscape topology. After becoming an independent country in 1979, Iranian architects had to find ways to preserve this vivid historical fabric while also satisfying society’s growing needs. The country also holds a strategic geographical position and valuable natural resources, which, unfortunately, has led to many geopolitical and economic challenges. In this context, architecture played a definitive role, especially under the umbrella of cultural and environmental sustainability.

Responding to the vastly changing urban and natural landscapes as well as the water scarcity and desertification, Iranian architects have prioritized topographically as well as socially impactful architectural designs that aid local communities. Currently, their designs are a blend of tradition and modernity that has introduced a new, contemporary layer to Iranian architecture, while operating at the highest levels of sustainable design.

With so many architecture firms to choose from, it’s challenging for clients to identify the industry leaders that will be an ideal fit for their project needs. Fortunately, Architizer is able to provide guidance on the top design firms in Iran based on more than a decade of data and industry knowledge.

How are these architecture firms ranked?

The following ranking has been created according to key statistics that demonstrate each firm’s level of architectural excellence. The following metrics have been accumulated to establish each architecture firm’s ranking, in order of priority:

  • The number of A+Awards won (2013 to 2024)
  • The number of A+Awards finalists (2013 to 2024)
  • The number of projects selected as “Project of the Day” (2009 to 2024)
  • The number of projects selected as “Featured Project” (2009 to 2024)
  • The number of projects uploaded to Architizer (2009 to 2024)

Each of these metrics is explained in more detail at the foot of this article. This ranking list will be updated annually, taking into account new achievements of Iran architecture firms throughout the year.

Without further ado, here are the 30 best architecture firms in Iran:


30. ArmaniArchitects

© ArmaniArchitects

© ArmaniArchitects

?rmani ?rchitects is an innovative multidisciplinary collaborative practice founded by Amir Armani Asl and Kiana Ghader that focuses on architecture, interior design, landscape design, custom fabrication, parametric design and design objects.

Some of ArmaniArchitects’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped ArmaniArchitects achieve 30th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Iran:

Featured Projects 2
Total Projects 5

29. Boozhgan Architectural Studio

© Boozhgan Architectural Studio

© Boozhgan Architectural Studio

Boozhgan Architectural Studio was established in 2007 and is based in Tehran. Their work revolves around residential architecture.

Some of Boozhgan Architectural Studio’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Boozhgan Architectural Studio achieve 29th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Iran:

Featured Projects 2
Total Projects 11

28. FEASTUDIO

© FEASTUDIO

© FEASTUDIO

The office of “Fundamental Architectural Experience” [FEASTUDIO] was founded by Arash Nasiri and Ensieh Khamse in 2006. The office has tried so far to achieve a consistent, coherent language in their work based on their progressive experiences and the relations between the ideas and the work, a distinctive language by which to avoid architectural production being merely in the line of exigency and to push boundaries in order to let creativity and active, multilateral strategies in.

Some of FEASTUDIO’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped FEASTUDIO achieve 28th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Iran:

A+Awards Finalist 1
Featured Projects 2
Total Projects 2

27. Cedrus Studio

© Cedrus Studio

© Cedrus Studio

Cedrus is a Tehran-based, research-driven design and construction studio founded by Mohammad Mehdi Saeedi in 2017. The studio supported by a passionate team of skilled architects, landscape architects and interior designers. The studio’s projects range from single-family villas to residential, commercial and mixed-use large-scale complexes.

Some of Cedrus Studio’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Cedrus Studio achieve 27th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Iran:

A+Awards Finalist 1
Featured Projects 2
Total Projects 14

26. KOUROSH RAFIEY Architectural Design Studio(KRDS)

© KOUROSH RAFIEY Architectural Design Studio(KRDS)

© KOUROSH RAFIEY Architectural Design Studio(KRDS)

Kourosh Rafiey Architectural Design Studio is a full architectural and engineering services firm practicing on the study to producing work of lasting value. Kourosh Rafiey founded KRDS in 2006 motivated to design quality. Before that he was design director of Asar Consultant Engineers’ Co. since 1997 and practice as an independent designer. He had many works constructed & currently under construction; some of which have received national and international recognition. Examples of his works are published either online or in international magazines such as AD. The scope of work concerns the adjustment of all stages of design and technical expertise to oversee construction.

Some of KOUROSH RAFIEY Architectural Design Studio(KRDS)’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped KOUROSH RAFIEY Architectural Design Studio(KRDS) achieve 26th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Iran:

A+Awards Winner 1
Featured Projects 2
Total Projects 3

25. TDC office

© TDC office

© TDC office

Sara Kalantary and Reza Sayadian are practicing architects who founded TDC Office in 2002. What differentiates them is the answers they give to the world around them, and a humble view, yet critical is easily traced in their works. Such view can be observed in numerous projects where unique solutions are rendered compared to typical methods of design and construction.

Respect for human being and habitat, and a constant search for finding appropriate ideas, are based on the fact that creating a world full of unique recommendations can alter people’s deduction towards possible phenomena.

For them, architecture is a dynamic phenomenon. They look at it as part of the city so that it can create memories. Dynamic presence of human in the city and home, as well as the flow of life in them are the most invaluable part of creating a space which insinuate that architecture is the way to embrace the world.

Sarah and Reza’s works, with their unique approach and ideas, have managed to win several international as well as national awards. Students as well as university professors have also taken notice of their work, both inside and outside the country. Such occurrences have resulted in their works being published in many authentic books and magazines all around the world.

Some of TDC office’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped TDC office achieve 25th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Iran:

A+Awards Winner 1
Featured Projects 2
Total Projects 2

24. ReNa Design

© Reza Najafian

© Reza Najafian

Founded in 2012, ReNa Design is a young architectural group active in design, architecture and research. The office is primarily concerned with issues of functionality and context. This approach is easily seen through the firm’s projects, ranging in different categories and types. ReNa Design pays a great amount of attention and care to materials and construction technology which are in turn applied to completely innovative and non-conventional conditions. Since its inception, ReNa Design has won many national awards and competitions in fields of architecture, design and interior design.

Some of ReNa Design’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped ReNa Design achieve 24th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Iran:

A+Awards Winner 1
Featured Projects 3
Total Projects 3

23. Arsh4d Studio

© Arsh4d Studio

© Arsh4d Studio

Arsh4d Studio has been founded by Alireza Sherafati & Pantea Eslami in 2012 to provide full range of architectural services to both the public and private sectors. Alireza Sherafati & Pantea Eslami were previously the founding partner of the ARSH DESIGN STUDIO. In the work of Arsh4d, environmentally conscious design has become an integral consideration in the formulation of architectural ideas and in the spatial experience embodied in each completed project.

Some of Arsh4d Studio’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Arsh4d Studio achieve 23rd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Iran:

A+Awards Winner 1
A+Awards Finalist 1
Featured Projects 1
Total Projects 5

22. ayeneh office

© ayeneh office

© ayeneh office

Architects of the Ayeneh Office believe that architecture like a mirror should reflect the context or the surrounding environment in the general sense. Context in this regard refers to the setting that a project begins to happen. Architecture welcomes the good way of living in a place and accepts its goodness. In other words, architecture, in one sense, acts as mirror to reflect the life of its context, and broadly speaking, it even reflects many features of the context (such as technology, crafting skills, economics, politics, crafting duration, and culture). The approach and design method in the Ayeneh office is to delve into the heart of both the subject and the place in order to reflect or increase their desirability. We try to excavate the project subject – which is the life that is going to flow in it –as well as its location to find the initial concepts shaping the design, and then epitomize it in our architecture.

Some of ayeneh office’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped ayeneh office achieve 22nd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Iran:

Featured Projects 3
Total Projects 3

21. Alidoost & Partners

© Alidoost & Partners

© Alidoost & Partners

Founded and directed by Shahab Alidoost and Sona Eftekharazam, Alidoost and Partners is a multidisciplinary office that focuses on architecture and design, from large scale planning to furniture. Rich with multiple expertises, our office is fuelled by talented designers and experienced architects that jointly develop projects from early sketches to on-site supervision. All of which, regardless of scale, outlines an approach that is affirmatively social in its outcome, enthusiastic in its ambition and professional in its process. At the core of our architecture is the ability to take a fresh look at design issues through experienced eyes. Our approach aims at turning intense research and analysis of practical and theoretical matters into the driving forces of design. By continuously developing rigorous methods of analysis and execution, Alidoost & Partners is able to combine innovative thinking and efficient production.

We work with corporate, government and private clients in numerous countries to realize major civic, hotel, residential, office, commercial and educational developments. We carefully limit the commissions we take on to help ensure a high degree of professional attention and overall project quality. Alidoost &Partners envisions itself as a proactive partner for its client, rather than a consultant. The office has a wide portfolio of international work and the attitude of involving external consultants to improve the design intelligence of a given project team. The use of complementing teams ensures that a project will never suffer from being neither too conventional nor too naive.

Some of Alidoost & Partners’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Alidoost & Partners achieve 21st place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Iran:

Featured Projects 3
Total Projects 12

20. HABIBEH MADJDABADI Architecture Studio

© HABIBEH MADJDABADI Architecture Studio

© HABIBEH MADJDABADI Architecture Studio

HABIBEH MADJDABADI, born in 1977, is an Iranian architect, author, designer, and speaker. In 2002 she graduated by a Master’s degree in architecture from Azad University of Tehran and started her professional career in 2003 by establishing her design studio in Tehran right after winning first prize in the design competition of restoring a historical building (belonging to Zand dynasty) in Iran. Since then she has received several awards and recognitions, among which are: shortlisted for Aga Khan Award 2016 and Tamayouz Women in Architecture and Construction Award 2019, winner of Chicago Award 2014, Worldwide Brick Award 2014, and MEMAR Award 2014.

Some of HABIBEH MADJDABADI Architecture Studio’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped HABIBEH MADJDABADI Architecture Studio achieve 20th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Iran:

Featured Projects 3
Total Projects 13

19. BRACKET DESIGN STUDIO

© BRACKET DESIGN STUDIO

© BRACKET DESIGN STUDIO

Bracket Design Studio is a full-service design firm founded in 2006 by Shervin Hosseini. We offer services in urban design, interior space planning, furniture design and architecture from micro to macro scale. Our highly collaborative staff comes from wide-ranging theoretical and practical backgrounds, including designing, scripting, planning and construction of public and private projects. Offering innovative insights, materials and technology into our projects, we strongly consider the available possibilities of the site and the needs of clients in order to find the best solutions by constantly revising and redefining the projects. Each project, for us, entails its own singular approach which is essentially developed out of experience and intuition.

Some of BRACKET DESIGN STUDIO’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped BRACKET DESIGN STUDIO achieve 19th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Iran:

Featured Projects 3
Total Projects 47

18. KanLan [Kamran Heirati, Tallan Khosravizadeh]

© KanLan [Kamran Heirati, Tallan Khosravizadeh]

© KanLan [Kamran Heirati, Tallan Khosravizadeh]

Kamran Heirati Architects was established to enhance the architecture and human experience by incorporating Iran’s authentic culture into its designs and respond to today’s community challenges. Established in 2001, this office has produced award-winning architectural and interior design projects across Iran and other countries.

Some of KanLan [Kamran Heirati, Tallan Khosravizadeh]’s most prominent projects include:

A+Awards Finalist ”1″
Featured Projects ”3″
Total Projects ”4″
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17. BonnArq Architects

© BonnArq Architects

© BonnArq Architects

Behzad Atabaki has founded “Behzad Atabaki Studio” in 1999 and also co-founded “BonnArq Architects” in 2014 which both are recognized for their works in art, architecture, urban design, and landscape architecture. Winning the first prize in the competition, together with Parshia Qaregozloo, he has been the co-curator of the Iran Pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale 2016. In 2019 he has won “ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR” at Middle East Architect Awards.

Believing in the multidisciplinary approach to architecture and urbanism, Behzad Atabaki has earned three master’s degrees in three interrelated fields of “architecture” in 1998, “urban design” in 2002, and “landscape architecture” in 2006. From 2010, he has been teaching “architecture design” regularly at University.

Some of BonnArq Architects’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped BonnArq Architects achieve 17th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Iran:

Featured Projects 4
Total Projects 6

16. KA architecture studio (Mohammad Khavarian studio)

© KA architecture studio (Mohammad Khavarian studio)

© KA architecture studio (Mohammad Khavarian studio)

Mohammad Khavarian has a team of seventy plus Iranian architects and designers working together worldwide. Through its intensely involved and focused practice, Mohammad Khavarian applies critical thinking to a process that extends beyond the boundaries of architectural production to realize specific and unexpected solutions. It seeks to engage people and cultures, technologies and materials, psychologies and experiences, and recognizes architecture as a connective and fundamentally social construct. Architecture is imagined as a matrix of hybrid narratives from which to construct future realities — conceptual, spatial and experiential — and a rigorous search for new potentials to realize specific unexpected solutions inhabited by the lives of people and cities.

Some of KA architecture studio (Mohammad Khavarian studio)’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped KA architecture studio (Mohammad Khavarian studio) achieve 16th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Iran:

A+Awards Finalist 1
Featured Projects 4
Total Projects 6

15. 35-51 ARCHITECTURE Office

© 35-51 ARCHITECTURE Office

© 35-51 ARCHITECTURE Office

35-51ARCHITECTURE Office is an award-winning architecture and landscape design firm. Our team of skilled specialists brings expertise in merging artistry with functionality, ensuring every project stands out for its unique vision. Our approach tries to reflect a harmonious balance between international design standards and a deep understanding of the specific needs and cultural nuances of the local environment.

Some of 35-51 ARCHITECTURE Office’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped 35-51 ARCHITECTURE Office achieve 15th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Iran:

A+Awards Winner 1
Featured Projects 5
Total Projects 3

14. RYRA Studio

© RYRA Studio

© RYRA Studio

RYRA Design and construction studio was founded in 2000 with a goal of creating unique spaces by using new aspects of contemporary architecture. It seeks to develop designs that encompass in an expressive way the spatial needs, the spirit of the location and the constructive solution of the project. Artistic view is a key factor in RYRA design approach.

The work of RYRA in these years resulted in a collection of varied types in different fields of architecture which have been widely published and exhibited; this firm won several prizes in the most prestigious competitions held in Iran and abroad for its innovative designs.
Vali-Asr building of this studio has been selected as the best office building of the year in World Architecture Festival in 2010.

Some of RYRA Studio’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped RYRA Studio achieve 14th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Iran:

A+Awards Winner 2
Featured Projects 1
Total Projects 5

13. Rvad Studio

© Rvad Studio

© Rvad Studio

RVAD Architecture Studio is co-founded in Tehran, Iran in 2020 by two young Iranian architects, Ms. Hannaneh Misaghi and Mr. Hasan Dehghanpour. The studio’s design ideals are focused on extending the relationship between architecture and humanity with consideration of history and culture so as to produce designs appropriate for each site and in service of both the society and its citizens. RVAD Studio aims to present architectural solutions focused on the needs of future generations and their potential in view of each project’s benefit to present a new perspective on social relationships. The design projects range from single-family houses to residential, commercial and mixed-use large-scale complexes, to urban master plans.

Some of Rvad Studio’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Rvad Studio achieve 13th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Iran:

A+Awards Winner 2
A+Awards Finalist 1
Featured Projects 3
Total Projects 3

12. Davood Boroojeni Office

© Davood Boroojeni Office

© Davood Boroojeni Office

As a technically competent architecture firm with over 15 years of professional experience, we have been involved in different stages of architectural projects including the conception of preliminary design ideas, schematic design and design development, as well as producing submittal packages, visual presentations, construction documents, layouts and details through close dialogue with clients, producers, and other engineers. We believe that our communication skills, public relations, and problem-solving experience, combined with our background in related software, and our ability to research, schedule, and coordinate design in various stages of the project, has made us a firm to depend on, and a key team member.

Some of Davood Boroojeni Office’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Davood Boroojeni Office achieve 12th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Iran:

A+Awards Winner 1
Featured Projects 6
Total Projects 6

11. Admun Studio

© Admun Studio

© Admun Studio

Considering contemporary lifestyle requirements while having future in mind, We believe in Diagrammatic approaches toward tradition rather than formal repetition.

Some of Admun Studio’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Admun Studio achieve 11th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Iran:

A+Awards Winner 2
Featured Projects 4
Total Projects 8

10. Marizad Architects

© Marizad Architects

© Marizad Architects

Marizad Architects bases its design process on the understanding of systems and relationships that are derived from the project criteria, translating these systems into computational parameters from which the design is developed. The practice is not only involved in large-scale architectural projects but product design and academia as well. However, all activities are based on a process of experimentation, discovery and implementation which encourages interdisciplinary collaboration and a bottom-up approach to design.

Some of Marizad Architects’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Marizad Architects achieve 10th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Iran:

A+Awards Winner 3
A+Awards Finalist 1
Featured Projects 3
Total Projects 7

9. AshariArchitects

© AshariArchitects

© AshariArchitects

Ashari Architects and Associates began its professional activities in the field of research, design and architectural education in 2005. The group approaches architectural practice with an experiential perspective in various domains. AshariArchitects designed and executed various projects in architecture, interior architecture, and landscape architecture, encompassing diverse functions such as residential, commercial, administrative, educational, cultural, industrial, and tourist projects, both on small and large scales. Product design and art installations are among the group’s secondary activities.

With the aim of creating projects that resonate with their time and context, the group strives to commit itself to maintaining the cycle of social, economic, and environmental sustainability, as well as improving the quality of life for users.

Some of AshariArchitects’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped AshariArchitects achieve 9th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Iran:

Featured Projects 7
Total Projects 35

8. CAAT Studio

© Parham Taghioff

© Parham Taghioff

Mahdi Kamboozia established CAAT Studio in 2015. The CAAT Studio activity can be construction engineering in the context, to the closer the distance from the idea of the design to the construction. The opinion that future architecture is not only about the advancement of design and construct technology but also in proposing ideas tailored to the new conditions in social relations. This look has evolved over the years to deal with different projects and the growth and development of the studio. We are looking forward to confronting the projects with design problems and come up with a solution. Each assignment defines a different story which shows there are varying answers to each task.

Some of CAAT Studio’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped CAAT Studio achieve 8th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Iran:

A+Awards Winner 2
A+Awards Finalist 1
Featured Projects 6
Total Projects 7

7. New Wave Architecture(Lida Almassian / Shahin Heidari)

© New Wave Architecture(Lida Almassian / Shahin Heidari)

© New Wave Architecture(Lida Almassian / Shahin Heidari)

New Wave Architecture Founded in 2006 is a 150 person innovative architecture design firm in Tehran, Iran.It has been nationally and internationally honored with architecture‘s prestigious awards ,publications ,competitions and citation for design excellence with extensive experience in the campus and educational faculties, specialized hospitals and health care facilities.Other projects include retail design, residential work and recreational facilities. Over 120 projects has been designed, accomplished or due to be completed. New Wave architecture seeks for global language of architecture to approach an innovative and challenging contemporary movement.It explores the new ways of emerging ideas, demanding and distinctive spaces regarding the aesthetic aspects, humanity and global communication.

Some of New Wave Architecture (Lida Almassian / Shahin Heidari)’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped New Wave Architecture(Lida Almassian / Shahin Heidari) achieve 7th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Iran:

A+Awards Winner 2
A+Awards Finalist 1
Featured Projects 8
Total Projects 11

6. Farshad MehdiZadeh Design | FMZD

© Farshad MehdiZadeh Design | FMZD

© Farshad MehdiZadeh Design | FMZD

Farshad Mehdizadeh was born in Isfahan, Iran. He completed his bachelor’s and initial master’s degree at the Azad University of Isfahan, where he graduated in 2008. Farshad started his professional career as an architect in Fluid Motion Studio in Tehran. Later he worked with Lab Architecture Studio in Melbourne, Australia. Farshad has designed award winning personal projects as well, namely his Abadan residential building which won first prize in the national Me’mar awards of Iran and high recognition in the Middle East awards.

Farshad acquired a second master’s degree at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, in Barcelona Spain, after which he returned to Iran and established his own firm, Tehran Architecture Studio. Farshad is also active in the academic field, starting in 2007 as an assistant professor and continuing his academic work as a guest lecturer as well as through international workshops and collaboration with architects, instructors and architecture institutes around the world. He is now teaching in Melbourne University faculty of architecture. Farshad focuses his research on geographically context-based architecture and the impact of geography on architecture in general.

Some of Farshad MehdiZadeh Design | FMZD’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Farshad MehdiZadeh Design | FMZD achieve 6th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Iran:

A+Awards Winner 2
A+Awards Finalist 3
Featured Projects 6
Total Projects 17

5. Next Office

© Next Office

© Next Office

Next Office, based in Tehran, aims to provide a contemporary alternative to traditional Iranian architecture, responding to the climate conditions, economic, socio political and cultural context of each project. The practice’s work ranges from single-family houses to residential, commercial and mixed-use large-scale complexes, to urban master plans. Over the past decade, the practice has won several Memar Awards, a prestigious national award for architecture in Iran held annually, making it one of the top prize-winning practices in the country.

Some of Next Office’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Next Office achieve 5th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Iran:

A+Awards Finalist 6
Featured Projects 7
Total Projects 31

4. Mado Architects

© Mado Architects

© Mado Architects

MADO STUDIO was founded by Maziar Dolatabadi on 1998 in Tehran, in the beginning it was working under the title AXIS when it changed its name to MADO on 2017. During these years MADO has designed and executed over 300 projects with different usages around the world, with the purpose of designing and creating new and distinguished architectural spaces. In these years of nonstop activities, we have created numerous imaginative ideas with executable solutions for our projects. With these ideas and solutions, we have continuously managed to utilize spaces in the best way possible while minimizing our clients’ cost and implementation time.

Some of Mado Architects’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Mado Architects achieve 4th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Iran:

A+Awards Winner 3
Featured Projects 14
Total Projects 39

3. ZAV Architects

© ZAV Architects

© ZAV Architects

ZAV Architects design the extended process of architectural object production. ZAV designs the process with the aim of rediscovering at hand and forgotten resources. Using the help of the locally available workforce, the reimagined process transforms the initial resources into adaptable spaces.

Whatever the outcome, which might be unsolicited, we embrace it as designers. We think of this as adopted aesthetics.
When looking at the history of the region where we come from, this culture is rather common, or at least used to be. For instance, in villages people take an ordinary raw material such as wool, color it with plant residues like pomegranate skin or dyer’s madder, and using creative designs and crafts, they turn the raw material into the invaluable object that is the carpet. Carpet is used for many things, including sitting, eating, sleeping, hosting, guests and studying.

Some of ZAV Architects’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped ZAV Architects achieve 3rd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Iran:

A+Awards Winner 3
A+Awards Finalist 6
Featured Projects 10
Total Projects 14

2. Hooba Design Group

© Hooba Design group

© Hooba Design group

Born in 1978, Hooman Balazadeh is the founder and executive director of HOOBA Design Group. Gaining his Master of Architecture in 2003, Balazadeh started working at Shirdel & Partners, where he was a design member for two years, active on several projects.

Balazadeh established HOOBA Design in 2007 with the aim of developing projects in harmony with the cultural and geographical characteristics of the site so that each project forms a new platform for research and investigation.

This office has focused on various topics such as light, color, relation between architecture and the city, building materials, development of spatial diagrams in the Persian Architecture, etc.

Some of Hooba Design group’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Hooba Design group achieve 2nd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Iran:

A+Awards Winner 5
A+Awards Finalist 4
Featured Projects 7
Total Projects 21

1. Kalbod Design Studio

© Kalbod Design Studio

© Kalbod Design Studio

Kalbod Design Studio is one of the subsets of Kalbod Construction Group, which works in the field of execution and design, was established by Mohammad Rahimizadeh in 2016. During his years of activity, he has designed various projects with a variety of uses. With the aim of providing a contemporary alternative to traditional Iranian architecture, tries responding accurately to challenges of the climatic, economic, political, social and cultural conditions of each project. In addition to creativity and quality, the kalbod studio knows the needs and limitations of its projects well and designs beyond nationalities and specialized disciplines, regardless of borders.

Some of Kalbod Design Studio’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Kalbod Design Studio achieve 1st place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Iran:

A+Awards Finalist 2
Featured Projects 16
Total Projects 24

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Architizer also powers firm directories for a number of AIA (American Institute of Architects) Chapters nationwide, including the official directory of architecture firms for AIA New York.

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A Guide to Project Awards

The blue “+” badge denotes that a project has won a prestigious A+Award as described above. Hovering over the badge reveals details of the award, including award category, year, and whether the project won the jury or popular choice award.

The orange Project of the Day and yellow Featured Project badges are awarded by Architizer’s Editorial team, and are selected based on a number of factors. The following factors increase a project’s likelihood of being featured or awarded Project of the Day status:

  • Project completed within the last 3 years
  • A well written, concise project description of at least 3 paragraphs
  • Architectural design with a high level of both functional and aesthetic value
  • High quality, in focus photographs
  • At least 8 photographs of both the interior and exterior of the building
  • Inclusion of architectural drawings and renderings
  • Inclusion of construction photographs

There are 7 Projects of the Day each week and a further 31 Featured Projects. Each Project of the Day is published on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram Stories, while each Featured Project is published on Facebook. Each Project of the Day also features in Architizer’s Weekly Projects Newsletter and shared with 170,000 subscribers.

 


 

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30 Best Architecture and Design Firms in India

These annual rankings were last updated on August 23, 2024. Want to see your firm on next year’s list? Continue reading for more on how you can improve your studio’s ranking.

India is a massive country with a long, complex history, and its architectural heritage reflects this varied past. With decolonization and independence in the mid-20th century, the country’s architects and politicians embraced modernist architecture as a symbolic move away from the past. In 1947, the country’s population totaled about 330 million, yet, there were just 300 trained architects. Today, the population of 1.38 billion consists of over 90,000 registered architects.

Rapidly growing urban centers and an influx of wealth continue to fuel architectural commissions, and even as skyscrapers go up, landscape designs are paid increasing attention. While many stories of the country’s design history have begun with outsiders like Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn, today, Indian architects have taken control of the narrative and are cultivating an incredible design culture within their country and beyond. When it comes to contemporary Indian design, the incredible work of Pritzker-prize and RIBA Gold medal winner B.V. Doshi is just the tip of the iceberg.

With so many architecture firms to choose from, it’s challenging for clients to identify the industry leaders that will be an ideal fit for their project needs. Fortunately, Architizer is able to provide guidance on the top design firms in India based on more than a decade of data and industry knowledge.

How are these architecture firms ranked?

The following ranking has been created according to key statistics that demonstrate each firm’s level of architectural excellence. The following metrics have been accumulated to establish each architecture firm’s ranking, in order of priority:

  • The number of A+Awards won (2013 to 2024)
  • The number of A+Awards finalists (2013 to 2024)
  • The number of projects selected as “Project of the Day” (2009 to 2024)
  • The number of projects selected as “Featured Project” (2009 to 2024)
  • The number of projects uploaded to Architizer (2009 to 2024)

Each of these metrics is explained in more detail at the foot of this article. This ranking list will be updated annually, taking into account new achievements of India architecture firms throughout the year.

Without further ado, here are the 30 best architecture firms in India:


30. RENESA ARCHITECTURE DESIGN INTERIORS STUDIO

© RENESA ARCHITECTURE DESIGN INTERIORS STUDIO

© RENESA ARCHITECTURE DESIGN INTERIORS STUDIO

Most of the projects that RENESA takes on are quite unique in India. We have worked on residential, industrial, institutional, corporate as well as commercial projects. Almost all the projects are distinct and required a great deal of study of the clients’ expectations. We would characterize this as the primary reason of our success. It is our effort to focus the client on the visualization of their expectations, and the review of the presented options. The middle part is our core business. Whether it be the study of newer architectural concepts, creation of visualizations, electrical, fire fighting, plumbing, HVAC, interiors, landscape design etc, Renesa handles all aspects of the project. RENESA works with eminent consultants on need basis to address local construction requirements so that the client has a single point of contact, but the benefit of an integrated consultancy streams.

Some of RENESA ARCHITECTURE DESIGN INTERIORS STUDIO’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped RENESA ARCHITECTURE DESIGN INTERIORS STUDIO achieve 30th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

Featured Projects 2
Total Projects 3

29. 42mm Architecture

© 42mm Architecture

© 42mm Architecture

A multi-disciplinary practice established in 2005, 42mm has been since specializing in architecture, interiors and urban design. With a keen desire to depart from conventional models, the 42mm team comprising of twenty-five plus architects and designers led by Rudraksh Charan and Priyanka Khanna strive constantly to create projects that stand out in design and construction. The firm is constantly at work on research, development and implementation of innovative and efficient design strategies. Additionally the firm maintains a strong commitment to create design solutions that are individually tailored to suit the specific criteria for each project.

42mm has chosen to make a difference in the world by looking at reducing fossil fuel energy demands in its buildings.

Some of 42mm Architecture’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped 42mm Architecture achieve 29th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

Featured Projects 2
Total Projects 4

28. STUDIOARO

© STUDIOARO

© STUDIOARO

We design. We build. Spaces that uplift and inspire. Through our ancestral knowledge and techniques, we transform materials from nature into modern contemporary structures.

Some of STUDIOARO’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped STUDIOARO achieve 28th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

Featured Projects 1
Total Projects 2

27. Studio Course

© Studio Course

© Studio Course

We believe that architecture and design have a direct relationship with the way we inhabit a space and, in-return the space and atmosphere eventually shape us.

Some of Studio Course’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Studio Course achieve 27th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

Featured Projects 2
Total Projects 2

26. treelight design

© treelight design

© treelight design

Treelight is an aesthetic practice in architecture, interior and product design. We believe that design is a creative reaction to interesting stimuli. This stimuli may be a beautiful location, unique material, form, function or simply a classic line. The eventual design is a synthesis of both, the subjective and the objective analysis of an idea.

Some of treelight design’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped treelight design achieve 26th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

Featured Projects 2
Total Projects 2

25. EGO DESIGN STUDIO

© EGO DESIGN STUDIO

© EGO DESIGN STUDIO

The Trivandrum based architecture and design studio was founded in 2009 by a group of like-minded architects who did their graduation from TKM College of Engineering, Kollam, Kerala. Their works are a reflection of the questions they ask themselves and the confusion they confront. Beyond the necessary performative approach, the practice aligns itself to the boundaries between the philosophical and phenomenological approach

Some of EGO DESIGN STUDIO’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped EGO DESIGN STUDIO achieve 25th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

Featured Projects 2
Total Projects 4

24. Shanmugam Associates

© Shanmugam Associates

© Shanmugam Associates

Shanmugam Associates (SA) is a professionally managed architecture and design firm having its offices in Trichy and Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The firm had its inception in 1982 under Ar. A. Shanmugam, who was the pioneer in creating awareness of architecture as a profession in Trichy, India. With a huge clientele, rich experience in the field and exploration into various typologies, SA has its growth laid on strong foundation.

The architecture at Shanmugam Associates is simple, rational, powerful, experimental and pragmatic. The essence is to deliver minimal and timeless solutions taking into consideration nature’s sensitivity, economic barriers and client’s requirement. Immense focus has always given to sustainability and sensitivity to nature in SA even before the emergence of green buildings concepts.

Some of Shanmugam Associates’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Shanmugam Associates achieve 24th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

Featured Projects 2
Total Projects 4

23. Srijit Srinivas Architects

© Srijit Srinivas Architects

© Srijit Srinivas Architects

Srijit Srinivas Architects is a multiple International Award winning architecture studio based in Trivandrum, Kerala, India. Founded by its namesake, the firm is known for creating buildings with timeless value. They have won the Jury award at the coveted 34 th World Architecture Community Awards 2020, for the Benziger Hospice Home, Trivandrum and is also a winner of the 40th World Architecture Awards for the Brick Lattice House, among other regional awards. Their portfolio consists of apartments, residential homes, healthcare buildings, commercial buildings, institutional, convention centers, resorts and so on.

Some of Srijit Srinivas Architects’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Srijit Srinivas Architects achieve 23rd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

Featured Projects 2
Total Projects 5

22. blocher partners India

© blocher partners India Pvt Ltd

© blocher partners India Pvt Ltd

blocher partners India Pvt. Ltd. in New Delhi is the perfect contact for holistic project developments at the highest of standards. In interlocking architecture with interior design the international renowned company plans, develops and realizes projects for the event-orientated retail market as well as high-quality residential areas, private houses, hotels, offices and all kinds of commercial buildings. Besides architecture and interior design the office also offers corporate design, graphic and visual merchandising.

Our work begins by the observer’s curiosity. We imagine things both from the outside to the inside and the inside to the outside.

Some of blocher partners India Pvt Ltd’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped blocher partners India Pvt Ltd achieve 22nd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

Featured Projects 2
Total Projects 8

21. Moriq

© Moriq

© Moriq

With the collective professional experience that encompasses a wide array of design types including residential, commercial, institutional and educational facilities, Mr.Riyaz Quraishi and Mrs. Simeen Quraishi, the designer couple, have completed more than a couple of hundred projects. Currently have on-going projects all over the country including Delhi, Bangalore, Rajasthan, Chennai. Our international projects are mostly luxury homes and hotels in the Middle East.

Some of Moriq’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Moriq achieve 21st place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

Featured Projects 2
Total Projects 8

20. JDAP Design – Architecture – Planning

© JDAP Design - Architecture - Planning

© JDAP Design - Architecture - Planning

JDAP is a design, architecture and planning firm based in Mumbai, India. Founded by Jude D’Souza, the firm is known for design at high quality, well researched and meticulously detailed. The firm works on a variety of projects across scales and disciplines covering residential, cultural, commercial and hospitality sectors and has been published and awarded nationally and internationally. The firm works with the principle “Design that is closer to Nature”. This emphasizes a wide range of ensuing approaches, key among which is developing the ability through design, to do “More with Less”. It sees the architectural project at its core as an idea-based one, and seeks to constantly invent.

Some of JDAP Design – Architecture – Planning’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped JDAP Design - Architecture - Planning achieve 20th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

Featured Projects 2
Total Projects 11

19. Quirk Studio

© Quirk Studio

© Quirk Studio

Quirk Studio is an Interior Design Company founded by Disha Bhavsar and Shivani Ajmera in 2013. Their design philosophy is finding simplicity in clutter and to create in order to inspire. Quirk Studio’s goal is for its designs to have the power to transport you into another world, allow you to dream and most importantly, evoke an emotional response. Disha graduated from the Winchester School of Arts, University of Southampton, UK and went on to work with Milind Pai Architects, Beyond Design and ELLE DECOR. Shivani graduated from Florence Design Academy, Italy. She went on to work with Talati & Panthaky, Red Architects, Better Interiors, ELLE DECOR and Restoration Hardware (USA), before coming together to start Quirk Studio.

Some of Quirk Studio’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Quirk Studio achieve 19th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

Featured Projects 2
Total Projects 12

18. M9 Design Studio

© Shamanth Patil J R

© Shamanth Patil J R

We strive to impact people through spaces. No matter what project we’re designing, we always aim to make a difference in the city’s landscape. We envision spaces that will inspire people, help them connect with one another, and enrich the human experience. We do this by embracing the life, love, and diversity of the city. Recognizing that every great design is the result of a combination of ideas, we’re inspired by the dynamism of urban life.

Some of M9 Design Studio’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped M9 Design Studio achieve 18th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

A+Awards Finalist 1
Featured Projects 1
Total Projects 5

17. Morphogenesis

© Morphogenesis

© Morphogenesis

Morphogenesis is one of India’s leading award-winning architecture and urban design practices with offices in Mumbai, Bengaluru, Pune and New Delhi. Morphogenesis reinterprets India’s architectural roots and consistently employs passive design solutions for a unique contextual language. Its work encompasses a range of typologies across architecture, interiors and landscape urbanism. Morphogenesis is the only firm in the WA100 list of the world’s largest Architecture firms which is gender neutral, with over 50% women across all levels. With a global portfolio, 150 international and national awards and 1000 plus publications globally, it is the first Indian firm to be awarded the Singapore Institute of Architects Getz Award for their vision and commitment in making a significant contribution in shaping the changing landscape of Asia.

Some of Morphogenesis’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Morphogenesis achieve 17th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

A+Awards Finalist 1
Featured Projects 1
Total Projects 20

16. Samira Rathod Design Associates

© Edmund Sumner

© Edmund Sumner

Every building endeavor must be a responsible solution in structure, services infrastructure, cost and function. It must have a purpose, and above all, dare its own consequences in the environment; but in all of the above, if there is poetry, then perhaps it becomes architecture.

SRDA is a firm that investigates design with a passionate and critical eye grounded in modesty and a thirst for imaginative adventures. At SRDA every project is treated with fervor for exploration and innovation and tested for relevance in physical and social contexts against the land which will cradle it and against the man it is meant for.

SRDA subscribes to the philosophy of the architecture of BLIRS — beautiful, local, indigenous, recycle and small.

Some of Samira Rathod Design Associates’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Samira Rathod Design Associates achieve 16th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

Featured Projects 3
Total Projects 2

15. tHE gRID Architects

© tHE gRID Architects

© tHE gRID Architects

tHE gRID is an architecture firm based in the bustling city of Ahmedabad Gujarat India. It is a multidisciplinary design firm which incorporates an array of design combinations and experiences, qualification and skills and deeply committed to excellence. The firm aims at providing complete and high-level design services for the full range of projects. We have created a team of passionate professionals under this firm and we currently employ from various respected design schools across the country. We comprise of civil engineers and architects and Interior designers who are dedicated to the satisfaction of the client and design philosophy. The team works towards design strategies and awards client interaction and satisfaction.

Some of tHE gRID Architects’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped tHE gRID Architects achieve 15th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

Featured Projects 3
Total Projects 3

14. Sfuurrna Akrriitt

© Sfuurrna Akrriitt

© Sfuurrna Akrriitt

Our mission is to reach the world community and render the richness that underlies in the wisdom of India. The word ‘Sfurna’ means ‘that which comes from within’. Respecting ‘the intuition’, we strive to design and build original, inspirational and timeless environs believing that it is our responsibility to glorify our profession by professing and implementing values, idealism and ideologies. As designers, it’s our prerogative to have ‘art’ as an utmost integral part of design with innovation in approach to the design, material and space realized through the use of natural resources of natural light, wind & views valuing local material, culture, art and craft and amalgamating it with the present.

Some of Sfuurrna Akrriitt’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Sfuurrna Akrriitt achieve 14th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

A+Awards Winner 1
Featured Projects 2
Total Projects 10

13. Multitude Of Sins

© Multitude Of Sins

© Multitude Of Sins

Multitude of Sins (MOS) is a creative design studio identified by its experimental take on design, that lets creative possibilities run riot against the celebration of colors and graphics while striving to unveil the potential a space can bear if one remembers to dismiss the notions of familiarity.

Some of Multitude Of Sins’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Multitude Of Sins achieve 13th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

A+Awards Winner 1
A+Awards Finalist 1
Featured Projects 2
Total Projects 4

12. Abin Design Studio

© Abin Design Studio

© Abin Design Studio

Abin Design Studio was founded in October 2005 by Abin Chaudhuri, and architecture graduate from Jadavpur University with a specialization in industrial design from Domus Academy, Milan. Juli Mallick, also an architecture graduate from JU joined ADS in 2006 and today is a business partner to Abin. What started off as a small three person firm is now a frontline organization rendering complete design and management solutions right from conceptualization to realization of the space, object or visual in the market, keeping in mind the synergy of execution of design solution through extensive research and innovation. We are into architecture, interior design, design of exhibition spaces, industrial design and graphic design.

Some of Abin Design Studio’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Abin Design Studio achieve 12th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

Featured Projects 3
Total Projects 4

11. MANOJ PATEL DESIGN STUDIO

© MANOJ PATEL DESIGN STUDIO

© MANOJ PATEL DESIGN STUDIO

Our practice believes in redefining of vernacular materials transformed into contemporary applications for building designs. We have completed more than 150 projects includes residential, commercial, schools, hospitals and some renovation projects.

Some of MANOJ PATEL DESIGN STUDIO’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped MANOJ PATEL DESIGN STUDIO achieve 11th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

Featured Projects 3
Total Projects 18

10. IMK Architects

© IMK Architects

© IMK Architects

Founded in 1957, IMK Architects is an architecture and urban design practice headquartered in Mumbai with another office in Bengaluru. It is led by the father-son duo of I. M. Kadri and Rahul Kadri who are supported by a 35-strong multidisciplinary team of architects, designers, planners, engineers and visualisation artists. The practice’s early journey is intrinsically tied to that of independent India, and more specifically, to that of the country’s financial capital of Mumbai, its diverse work a reflection of changing times and imaginations as a young nation and its first metropolis navigated questions of tradition and modernity and business and politics on its way to a self-sufficient and economically-secure future.

Some of IMK Architects’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped IMK Architects achieve 10th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

Featured Projects 3
Total Projects 24

9. Anagram Architects

© Anagram Architects

© Anagram Architects

Anagram Architects is a design consultancy firm established by Vaibhav Dimri and Madhav Raman in New Delhi in 2001. The partners are graduate architects from the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi. The firm’s practice is diverse and encompasses public infrastructure planning, urban design, architecture, sceneography broadcast design, furniture design and interior design.

Our young and dynamic firm has very rapidly garnered national and international acclaim for designs that span a wide array, from modest residences to large public infrastructure facilities. Through our work we attempt to enrich elemental modernity with intensive research into traditional as well as non-conventional practices, evolving culturally relevant, contextually responsive and resource efficient design solutions. We, at Anagram Architects, enthusiastically explore these as opportunities to investigate spatial design and endeavor to provide innovative and fresh design solutions by delving into our rich experience in various fields.

Some of Anagram Architects’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Anagram Architects achieve 9th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

A+Awards Finalist 1
Featured Projects 3
Total Projects 6

8. StudioPOD

© StudioPOD

© StudioPOD

StudioPOD is an international multi-disciplinary planning and urban design practice, with their headquarters in Mumbai, India, and an office in Dallas, USA. POD stands for People Oriented Design, which is the main philosophy of the firm. Since 2013, StudioPOD has worked extensively in multiple regions across India and in UAE. Our projects are of varying scales that include strategic and regional plans, transportation and campus plans, landscape urbanism, placemaking and streetscapes.

Our firm philosophy is people centric design. Our urban design practice pushes the conventional design boundaries with ideas and principles that focus on people-centric design. We plan for cities and social spaces that foster resilience, vitality, ecology and community.

Some of StudioPOD’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped StudioPOD achieve 8th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

A+Awards Winner 1
A+Awards Finalist 1
Featured Projects 3
Total Projects 3

7. SpaceMatters

© SpaceMatters

© SpaceMatters

SpaceMatters is an integrated design practice with architecture, interior, urban design and habitat research capabilities founded in 2005. Based out of New Delhi the award winning design practice has been consistently recognized as one of the leading design firms in India.

Some of SpaceMatters’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped SpaceMatters achieve 7th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

A+Awards Winner 1
Featured Projects 3
Total Projects 11

6. CollectiveProject

© CollectiveProject

© CollectiveProject

CollectiveProject is a young international design studio founded in Bangalore, India by partners Cyrus Patell and Eliza Higgins in 2013. The studio’s investigations occur at multiple scales; from furniture and interiors to residential and institutional buildings. Recently completed projects include a Montessori school on a 2 acre site, Cafe/Bakery in Koramangala and garden landscape/reading room.

As a studio, we consider the entire architectural experience — combining spatial narratives, landscape and materials. Our approach is open and fluid — drawing inspiration from site, culture, environment and technology. Our work mediates between multiple scales and is both detail and conceptually driven.

Some of CollectiveProject’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped CollectiveProject achieve 6th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

Featured Projects 5
Total Projects 5

5. KSM Architecture

© KSM Architecture

© KSM Architecture

KSM was formed in the year 1990 with a team of highly professional and experienced architects and engineers with exposure to international standards of design and detailing. Recent years have seen immense change in technology and lifestyle in India. Changes that have had a profound effect on the buildings in which we live, work and play. Today’s designs must be innovative and the buildings, practical and viable. We are sensitive to these issues and it has been the objective of the firm to maintain a high standard of design and technical competence with a great emphasis on climatically relevant and sustainable design.

In recent years, KSM is being recognized as one of the leading firms that design sustainable and eco-friendly buildings.

Some of KSM Architecture’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped KSM Architecture achieve 5th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

A+Awards Winner 1
A+Awards Finalist 1
Featured Projects 5
Total Projects 8

4. The Purple Ink Studio

© The Purple Ink Studio

© The Purple Ink Studio

Established in 2011 in Bengaluru, The Purple Ink Studiois a multifaceted architecture practice that is young, experimental and ambitious. Conceived by Aditi Pai and Akshay Heranjal, as the principals along with Nishita Bhatia and Arpita Pai, the studio has now grown into a highly collaborative practice, with a core group of design associates who come from different architectural backgrounds.

The practice passionately believes in an approach that is layered, contextual and experimental in nature. The studio is exploring various scales and typologies with a constant search to engineer new ways of blurring the boundaries between architecture and landscape. In less than a decade, the studio has gained recognition worldwide by winning numerous national and international awards.

Some of The Purple Ink Studio’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped The Purple Ink Studio achieve 4th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

Featured Projects 5
Total Projects 15

3. Gaurav Roy Choudhury Architects

© Gaurav Roy Choudhury Architects

© Gaurav Roy Choudhury Architects

GRCA is a young firm headed by architect Gaurav Roy Choudhury, with experience in architecture, interior design, graphic design, urban design and housing projects, mainly in and around Bangalore. Its main aim has always been to articulate the various movements that assimilate context, taking the project brief from the “said” to the “unsaid”. GRCA strives to absorb all domains of influence and exposure, with the hopes of redefining honest architecture through a process of re-invention and storytelling. Its path lies in the understood, and its eyes on the unexplored.

Some of Gaurav Roy Choudhury Architects’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Gaurav Roy Choudhury Architects achieve 3rd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

Featured Projects 7
Total Projects 12

2. Architecture BRIO

© Sebastian Zachariah

© Sebastian Zachariah

Architecture BRIO is an award winning architecture and interior design studio actively engaged in the creation of contextually appropriate, sustainable design solutions within an increasingly changing world.

The work of the studio addresses new ways of understanding the often contradictory interrelations between the city, architecture, landscape and the world of interiors. There is a growing need for our built environment to re-establish healthy relationships with the natural world. Similarly there is an urgency to address the never before seen growth in urban and rural areas in India and globally. Within this context the work searches for a delicate balance between architecture as the act of disappearance, and creating characterful, responsive and experiential environments.

Some of Architecture BRIO’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Architecture BRIO achieve 2nd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

Featured Projects 8
Total Projects 7

1. Sanjay Puri Architects

© Sanjay Puri Architects

© Sanjay Puri Architects

Sanjay Puri Architects has been widely recognized as one of the best architecture firms of the past thirty years. Since it’s founding in 1992, the firm has spearheaded dozens of award-winning projects, including everything from townships, schools, hotels, retail and office buildings, and has been at the forefront of creating innovative design solutions that are sustainable on a large scale.

With a current firm strength of ninety, led by founding partners Sanjay and Nina Puri, evolving design solutions that are contextual and sustainable and creating spaces that explore spatial perception with new design directions form the essence of the firm’s design philosophy. Sanjay Puri Architects strives for design approaches that are environmentally and culturally contextual, while also finding innovative new ways for people to experience these spaces.

Some of Sanjay Puri Architects’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Sanjay Puri Architects achieve 1st place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

A+Awards Winner 14
A+Awards Finalist 8
Featured Projects 26
Total Projects 44

Why Should I Trust Architizer’s Ranking?

With more than 30,000 architecture firms and over 130,000 projects within its database, Architizer is proud to host the world’s largest online community of architects and building product manufacturers. Its celebrated A+Awards program is also the largest celebration of architecture and building products, with more than 400 jurors and hundreds of thousands of public votes helping to recognize the world’s best architecture each year.

Architizer also powers firm directories for a number of AIA (American Institute of Architects) Chapters nationwide, including the official directory of architecture firms for AIA New York.

An example of a project page on Architizer with Project Award Badges highlighted

A Guide to Project Awards

The blue “+” badge denotes that a project has won a prestigious A+Award as described above. Hovering over the badge reveals details of the award, including award category, year, and whether the project won the jury or popular choice award.

The orange Project of the Day and yellow Featured Project badges are awarded by Architizer’s Editorial team, and are selected based on a number of factors. The following factors increase a project’s likelihood of being featured or awarded Project of the Day status:

  • Project completed within the last 3 years
  • A well written, concise project description of at least 3 paragraphs
  • Architectural design with a high level of both functional and aesthetic value
  • High quality, in focus photographs
  • At least 8 photographs of both the interior and exterior of the building
  • Inclusion of architectural drawings and renderings
  • Inclusion of construction photographs

There are 7 Projects of the Day each week and a further 31 Featured Projects. Each Project of the Day is published on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram Stories, while each Featured Project is published on Facebook. Each Project of the Day also features in Architizer’s Weekly Projects Newsletter and shared with 170,000 subscribers.

 


 

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30 Best Architecture Firms in Chicago

These annual rankings were last updated on August 16th, 2024. Want to see your firm on next year’s list? Continue reading for more on how you can improve your studio’s ranking.

Chicago is near the top of many enthusiasts’ lists or architectural pilgrimages. After being destroyed by a fire in 1871, like a phoenix, Chicago rose from its ashes, and in the process, it became an urban incubator for skyscraper design. Throughout the next several decades, architects explored the possibilities of steel frame construction and plate glass. Architects like Daniel Burnham, Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright and Ludwig Mies pioneered novel theories and designs, in the process devising methods for erecting taller and taller buildings with unique ways of expressing their structural prowess.

Fast forward to today, and Chicago remains an influential producer in the architectural world. More and more, the city has turned its attention to landscape architecture and the architecture of public places. This urban-oriented approach is apparent in many leading firms found in the following list.

With so many architecture firms to choose from, it’s challenging for clients to identify the industry leaders that will be an ideal fit for their project needs. Fortunately, Architizer is able to provide guidance on the top design firms in Chicago based on more than a decade of data and industry knowledge.

How are these architecture firms ranked?

The following ranking has been created according to key statistics that demonstrate each firm’s level of architectural excellence. The following metrics have been accumulated to establish each architecture firm’s ranking, in order of priority:

  • The number of A+Awards won (2013 to 2024)
  • The number of A+Awards finalists (2013 to 2024)
  • The number of projects selected as “Project of the Day” (2009 to 2024)
  • The number of projects selected as “Featured Project” (2009 to 2024)
  • The number of projects uploaded to Architizer (2009 to 2024)

Each of these metrics is explained in more detail at the foot of this article. This ranking list will be updated annually, taking into account new achievements of Chicago architecture firms throughout the year.

Without further ado, here are the 30 best architecture firms in Chicago:


30. OKW Architects

© OKW Architects

© OKW Architects

OKW Architects is in the business of reimagining, reinventing, and repositioning. We use our design and business acumen to improve the built environment in creative and imaginative ways.

Some of OKW Architects’ most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped OKW Architects achieve 30th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chicago:

Featured Projects 1
Total Projects 11

29. Earles Architects and Associates (EAA)

© Earles Architects and Associates (EAA)

© Earles Architects and Associates (EAA)

Innovating Successful Environments is what inspires us. Established in 1991, Earles Architects and Associates (EAA) is a full-service architectural design firm offering a wide range of architectural, interior design and planning services. EAA has years of experience with a variety of clients in the corporate, tenant development, healthcare, institutional, industrial and retail/hospitality sectors. Innovation is at the core of every architectural design solution we create and evident in the thousands of projects we’ve successfully delivered. We are strong proponents of the “team approach”, partnering well not only with our clients but with everyone involved; from brokers and building owners to engineers and contractors.

Some of Earles Architects and Associates (EAA)’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Earles Architects and Associates (EAA) achieve 29th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chicago:

Featured Projects 1
Total Projects 17

28. Bailey Edward

© Bailey Edward

© Bailey Edward

Bailey Edward is a purpose-driven, forward-thinking, and award-winning architecture and engineering firm that offers creative design solutions for the way people live, work and learn. Their innovative team employs an integrated and effective design approach to respond to the needs of the public. Every project is approached with a sense of social contract, purpose and a promise to deliver clients creative and responsive solutions.

Founded in 1991, the Illinois-based firm practices throughout the Midwest with offices in Chicago, Fox River Grove and Champaign. Every project is approached with a sense of social contract, purpose and a promise to deliver clients creative and responsive solutions.

Some of Bailey Edward’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Bailey Edward achieve 28th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chicago:

Featured Projects 1
Total Projects 21

27. Vinci-Hamp Architects

© Tom Harris

© Tom Harris

VHA is committed to the improvement of the built environment through the preservation of historic buildings and the design of new buildings of the highest quality. Historic architecture, through its materials, detailing, scale and proportion, contributes to a rich and pleasing built environment. Such buildings should be preserved, both for their historic significance and for their adaptability to other, contemporary uses. VHA has considerable experience with historic architecture, both as a defender of Chicago’s buildings and as architect for numerous preservation and reuse projects. VHA’s new buildings demonstrate that contemporary architecture develops through straightforward expressions of function, structure and materials. Like the best buildings of the past, our new buildings emphasize dignified spaces, refined proportions and quality materials. We strive for buildings that are clearly organized, well built and relatively timeless in their forms and details.

Some of Vinci-Hamp Architects’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Vinci-Hamp Architects achieve 27th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chicago:

A+Awards Finalist 1
Featured Projects 1
Total Projects 2

26. GREC Architects, LLC

© GREC Architects, LLC

© GREC Architects, LLC

We are a group of architects, designers and planners who lead collaborative efforts with our team and our clients to provide creative and efficient project solutions.

Some of GREC Architects, LLC’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped GREC Architects, LLC achieve 26th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chicago:

A+Awards Finalist 1
Featured Projects 1
Total Projects 20

25. Searl Lamaster Howe Architects

© Searl Lamaster Howe Architects

© Searl Lamaster Howe Architects

Searl Lamaster Howe Architects is committed to realizing inspiring spaces for clients who value where they live, work, play and learn. Each project is approached as a unique opportunity with a distinct set of needs and aspirations. Client collaboration at each step of the design and construction process is key to the quality of the office’s work. A project’s aesthetic is complemented and shaped by a detailed study of program, context, technology, and budget. The studio shares a commitment to creativity, innovation, sustainability, detail, and materiality. The firm portfolio includes residential, commercial and institutional projects that range from master planning to renovations to restorations to new construction; it is a member of the United States Green Building Council and offers full LEED services.

Some of Searl Lamaster Howe Architects’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Searl Lamaster Howe Architects achieve 25th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chicago:

Featured Projects 1
Total Projects 17

24. Palmyra PLLC

© Palmyra Geraki

© Palmyra Geraki

PALMYRA PLLC is a woman-owned full-service architecture practice based in Chicago. The practice, like its founder, is named after the city of Palmyra in present-day Homs Governorate, Syria, a city with an independent streak and an incredibly rich multicultural history. The archaeological site of Palmyra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was partially destroyed by ISIS in 2015. Even in its ruinous state, Palmyra is a palimpsest, if there ever was any. In our practice we believe that we are never creating in a vacuum and the name of our practice serves as a reminder of that.

Architecture always starts with a problem: sometimes an eminently practical one and sometimes an abstract or conceptual one.

Some of Palmyra PLLC’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Palmyra PLLC achieve 24th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chicago:

A+Awards Winner 1
Featured Projects 1
Total Projects 1

23. dSPACE Studio

© dSPACE Studio

© dSPACE Studio

We are an award-winning architecture firm dedicated to architecture, interiors, and landscape. Our work is defined by thoughtful design and innovation. Every project is tailor-made. Project types include residential and commercial, with a focus on urban dwellings, vacation homes, and unique business spaces. Projects include new construction, renovations and additions.

We approach all projects individually. Each project starts with an exploration of client needs and evolves from budget, location, and context without imposition of preconceived styles or solutions. We strive to integrate environmentally sustainable design with green technologies and materials, whenever possible. We are dedicated to client satisfaction by meeting mutually agreed upon project requirements and goals.

Some of dSPACE Studio’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped dSPACE Studio achieve 23rd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chicago:

Featured Projects 2
Total Projects 14

22. moss design

© moss design

© moss design

moss is a multidisciplinary architecture and urban design studio. We provide a wide range of services and expertise throughout the project, from site selection to design, project management, construction, and completion. Our credentials include WBE certification, LEED accreditation, and Illinois, Michigan, and California licensure. Our work is diverse by design, allowing us to explore the best design solutions across various project types, including residential, commercial, hospitality, interiors, urban planning, and custom furniture.

Our approach is both collaborative and customized. We seek collaboration with owners and developers looking for more than a set of drawings but true partners in a comprehensive process. We explore work that stretches the boundaries of what an architect typically does, tapping the experience we’ve gained and generating innovative and transformative solutions.

Some of moss design’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped moss design achieve 22nd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chicago:

Featured Projects 2
Total Projects 14

21. Pappageorge Haymes Partners

© YoChicago

© YoChicago

Since 1981, the architecture of Pappageorge Haymes Partners (PH) has had a profound influence on attitudes toward the rebirth of our cities and the promise of urban living. Our unique approach – both passionately civic and distinctly practical – has produced a remarkable and award-winning body of work that includes nearly every product and building type, from single-family homes to high-rises, expansive mixed-use developments, far-sighted neighborhood plans, and the creative adaptive re-use of structures across the United States. Well known for the collaborative, client-oriented approach and insightful skill we bring to every project, PH is widely recognized as an important leader in its field.

Some of Pappageorge Haymes Partners’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Pappageorge Haymes Partners achieve 21st place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chicago:

Featured Projects 2
Total Projects 22

20. Krueck Sexton Partners

© Krueck Sexton Partners

© Krueck Sexton Partners

Krueck Sexton Partners is a Chicago-based, nationally recognized architecture practice comprised of design professions dedicated to the realization of buildings that are reflective of our diverse clients. We work in close collaboration with industry-leading engineers and consultants, reinforcing an interdisciplinary and research-based studio culture. We have achieved a consistent design portfolio of the highest quality for over thirty years. Client participation is encouraged throughout a journey of discovery, when ideas and opportunities that best support the project goals begin to crystallize. This allows for the development of unique and specific solutions.

Some of Krueck Sexton Partners’ most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Krueck Sexton Partners achieve 20th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chicago:

A+Awards Winner 1
Featured Projects 3
Total Projects 7

19. bKL Architecture

© bKL Architecture

© bKL Architecture

bKL Architecture’s open studio environment encourages a spirited exchange of ideas. Our culturally diverse team brings together a broad range of skills, experiences and backgrounds to create a vibrant atmosphere and design process. At the center of our process is a focus on in-depth analysis, intensive experimentation and collaboration. Our team designs projects that only enrich sites and cities around the world in which we build.

Some of bKL Architecture’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped bKL Architecture achieve 19th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chicago:

A+Awards Finalist 1
Featured Projects 3
Total Projects 9

18. Cordogan Clark & Associates

© James Steinkamp Photography

© James Steinkamp Photography

We create great environments. We are a full service architecture, planning, and engineering firm with deep experience in academic, civic, and residential architecture. Our portfolio includes many innovative, first of their kind projects. We have extensive experience in the design and technical development of building systems and the management of complex projects. We maintain a special focus on architecture that supports and benefits community.

Some of Cordogan Clark & Associates’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Cordogan Clark & Associates achieve 18th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chicago:

A+Awards Finalist 1
Featured Projects 3
Total Projects 40

17. FGP atelier

© FGP atelier

© FGP atelier

Chicago-based global architecture firm FGP Atelier is changing the paradigm of what constitutes great architecture and building. Helmed by award-winning, Mexican-born architect Francisco Gonzalez Pulido (FGP), FGP Atelier was founded in September of 2017 following Gonzalez Pulido’s departure as partner and president of JAHN.

Some of FGP atelier’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped FGP atelier achieve 17th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chicago:

A+Awards Finalist 2
Featured Projects 2
Total Projects 10

16. Latent Design

© Latent Design

© Latent Design

Latent Design is a Chicago based full service architecture firm and strategic design consultancy working at the intersection of design and community development to create social, economic and environmental impact beyond the building. We use design as a tool to make the invisible forces impacting a project at local and global levels; policy, culture, climate, economy, visible through architecture. We offer innovative design solutions to those in resource and budget limited environments through a participatory approach that leverages local assets to directly generate project opportunities. Our collaborations range from small-scale tactical interventions, new construction community buildings, adaptive reuse, neighborhood master plans and design speculations.

Latent Design is a registered Benefit Corporation in the State of Illinois and is required by law to create and demonstrate positive social impact to the community through our work.

Some of Latent Design’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Latent Design achieve 16th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chicago:

A+Awards Winner 2
Total Projects 10

15. Goettsch Partners

© Goettsch Partners

© Goettsch Partners

Goettsch Partners (GP) is an architecture firm with a global perspective. Based in Chicago, with additional offices in Denver and Shanghai, we share a singular approach to design that combines seasoned experience with a passion for exploration and innovation. Our completed and active projects span five continents and represent a diverse range of types and sizes.

Some of Goettsch Partners’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Goettsch Partners achieve 15th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chicago:

Featured Projects 4
Total Projects 15

14. Partners By Design

© Partners By Design

© Partners By Design

As we mark our 30th year in business in 2023, Partners by Design continues to design and deliver powerful, one-of-a-kind spaces for our clients. Through our integrated approach, innovative solutions, and diversified suite of services (Interiors, Architecture, Spark Environmental Branding, and VIZfire Architectural Visualization), all under one roof, we continue to be an industry leader through our innovation, technology integration, and thought leadership on the direction and formation of new space typologies.

Our client-centric process driven by research and grounded in data, gives us a deep understanding of human behavior and what our clients face every day. Utilizing this behavioral understanding directly correlates to successful placemaking design and delivery.

Some of Partners By Design’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Partners By Design achieve 14th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chicago:

A+Awards Winner 1
A+Awards Finalist 1
Featured Projects 2
Total Projects 13

13. SCB

© Darris Lee Harris Photography

© Darris Lee Harris Photography

SCB is an architecture, planning, interior and urban design firm. Founded in Chicago in 1931, SCB provides design services from four locations across the US. SCB is at the forefront of dense urban living, innovative workplaces, inspiring learning environments, resilient infrastructure, and vibrant communities. Through the collective impact of nearly a century of work, the firm has made an indelible mark on the contemporary landscape.

Some of SCB’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped SCB achieve 13th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chicago:

A+Awards Winner 1
A+Awards Finalist 1
Featured Projects 4
Total Projects 14

12. JAHN

© JAHN

© JAHN

JAHN is a unique architectural firm conceived to meet the challenges posed by the new millennium. Under the leadership of Helmut Jahn the firm has grown and evolved steadily from the original practice founded in 1937 by Charles F. Murphy, Sr. out of a tradition started with Daniel H. Burnham. The firm has carried the name Murphy/Jahn from 1979 to 2012 and is now known simply as JAHN. We believe our commitment to this balance is fundamental to the successful translation from architectural concept into built reality. We are committed to creating forward reaching buildings, which will endure the test of time and become a source of pride in the minds of owners, users, communities, and ourselves.

Some of JAHN’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped JAHN achieve 12th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chicago:

A+Awards Finalist 2
Featured Projects 6
Total Projects 22

11. Jacobs Ryan Associates

© Jacobs Ryan Associates, Mikyoung Kim Design

© Jacobs Ryan Associates, Mikyoung Kim Design

Jacobs/Ryan Associates combines knowledge, conceptual thinking and attention to detail to produce enduring landscapes. The firm believes three fundamentals are important to the success of all landscape projects: design, technology and management. Each plays a critical part in making the finished landscape meet the client’s expectations.

While we are known for our designs and aim for beauty in every finished product, we also believe form should follow function. We take advantage of technological advances that will improve both the process and outcome of a project, whether the concern is aesthetic, functional, ecological or economic. We rely on time-tested approaches to many landscape solutions because what has worked well may not need changing. We manage every project closely, giving it our focused, personal attention. Every project is assigned a partner who plays an active role in the day-to-day events of the project.

Some of Jacobs Ryan Associates’ most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Jacobs Ryan Associates achieve 11th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chicago:

A+Awards Winner 2
A+Awards Finalist 1
Featured Projects 5
Total Projects 5

10. Hoerr Schaudt

© Perkins&Will

© Perkins&Will

At Hoerr Schaudt, we design beautiful, purposeful gardens that connect people, site, and season. Gardens elicit joy, soothe our souls, and become places where we interact with each other and the world around us. Drawing upon centuries of time-honored tradition, our work layers botanical silhouettes to shape space and create settings that artfully blend the natural and built environments be it a residence, streetscape, campus, city park, or botanical garden.

Based in Chicago, with offices in Kansas City and Los Angeles, Hoerr Schaudt continues its 30-year mission to make gardens that thrive and delight.

Some of Hoerr Schaudt’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Hoerr Schaudt achieve 10th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chicago:

A+Awards Winner 1
A+Awards Finalist 1
Featured Projects 6
Total Projects 9

9. STLarchitects

© STLarchitects

© STLarchitects

STLarchitects is an internationally recognized architectural and design firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm is dedicated to the creation of architecture of exceptional quality, consistently navigating the delicate equilibrium between pragmatic considerations and idealistic aspirations. This commitment is manifest in the deliberate integration of essential attributes inherent in exemplary architectural endeavors, including the judicious manipulation of light and space, the meticulous orchestration of proportion and volume, the imposition of order and hierarchy, and the nuanced application of color and texture.

Some of STLarchitects’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped STLarchitects achieve 9th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chicago:

A+Awards Winner 3
A+Awards Finalist 1
Featured Projects 5
Total Projects 16

8. JGMA

© JGMA

© JGMA

JGMA is a progressive architecture and design practice committed to active community involvement and the enrichment of peoples’ lives through the attentive and dynamic organization of space and materiality. We understand that quality design has a unique ability to influence civic life and transform communities.

We proudly consider ourselves innovators in the field of architecture and are dedicated to formulating consistently unique solutions to every design opportunity. Our work is conceptually driven but exhibits the highest level of quality at every stage of design, construction, and occupancy. JGMA is led by the firm’s president, Juan Gabriel Moreno, and is supported by a talented team of experienced architectural professionals.

Some of JGMA’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped JGMA achieve 8th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chicago:

A+Awards Winner 1
A+Awards Finalist 1
Featured Projects 8
Total Projects 30

7. Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture

© James Steinkamp Photography

© James Steinkamp Photography

Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture is dedicated to the design of high-performance, energy-efficient and sustainable architecture on an international scale. The firm approaches each project, regardless of size or scale, with an understanding that architecture has a unique power to influence civic life. We strive to create designs that aid society, advance modern technology, sustain the environment and inspire those around us to improve our world. Our office is dedicated to the creation of new paradigms for sustainable development.

Some of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture achieve 7th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chicago:

A+Awards Finalist 6
Featured Projects 7
Total Projects 25

6. Valerio Dewalt Train

© Tom Harris Photography

© Tom Harris Photography

Valerio Dewalt Train is a 50 person national architectural and design practice with offices in Chicago, Illinois; Denver, Colorado; and San Francisco, California. Since 1994, the firm has based its practice on the simple idea that whatever the question, design is the answer. But we also believe that before an answer can be provided, one has to do the research to make sure the question is understood.

As designers, we take a research-based approach to the design process; it is immersive and specific. This process allows us to explore the client’s DNA, user profile, research best practices and discover early on what sustainable strategies should be integrated in the project.

Some of Valerio Dewalt Train’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Valerio Dewalt Train achieve 6th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chicago:

A+Awards Finalist 7
Featured Projects 8
Total Projects 42

5. Ross Barney Architects

© Ross Barney Architects

© Ross Barney Architects

Ross Barney Architects is a Chicago-based architecture and urban design studio. Established by Carol Ross Barney, the studio occupies a unique place within the panorama of contemporary practice that is characterized by a reputation for work in the public realm. From community buildings to campus buildings for premier academic and research institutions, to groundbreaking transit stations that connect vibrant neighborhoods, Ross Barney Architects has produced distinctive structures that have become community icons.

The studio’s ideas and projects have been recognized by entities and publications from around the world. Ross Barney Architects’ work has been exhibited in Chicago, New York, Washington D.C.

Some of Ross Barney Architects’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Ross Barney Architects achieve 5th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chicago:

A+Awards Winner 2
A+Awards Finalist 6
Featured Projects 10
Total Projects 16

4. Wheeler Kearns Architects

© Wheeler Kearns Architects

© Wheeler Kearns Architects

Wheeler Kearns is a collective practice of architects. We work with people who seek to enrich their lives in spaces that embody their purpose, energy and vision.

When a space we design resonates with your deepest intention, it has a lasting and powerful impact. As we work with you, we devote all our energies to understanding your core purpose, the transformation you seek, your mission. We want to see your challenge through your eyes. Doing this guides us to what we call the “emotional center,” the heart around which your entire project revolves. We return to that central idea as we craft concepts, help you make decisions, and refine our responses to those choices.

Some of Wheeler Kearns Architects’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Wheeler Kearns Architects achieve 4th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chicago:

A+Awards Finalist 5
Featured Projects 20
Total Projects 36

3. Perkins&Will

© Perkins&Will

© Perkins&Will

Perkins&Will, an interdisciplinary, research-based architecture and design firm, was founded in 1935 on the belief that design has the power to transform lives. Guided by its core values — design excellence, diversity and inclusion, living design, research, resilience, social purpose, sustainability and well-being — the firm is committed to designing a better, more beautiful world. Metropolis named Perkins&Will “Firm of the Year” in 2022 for its industry leadership in advancing climate action and social justice.

With an international team of more than 2,000 professionals, the firm has over 20 studios worldwide, providing integrated services in architecture, interior design, branded environments, urban design, and landscape architecture.

Some of Perkins&Will’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Perkins&Will achieve 3rd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chicago:

A+Awards Winner 5
A+Awards Finalist 12
Featured Projects 33
Total Projects 105

2. Studio Gang

© Studio Gang

© Studio Gang

Founded and led by Jeanne Gang, Studio Gang is an architecture and urban design practice headquartered in Chicago with offices in New York, San Francisco, and Paris. We work as a collective of more than 100 architects, designers, and planners, using design as a medium to connect people to each other, to their communities, and to the environment. We collaborate closely with our clients, expert consultants, and specialists from a wide range of fields to design and realize innovative projects at multiple scales: architecture, urbanism, interiors, and exhibitions.

Some of Studio Gang’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Studio Gang achieve 2nd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chicago:

A+Awards Winner 14
A+Awards Finalist 11
Featured Projects 32
Total Projects 45

1. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)

© Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)

© Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is an influential collective of architects, designers, engineers and planners, responsible for some of the world’s most technically and environmentally advanced buildings, and significant public spaces. From a strategic regional plan to a single piece of furniture, SOM’s designs anticipate change in the way we live, work and communicate, and have brought lasting value to communities around the world. The firm’s approach is highly collaborative, and its interdisciplinary team is engaged on a wide range of international projects, with creative studios based across the globe.

Some of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) achieve 1st place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chicago:

A+Awards Winner 21
A+Awards Finalist 41
Featured Projects 64
Total Projects 111

Why Should I Trust Architizer’s Ranking?

With more than 30,000 architecture firms and over 130,000 projects within its database, Architizer is proud to host the world’s largest online community of architects and building product manufacturers. Its celebrated A+Awards program is also the largest celebration of architecture and building products, with more than 400 jurors and hundreds of thousands of public votes helping to recognize the world’s best architecture each year.

Architizer also powers firm directories for a number of AIA (American Institute of Architects) Chapters nationwide, including the official directory of architecture firms for AIA New York.

An example of a project page on Architizer with Project Award Badges highlighted

A Guide to Project Awards

The blue “+” badge denotes that a project has won a prestigious A+Award as described above. Hovering over the badge reveals details of the award, including award category, year, and whether the project won the jury or popular choice award.

The orange Project of the Day and yellow Featured Project badges are awarded by Architizer’s Editorial team, and are selected based on a number of factors. The following factors increase a project’s likelihood of being featured or awarded Project of the Day status:

  • Project completed within the last 3 years
  • A well written, concise project description of at least 3 paragraphs
  • Architectural design with a high level of both functional and aesthetic value
  • High quality, in focus photographs
  • At least 8 photographs of both the interior and exterior of the building
  • Inclusion of architectural drawings and renderings
  • Inclusion of construction photographs

There are 7 Projects of the Day each week and a further 31 Featured Projects. Each Project of the Day is published on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram Stories, while each Featured Project is published on Facebook. Each Project of the Day also features in Architizer’s Weekly Projects Newsletter and shared with 170,000 subscribers.

 


 

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30 Best Architecture and Design Firms in Chile

These annual rankings were last updated on August 9th, 2024. Want to see your firm on next year’s list? Continue reading for more on how you can improve your studio’s ranking.

A vast yet narrow topography and a booming design community, Chile continues to gain recognition for its architectural achievements and innovative experimentations of space. Nestled between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, the varying landscape — deserts, coastlines and mountainscapes — has led to interesting design variations and organizations. On the other hand, as a nation prone to seismic activity, Chile has experienced its fair share of natural disasters, leading to significant advances in earthquake-resistant structures.

Historically, a country’s notable moment was the end of the Pinochet regime that led to a boom in architecture schools and a broader curriculum. From Pritzker Prize-winning Alejandro Aravena to Cecilia Puga, an impressive cohort of Chilean architects has taken center stage in the international design community, and many new studios are on the rise, setting the bar high for continual national architectural feats.

With so many architecture firms to choose from, it’s challenging for clients to identify the industry leaders that will be an ideal fit for their project needs. Fortunately, Architizer is able to provide guidance on the top design firms in Chile based on more than a decade of data and industry knowledge.

How are these architecture firms ranked?

The following ranking has been created according to key statistics that demonstrate each firm’s level of architectural excellence. The following metrics have been accumulated to establish each architecture firm’s ranking, in order of priority:

  • The number of A+Awards won (2013 to 2024)
  • The number of A+Awards finalists (2013 to 2024)
  • The number of projects selected as “Project of the Day” (2009 to 2024)
  • The number of projects selected as “Featured Project” (2009 to 2024)
  • The number of projects uploaded to Architizer (2009 to 2024)

Each of these metrics is explained in more detail at the foot of this article. This ranking list will be updated annually, taking into account new achievements of Chile architecture firms throughout the year.

Without further ado, here are the 30 best architecture firms in Chile:


30. Duque Motta & AA

© FG+SG | Fotografia de Arquitectura

© FG+SG | Fotografia de Arquitectura

WE ARE an architectural practice based in Santiago de Chile, founded in 2004 by Rodrigo Duque Motta, first as RDM architecture. Our work seeks to build value based on a methodology focused on customer needs and collaborative work; intensively using design as a tool for improvement that multiplies the possibilities; with sensitivity and respect for the physical, cultural and environmental context; and a focus on the definition of identity and construction of human experience.

Some of Duque Motta & AA’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Duque Motta & AA achieve 30th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

A+Awards Finalist 1
Featured Projects 2
Total Projects 1

29. Cristián Axl Valdés

© Leo Basoalto

© Leo Basoalto

mutarestudio | Cristin Axl Valds is an architecture office located in the Central Valley of Chile. Our work covers the fields of architecture, urban design and landscape.

Our work has been widely published in the media in France, Argentina, Germany, Croatia, Romania, the Netherlands, and others; and has been exhibited in various places, such as the XVIII Biennial of Architecture and Territory of Chile, the XXI Pan American Architecture Biennial of Quito, Ecuador, the XIII Architecture Biennial of Bolivia, where we obtain the prize for best international work, and Madrid, Spain. We were selected among the fourteen emerging Latin American offices to be part of the 2019 Latin American Architecture Biennial to be held in Spain.

Some of Cristián Axl Valdés’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Cristián Axl Valdés achieve 29th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

Featured Projects 2
Total Projects 1

28. Pablo Larroulet | LARROU_Arq

© Pablo Larroulet | LARROU_Arq

© Pablo Larroulet | LARROU_Arq

Chilean architect graduated in 2010 from the Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile with studies in Polytechnic of Milan, Italy and Master of Architecture, Design and Innovation at MArch, Valencia. From 2015 to 2019 he worked in Sydney at Villa + Villa Architects. In 2020, he moved to Valencia, Spain, were he worked at Fran Silvestre Arquitectos where he specialized in the development of residential, hospitality and interior design projects.

He is currently living in Chile, where he is developing projects in different parts of the country, mainly in the Magallanes Region, collaborating with various architectural and construction offices.

Some of Pablo Larroulet | LARROU_Arq’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Pablo Larroulet | LARROU_Arq achieve 28th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

Featured Projects 2
Total Projects 1

27. Estudio Base Arquitectos

© Estudio Base Arquitectos

© Estudio Base Arquitectos

Our work is based on adding value to architecture, through a methodology based on the client’s needs and collaborative work. Design as the main tool to solve problems; Considering that conditions change constantly and the use of technology is increasing, our office has developed a way of working that allows us to carry out projects from idea to execution in a comprehensive manner; with sensitivity and respect for the geographical, cultural and environmental context. This is what we are passionate about and motivates us day by day in each project.

Some of Estudio Base Arquitectos’ most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Estudio Base Arquitectos achieve 27th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

Featured Projects 2
Total Projects 2

26. Tidy Architects

© Tidy Architects

© Tidy Architects

Albert Tidy Architects is an architecture office based in Santiago, Chile. We define our work as an exploration of architecture and design as plastic phenomenoma. Our search centers in the reduction of perceptible constructive complexities, to try to shorten the distance between the original idea and the complete building. This process is taken through a wide spectrum of scales, from object design, furniture design and architecture in a variety of scales.

Some of Tidy Architects’ most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Tidy Architects achieve 26th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

Featured Projects 2
Total Projects 2

25. Alex Plana Arquitecto

© Alex Plana Arquitecto

© Alex Plana Arquitecto

Alex Plana Arquitecto is an architecture firm based in Chile, working mainly on residential projects.

Some of Alex Plana Arquitecto’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Alex Plana Arquitecto achieve 25th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

Featured Projects 2
Total Projects 2

24. Elton + Léniz Arquitectos Asociados

© Elton + Léniz Arquitectos Asociados

© Elton + Léniz Arquitectos Asociados

Since 1993, the elton_léniz office has carried out a wide spectrum of requests independently, along with a varied list of associated collaborators in which there are included artists, architects and designers. This diversity and versatility in the designing capacity on different levels and topics has been developed as one of the main features of this office.

Within the projects developed there are objects and furniture, mounting of exhibitions, commercial spaces, interior design, single-family and collective dwellings, art galleries, offices and residence buildings, urban development, educational spaces and more.

The partners are architects Mirene Elton and Mauricio Léniz. They have carried out numerous presentations and conferences at the Universidad Católica de Chile, Universidad Federico Santa María, Universidad del Desarrollo, Universidad Diego Portales, London University, XV Architecture Biennal in Santiago de Chile, among others.

A constant collaborator in the elton_léniz office is photographer Natalia Vial. A considerable part of the photographic record of the office work is of her own.

Some of Elton + Léniz Arquitectos Asociados’ most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Elton + Léniz Arquitectos Asociados achieve 24th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

Featured Projects 2
Total Projects 2

23. Etcheberrigaray – Matuschka Arquitectos

© Etcheberrigaray - Matuschka Arquitectos

© Etcheberrigaray - Matuschka Arquitectos

Etcheberrigaray – Matuschka Arquitectos is an architecture firm based in Chile. Their projects deal mainly with residential challenges.

Some of Etcheberrigaray – Matuschka Arquitectos’ most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Etcheberrigaray - Matuschka Arquitectos achieve 23rd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

Featured Projects 2
Total Projects 2

22. Felipe Assadi + Francisca Pulido Arquitectos

© Fernando Alda

© Fernando Alda

Felipe Assadi is an architect from the Finis Terrae University and a master in Architecture from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. In 1999 he received the Youth Promotion Award from the College of Architects of Chile, awarded to the best architect in the country under 35 years of age. He has been a professor at several Chilean and other foreign universities, in Mexico, Brazil, Italy, Colombia and the United States. Since 2011, he has served as Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Design of the Finis Terrae University. He has been invited to give lectures in Venezuela, Peru, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Argentina, the United States, Italy and Spain. His work has been published in several countries, in magazines such as Wallpaper and Architectural Review, in London; Arquitectura Viva and AV Monografías, in Madrid; Architectural Record, in New York; GA, in Tokyo; Domus and Casabella, in Italy, among others; as well as in specialized books around the world. He has participated in exhibitions in Chicago, Barcelona, Pamplona, London, Quito, Tokyo, Venice and Santiago. His work has been developed in Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, the United States, and Ecuador.

Some of Felipe Assadi + Francisca Pulido Arquitectos’ most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Felipe Assadi + Francisca Pulido Arquitectos achieve 22nd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

Featured Projects 2
Total Projects 2

21. COMUNarquitectos

© COMUNarquitectos

© COMUNarquitectos

COMUNarquitectos is a firm created in 2010 in Tokyo, Japan with the idea of make architecture mainly for the community. We, its founders think that architecture is a social-design issue and our goal is designing for and by people without neglecting art. Now we are in our mother land, Chile sharing all that we learned.

Some of COMUNarquitectos’ most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped COMUNarquitectos achieve 21st place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

Featured Projects 2
Total Projects 3

20. DX Arquitectos

© DX Arquitectos

© DX Arquitectos

We are a professional support that promotes individual and collective undertakings for the development of a conscious and consistent architecture.

We work as a network, with passion and commitment, generating proposals that fully resolve the uniqueness of each project.

Some of DX Arquitectos’ most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped DX Arquitectos achieve 20th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

Featured Projects 2
Total Projects 3

19. Masfernandez Arquitectos

© Nico Saieh

© Nico Saieh

Our office seeks to develop projects that are inserted into its environment, adding real value to their owners and users, with a contemporary architectural language. Since we left 26 years ago, we have combined the traditional work of the architecture firm, the use of new technologies and constructive innovations to design memorable buildings and houses. Our team mixes multiple talents who work together with our clients in achieving strategic and creative designs that put people at the center and improve their environments.

Some of Masfernandez Arquitectos’ most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Masfernandez Arquitectos achieve 19th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

Featured Projects 2
Total Projects 3

18. Alejandro Soffia

© Alejandro Soffia

© Alejandro Soffia

Alejandro Soffia Arquitecto is an architect based in Santiago, Chile. He focuses on material optimization and prefabrication, as a way to improve buildings impact on the environment, and give access to good design, to a wider range of population. Projects have been done in different scales and destinations, but they have been focused on materials, techniques and details.

Some of Alejandro Soffia’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Alejandro Soffia achieve 18th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

Featured Projects 2
Total Projects 4

17. Gonzalo Iturriaga Arquitectos

© Pablo Casals Aguirre

© Pablo Casals Aguirre

The project exercise of the office is based on establishing a broad and reflective view around the multiple variables that each assignment presents. Under this perspective, each project is proposed as a particular formal and spatial investigation, on the program, the place, the material and the requirements of the client. Solving in this exercise, a project that seeks to respond to the imperative needs of the assignment, but advancing in the project practice of the office.

Some of Gonzalo Iturriaga Arquitectos’ most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Gonzalo Iturriaga Arquitectos achieve 17th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

Featured Projects 2
Total Projects 4

16. REPUBLICA PORTATIL

© REPUBLICA PORTATIL

© REPUBLICA PORTATIL

Activism, art and architecture. República Portátil (Portable Republic, in English) is a creative company formed by architects and designers along with the cinematographic production agency Terkofilms.

Some of REPUBLICA PORTATIL ‘s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped REPUBLICA PORTATIL achieve 16th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

Featured Projects 2
Total Projects 8

15. 2DM

© 2DM

© 2DM

2DM is an architecture firm based in Chile. Their work revolves around residential architecture.

Some of 2DM’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped 2DM achieve 15th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

Featured Projects 3
Total Projects 2

14. Alvano y Riquelme Architects

© Alvano y Riquelme Architects

© Alvano y Riquelme Architects

Alvano y Riquelme Architects is an architecture firm based in Chile. Their work revolves around residential and hospitality architecture.

Some of Alvano y Riquelme Architects’ most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Alvano y Riquelme Architects achieve 14th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

Featured Projects 3
Total Projects 2

13. Jorge Figueroa + Asociados

© Jorge Figueroa + Asociados

© Jorge Figueroa + Asociados

The office of architects Jorge Figueroa + Asociados has been characterized by carrying out a large number of works and projects especially housing, in addition to commercial and offices, in which assertiveness, empathy, rigor, creativity and functionality have predominated as key elements, added to a unique teamwork born from the sum of the great talents that make it up.

Some of Jorge Figueroa + Asociados’ most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Jorge Figueroa + Asociados achieve 13th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

Featured Projects 3
Total Projects 2

12. CONOR

© CONOR

© CONOR

CONOR ® – Architecture / Construction from the driest place on Earth. Desert is brutal build strong.

Some of CONOR’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped CONOR achieve 12th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

Featured Projects 3
Total Projects 3

11. L A N D

© L A N D

© L A N D

We are architects, landscape architects, environmental and urban planners, artist, and motivators committed to innovation in the design of projects that enhance the relationship between the built and natural environments. We integrate environmental and social initiatives in the design process, in projects that promote and empower local values for the long term. We work on projects from a city-wide scale to the individual, accounting for ecological, social, real estate, regulatory and economic variables that result in informed designs able to adapt over time. Our commitment is to collaborate with the people, communities, companies, governments and teams that believe in change and innovation through environmental design.

Some of L A N D’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped L A N D achieve 11th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

Featured Projects 3
Total Projects 3

10. 01ARQ

© 01ARQ

© 01ARQ

01ARQ is an architecture firm based in Chile, entered around residential architecture.

Some of 01ARQ’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped 01ARQ achieve 10th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

Featured Projects 3
Total Projects 3

9. Cazu Zegers Arquitectura

© Cazu Zegers Arquitectura

© Cazu Zegers Arquitectura

We are a multidisciplinary and diverse creative ecosystem, made up of architects and leading professionals in their areas. Our purpose as a team is to articulate spaces, communities, projects and infrastructure that can accommodate being, in order to create responses to the problems that today’s living brings.

Cazú Zegers has a different angle of approach towards architecture, in an expressive search, closely related to Latin America, its territory, landscape and traditions. From here arises a work “in progress” that involves a poetic reflection on the way we inhabit the territory.

The thesis that inspires her work is to build in a “light and. precarious way”, referring to a lo-tek architecture but with a high experiential impact; understanding that the greatest value of Chile and Latin America is in its territory: “The territory is to America what monuments are to Europe,” says Cazú.

Some of Cazu Zegers Arquitectura’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Cazu Zegers Arquitectura achieve 9th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

Featured Projects 3
Total Projects 3

8. Gonzalo Mardones Arquitecto

© Gonzalo Mardones Arquitecto

© Gonzalo Mardones Arquitecto

Gonzalo Mardones gets his degree as architect from the Universidad Católica de Chile, where he graduates with the Maximum Honors. He receives the First Prize in the Architecture Biennale, for the best degree project among all the Architectural Schools in Chile, for his project for urban renewal of the South-West Center of Santiago. He has been a professor of architectural design workshops and directed degree projects in the Faculties of Architecture of the Universidad Católica, Universidad de Chile, Universidad Central, Universidad Andrés Bello and Universidad Finis Terrae, in addition to having been guest professor and lecturer in different universities in Chile, and abroad.

His work has been published by the main architectural magazines and honoured at Biennales. He has been a member of the National Commission of Competitions of the Architects Association in Chile and a Founding member of the Association of Architectural Practices (AOA). In 2008 received the ‘Degree Distinction’ by the UMSA Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Bolivia. In 2016 received the Honorary Fellowship by the AIA American Institute of Architects in Philadelphia.

Some of Gonzalo Mardones Arquitecto’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Gonzalo Mardones Arquitecto achieve 8th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

Featured Projects 3
Total Projects 3

7. Azócar Catrón

© Azócar Catrón

© Azócar Catrón

Azcar Catrn is an architecture and urbanism office established in Concepción, Chile in 2016 by Ricardo Azócar and Carolina Catrón.

Some of Azócar Catrón’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Azócar Catrón achieve 7th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

Featured Projects 4
Total Projects 3

6. Pezo von Ellrichshausen

© Pezo von Ellrichshausen

© Pezo von Ellrichshausen

Pezo von Ellrichshausen architects was established in Concepcion (Chile) in 2001 by Mauricio Pezo and Sofia von Ellrichshausen. With a cross production between art and architecture, the studio has built a series of singular houses, art pavilions and residential buildings. The office has been awarded at the V Iberoamerican Biennial, at the XV Chilean Architecture Biennial and at the AR Awards for emerging architecture and has been nominated for the Swiss Architectural Award (endrisio, 2010). The studio has been selected for the official exhibition at the 12h international architecture exhibition of La bBennale di Venezia.

Some of Pezo von Ellrichshausen’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Pezo von Ellrichshausen achieve 6th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

Featured Projects 4
Total Projects 5

5. Grupo Arquitectos

© Grupo Arquitectos

© Grupo Arquitectos

Architecture and Interior Design firm based in Chile and the United States. Grupo Arquitectos focuses on designing the future for the human experience and its well-being in inhabited space.

Founded in 2002 by Architects Jorge Hasbún N. and Catalina Valdés Tocornal Grupo Arquitectos develops innovative design for the Airport Industry, Real Estate development, Retail, F&B, Corporate, Fuel and Housing Desing.

Some of Grupo Arquitectos’ most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Grupo Arquitectos achieve 5th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

A+Awards Finalist 1
Featured Projects 3
Total Projects 50

4. ValdesHagemann Architects

© ValdesHagemann Architects

© ValdesHagemann Architects

ValdesHagemann is a Chilean practice, launched at 2009 by architects Nicolás Valdés and Constanza Hagemann.ValdesHagemann, as the word explains, aims to research every possible aspect of an assignment. We emphasize the idea that every client is different, every site is unique and the formal outcome must be true to all those parameters.

Some of ValdesHagemann Architects’ most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped ValdesHagemann Architects achieve 4th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

Featured Projects 5
Total Projects 4

3. MARSINO Arquitectura

© MARSINO Arquitectura

© MARSINO Arquitectura

Marsino is a practice of architects, designers, engineers and consultants based in Santiago with an office in Lima. We work together with clients and users to create special places where people want to live, work, learn and be.

Some of MARSINO Arquitectura’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped MARSINO Arquitectura achieve 3rd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

A+Awards Winner 1
A+Awards Finalist 2
Featured Projects 2
Total Projects 5

2. 57STUDIO

57STUDIO is an architecture office founded in 2002. Its two partners are Maurizio Angelini and Benjamín Oportot, both architects from the University of Chile. Their work has been published, exhibited and awarded around the world. In 2004, they won the XIV Chilean Architecture Biennale and were selected in the Chilean sample to exhibit at the IX Venice Biennale. In 2016 they win the First Prize of Casa FOA Chile and are awarded at the X BIAU Ibero-American Architecture Biennial. And in 2018 they won the Best Object Design Award from ED Magazine. His work seeks to maximize the relationship between the building and its context.

Some of 57STUDIO’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped 57STUDIO achieve 2nd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

Featured Projects 5
Total Projects 9

1. GUBBINS POLIDURA ARQUITECTOS

© GUBBINS POLIDURA ARQUITECTOS

© GUBBINS POLIDURA ARQUITECTOS

GUBBINS ARQUITECTOS is an architecture and urbanism studio, it was founded in 1996 by Victor Gubbins and Pedro Gubbins. In 2017, Antonio Polidura joined as a partner with Gubbins Arquitectos and created the GUBBINS POLIDURA ARQUITECTOS studio. In 2015, Pedro Gubbins was recognized as a MEMBER OF HONOR AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS AIA (Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, F.AIA).

His work has been developed in different areas of architecture, such as urban planning, urbanism, small and large-scale architectural design, in addition to interior architecture. His work consists of public and private buildings, developing projects in different cities in Chile, from Arica to Puerto Montt. A great diversity of architectural projects have materialized; interventions on heritage architecture, single-family homes, housing complexes, office buildings, universities, schools, soccer stadiums, sports and cultural centers, shopping Centers and retail. They have participated in countless architecture competitions, obtaining first places in more than 21 projects.

The multiplicity and programmatic variety of the projects developed, allows a look and a versatile development, with a broad look at the development of architecture, its cultural, geographical, social environments and the alternatives for its materialization according to its budgets.

Some of GUBBINS POLIDURA ARQUITECTOS’ most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped GUBBINS POLIDURA ARQUITECTOS achieve 1st place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

Featured Projects 6
Total Projects 35

Why Should I Trust Architizer’s Ranking?

With more than 30,000 architecture firms and over 130,000 projects within its database, Architizer is proud to host the world’s largest online community of architects and building product manufacturers. Its celebrated A+Awards program is also the largest celebration of architecture and building products, with more than 400 jurors and hundreds of thousands of public votes helping to recognize the world’s best architecture each year.

Architizer also powers firm directories for a number of AIA (American Institute of Architects) Chapters nationwide, including the official directory of architecture firms for AIA New York.

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A Guide to Project Awards

The blue “+” badge denotes that a project has won a prestigious A+Award as described above. Hovering over the badge reveals details of the award, including award category, year, and whether the project won the jury or popular choice award.

The orange Project of the Day and yellow Featured Project badges are awarded by Architizer’s Editorial team, and are selected based on a number of factors. The following factors increase a project’s likelihood of being featured or awarded Project of the Day status:

  • Project completed within the last 3 years
  • A well written, concise project description of at least 3 paragraphs
  • Architectural design with a high level of both functional and aesthetic value
  • High quality, in focus photographs
  • At least 8 photographs of both the interior and exterior of the building
  • Inclusion of architectural drawings and renderings
  • Inclusion of construction photographs

There are 7 Projects of the Day each week and a further 31 Featured Projects. Each Project of the Day is published on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram Stories, while each Featured Project is published on Facebook. Each Project of the Day also features in Architizer’s Weekly Projects Newsletter and shared with 170,000 subscribers.

 


 

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25 Best Architecture and Design Firms in Paris

Paris is arguably one of the most romanticized cities in Europe and potentially the world. Its architectural history is rich, influenced by an array of architectural styles — from being the birthplace of Gothic structures to the renowned Belle Époque and the Art Deco movement. During the 19th century, one of the biggest urban planning programs was initiated by Napoleon III and directed by architect Georges-Eugène Haussmann: the city’s medieval neighborhoods were demolished, creating wider boulevards, new infrastructural systems as well as uniform façades aimed at dealing with Paris’s overcrowding, diseases and criminality rates.

In the 1980s, the “grands travaux” concept reimagined the city once more by introducing contemporary landmarks that have “moved” Paris to the next millennium, turning it into a hub of architectural innovation. Today, by blending historic preservation with contemporary design, famous architects like Frank Gehry and Herzog & de Meuron have added new, modern landmarks, including the futuristic Fondation Louis Vuitton and the strikingly modern Tour Triangle, that respond to the current architectural, social and environmental setting.

With so many architecture firms to choose from, it’s challenging for clients to identify the industry leaders that will be an ideal fit for their project needs. Fortunately, Architizer is able to provide guidance on the top design firms in Paris based on more than a decade of data and industry knowledge.

How are these architecture firms ranked?

The following ranking has been created according to key statistics that demonstrate each firm’s level of architectural excellence. The following metrics have been accumulated to establish each architecture firm’s ranking, in order of priority:

  • The number of A+Awards won (2013 to 2024)
  • The number of A+Awards finalists (2013 to 2024)
  • The number of projects selected as “Project of the Day” (2009 to 2024)
  • The number of projects selected as “Featured Project” (2009 to 2024)
  • The number of projects uploaded to Architizer (2009 to 2024)

Each of these metrics is explained in more detail at the foot of this article. This ranking list will be updated annually, taking into account new achievements of Paris architecture firms throughout the year.

Without further ado, here are the 25 best architecture firms in Paris:


25. Architecturestudio

© Architecturestudio

© Architecturestudio

Architecturestudio is an international architecture, urban planning and interior design practice founded in 1973, with offices in Paris, Shanghai and Zug. It brings together, around 13 partners, a multidisciplinary team of 150 people of 25 different nationalities. Its commitment to promoting architecture is reflected in a collective work that has won numerous distinctions. Architecturestudio is founded on shared knowledge and dialogue to increase the creative potential of a collective design. This approach promotes a plural understanding of the world, which achievements for more than forty years on 5 continents allow it to respond to the major challenges of the 21st century.

Architecturestudio relies on a wide expertise of projects carried out to develop its conceptual approach, responding to specific challenges for each case study.

Some of Architecturestudio’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Architecturestudio achieve 25th place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Paris:

Featured Projects 5
Total Projects 15

24. Antonini Darmon Architects

© Laurent Desmoulins

© Laurent Desmoulins

We founded the agency Antonini Darmon Architects in Paris in 2006. Our creative system was born from the partnership of two complementary yet different personalities. We aim to propose an original architectural interpretation, where each project follows a path having its own identity and dynamics. Our architecture is contextual: functionality, rigor and sobriety are combined in order to transform the project into an object of beauty. We are more especially dedicated to the new architectural and urban stakes involved with sustainable development.

Some of Antonini Darmon Architects’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Antonini Darmon Architects achieve 24th place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Paris:

A+Awards Finalist 1
Featured Projects 5
Total Projects 10

23. Avenier Cornejo Architectes

© Avenier Cornejo Architectes

© Avenier Cornejo Architectes

Miguel Cornejo was born in Santiago, Chile and studied architecture in France (Paris Malaquais). He worked for Mathias Klotz (Santiago, Chile), Francois Roche (R & Sie (n)) and with other agencies such as XTU Paris, Jacques Ferrier & Galiano & Simon. Christelle Avenier, graduated from the School of Architecture Malaquais Paris and subsequently worked in various agencies including Deremer Architect Douglas (San Francisco, USA) & Mathias Klotz (Santiago, Chile).

After graduating with honors, they were short listed for the Robert Auzelle prize «Lumières de la Ville» and won funding from Electra (EDF) in 2000 for a project in Valparaiso, Chile. Christelle Avenier and Miguel Cornejo founded an architecture agency (SARL) together in 2008. Their approach is inventive, without preconceptions or prejudices.

Some of Avenier Cornejo Architectes’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Avenier Cornejo Architectes achieve 23rd place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Paris:

A+Awards Finalist 1
Featured Projects 6
Total Projects 7

22. Chartier Dalix

© Chartier Dalix

© Chartier Dalix

ChartierDalix, architecture is envisaged as a built system combining the means to welcome life, poetry, and the commons. Whatever the purpose of the building, our main objective is to offer generous spaces, a quality of life and pleasurable places to be in. In our opinion, architecture is above all linked to the senses, to the human and to nature, it accompanies society and participates in its evolution.

We are convinced that it is important to strengthen the commons, just as in an ecosystem where everything plays a role. As in a garden, there is always something more to do for those who come.

Some of Chartier Dalix’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Chartier Dalix achieve 22nd place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Paris:

A+Awards Finalist 1
Featured Projects 6
Total Projects 10

21. CUT architectures

© CUT architectures

© CUT architectures

Our practice as a 4 hands design studio started in 2005 and we founded our company CUT architectures in 2008. CUT, 3 letters standing for our aim to contrast deeply with the conformist Parisian Architectural practice and the expected positions and trends. Breaking the boundaries between architecture, urbanism, interior design & art we are taking the inherent qualities of every of these fields in order to initiate inspiring hybrid projects.

We don’t make hierarchical distinctions between an art installation, a piece of furniture, a shop, a flat, a set design, a house or a building and put the same effort with the same process: we first search for the optimal plan layout and the most effective section and we then implement the material which is the key to a project for us. Through material we create, reinterpret, divert, innovate.

Stainless steel, expanded metal or wood take part of the aesthetic aspect of a building as much as they are important for their inherent properties. This close relation to the material, the building elements and building processes are the guaranty of our knowledge of construction costs and the keeping of a budget.

We have a strong knowledge in project management from our former professional careers which we used and developed for our own practice. We are working on projects for municipalities and public housing developers.

Some of CUT architectures’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped CUT architectures achieve 21st place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Paris:

Featured Projects 6
Total Projects 11

20. BFV ARCHITECTES

© BFV ARCHITECTES

© BFV ARCHITECTES

BFV Architectes is an architecture studio funded by Jean Bocabeille, Olivier Fassio and Jean-Brice Viaud.This acronym stands for more than 20 years of experience. It embodies both a historical continuity and a strong desire to grow together and broaden the scope of action. The idea of creating a new practice was obvious to the three men, as much as their will to keep building a consistent, efficient and meaningful kind of architecture. Bocabeille, Fassio and Viaud’s projects have been carried out either as collective journeys ([BP] Architectures, Plan01 or Fassio-Viaud Architectes) or individual adventures (Jean Bocabeille Architecte).

Some of BFV ARCHITECTES’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped BFV ARCHITECTES achieve 20th place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Paris:

Featured Projects 6
Total Projects 13

19. Architecture Patrick Mauger

© D. Boy de la Tour

© D. Boy de la Tour

The agency contributes to the transformation of the city, designing buildings that enrich life by multiplying their possible uses. The fields of activity are highly varied, ranging from urban spaces with studies to modify the reception areas in the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie and the northern Vilette esplanade (definition study) to interior architecture and design for the new layouts of the Louvre museum restaurants and delivery of the first “monolith”, inspired by an lfood on the terraces of the Richelieu wing. Through their uses, contexts and budgets, the projects reveal a strong personality and are characterised by the emphasis on materials, such as marble powder on a honeycomb structure and Corian for the Louvre, or The Arte Povera treated wood for the CROUS centre in Mabillon.

Some of Architecture Patrick Mauger’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Architecture Patrick Mauger achieve 19th place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Paris:

Featured Projects 6
Total Projects 20

18. Dorell.Ghotmeh.Tane / Architects (DGT)

© Dorell.Ghotmeh.Tane / Architects (DGT)

© Dorell.Ghotmeh.Tane / Architects (DGT)

DORELL.GHOTMEH.TANE / ARCHITECTS is a partnership founded in January 2006 in Paris and practicing Architecture, Urbanism and Space Design.

Some of Dorell.Ghotmeh.Tane / Architects (DGT)’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Dorell.Ghotmeh.Tane / Architects (DGT) achieve 18th place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Paris:

A+Awards Finalist 3
Featured Projects 5
Total Projects 9

17. PCA-STREAM

© PCA-STREAM

© PCA-STREAM

The PCA-STREAM agency brings together 90 architects, urban planners, designers, and engineers, capable of responding to the complex challenges of the contemporary world. PCA is the architecture and urban planning agency, STREAM, a unique transdisciplinary research program to which more than 150 researchers from around the world contribute, and whose work is widely disseminated and applied in PCA’s large-scale projects.

Some of PCA-STREAM’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped PCA-STREAM achieve 17th place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Paris:

A+Awards Winner 1
A+Awards Finalist 1
Featured Projects 5
Total Projects 16

16. Dubuisson

© Dubuisson

© Dubuisson

Dubuisson is an architecture agency, based in Paris, Nice and Nantes. With an international and multidisciplinary team, it has around fifty employees: architects, interior des igners and engineers.The complementarity and transversality of its skills guarantee a project of high architectural quality, integrated and sustainable. Dubuisson designs and supports projects in all environments – tertiary, housing, retail, facilities – and in all dimensions of architecture: from town planning to furniture.

Some of Dubuisson’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Dubuisson achieve 16th place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Paris:

A+Awards Winner 1
A+Awards Finalist 1
Featured Projects 8
Total Projects 19

15. NZI Architectes

© NZI Architectes

© NZI Architectes

We founded the NZI ARCHITECTES agency in 2012. Our association is based on a project approach by creative, complementary and participatory experimentation. Fervent activists for environmental innovation, our work is based on the search for contextual urban insertions, paying constant attention to sustainable development. We are lucky to be able to work on atypical programs that range from participatory housing to straw construction, but also from wood construction to the recycling of offices into housing.

This journey, enriched by the diversity of solutions we experience on programs, requires us to be combative to get out of the pre-established standards. Our work is oriented towards the exploration of other and innovative techniques.

Some of NZI Architectes’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped NZI Architectes achieve 15th place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Paris:

A+Awards Winner 1
A+Awards Finalist 2
Featured Projects 4
Total Projects 5

14. GARDERA-D

© GARDERA-D

© GARDERA-D

GARDERA-D is a pluridisciplinary architecture agency established in Paris and Biarritz, France. The agency explores a wide scope of investigation and responds to a varied demand for projects, ranging from architecture (housing, workplaces, teaching, equipment ) to interior design and object design.

Each project is approached and studied in a specific way, according to an approach based specifically on a particular attention to usages of buildings and the search for an optimum level in the relationship between architecture and location.

Some of GARDERA-D’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped GARDERA-D achieve 14th place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Paris:

Featured Projects 6
Total Projects 8

13. PETITDIDIERPRIOUX

© Sergio Grazia

© Sergio Grazia

Cédric Petitdidier and Vincent Prioux founded Petitdidierprioux Architectes in 2004. With more than forty staff and two offices in Paris and Lyon, PPX has completed more than forty projects, with just as many currently in development and in construction. Through its work, PPX has garnered expertise in residential housing, consistently striving for social mixing and ‘pleasurable density’ in an effort to reconcile individual and collective housing, including for high-rise buildings. Each project delivers thoughtful consideration of typological variations and the notion of comfort, through particular attention to context, orientation, materials and energy use.

PPX makes understanding any new situation the starting point of its process, and approaches each project free of preconceptions, always with a fresh, yet seasoned perspective.

Some of PETITDIDIERPRIOUX’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped PETITDIDIERPRIOUX achieve 13th place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Paris:

A+Awards Winner 1
A+Awards Finalist 1
Featured Projects 4
Total Projects 13

12. Mikou Design Studio

© Mikou Design Studio

© Mikou Design Studio

Mikou Design Studio is a place of creation and experimentation in architecture and its inter-disciplinary cross-fertilisation. We work in a continuous workshop spirit with a multidisciplinary team of architects, engineers, graphic artists, scenographers and town planners from very different cultural backgrounds. Every project is an excuse for re-questioning and redefining the meaning of a brief, a function, and an urban, social and human context, in order to invent new ways of living, places for sharing and gathering that are more sensitive and more sensual, and which stimulate feelings. Our aim is to get away from preconceptions of form and function in order to transmit more and better.

Some of Mikou Design Studio’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Mikou Design Studio achieve 12th place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Paris:

Featured Projects 7
Total Projects 14

11. STUDIO RAZAVI + PARTNERS

© STUDIO RAZAVI + PARTNERS

© STUDIO RAZAVI + PARTNERS

Our work rests on a fundamental principal: the mediation between engineering & architectural culture. It is our belief that successful designs can only materialize by fully synthesizing building technology and architectural sensitivity. Our approach to space is hence determined by a rigorous understanding of existing relationships between technique and culture, free of stylistic limitations, open to context.

Our designs cover a wide spectrum or architectural services from interiors to master planning services for clients in both the public and private sectors. Operating as one firm with two offices (Paris and New York) our portfolio of works spans from Europe to the Americas and includes residential, corporate, hospitality, civic, transportation, and mixed-use projects.

Some of STUDIO RAZAVI + PARTNERS’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped STUDIO RAZAVI + PARTNERS achieve 11th place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Paris:

A+Awards Winner 1
A+Awards Finalist 1
Featured Projects 6
Total Projects 16

10. Nomade Architectes

© Nomade Architectes

© Nomade Architectes

Raphaël Chivot, Matthieu Laviolle and Vincent Le Garrec – open-neck shirts and no Rolexes – are self-made men. An early schoolboy encounter was important; a sail together across the Atlantic, decisive. An agency was born first from camaraderie, then friendship: Nomade… all clear on the horizon and open-mindedness at a maximum. Which means, no borders. Between Paris and Vannes (its two locations) the agency specializes in all projects. And it works everywhere. Nomade moves and grows.

Ideas swarm in the inventive minds of some thirty faithful co-workers who have taken to organizing themselves around centers of interest, from design to the worksite via research, communication and even computer science.

Some of Nomade Architectes’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Nomade Architectes achieve 10th place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Paris:

Featured Projects 7
Total Projects 15

9. Atelier Roberta

© Atelier Roberta

© Atelier Roberta

Roberta is a creature with three heads. Three backgrounds, three skills, three landscape practices united in a single vision of the project. Roberta pays very specific attention to sites and territories. She relies on her intuition and extensive field experience to open up new avenues for further study. She likes to travel, by train or by road. Every project is new. Roberta has no preconceptions, and hates recipes. She always asks herself the question of practicality, how to bring a designed project to life, and how to make it her own. She is also sensitive to new materials and technologies, and to innovations taking place on the other side of the border.

Some of Atelier Roberta’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Atelier Roberta achieve 9th place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Paris:

A+Awards Winner 2
Featured Projects 7
Total Projects 12

8. Moussafir Architectes

Born on October 15, 1957 in Katanga (ex-Belgian Congo) to an architect father. Family origins in Rhodes and Salonika. First architectural memories of the family home in Elisabethville, designed by Julian Elliott in 1957 and published in Udo Kultermann’s “New Architecture in Africa”. Studied architecture and art history under Roland Schweitzer, Yves Lion and Alain Pélissier at the Ecole d’Architecture de Paris-Tolbiac and Daniel Arasse at the Université Paris I Sorbonne. DPLG in 1993, founded Moussafir Architectes the same year, after 10 years of training and practice with Christian Hauvette, Henri Gaudin, Dominique Perrault and Francis Soler. First interior design projects (Apostrophe and IGAS headquarters, administrative departments of the Conseil d’Etat), then participation in numerous cultural competitions, alone or in association.

Some of Moussafir Architectes’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Moussafir Architectes achieve 8th place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Paris:

A+Awards Winner 2
A+Awards Finalist 1
Featured Projects 7
Total Projects 6

7. Franklin Azzi Architecture

© Franklin Azzi Architecture

© Franklin Azzi Architecture

Franklin Azzi and his practice, founded in 2006, develop a transversal approach stimulated by the intertwining of different views and disciplines. In constantly working on architecture, interior architecture, design and contemporary art, he develops a way of designing and building that is applicable to all scales and typologies of space.

From urban micro-architecture such as embodied by the Eiffel Kiosque and its prefabricated structure, to towers in Dubai and Paris, via conversions of existing buildings such as the Alstom market buildings in Nantes, his interventions are based on a quest for sustainability to meet the needs of all users.

Some of Franklin Azzi Architecture’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Franklin Azzi Architecture achieve 7th place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Paris:

A+Awards Winner 1
A+Awards Finalist 2
Featured Projects 9
Total Projects 27

6. LAN Architecture

(c) Jean-Marie Monthiers - © LAN Architecture

(c) Jean-Marie Monthiers - © LAN Architecture

LAN Architecture was founded by Benoit Jallon and Umberto Napolitano in 2002. The agency’s name echoes the partners’ intentions directly.  LAN is precisely the acronym of Local Architecture Network and it refers to the local design network applied and developed through specific field skills, experts and authors attending on the projects.The double nationality of LAN enables to bridge different European countries. In 2004 LAN architecture work was selected by the French Culture Minister for the “Nouveaux Albums des Jeunes Architectes” for its potential and talent. In six years time, the agency has earned a reputation and won competitions both in France and abroad.

Some of LAN Architecture’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped LAN Architecture achieve 6th place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Paris:

Featured Projects 9
Total Projects 25

5. Hamonic+Masson & Associés

© Sergio Grazia

© Sergio Grazia

Hamonic+Masson & Associés is Gaëlle Hamonic, Jean-Christophe Masson and, since 2014, Marie-Agnès de Bailliencourt, partner. The firm was founded in 1997, and was nominated for the Mies van der Rohe award in 2001 and awarded the Nouveaux Albums de la Jeune Architecture (Naja) in 2002.

The agency came to the attention of the general public in 2003 with the design of the Maison Métal, exhibited in the Parc de la Villette. This event placed it at the confluence of art and architecture, a flexible space that allowed for some exciting adventures and inaugurated a series of exhibitions and scenographies: co-curator of the French Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2008 as part of the French Touch collective, Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine, etc.

Some of Hamonic+Masson & Associés’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Hamonic+Masson & Associés achieve 5th place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Paris:

Featured Projects 10
Total Projects 16

4. h2o architectes

© Julien Attard

© Julien Attard

h2o architectes is an office of creative architectural design also specializing in the restoration of ancient monuments. It is lead by three architects: Charlotte Hubert architect dipl. DPLG and historical preservation architect, Jean-Jacques Hubert architect dipl. DPLG founder of the office and Antoine Santiard architect dipl. EPFL who joined in 2008.

Established as a firm in 2005, the leading architects have had multiple collaborations since 2000. They have executed projects and won international competitions both as independent architects as well as for other major architects (Bruno Decaris, Jakob+MacFarlane, Bernard Tschumi). h2o works on a wide scope of projects and scales including historical monuments and sites, urban planning, architecture and design.

Some of h2o architectes’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped h2o architectes achieve 4th place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Paris:

Featured Projects 10
Total Projects 17

3. FREAKS freearchitects

© FREAKS freearchitects

© FREAKS freearchitects

freearchitects is a Paris-based architecture firm lead by three architects favouring prospection, research and experimentation through projects and building process practices from small scale art installations to large scale architecture competitions. Although nowadays their built projects are mostly located in France, FREAKS’s partners have lived and experienced a wide range of abroad working contexts such as San Francisco, Tokyo, Beijing, Berlin, Mumbai, Singapore & Istanbul.

Some of FREAKS freearchitects’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped FREAKS freearchitects achieve 3rd place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Paris:

A+Awards Finalist 1
Featured Projects 13
Total Projects 19

2. Atelier Zündel Cristea

© Atelier Zündel Cristea

© Atelier Zündel Cristea

Officially established in January of 2001, today AZC includes around thirty people organized into four areas: design, research, construction, and administration of projects. Our teams are made up of young architects from all over the world, as the diversity of our own respective Swiss-American and Romanian origins has brought us to an understanding of the interest in crossing cultures and transgressing boundaries. Consequently, the efficiency and creativity of our firm are bolstered by a constant effort in observing what’s going on elsewhere, in striving to work outside our country, in taking an interest in differences.

Each of our projects are embodied by a strategy of qualitatively occupying sites, without preconceptions regarding their geographic location, their programmatic requirements, or their scale.

Some of Atelier Zündel Cristea’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Atelier Zündel Cristea achieve 2nd place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Paris:

A+Awards Winner 1
Featured Projects 13
Total Projects 50

1. Atelier du Pont

© Atelier du Pont

© Atelier du Pont

Atelier du Pont is a multipolar agency that combines public and private projects, architecture and town planning, interiors and exteriors, and reinvents itself with each new commission and encounter, developing an individual response to each specific context. This is a creative, serious, subtle interplay using a wide variety of colours, materials and styles to create spaces that are appropriate and imaginative, both outside time and of their time, life-enhancing for their users and inspiring for their designers. Since the agency was established, it has completed a range of public facilities all over France and built a large number of housing projects for social funding agencies and private property developers.

Some of Atelier du Pont’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Atelier du Pont achieve 1st place in the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Paris:

A+Awards Winner 1
A+Awards Finalist 3
Featured Projects 16
Total Projects 30

Why Should I Trust Architizer’s Ranking?

With more than 30,000 architecture firms and over 130,000 projects within its database, Architizer is proud to host the world’s largest online community of architects and building product manufacturers. Its celebrated A+Awards program is also the largest celebration of architecture and building products, with more than 400 jurors and hundreds of thousands of public votes helping to recognize the world’s best architecture each year.

Architizer also powers firm directories for a number of AIA (American Institute of Architects) Chapters nationwide, including the official directory of architecture firms for AIA New York.

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A Guide to Project Awards

The blue “+” badge denotes that a project has won a prestigious A+Award as described above. Hovering over the badge reveals details of the award, including award category, year, and whether the project won the jury or popular choice award.

The orange Project of the Day and yellow Featured Project badges are awarded by Architizer’s Editorial team, and are selected based on a number of factors. The following factors increase a project’s likelihood of being featured or awarded Project of the Day status:

  • Project completed within the last 3 years
  • A well written, concise project description of at least 3 paragraphs
  • Architectural design with a high level of both functional and aesthetic value
  • High quality, in focus photographs
  • At least 8 photographs of both the interior and exterior of the building
  • Inclusion of architectural drawings and renderings
  • Inclusion of construction photographs

There are 7 Projects of the Day each week and a further 31 Featured Projects. Each Project of the Day is published on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram Stories, while each Featured Project is published on Facebook. Each Project of the Day also features in Architizer’s Weekly Projects Newsletter and shared with 170,000 subscribers.

 


 

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30 Best Architecture and Design Firms in Tokyo

Tokyo’s architectural landscape is a dynamic fusion of history and innovation. Prior to the WWII bombings, the city was comprised of low-rise, traditional Edo-period buildings that were eventually destroyed. Today, the vibrant metropolis acts as a gate to the future, where landmarks such as the Tokyo Skytree, the world’s tallest tower, have pushed the boundaries of architecture and construction technology. Architects such as Kenzo Tange, known for his work on the Yoyogi National Gymnasium, and Kengo Kuma, designer of the Japan National Stadium, have left indelible marks on the city’s skyline. In parallel, Tokyo’s dense urban fabric has driven contemporary architects to develop an impressive and pioneering language of tall, compact buildings with an array of uses: residences, office spaces and commercial centers that incorporate cutting-edge sustainable and earthquake-resistant technologies have managed to transform the city into an urban landscape filled with architectural character and innovation.

With so many architecture firms to choose from, it’s challenging for clients to identify the industry leaders that will be an ideal fit for their project needs. Fortunately, Architizer is able to provide guidance on the top design firms in Tokyo based on more than a decade of data and industry knowledge.

How are these architecture firms ranked?

The following ranking has been created according to key statistics that demonstrate each firm’s level of architectural excellence. The following metrics have been accumulated to establish each architecture firm’s ranking, in order of priority:

  • The number of A+Awards won (2013 to 2024)
  • The number of A+Awards finalists (2013 to 2024)
  • The number of projects selected as “Project of the Day” (2009 to 2024)
  • The number of projects selected as “Featured Project” (2009 to 2024)
  • The number of projects uploaded to Architizer (2009 to 2024)

Each of these metrics is explained in more detail at the foot of this article. This ranking list will be updated annually, taking into account new achievements of Tokyo architecture firms throughout the year.

Without further ado, here are the 30 best architecture firms in Tokyo:


30. atelier HAKO architects

© atelier HAKO architects

© atelier HAKO architects

Poetically simple, yet humorous architecture. A simple house that colors your life with a casual way of living, rather than cutting off the elements.
We freely and flexibly conceive a one-of-a-kind “life container” where you can get a glimpse of the personality of the resident in the shape and appearance of the space.

Some of atelier HAKO architects’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped atelier HAKO architects achieve 30th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Tokyo:

Featured Projects 2
Total Projects 10

29. OSO

© OSO

© OSO

OSO is a Tokyo-based, architecture and design office with an international perspective. The office was established in 2017 by two partners – Esteban Ochogavia and Michael Sypkens – who formerly worked together at Kengo Kuma and Associates.

The current work involves both domestic and international projects ranging from shop interiors to large-scale offices and residential developments.

As an evolving office, we are exploring ways of finding new meaning in local forms and practices. We are not only interested in the built environment and its architectural heritage, but also the wider context of art, culture, and tradition that shape the present.

Some of OSO’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped OSO achieve 29th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Tokyo:

A+Awards Finalist 1
Featured Projects 2
Total Projects 2

28. IKAWAYA Architects

© IKAWAYA Architects

© IKAWAYA Architects

IKAWAYA Architects is an office based in Tokyo. Its work revolves mainly around residential projects.

Some of IKAWAYA Architects’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped IKAWAYA Architects achieve 28th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Tokyo:

A+Awards Finalist 2
Featured Projects 1
Total Projects 2

27. SEISHO TAKASHI ARCHITECT’S STUDIO

©  Satoshi Asakawa

© Satoshi Asakawa

For “Architecture that is only there, attached to it”!

[NO STYLE]
We don’t have a fixed style.
We will always derive the appropriate answer for the place and request from the clean state.

[MAKE the FUTURE]
I’ll think about architecture in a long span.
With the “experience and accumulation” and “flexible ideas” so far, we aim for architecture that leads to the future.

[with YOU]
While sharing the excitement of creation, we will proceed with the design in the process of accumulating empathy.

Some of SEISHO TAKASHI ARCHITECT’S STUDIO’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped SEISHO TAKASHI ARCHITECT'S STUDIO achieve 27th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Tokyo:

Featured Projects 3
Total Projects 7

26. GARDE

© GARDE Co., Ltd.

© GARDE Co., Ltd.

GARDE is a leading design company founded in 1985. We began providing retail design, branding and consulting services in Japan. We now have offices in Italy, Paris, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Kuala Lampur, Los Angeles, New York and we provide services on a global scale.
GARDE designs the interiors of luxury fashion stores, boutiques, hotels, department stores, shopping centers, corporate offices and high-end residences. It offers customized services to satisfy clients’ needs through its global network of talented designers and a cutting-edge knowledge of the latest trends. GARDE provides services from original concept design to implementation and construction.

Some of GARDE’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped GARDE Co., Ltd. achieve 26th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Tokyo:

A+Awards Winner 1
A+Awards Finalist 1
Total Projects 11

25. Camp Design inc.

© Camp Design inc.

© Camp Design inc.

Camp Design inc. is based on architecture, from a small scale like a joinery to a design that affects a large scale like a city. Focusing on the design of living spaces, we also work on apartment complexes, stores, churches, and meeting places. In addition, we operate “Todo”, a specialized manufacturer of joinery, and design changes in distance, relationship, and feel through joinery.

Some of Camp Design inc.’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Camp Design inc. achieve 25th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Tokyo:

Featured Projects 3
Total Projects 3

24. hiroyuki moriyama architect and associates

© Archi Photo Co.Ltd.

© Archi Photo Co.Ltd.

hiroyuki moriyama architect and associates is a first-class architect office based in Tokyo. Its work revolves mainly around residential and commercial architecture.

Some of hiroyuki moriyama architect and associates Inc,’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped hiroyuki moriyama architect and associates achieve 24th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Tokyo:

Featured Projects 3
Total Projects 3

23. KIAS

© Keikichi Yamauchi Architect and Associates

© Keikichi Yamauchi Architect and Associates

KIAS is an architectural design studio based in Tokyo.

Some of KIAS’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped KIAS achieve 23rd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Tokyo:

Featured Projects 3
Total Projects 3

22. frontofficetokyo

© Takumi Ota Photography

© Takumi Ota Photography

frontofficetokyo is a multi-disciplinary architecture and planning office in Tokyo. Our work is strongly influenced by research on the urban context and ways of living in a highly urbanized world. Our starting point is that the city is the new nature, and in that case new kinds of architecture and urban form are needed. At larger scales we are focused on regional and master planning that incorporates social issues and science, from energy to economics, and population change, in order to develop a more resilient and sustainable future. At the smaller scale we are working on ways to create flexibility in the workspace and in retail design, allowing users to take part in the process of building an office or shop through the lessons of daily experience and need.

Some of frontofficetokyo’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped frontofficetokyo achieve 22nd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Tokyo:

Featured Projects 3
Total Projects 4

21. TAPO Tomioka Architectural Planning Office

© TAPO Tomioka Architectural Planning Office

© TAPO Tomioka Architectural Planning Office

TAPO Tomioka Architectural Planning Office is based in Tokyo, Japan. Its work is centred around residential architecture.

Some of TAPO Tomioka Architectural Planning Office’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped TAPO Tomioka Architectural Planning Office achieve 21st place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Tokyo:

Featured Projects 3
Total Projects 6

20. Asai Architects

© Asai Architects

© Asai Architects

We are always thinking of “How Design contributes to our lives.” Good design gives you a lot of joy. And when the design comes up to “Art”, your life will be something full of exploration. Design exists in everything, from the small things such as pen, up big things like the cities. And it also exists in various media. What we are good at is the design of architecture and something near the scale of architecture. We will collaborate with the client and sometimes a variety of specialists, as to play a help to enrich your life.

Some of Asai Architects’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Asai Architects achieve 20th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Tokyo:

Featured Projects 4
Total Projects 4

19. TOKUJIN YOSHIOKA DESIGN

© TOKUJIN YOSHIOKA DESIGN

© TOKUJIN YOSHIOKA DESIGN

Born in 1967. He worked under Shiro Kuramata and Issey Miyake, and established his own studio, TOKUJIN YOSHIOKA INC. in 2000. Active in the fields of design, architecture and contemporary art, he is highly acclaimed globally. The “Sakura Torch” for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, the glass bench exhibited at Musée d’Orsay called “Water Block,” the crystal prism architecture “Rainbow Church,” the natural crystal chair “VENUS,” and the glass teahouse “KOU-AN” are some of the many masterpieces announced. Many of his works are chosen as part of permanent collections in world renowned museums, including the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the Musée National d’Art Moderne and the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A).

Some of TOKUJIN YOSHIOKA DESIGN’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped TOKUJIN YOSHIOKA DESIGN achieve 19th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Tokyo:

Featured Projects 4
Total Projects 5

18. Koichiro Oniki / ODS

© Takumi Ota Photography

© Takumi Ota Photography

Born in Tokyo in 1977. Graduated from Waseda University with a degree in Architecture and entered Nikken Sekkei in the same year. Later moved to design studio nendo, and worked on projects around the world as spatial design chief director for 10 years.
Established “ODS / Oniki Design Studio” in 2015.

Some of Koichiro Oniki / ODS’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Koichiro Oniki / ODS achieve 18th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Tokyo:

A+Awards Winner 1
A+Awards Finalist 1
Featured Projects 2
Total Projects 11

17. Jun Mitsui & Associates Inc.

© Jun Mitsui & Associates Inc.

© Jun Mitsui & Associates Inc.

Our mission is to contribute to society through exciting urban planning and architecture. We are committed to creating varied experiences for the users of our developments while employing environmentally conscious and sustainable design to help establish a safe and comfortable world for future generations.

We have completed numerous international projects with designs based on our combined experiences of both Japanese and American culture. Drawing upon the creative talents and international savvy of our team, we seek to contribute to the enhancement of the built environment and to the creation of cities and architecture worldwide.

Some of Jun Mitsui & Associates Inc.’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Jun Mitsui & Associates Inc. achieve 17th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Tokyo:

Featured Projects 4
Total Projects 4

16. Endo Architect and Associates

© Endo Architect and Associates

© Endo Architect and Associates

Architecture is “current circumstance”. The built form is thus an integrated part of its environment. I do not just make architecture as an object, but I wish to involve the surrounding context, influence others, and design something like a mass of air which wraps around architecture, people, and activities all together. It is more than an action to express architecture, but also an action to mark the “current” time using architecture as a resource.

The importance in designing this “current circumstance” in each region is to know what the “social capital” is in that area. A lot of the community has not realised their value and therefore they have not known the existence of their “social capital”. They are too close to understand themselves what their capital is. Architects today, when designing as professionals, are required to find the regions’ social capital and report back to the community. I believe that those important social capital needs to be utilised and well expressed through its architecture.

Some of Endo Architect and Associates’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Endo Architect and Associates achieve 16th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Tokyo:

Featured Projects 4
Total Projects 6

15. aoydesign

© aoydesign

© aoydesign

By increasing dialogue, we aim to be a building that is suitable for that place and that person, and that you can feel attached not only to the client but also to the city. We value the texture and texture that increases our presence over time. We are designing as a couple, so we will propose from various perspectives. We also help you find properties such as land and condominiums from the perspective of architects. I try to design carefully, believing in work that can reach my hands and heart. We can’t accept a lot of work at the same time, so it may take a little time, but please feel free to contact us.

Some of aoydesign’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped aoydesign achieve 15th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Tokyo:

Featured Projects 4
Total Projects 7

14. Fumihiko Sano Studio

© Fumihiko Sano Studio

© Fumihiko Sano Studio

Born on 1981 in Nara Prefecture. Sano began his career as an apprentice as a Sukiya carpenter at Nakamura Souji Komuten in Kyoto. After working at a design office, he created an independent studio in 2011. Utilizing the construction methods, materials, and sense of space gained from the onsite experience, Sano utilizes the Japanese culture of today as a basis for concepts and designs.

In 2016, he visited 16 countries around the world and carried out a project to create a tea room as a place of hospitality in each location. Aiming to create new value for the culture of various regions, he continues to carry out cross-disciplinary works in architecture, interior design, product design, and artwork.

Some of Fumihiko Sano Studio’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Fumihiko Sano Studio achieve 14th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Tokyo:

Featured Projects 4
Total Projects 9

13. Nikkei Housing System

© NIKKEN HOUSING SYSTEM LTD

© NIKKEN HOUSING SYSTEM LTD

Since Nikkei Housing System was founded in 1970, we have built about 100,000 housing as a professional architecture firm. We are holding an exhibit to think over the past, present, and future of dwelling units with a spotlight on our representative projects since our foundation and how they have changed over the past 50 years as they respond to what’s expected of housing by the new generations, society as a whole, and people at the time.

Some of Nikkei Housing System’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Nikkei Housing System achieve 13th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Tokyo:

A+Awards Finalist 2
Featured Projects 5
Total Projects 11

12. Takashi Yamaguchi & Associates

© Takashi Yamaguchi & Associates

© Takashi Yamaguchi & Associates

Takashi Yamaguchi & Associates was established by architect and architectural theorist Takashi Yamaguchi. The firm has designed a breadth of structures, from residential homes to spaces of devotion.

Some of Takashi Yamaguchi & Associates’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Takashi Yamaguchi & Associates achieve 12th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Tokyo:

A+Awards Finalist 1
Featured Projects 4
Total Projects 9

11. YUUA

© YUUA

© YUUA

YUUA is a first-class licensed architectural firm located in a 100-year-old traditional Japanese townhouse in the quaint neighborhood of Koenji, Tokyo. We place great importance on the dialogue with our clients to create the narrative of every design together, adjusted to the user and location. We offer multilingual design, consulting and supervision services for a wide range buildings and spaces. Through our design, we hope to create value for both the city and society. From a single apartment renovation to large real estate development, please feel free to contact us with your inquiries.

Some of YUUA’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped YUUA achieve 11th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Tokyo:

A+Awards Winner 1
A+Awards Finalist 3
Featured Projects 6
Total Projects 5

10. Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP

© Photo.Koji Fujii / Nacasa&Partners Inc

© Photo.Koji Fujii / Nacasa&Partners Inc

Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP was established in 2002 by Hiroshi Nakamura. He believes in constructing an organic relationship between “architecture, nature, and the body” through “microscopic design” that is close to natural phenomena, people’s behavior, and emotional movements. And we aim to harmonize them with “architecture that can only be found there” based on the history, culture, industry, materials, etc. of the region. In recent years, he has found the essence of this in traditional Japanese architecture and garden culture, and is working to reconstruct them.

Some of Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP achieve 10th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Tokyo:

A+Awards Winner 2
A+Awards Finalist 2
Featured Projects 4
Total Projects 4

9. TDSTUDIO

© TDSTUDIO

© TDSTUDIO

tdstudio is a small, collaborative, and diverse international architectural office based in Tokyo. At tdstudio (Tsushima Design Studio), we strive to create more memorable and enchanting spaces through the utilization of trans-formative architecture. Through thoughtful transformations of the projects site, existing structures, architectural landscapes, and the surrounding environment we are able to create an overall clarity within our architectural projects which helps us to define more “TANGIBLE SPACES.”

In all of our projects we are committed to the creation of Architecture which sensitive to its surroundings not only now, but also throughout the lifetime of the building and beyond. Programmatic functioning, site conditions, regional context, the surrounding environment, as well as local culture’s and technologies are all carefully studied and implemented into each individual project.

Some of TDSTUDIO’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped TDSTUDIO achieve 9th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Tokyo:

Featured Projects 6
Total Projects 6

8. Yohei Kawashima architects inc.

© Daici Ano

© Daici Ano

Yohei Kawashima architects was founded in 2014 by Youhei Kawashima and is based in Tokyo, Japan. The firm is well versed in the design of large-scale apartment buildings as well as retail architecture.

Some of Yohei Kawashima architects inc.’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Yohei Kawashima architects inc. achieve 8th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Tokyo:

Featured Projects 6
Total Projects 10

7. kasa architects

© kasa architects

© kasa architects

We want to create places, not buildings. We share our clients’ ideas and wishes, discovering the joys and comforts of a new way of life. We value the qualities of a place, and we want to create rich spaces by pursuing the possibilities of architecture.

Some of kasa architects’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped kasa architects achieve 7th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Tokyo:

Featured Projects 6
Total Projects 18

6. Akira Koyama + KEY OPERATION INC. / ARCHITECTS

© Akira Koyama + KEY OPERATION INC. / ARCHITECTS

© Akira Koyama + KEY OPERATION INC. / ARCHITECTS

Our aim is to find the simplest and the most innovative space composition, construction method or other architectural technique that does tackle the different problems and give a coherent, clever, logical solution. In order to do so, we will investigate and analyze the customer’s requirements, observe the urban context, understand the social interactions, acknowledge local history, culture, regulations and natural environment, study building materials and techniques.

Some of Akira Koyama + KEY OPERATION INC. / ARCHITECTS’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Akira Koyama + KEY OPERATION INC. / ARCHITECTS achieve 6th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Tokyo:

A+Awards Winner 2
A+Awards Finalist 2
Featured Projects 7
Total Projects 24

5. Florian Busch Architects

© Florian Busch Architects

© Florian Busch Architects

Florian Busch Architects is an office practicing architecture, urbanism, and socio-cultural analysis. Based in Tokyo, FBA draws on a worldwide network of expert consultants, architects and engineers, accumulating several decades of experience in the ?eld of building. Understanding architecture as the result of interactions between multiple ?elds, FBA, from the outset of any project, devises speci?c strategies working in feedback processes with a diversity of consultants to drive the project towards solutions beyond the imagined.

Florian Busch Architectural Design Office is an office that engages in research on architecture, urban planning, society and culture. Based in Tokyo, we have a network of numerous engineers who have decades of experience and trust in the architectural world.

Some of Florian Busch Architects’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Florian Busch Architects achieve 5th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Tokyo:

Featured Projects 11
Total Projects 15

4. emmanuelle moureaux INC.

© Daisuke Shima

© Daisuke Shima

Born in 1971, France. Emmanuelle Moureaux is a French architect living in Tokyo since 1996, where she established “emmanuelle moureaux architecture + design” in 2003. Inspired by the layers and colors of Tokyo that built a complex depth and density on the street, and the Japanese traditional spatial elements like sliding screens, she has created the concept of “shikiri”, which literally means “dividing (creating) space with colors”. She uses colours as three-dimensional elements, like layers, in order to create spaces, not as a finishing touch applied on surfaces.

Some of emmanuelle moureaux INC.’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped emmanuelle moureaux INC. achieve 4th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Tokyo:

A+Awards Winner 2
A+Awards Finalist 2
Featured Projects 14
Total Projects 24

3. Nendo

© Nendo

© Nendo

Giving people a small “!” moment. There are so many small “!” moments hidden in our everyday, but we don’t recognize them, and even when we do, we tend to unconsciously reset our minds and forget what we’ve seen. But we believe these small “!” moments are what make our days so interesting—so rich. That’s why we want to reconstitute the everyday by collecting and reshaping them into something that’s easy to understand. We’d like the people who’ve encountered nendo’s designs to feel these small “!” moments intuitively. That’s nendo’s job.

Some of Nendo’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Nendo achieve 3rd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Tokyo:

Featured Projects 21
Total Projects 17

2. NIKKEN SEKKEI LTD

© Eiichi Kano

© Eiichi Kano

At Nikken Sekkei, we take an integrated approach to our projects as a professional service firm. Across all in-house disciplines of architectural design: urban design, research, planning and consulting — our teams work collaboratively to deliver better solutions for clients.

Some of NIKKEN SEKKEI LTD’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped NIKKEN SEKKEI LTD achieve 2nd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Tokyo:

A+Awards Winner 3
A+Awards Finalist 9
Featured Projects 26
Total Projects 40

1. Kengo Kuma and Associates

© Kengo Kuma and Associates

© Kengo Kuma and Associates

Kengo Kuma was born in 1954. He established Kengo Kuma & Associates in 1990. He is currently a University Professor and Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo after teaching at Keio University and the University of Tokyo. KKAA projects are currently underway in more than 50 countries. Kengo Kuma proposes architecture that opens up new relationships between nature, technology, and human beings. His major publications include Zen Shigoto(Kengo Kuma – the complete works, Daiwa Shobo), Ten Sen Men (“point, line, plane”, Iwanami Shoten), Makeru Kenchiku (Architecture of Defeat, Iwanami Shoten), Shizen na Kenchiku (Natural Architecture, Iwanami Shinsho), Chii-sana Kenchiku (Small Architecture, Iwanami Shinsho) and many others.

Some of Kengo Kuma and Associates’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Kengo Kuma and Associates achieve 1st place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Tokyo:

A+Awards Winner 5
A+Awards Finalist 2
Featured Projects 46
Total Projects 47

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Architizer also powers firm directories for a number of AIA (American Institute of Architects) Chapters nationwide, including the official directory of architecture firms for AIA New York.

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A Guide to Project Awards

The blue “+” badge denotes that a project has won a prestigious A+Award as described above. Hovering over the badge reveals details of the award, including award category, year, and whether the project won the jury or popular choice award.

The orange Project of the Day and yellow Featured Project badges are awarded by Architizer’s Editorial team, and are selected based on a number of factors. The following factors increase a project’s likelihood of being featured or awarded Project of the Day status:

  • Project completed within the last 3 years
  • A well written, concise project description of at least 3 paragraphs
  • Architectural design with a high level of both functional and aesthetic value
  • High quality, in focus photographs
  • At least 8 photographs of both the interior and exterior of the building
  • Inclusion of architectural drawings and renderings
  • Inclusion of construction photographs

There are 7 Projects of the Day each week and a further 31 Featured Projects. Each Project of the Day is published on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram Stories, while each Featured Project is published on Facebook. Each Project of the Day also features in Architizer’s Weekly Projects Newsletter and shared with 170,000 subscribers.

 


 

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30 Best Architecture and Design Firms in South Korea

These annual rankings were last updated on July 18th, 2024. Want to see your firm on next year’s list? Continue reading for more on how you can improve your studio’s ranking.

South Korea’s architectural language has developed over centuries, undergoing many evolutions and stylistic variations — many influenced by wavering politics. From the Japanese occupation to the devastating Korean War, South Korea’s urban fabric has endured many moments of unrest. The remains from times of political strife now stand alongside the nation’s contemporary architecture.

The nation’s pre-modern architecture is heavily influenced by Buddhism and Chinese design. South Korea’s mountainous landscape is home to traditional sloped-roof dwellings, temples and palaces attributed to past dynasties. Take the Changdeokgung Palace and the Haeinsa Temple, for example. These two relics are among South Korea’s 15 World Heritage Sites.

Alongside the tradition found in South Korean architecture is an astute interest in modern architecture and technology. Following the Korean War, the divide between North and South brought forth independent architectural styles. Once the dust from the wars settled and capital increased, Korean architecture flourished. A new sensibility was found — one that rejects pragmatism and encourages experimentation and sophistication. South Korean architects began studying abroad and fusing their international perspectives with cultural tradition to breed a distinct Korean spirit. Seoul, South Korea’s capital, has become an international stage for large-scale and impressive architectural feats.

With so many architecture firms to choose from, it’s challenging for clients to identify the industry leaders that will be an ideal fit for their project needs. Fortunately, Architizer is able to provide guidance on the top design firms in South Korea based on more than a decade of data and industry knowledge.

How are these architecture firms ranked?

The following ranking has been created according to key statistics that demonstrate each firm’s level of architectural excellence. The following metrics have been accumulated to establish each architecture firm’s ranking, in order of priority:

  • The number of A+Awards won (2013 to 2024)
  • The number of A+Awards finalists (2013 to 2024)
  • The number of projects selected as “Project of the Day” (2009 to 2024)
  • The number of projects selected as “Featured Project” (2009 to 2024)
  • The number of projects uploaded to Architizer (2009 to 2024)

Each of these metrics is explained in more detail at the foot of this article. This ranking list will be updated annually, taking into account new achievements of South Korea architecture firms throughout the year.

Without further ado, here are the 30 best architecture firms in South Korea:

31. Joongwon Architects

© Bojune Kwon

© Bojune Kwon

Joongwon Architects was founded in 1985 and is a second-generation architectural collective. Although we create results in the present, we respect the accumulated experience of the field that has gone through countless trials and errors and repetitions from the past, and we strive to ensure that the inspirations on our shiny desks are translated into lasting meaning. Unlike inventors, for architects, a creative moment is a small moment in which we discover values in life that we hadn’t realized through continuous observation. Joongwon Architects is steadily creating healthy places in our cities based on a delicate understanding of life, and we are creating spaces that can last for a long time based on our sincere interest in architecture.

Some of Joongwon Architects’ most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Joongwon Architects achieve 31st place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in South Korea:

A+Awards Winner 1
A+Awards Finalist 2
Featured Projects 2
Total Projects 2

30. 2m2 architects

© 2m2 architects

© 2m2 architects

2m2 architects was founded in Seoul by architect Junghee Lee. It tries to suggest new cultural and social possibility in old-fashioned, conventional existing Korean architect and aims to produce high quality final architecture so that architect, client and constructor can be satisfied.

Based on differentiated design, the company reflects details on construction accumulated in the field for several years on design and provide client.
In addition, while having interest in various fields such as design, music, image and street culture other than architecture, the company plans, designs and constructs the project through collaboration with expertise in different

Some of 2m2 architects’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped 2m2 architects achieve 30th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in South Korea:

Featured Projects 4
Total Projects 5

29. UTAA

© UTAA

© UTAA

UTAA is a South Korean architecture and design firm. Its work is mainly focused around residential projects.

Some of UTAA’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped UTAA achieve 29th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in South Korea:

Featured Projects 4
Total Projects 5

28. Z_Lab

© KIM Jae Kyeong

© KIM Jae Kyeong

Z_Lab is a design group to create a place and space based communication with region and reflects the individual’s desire and will. We must achieve a balance of individual aspirations and regional universality in terms of the design and regional identity. In this instance we create a new experience for staying out through space and personalized lifestyle brand.

We would like to contribute to give a new experience for many people beyond the geographic boundaries based on the place and space. So that our results can be created with a private transfer to local and sustainable value for the future to create a positive business model based on the person and region.

Some of Z_Lab’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Z_Lab achieve 28th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in South Korea:

Featured Projects 4
Total Projects 5

27. ANM

© ANM

© ANM

ANM is an architecture and design studio. ANM is technical and methodological, emphasizing only diversity and differentiation. In the midst of biased architectural trends, realistic and honest architectural relationships ANM works in a balanced way between the architect’s intentions and the architectural needs.

Some of ANM’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped ANM achieve 27th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in South Korea:

Featured Projects 4
Total Projects 6

26. Oh jongsang

© Oh jongsang

© Oh jongsang

Oh jongsang is a South Korean architecture and design firm. Its work is mainly focused around religious projects.

Some of Oh jongsang’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Oh jongsang achieve 26th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in South Korea:

Featured Projects 4
Total Projects 10

25. HyunjoonYoo Architects

© HyunjoonYoo Architects

© HyunjoonYoo Architects

Architecture is to design relationships. We seek to create harmony among people and with nature through new architectural visions.

Some of HyunjoonYoo Architects’ most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped HyunjoonYoo Architects achieve 25th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in South Korea:

Featured Projects 5
Total Projects 6

24. DIOINNO ARCHITECTURE

© DIOINNO ARCHITECTURE PLLC

© DIOINNO ARCHITECTURE PLLC

Cities need more accessible and reconfigurable construction strategies to foster the culture of dynamic placemaking in the context of ephemeral and transitory programs in our contemporary city. Stick Snap Stack is an alternative construction system to offer such a resilient construction framework. The system utilizes the simplicity of ‘stacking’ inspired by the traditional wood joinery method. Without bonding agents, the system uses a ‘snapping’ induced interlocking system for the unique stacking mechanism.

The geometry of the centerpiece can be fabricated to shift the stacking angle, while modularized three legs of the assembled unit block interlock with other blocks to complete a rhombohedral unit cell acting as a self-supporting structural ‘module.’

Some of DIOINNO ARCHITECTURE’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped DIOINNO ARCHITECTURE PLLC achieve 24th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in South Korea:

A+Awards Winner 1
A+Awards Finalist 2
Featured Projects 1
Total Projects 25

23. D.LIM Architects

© D.LIM Architects

© D.LIM Architects

D·LIM is an architectural group ledby its two principals, Yeonghwan Lim and Sunhyun Kim. Lim, a professor at Hongik University and a registered architect in Pennsylvania, is responsible for creative design. Kim holds a master’s degree in project management from Harvard University and is responsible for the execution of projects. She is a registered architect in Korea.

Some of D.LIM Architects’ most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped D.LIM Architects achieve 23rd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in South Korea:

Featured Projects 5
Total Projects 5

22. YounghanChung Architects

© YounghanChung Architects

© YounghanChung Architects

Younghan Chung architects, the architectural studio based on Seoul, seeks for new typology of living in the dense and uniform picture of the city and studies experimental and creative design processes through the relationship of various phenomena of the city.

Some of YounghanChung Architects’ most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped YounghanChung Architects achieve 22nd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in South Korea:

Featured Projects 5
Total Projects 5

21. Lee Eunseok+KOMA

© Yoon Joon-hwan

© Yoon Joon-hwan

In 1995, representative architect Lee won the first prize in the international competition KOMA (Korea American Museum of Art and Cutural Center) in Los Angeles, USA, with R.Meier, M.Graves, and J.S.Kim, renowned architects, as judges, from 475 participating teams from 68 countries around the world, and presented the concept of an open platform, a common value of mankind, and a space based on the motif of a lifted traditional horizontal roof to the world. Thus, the values of ‘lifted architecture’ and ‘open space’ were incorporated into the name and are the main concepts of KOMA’s current architecture.

Some of Lee Eunseok+KOMA’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Lee Eunseok+KOMA achieve 21st place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in South Korea:

A+Awards Winner 1
Featured Projects 6
Total Projects 4

20. WISE Architecture

© WISE Architecture

© WISE Architecture

Young Jang, AIA, received his Master of Architecture from University of California, Berkeley after received Bachelor of Science in Architecture from Hongik University in Korea. He worked at Iroje Architects and Planners, Seoul, Korea, and Rafael Vinoly Architects, and Steven Holl Architects, New York.

Sook Hee Chun, AIA, received her Master of Architecture from Princeton University after received BS in Architecture from Ewha Womans University in Korea. She worked at Iroje Architects and Planners, Seoul, Korea, and Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects, New York. After Jointly establishing WISE Architecture in 2008, the two completed several small but meaningful projects focusing on materiality of everydayness in Seoul.

Some of WISE Architecture’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped WISE Architecture achieve 20th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in South Korea:

Featured Projects 5
Total Projects 6

19. JMY architects

© JMY architects

© JMY architects

‘Architecturing’ has two main meanings. First, it refers to the basic posture and method of constructing in a present progressive sense rather than the resultant object of an architecture. Second, it also describes the object of design as ‘a work of organizing a space’ rather than the external form. There is no end if architecture is confronted with difficulty.

Occasionally, the numerous theories and results of architectures and cities deceive our mind and disturb the liberal thoughts of our brain. Since our knowledge and experiences are limited, an attitude of learning something new and emptying our mind everyday is required.
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Pure intellectual curiosity, positive thinking, and attitude that can stand up to the challenges we face will broaden our knowledge and deepen our thought. It is architecturing of JMY architects to enjoy learning and doing so.

Some of JMY architects’ most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped JMY architects achieve 19th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in South Korea:

Featured Projects 5
Total Projects 7

18. ON Architecture INC.

© ON Architecture INC.

© ON Architecture INC.

We will suggest various models through investigations on the values and possibilities of local architecture. We will go beyond the junction between physical, environmental, and realistic factors towards suggesting an alternative that builds up the communicative relationships between people and between local areas. We will seek after the creation of new values by exploring social and cultural phenomena with insightful thinking. We will become a sustainable group that makes ceaseless experiments on various alternatives to create limitless values and business models based on architecture. We are mainly interested in the small relationships of architecture created by many people after gathering, and will put values on social change stemming from small things.

Some of ON Architecture INC.’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped ON Architecture INC. achieve 18th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in South Korea:

Featured Projects 6
Total Projects 5

17. Archium

© Archium

© Archium

Archium is a South Korean architecture and design firm. Its work is mainly focused around commercial and residential projects.

Some of Archium’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Archium achieve 17th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in South Korea:

Featured Projects 6
Total Projects 7

16. EHLA

© Hyosook Chin

© Hyosook Chin

Architecture is nothing. However, architecture is more significant than any others like air in our life. Architecture is not a hero. Architecture is just a stage of our living. We do not want architecture to say a lot of showing language to come forward from the surroundings. As people live healthier within clean air, we want architecture to be a clean, pure and honest artifact that holds human life silently. We do not believe architecture will change the world and we do not work in order to change the world through architecture. For now, we, aoa architects, are about to construct the architecture with architecture itself without a metadiscourse beyond architecture.

Some of EHLA’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped EHLA achieve 16th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in South Korea:

Featured Projects 6
Total Projects 7

15. ArchiWorkshop

© ArchiWorkshop

© ArchiWorkshop

We are architects, who think, create, enjoy and share everyday architecture.

Some of ArchiWorkshop’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped ArchiWorkshop achieve 15th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in South Korea:

Featured Projects 6
Total Projects 15

14. Architecture Studio YEIN

© Architecture Studio YEIN

© Architecture Studio YEIN

Architecture Studio YEIN is an architectural practice based on South Korea. Its work is mainly focused around residential projects.

Some of Architecture Studio YEIN’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Architecture Studio YEIN achieve 14th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in South Korea:

Featured Projects 7
Total Projects 18

13. SsD

© SsD

© SsD

SsD is an architecture firm that approaches design as a convergent, interdisciplinary venture. Minimum form takes maximum effect with the goal to bridge the utopian and the pragmatic. Instead of separating aspects of architecture, landscape, history, social systems, and codes into their constituent disciplines, these agendas are simultaneously explored so that each discipline symbiotically gains from the other.  In this way sustainability emerges as an integrated rather than additive result.

Some of SsD’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped SsD achieve 13th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in South Korea:

A+Awards Finalist 3
Featured Projects 6
Total Projects 12

12. HAEAHN Architecture

© Namsun Lee

© Namsun Lee

HAEAHN Architecture, marking its 34th anniversary this year, has been continuously striving to design valuable urban environmental projects based on creativity and innovation since its establishment in 1990. HAEAHN has been in alliance with H Architecture, New York, USA since 2011 and established several overseas offices which have greatly contributed to its extensive growth in becoming a world standard architectural design firm. Overseas offices such as, Baghdad Branch Office, Republic of Iraq in 2014, Ho Chi Minh City Branch Office, Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 2018.

Some of HAEAHN Architecture’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped HAEAHN Architecture achieve 12th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in South Korea:

A+Awards Winner 1
Featured Projects 8
Total Projects 23

11. OBBA

© OBBA

© OBBA

The Office for Beyond Boundaries Architecture (OBBA) was founded in 2012 by So-jung Lee and Sang-Jun Kwak, to pursue a combination of multiple choices and solutions by looking at the rapidly changing current current society and the various problems that arise in the niche of its changing from a unified perspective rather than individual perception.

Some of OBBA’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped OBBA achieve 11th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in South Korea:

Featured Projects 8
Total Projects 7

10. Yong Ju Lee Architecture

© Yong Ju Lee Architecture

© Yong Ju Lee Architecture

Yong Ju Lee, AIA is principal of Seoul-based Yong Ju Lee Architecture. He has been working for stimulating design for everyday life in multiple scales and media. His works are presented worldwide such as National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Seoul), Museum of Modern Art (New York) and Venice Biennale. He also received world-renowned awards including Korean Public Architecture Award, iF Design Award and Design Vanguard.

He earned academic degrees from Yonsei University and Columbia University. He is registered architect in Massachusetts and had been a founding partner of New York based E/B Office. He is currently assistant professor at Seoul National University of Science and Technology.

Some of Yong Ju Lee Architecture’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Yong Ju Lee Architecture achieve 10th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in South Korea:

Featured Projects 9
Total Projects 10

9. L’EAU design

© L'EAU design Co.,Ltd.

© L'EAU design Co.,Ltd.

L’EAU Design is a group seeking after such environment as falling under comprehensive sense and attempt the relationship with architectural design. ‘Environment’ includes meanings of social and cultural conditions that influence in human lifestyle as well as ecological and build environment. L’EAU Design, since its establishment in 2000, has been pursuing a total design focused on ‘Architecture and Urbanism’ ‘Renovation and Interior Design’ ‘Environment Design’ in order to architecturally design diverse concerns amid the better ‘human environment’, which is based on their research about social and cultural background of human.

Some of L’EAU design’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped L'EAU design Co.,Ltd. achieve 9th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in South Korea:

Featured Projects 9
Total Projects 22

8. stpmj

© stpmj

© stpmj

stpmj is an award winning design practice based in New York and Seoul. The office was founded by Seung Teak Lee and Mi Jung Lim with the agenda of “provocative realism.” It is a series of synergetic explorations that occur on the boundary between the ideal and the real. It is based on simplicity of form and detail, clarity of structure, excellence in environmental function, use of new materials, and rational management of budget. To these, the team adds ideas generated from curiosity in everyday life as they pursue a methodology for dramatically exploiting the limitations of reality. Resulting from these new perspectives, their work is nuanced yet bold and represents a reaction against architectural clichés.

Some of stpmj’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped stpmj achieve 8th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in South Korea:

A+Awards Finalist 1
Featured Projects 10
Total Projects 10

7. JOHO Architecture

© JOHO Architecture

© JOHO Architecture

Interpreting architecture as a part of the humanities, JOHO Architectrue bases their philosophy on creating new identity and discourse in contemporary cities. In addition, architectural materials are set as a unit of ‘geo-metry’ and designs are developed through the grouping, addition and subtraction of these units. This ‘material_metry’ refers to the reinterpretation of a material’s meaning within the context of a site.

Some of JOHO Architecture’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped JOHO Architecture achieve 7th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in South Korea:

Featured Projects 9
Total Projects 12

6. BCHO Architects Associates

© BCHO Architects Associates

© BCHO Architects Associates

Founded in Seoul, Korea in 1994, BCHO Architects started as a design build office with a focus on simple structures and strong regard for nature. Since 1998 the practice focus is  architecture and furniture, however we work very closely with contractors and multiple fabrication specialists in various disciplines; including stone masons, product designers, wood workers, potters, lighting engineers, furniture and graphic designers and artists. We also have multiple professional collaborators in Montana, Massachussetts, California, Hawaii and Peru. BCHO Architects believe that buildings, furniture and art are made, not created. Each architectural project, encompassing various scales and programs, explores the phenomenon of light and space, fabrication and construction methods , recycling and reusing, and a broad sense of sustainability (social/cultural/physical) which uses our collective creative energy to reduce our buildings demand for grid energy.

Some of BCHO Architects Associates’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped BCHO Architects Associates achieve 6th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in South Korea:

A+Awards Finalist 1
Featured Projects 10
Total Projects 11

5. Suh Architects

© Suh Architects

© Suh Architects

With every project, Suh Architects is defined by the marriage of function and verve. It does not adhere to a predetermined style, and expects its architecture to outlast current trends. Buildings must not only make sense spatially and in an intangible way, but also keep the rain out, heat in, and stay within budget. The firm is well-aware that this sort of harmony is only made possible by maintaining consistent standards and fully understanding its clients’ needs.

Its founder, Eulho Suh, is directly involved in the design and execution of each project from its initial conception, through planning, construction, and completion. With every project, spatial clarity and human scale are foremost; subsequent details are held to the highest standard of execution.

Some of Suh Architects’ most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Suh Architects achieve 5th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in South Korea:

A+Awards Winner 4
A+Awards Finalist 3
Featured Projects 6
Total Projects 8

4. Mass Studies

© Mass Studies

© Mass Studies

Mass Studies was founded in 2003 by Minsuk Cho in Seoul, Korea, as a critical investigation of architecture in the context of mass production, intensely over-populated urban conditions, and other emergent cultural niches that define contemporary society. Amid the many frictions defining spatial conditions in the twenty-first century, namely past vs. future, local vs. global, utopia vs. reality, and individual vs. collective, Mass Studies focuses on the operative complexity of these multiple conditions instead of striving for a singular, unified perspective. For each architectural project, which exist across a wide range of scales, Mass Studies explores issues such as spatial systems/matrixes, building materials/techniques, and typological divergences to foster a vision that allows the discovery of new socio/cultural potential.

Some of Mass Studies’ most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Mass Studies achieve 4th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in South Korea:

A+Awards Winner 1
Featured Projects 9
Total Projects 9

3. Moon Hoon

© Namgoong Sun

© Namgoong Sun

Moon Hoon is an architectural practice based on South Korea. Its work is mainly focused around residential projects.

Some of Moon Hoon’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Moon Hoon achieve 3rd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in South Korea:

Featured Projects 16
Total Projects 12

2. IROJE KHM Architects

© IROJE KHM Architects

© IROJE KHM Architects

IROJE KHM Architects is many kinds of award-winning architect’s office in Seoul, Korea. Kim Hyo Man, the principal of IROJE KHM Architects, is architect, concurrent professor of graduate school of architecture and editorial adviser of architectural magazine.

Some of IROJE KHM Architects’ most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped IROJE KHM Architects achieve 2nd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in South Korea:

Featured Projects 17
Total Projects 21

1. Studio Gaon

© Studio Gaon

© Studio Gaon

Studio Gaon was founded in 1998 and is represented by Lim Hyoung-nam and Roh Eun-joo. Gaon means ‘center’ in Korean. The firm carries out various urban and architectural projects. The architecture they pursue harmonizes with nature and contemplates the locality of Korea and the present nature of architecture.

The studio is particularly interested in traditional architecture featuring the locality of Korea and Seoul, where we are mainly active. From their point of view, the biggest feature of Korean architecture is the movement of space, compared to other oriental architectures such as that of Japan and China.

Some of Studio Gaon’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Studio Gaon achieve 1st place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in South Korea:

Featured Projects 33
Total Projects 46

Why Should I Trust Architizer’s Ranking?

With more than 30,000 architecture firms and over 130,000 projects within its database, Architizer is proud to host the world’s largest online community of architects and building product manufacturers. Its celebrated A+Awards program is also the largest celebration of architecture and building products, with more than 400 jurors and hundreds of thousands of public votes helping to recognize the world’s best architecture each year.

Architizer also powers firm directories for a number of AIA (American Institute of Architects) Chapters nationwide, including the official directory of architecture firms for AIA New York.

An example of a project page on Architizer with Project Award Badges highlighted

A Guide to Project Awards

The blue “+” badge denotes that a project has won a prestigious A+Award as described above. Hovering over the badge reveals details of the award, including award category, year, and whether the project won the jury or popular choice award.

The orange Project of the Day and yellow Featured Project badges are awarded by Architizer’s Editorial team, and are selected based on a number of factors. The following factors increase a project’s likelihood of being featured or awarded Project of the Day status:

  • Project completed within the last 3 years
  • A well written, concise project description of at least 3 paragraphs
  • Architectural design with a high level of both functional and aesthetic value
  • High quality, in focus photographs
  • At least 8 photographs of both the interior and exterior of the building
  • Inclusion of architectural drawings and renderings
  • Inclusion of construction photographs

There are 7 Projects of the Day each week and a further 31 Featured Projects. Each Project of the Day is published on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram Stories, while each Featured Project is published on Facebook. Each Project of the Day also features in Architizer’s Weekly Projects Newsletter and shared with 170,000 subscribers.

 


 

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35 Best Architecture and Design Firms in New York

These annual rankings were last updated on July 16th, 2024. Want to see your firm on next year’s list? Continue reading for more on how you can improve your studio’s ranking.

New York is arguably the epicenter of the architectural industry in the United States, with more than 20,000 licensed architects and well over 1,000 firms working in the state. At its heart, New York City (NYC) is home to a thriving community of architects, interior designers, landscape architects, engineers and contractors, with projects ranging from residential and retail to cultural and commercial. Construction firms generated an estimated $84 billion in economic activity in 2018, representing 10 percent of New York City’s total economic output.

With so many architecture firms to choose from, it’s challenging for clients to identify the industry leaders that will be an ideal fit for their project needs. Fortunately, Architizer is able to provide guidance on the top design firms in New York based on more than a decade of data and industry knowledge.

How are these architecture firms ranked?

The following ranking has been created according to key statistics that demonstrate each firm’s level of architectural excellence. The following metrics have been accumulated to establish each architecture firm’s ranking, in order of priority:

  • The number of A+Awards won (2013 to 2024)
  • The number of A+Awards finalists (2013 to 2024)
  • The number of projects selected as “Project of the Day” (2009 to 2024)
  • The number of projects selected as “Featured Project” (2009 to 2024)
  • The number of projects uploaded to Architizer (2009 to 2024)

Each of these metrics is explained in more detail at the foot of this article. This ranking list will be updated annually, taking into account new achievements of New York architecture firms throughout the year.

Without further ado, here are the 35 best architecture firms in New York:

35. Terreform ONE

© Terreform ONE

© Terreform ONE

Terreform ONE [Open Network Ecology] is a non-profit design group that promotes green design in cities. Through creative projects and outreach efforts, they hope to illuminate the environmental possibilities of New York City and inspire solutions in areas like it around the world.  They are a unique laboratory for scientists, artists, architects, students and individuals of all backgrounds to explore and advance the larger framework of green design.  The group develops innovative solutions and technologies for local sustainability in energy, transportation, infrastructure, buildings, waste treatment, food, water, and media spaces.

Some of Terreform ONE’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Terreform ONE achieve 35th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

A+Awards Winner 2
Featured Projects 4
Total Projects 12

34. CAZA

© Iwan Baan

© Iwan Baan

CAZA (Carlos Arnaiz Architects) is a New York-based design studio and urban consultancy committed to an optimistic future for architectural thinking. Our studio is both a workshop and a think tank. We produce buildings and ideas without a prejudice towards the primacy of one over the other. Our work represents an engagement with the history of making buildings and placing them in complex dynamic environments. Our team consists of design professionals from around the world who share a dedication to the transformative power of architecture. We are currently developing a masterplan in Bogota, Colombia; a resort town in Palawan, Philippines; and a hotel in Boracay, Philippines.

Some of CAZA’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped CAZA achieve 34th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

A+Awards Winner 2
A+Awards Finalist 2
Featured Projects 6
Total Projects 10

33. LEVENBETTS

© LEVENBETTS

© LEVENBETTS

LEVENBETTS is an award winning New York City based architecture practice. The office was founded by David Leven and Stella Betts in 1997 and focuses on all scales of projects including urban design, public buildings, houses and housing, commercial workspaces, exhibitions and furniture. The office employs a variety of people and methods to arrive at innovative solutions that are the result of observation, research, integration of building systems and an economic understanding of each project goals. Their talented multi-skilled staff and consultants collaborate in the process of making architecture that runs from an intense analysis of programming, research of building systems, design of environments and finally to on-site construction administration.

Some of LEVENBETTS’ most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped LEVENBETTS achieve 33rd place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

A+Awards Winner 3
A+Awards Finalist 4
Featured Projects 7
Total Projects 14

32. HOLLANDERdesign Landscape Architects

© HOLLANDERdesign Landscape Architects

© HOLLANDERdesign Landscape Architects

Edmund Hollander Landscape Architects specializes in residential estates and gardens.  Their experience covers a wide range of scales including estates and gardens in the Hamptons, Long Island’s North Shore, Connecticut, Westchester, New Jersey, Virginia and Europe; waterfront parks and developments; golf course restoration and planning; corporate headquarters; historic landscapes, horse farms; and urban roof top gardens. They bring to each project an attention to detailed design and environmental appropriateness encompassing, wherever possible, elements of the native or vernacular landscape. They utilize a combination of landscape architectural, horticultural and ecological talents to develop creative solutions to design problems.

Some of HOLLANDERdesign Landscape Architects’ most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped HOLLANDERdesign Landscape Architects achieve 32nd place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

A+Awards Winner 1
A+Awards Finalist 4
Featured Projects 11
Total Projects 14

31. The Living

© The Living

© The Living

Buildings are living organisms. They breathe and pulse. They inhabit complex ecosystems of species, technologies and culture. And understanding buildings requires understanding these vital signs and these ecosystems.

The Living is a design studio and an experiment in living architecture. Their work brings together the natural and the synthetic, the human and the machine, the individual and the collective. And it involves the intersection of (1) biology, (2) computation, and (3) the circular economy.

The Living’s work with biology extends beyond biomimicry. While there is a long history of architects using biology as metaphor, their work employs actual living organisms to create alternative kinds of architecture.

Some of The Living’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped The Living achieve 31st place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

A+Awards Winner 3
A+Awards Finalist 6
Featured Projects 5
Total Projects 7

30. Rafael Vinoly Architects

© Rafael Vinoly Architects

© Rafael Vinoly Architects

Rafael Viñoly Architects, founded in 1983 and based in New York City — with branch offices in London, Manchester, Abu Dhabi, and Buenos Aires — is an internationally renowned architectural firm with projects spanning six continents. Over the past thirty-five years, the practice’s key trademark is the ability to reinvent institutional typologies and integrate the public realm into civic buildings. The uniquely diverse work the firm has completed includes award-winning courthouses, museums, performing arts centers, convention centers, athletic facilities, banks, hotels, hospitals, laboratories, recreational venues, residential complexes, and commercial, industrial and educational facilities. Projects range in scale from laboratory casework to large urban commercial and institutional master plans.

Some of Rafael Viñoly Architects’ most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Rafael Vinoly Architects achieve 30th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

A+Awards Winner 2
A+Awards Finalist 2
Featured Projects 9
Total Projects 45

29. Resolution: 4 Architecture

© Resolution: 4 Architecture

© Resolution: 4 Architecture

Resolution: 4 Architecture is an internationally published and highly acclaimed ten-person firm, completing projects in the residential, commercial and public sectors. Founded in 1990 by Joseph Tanney and Robert Luntz, RES4 is dedicated to addressing 21st century conditions through intelligent architecture and design. The firm consciously works to enhance sustainable practices that address the current and long-term challenges facing our dynamic communities. Through iterative investigation, RES4 works to shape the palpable, illuminate the obscure, and understand the interface of architecture, its users, and its context.

Some of Resolution: 4 Architecture’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Resolution: 4 Architecture achieve 29th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

A+Awards Finalist 1
Featured Projects 11
Total Projects 49

28. FXCollaborative

© FXCollaborative

© FXCollaborative

FXCollaborative leverages broad expertise in architecture, interiors and planning to enrich the world with responsible, intelligent and beautiful design. The firm’s holistic approach integrates client aspirations, an urban sensibility and a celebration of the craft of building. FXCollaborative’s work ranges from the scale of individual buildings and interiors — office towers, multi-family residences, cultural facilities, workplace, K-12 and higher-education institutions — to the city as a whole, addressing infrastructure and transportation.

Some of FXCollaborative’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped FXCollaborative achieve 28th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

A+Awards Winner 1
A+Awards Finalist 5
Featured Projects 12
Total Projects 42

27. SO – IL

© SO – IL

© SO – IL

SO–IL is an internationally recognized architecture and design firm based in New York. They create structures that establish new cultures, institutions and relationships. The firm works across countries and cultures. Together, their team speaks more than a dozen languages. Their clients are spread across France and South Korea to the United States and Mexico. SO — IL believe that through deep collaboration, architects can strengthen communities’ ties to their environments. In an increasingly digitized world, their architecture incorporates innovative physical materials that follow the unique scale and conceptual grounding of each project: stretched chainmail over a gallery building, or an array of elegant glass tubes as a museum façade. The firm creates urban spaces, buildings for culture, residences and workplaces on a variety of scales.

Some of SO – IL’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped SO – IL achieve 27th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

A+Awards Finalist 5
Featured Projects 9
Total Projects 16

26. COOKFOX Architects

© COOKFOX Architects

© COOKFOX Architects

COOKFOX is an architectural studio dedicated to a vision of integrated, environmentally responsive design. They believe good design is sustainable and are committed to being wise stewards of their shared natural and cultural resources. Guided by their passion for excellence, belief in the collaborative process and persistent curiosity, COOKFOX pursues projects that allow them to fundamentally re-think how people interact with buildings and the natural environment.

Starting with intensive research, they seek to understand each unique project in its environmental, cultural and historical context. The work the firm does engages with layers of time and promotes a strong sense of place. Inspired by the legacy of artistry in architecture, COOKFOX uses technology and traditional techniques to bring the distinctive qualities of well-crafted materials and details into every project.

Some of COOKFOX Architects’ most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped COOKFOX Architects achieve 26th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

A+Awards Finalist 7
Featured Projects 9
Total Projects 39

25. Taylor and Miller Architecture and Design

Taylor and Miller Architecture and Design was founded in 2002 by partners B. Alex Miller and Jeff Taylor. The firm is based in New York with fabrication facilities in the Berkshires and has a portfolio of projects that include residential, retail, gallery spaces and installations alike. Taylor and Miller Architecture and Design collaborates with a diverse clients from both the United States and abroad. The firm’s research trajectories often focus on mining materials and ideas from contexts that are most ‘accessible’, both physically and conceptually. Physically, Taylor and Miller are active participants in their projects’ fabrication, and this participation often starts with a seemingly mundane palette of materials; manila rope, fishing line, 4×6” aluminum flashing or aircraft cable.

Some of Taylor and Miller Architecture and Design’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Taylor and Miller Architecture and Design achieve 25th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

A+Awards Winner 2
A+Awards Finalist 6
Featured Projects 11
Total Projects 16

24. Davis Brody Bond, a Page Company

© Paul Rivera Courtesy Perkins Eastman

© Paul Rivera Courtesy Perkins Eastman

Davis Brody Bond is among the nation’s leading design firms. The firm’s work brings strong, successful designs to complex building types and planning projects including cultural facilities, academic buildings, corporate and industrial structures and housing complexes. The firm has been honored with more than 200 major design awards including the American Institute of Architects Firm Award, the highest honor given to an architectural practice as well as the Presidential Award for Design Excellence. Their work is regularly published in the national and international design press.

In May 2011, Davis Brody Bond & Spacesmith announced their partnership — one excellence to strengthen services and expand the firm’s creative boundaries. Spacesmith is a versatile architecture and interior design firm with a multi-talented team led by partners with over 25 years of experience.

Some of Davis Brody Bond’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Davis Brody Bond, a Page Company achieve 24th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

A+Awards Winner 6
A+Awards Finalist 2
Featured Projects 10
Total Projects 34

23. MARC FORNES / THEVERYMANY

© MARC FORNES / THEVERYMANY

© MARC FORNES / THEVERYMANY

MARC FORNES / THEVERYMANY is a New York-based art and architecture studio specializing in the intersection of unique, spatial, experience and structural performance. The studio’s method is deeply rooted in computational research and digital fabrication to produce public art, installation and environments, architectural skins, and free-standing structures. Over the last ten years, THEVERYMANY has developed and implemented “Structural Stripes,” a building system by which custom-designed parts form complex, self-supporting curvilinear surfaces.

Some of MARC FORNES / THEVERYMANY’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped MARC FORNES / THEVERYMANY achieve 23rd place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

A+Awards Winner 3
Featured Projects 13
Total Projects 23

22. LEONG LEONG

© Naho Kubota

© Naho Kubota

LEONG LEONG is a New York and Los Angeles-based design office. Leong Leong’s internationally recognized work is driven by a commitment to ideas and their realization. Leong Leong believes the practice of design is a collective intelligence in constant dialogue with other disciplines, cultures, and thinkers to offer new possibilities to engage the city. This concept-based approach is coupled with a deep interest in methods of production that challenge norms and reveal new territories. Leong Leong was founded by brothers, Christopher and Dominic Leong in 2009.

Some of LEONG LEONG’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped LEONG LEONG achieve 22nd place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

A+Awards Winner 2
A+Awards Finalist 4
Featured Projects 8
Total Projects 17

21. GLUCK+

Photo by Steve Mundinger - © GLUCK+

Photo by Steve Mundinger - © GLUCK+

GLUCK+ is an architecture, construction and development firm located in New York City.  Over a 40 year period, the firm has generated a multi-faceted approach to the design and construction of buildings. To acknowledge this inclusive and expanding practice, the firm is being renamed GLUCK+, which builds on its approach to Architect Led Design Build (ALDB). GLUCK+ is dedicated to the idea that buildings benefit when architects take responsibility for the architectural process from conception to construction, assuming oversight of all aspects of a project. The firm has designed buildings throughout the United States, ranging in type from houses, schools, religious buildings and community centers to hotels, mixed-use/housing, corporate interiors, university buildings and historic restorations.

Some of GLUCK+’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped GLUCK+ achieve 21st place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

A+Awards Winner 2
A+Awards Finalist 3
Featured Projects 10
Total Projects 15

20. Fogarty Finger

© Fogarty Finger

© Fogarty Finger

Fogarty Finger is committed to redefining the urban built environment through projects that are as evocative as they are pragmatic. The firm’s award-winning work captures the spirit of its surroundings, while creating a layered sense of materiality and refinement. The end result encapsulates smart design solutions that are responsive to the moment yet timeless in appeal.

The firm’s array of prominent commercial and residential projects showcases its strength in a dual concentration in architecture and interior design, both distinguished with its thoughtful and deliberate approach. The architecture practice has authored a number of notable large-scale ground-up projects in NYC as well as nationally.

Some of Fogarty Finger’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Fogarty Finger achieve 20th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

A+Awards Winner 2
A+Awards Finalist 9
Featured Projects 6
Total Projects 15

19. WXY architecture + urban design

© WXY architecture + urban design

© WXY architecture + urban design

WXY is an award-winning, studio-based multidisciplinary practice focusing on innovative approaches to public space, structures and cities. Celebrated as much for its focus on community and urban design as for the firm’s agility with incorporating new technologies and green design, WXY excels in complex urban challenges, education and civic buildings, parks and waterfront developments, and other projects ranging from furniture designs to city master plans.

Claire Weisz is founding principal of the New York-based practice, working alongside partners Mark Yoes, Layng Pew and Adam Lubinsky. WXY has received the League Prize and an Emerging Voice in 2011 from The Architectural League.

Some of WXY architecture + urban design’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped WXY architecture + urban design achieve 19th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

A+Awards Winner 2
A+Awards Finalist 4
Featured Projects 11
Total Projects 33

18. Sharon Davis Design

© Sharon Davis Design

© Sharon Davis Design

Founded in 2007, Sharon Davis Design exists to design extraordinary buildings that transform communities. The firm’s work for nonprofit organizations represents a new model of design, in which innovation is measured in both social benefit and aesthetic accomplishment. Its work has gained renown for its ability to harmonize with both the natural and built environments, as well as its cost-effective, environmentally conscious approach to lighting, heating, plumbing and water resources. The firm ultimately measures the success of its designs by the degree to which they expand access to the fundamental human right of social justice, economic empowerment and a healthy sustainable environment.

Some of Sharon Davis Design’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Sharon Davis Design achieve 18th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

A+Awards Winner 4
A+Awards Finalist 5
Featured Projects 7
Total Projects 7

17. INABA WILLIAMS

© INABA WILLIAMS

© INABA WILLIAMS

As more and more of the world is virtual and immaterial, physical space has become increasingly important to human life. Inaba Williams grew out of a desire by organizations to stand out in a digital age by creating built environments. The firm translates observations about human interaction, technology and communities into meticulously detailed spaces.

Some of INABA WILLIAMS’ most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped INABA WILLIAMS achieve 17th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

A+Awards Winner 2
A+Awards Finalist 7
Featured Projects 6
Total Projects 12

16. Future Green Studio

© Future Green Studio

© Future Green Studio

Future Green Studio is a distinctive and innovative landscape design firm based in Brooklyn, New York. They are thoughtful stewards of the changing climate and creative shapers of the built environment. They are at the forefront of Landscape Urbanism — a design movement that combines a deep understanding of plants, people and places. They recognize that all the complex systems, forces and patterns of nature do not stop at the city limits.

Some of Future Green Studio’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Future Green Studio achieve 16th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

A+Awards Winner 1
A+Awards Finalist 8
Featured Projects 10
Total Projects 27

15. nARCHITECTS

© nARCHITECTS

© nARCHITECTS

nARCHITECTS is a Brooklyn-based architectural studio led by founding partners Eric Bunge and Mimi Hoang and principal Amanda Morgan. Their work instigates interactions between buildings, public space and their dynamically changing context. Across social and environmental change, they empower the communities with whom they work and design architecture for a world in flux. In projects such as Carmel Place (NYC’s first micro unit building), the Jones Beach Energy & Nature Center, the NYS Equal Rights Heritage Center, A/D/O and the renovation of Chicago Navy Pier, nARCHITECTS is tackling the most pressing issues that cities face — how we live, work and activate public spaces in response to the nation’s housing shortage, evolving modes of work and the need for diverse engagement in the public realm.

Some of nARCHITECTS’ most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped nARCHITECTS achieve 15th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

A+Awards Winner 2
A+Awards Finalist 6
Featured Projects 10
Total Projects 23

14. Studio Link-Arc, LLC

Based in New York City, Studio Link-Arc is an international team of architects and designers. Their name refers to the practice’s collaborative nature as well as the company’s mission, which is to work across disciplines to create strategy and design in the fields of urban planning, architecture, spatial art and landscape. The firm accomplishes this by linking knowledge, resources and intelligence, from multiple perspectives and diverse backgrounds. Their body of work includes innovative projects at all scales.

Some of Studio Link-Arc’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Studio Link-Arc, LLC achieve 14th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

A+Awards Winner 2
A+Awards Finalist 3
Featured Projects 14
Total Projects 15

13. WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism

© WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism

© WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism

WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism is at the forefront of architectural design practices that are redefining the relationships between landscape, architecture, infrastructure, and art. The firm’s projects are noted for clarity of vision, bold and iconic forms, and material innovation. Named one of North America’s “Emerging Voices” by the Architectural League of New York, WEISS/MANFREDI’s distinct vision was recognized with the Award in Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, as well as the Tau Sigma Delta Gold Medal and the New York AIA Gold Medal. The firm’s design for the Seattle Art Museum’s Olympic Sculpture Park, awarded by international competition, integrates art, architecture, and ecology in a new model for waterfront development.

Some of WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism achieve 13th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

A+Awards Winner 1
A+Awards Finalist 9
Featured Projects 13
Total Projects 27

12. REX

© REX

© REX

REX is an internationally acclaimed architecture and design firm based in New York City. Believing architecture should actively empower its users and communities — not simply be a representational art — REX challenges and advances building paradigms and promotes the agency of architecture. This ethos guides the studio’s aspiration to produce inventive designs so functionally specific that they offer new and inspiring aesthetic experiences.

REX’s designers of varied cultural, social, and educational backgrounds are led by Founding Principal Joshua Ramus, and Associate Principals Alysen Hiller Fiore, Adam Chizmar and Raúl Rodríguez García.

Some of REX’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped REX achieve 12th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

A+Awards Winner 5
A+Awards Finalist 6
Featured Projects 9
Total Projects 27

11. SCAPE Landscape Architecture D.P.C.

© SCAPE Landscape Architecture D.P.C.

© SCAPE Landscape Architecture D.P.C.

SCAPE is a design-driven landscape architecture and urban design studio based in New York. They believe landscape architecture can enable positive change in communities through the creation of regenerative living infrastructure and public landscapes. The firm works to integrate natural cycles and systems into environments across all scales, from the urban pocket-park to the regional ecological plan. They do this through diverse forms of landscape architecture — built landscapes, planning frameworks, research, books and installations – with the ultimate goal of connecting people to their immediate environment and creating dynamic and adaptive landscapes of the future. Our staff is experienced in landscape architecture, architecture, urban design, horticulture, and planning, and they integrate these skillsets to practice design as interpreters and synthetic thinkers.

Some of SCAPE Landscape Architecture’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped SCAPE Landscape Architecture D.P.C. achieve 11th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

A+Awards Winner 4
A+Awards Finalist 3
Featured Projects 11
Total Projects 20

10. Handel Architects

© Handel Architects

© Handel Architects

Handel Architects is an architecture, interior design, and planning firm that began in New York City in 1994. Today the practice is led by Founding Partner Gary Handel alongside Partners Blake Middleton, Glenn Rescalvo, Frank Fusaro, and Michael Arad. Handel Architects is working on projects across North America, South America, the Middle East, and Asia, with more than 150 architects, interior designers, planners, and support staff from offices in New York City, San Francisco, and Hong Kong. The firm has gained national and international recognition for work such as the Dream Downtown Hotel in New York City, the World Trade Center Memorial in New York City, the Millennium Tower in San Francisco, and the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Washington DC’s Georgetown neighborhood. Handel Architects has won numerous design awards and is regularly featured in architectural journals and design publications.

Some of Handel Architects’ most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Handel Architects achieve 10th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

A+Awards Winner 3
A+Awards Finalist 3
Featured Projects 12
Total Projects 83

9. SHoP Architects

© SHoP Architects

© SHoP Architects

This is a new generation of architects. Since 1996, SHoP has modeled a new way forward with an unconventional approach to design. At the heart of the firm’s method is a willingness to question accepted patterns of practice, coupled with the courage to expand, where necessary, beyond the architect’s traditional roles. They come to each new project with open minds, an expert team, and a collaborative process that adapts itself specifically to the problem at hand. This freedom to be nimble allows us to effectively address a broad range of issues in our work.

Some of SHoP Architects’ most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped SHoP Architects achieve 9th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

A+Awards Winner 3
A+Awards Finalist 8
Featured Projects 10
Total Projects 42

8. ODA

© ODA

© ODA

ODA is leading a quiet but unyielding revolution to replace the dogma of resigned and compromised city living for one that enriches lives and adapts to human needs. Society’s reliance on the extruded big box concept can and must be rethought; instead, permeable buildings can be designed to help restore humans’ relationship to nature. Collective and individual consciousness is constantly fluctuating, and is impacted by and actively shapes the context. Radical change to the common built environment doctrine is a crucial element in maintaining physical and psychological wellbeing.

Some of ODA’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped ODA achieve 8th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

A+Awards Winner 2
A+Awards Finalist 4
Featured Projects 11
Total Projects 42

7. ikon.5 architects

© ikon.5 architects

© ikon.5 architects

Founded in 2003 and dedicated to providing its clients with innovative design solutions that exhibit a high level of craft, ikon.5 architects has earned a reputation among clients and peers as a forward-thinking studio of nimble and creative designers that see every project as an opportunity for design excellence. Proceeding with the belief that every site and client has a unique history or story to tell, the firm approaches architecture as storytelling using the language of built form and landscape. Working collaboratively and across a range of building typologies, including libraries, university facilities, offices, cultural facilities and government buildings, their work celebrates and reflects in its form-giving the great diversity of the communities and people we are privileged to serve.

Some of ikon.5 architects’ most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped ikon.5 architects achieve 7th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

A+Awards Winner 3
A+Awards Finalist 2
Featured Projects 15
Total Projects 36

6. Ennead Architects

© Ennead Architects

© Ennead Architects

Ennead is a design firm of more than 200 architects, designers, and thinkers with offices in New York and Shanghai. and a presence in South Florida and California. Together, the studio brings contrasting areas of interest, expertise and experience to every project. Since 1963, Ennead has partnered with owners, developers, institutions and governments to create architecture that is firmly rooted in humanist principles.

The firm is led by nine partners who push a multi-disciplinary ethos centered around capturing knowledge and understanding lessons learned across all typologies, for the betterment of planning, design and delivery. Ennead’s focus is on creating iconic architecture grounded in the belief that, at its best, design communicates ideals, reinforces institutions and acts as an agent of positive change.

Some of Ennead Architects’ most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Ennead Architects achieve 6th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

A+Awards Winner 3
A+Awards Finalist 2
Featured Projects 18
Total Projects 41

5. Diller Scofidio + Renfro

© Diller Scofidio + Renfro

© Diller Scofidio + Renfro

Founded in 1981, Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R) is a design studio whose practice spans the fields of architecture, urban design, installation art, multi-media performance, digital media and print. With a focus on cultural and civic projects, DS+R’s work addresses the changing role of institutions and the future of cities. The studio is based in New York and is comprised of over 100 architects, designers, artists and researchers, led by four partners — Elizabeth Diller, Ricardo Scofidio, Charles Renfro and Benjamin Gilmartin. DS+R’s cross genre work has been distinguished with TIME’s “100 Most Influential People” list and the first grant awarded in the field of architecture from the MacArthur Foundation, which identified Diller and Scofidio as, “architects who have created an alternative form of architectural practice that unites design, performance and electronic media with cultural and architectural theory and criticism.

Some of Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Diller Scofidio + Renfro achieve 5th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

A+Awards Winner 2
A+Awards Finalist 5
Featured Projects 16
Total Projects 22

4. Field Operations

© Sam Oberter

© Sam Oberter

Field Operations is a leading-edge landscape architecture and urban design practice based in New York City, with offices in San Francisco, Philadelphia, Shenzhen and London. Field Operations is renowned for strong contemporary design across a variety of project types and scales, from large urban districts, master plans and complex planning sites, to small well-crafted, detailed design projects. Regardless of scale, there is a special commitment to the design of a vibrant and dynamic public realm, informed by the ecology of both people and nature, rooted in place and context.

The ultimate aim is to bring beauty, health and vitality to the different kinds of environments where people live and interact.

Some of Field Operations’ most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Field Operations achieve 4th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

A+Awards Winner 11
A+Awards Finalist 11
Featured Projects 18
Total Projects 22

3. Rockwell Group

© Rockwell Group

© Rockwell Group

Based in New York with offices in Los Angeles and Madrid, Rockwell Group is an interdisciplinary architecture and design firm that emphasizes innovation and thought leadership in every project. Founded in 1984 by David Rockwell, FAIA, and led by David and partners Shawn Sullivan and Greg Keffer, the firm merges performance and architecture to create extraordinary experiences and built environments across the globe. Merging theater, performance and architecture to create unique narratives for each project, the firm’s work includes hotels and restaurants, theaters, cultural and educational institutions, set designs, products and exhibitions.

Some of Rockwell Group’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Rockwell Group achieve 3rd place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

A+Awards Winner 1
A+Awards Finalist 12
Featured Projects 27
Total Projects 89

2. Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates

© Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates

© Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates

Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) is a global architecture practice dedicated to clients that represent the most forward-thinking companies and institutions around the world — visionaries that believe that value is not just producing return on investment but also in contributing to the urban environment and communities. The firm’s portfolio spans more than 40 countries, and includes a wide range of projects from office and residential buildings to civic and cultural spaces to educational facilities.

Some of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates achieve 2nd place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

A+Awards Winner 5
A+Awards Finalist 15
Featured Projects 44
Total Projects 184

1. Steven Holl Architects

© Steven Holl Architects

© Steven Holl Architects

Steven Holl Architects is a 28-person innovative architecture and urban design office working globally as one office from three locations: New York City, Rhinebeck, NY and Beijing. Steven Holl leads the office with partners Chris McVoy, Noah Yaffe, Roberto Bannura and Dimitra Tsachrelia.

Steven Holl Architects is recognized for the ability to shape space and light with great contextual sensitivity and to catalyze the unique qualities of each project to create a concept-driven design at multiple scales, from minimal dwellings, to university works, to new hybrid models of urbanism. The firm has realized architectural works around the world, with extensive experience in the arts, campus and educational facilities, and residential work, as well as mix use and office design, public works and master planning.

Some of Steven Holl Architects’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Steven Holl Architects achieve 1st place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

A+Awards Winner 9
A+Awards Finalist 14
Featured Projects 41
Total Projects 46

Other Architecture firms to Consider

Several other renowned architecture firms can be found just outside the Top 35, each of which is worth considering for their experience in delivering high quality, large-scale projects across typologies. They include: O’Neill Rose Architects, Descience Lab, Z-A Studio, Barker Associates Architecture Office, Studiohuerta, ARCHITECTUREFIRM, Post Company, O’Neill McVoy Architects, Labscape Architecture, SABO project, Circular, XS SPACE, Dameron Architecture, Think! Architecture + Design, GRT Architects, Two Street Studio, Alloy Development, SITU, The Urban Conga, Dungjai, Studio Modh Architecture, EverGreene Architectural Arts, ATMOS, The Principals, STUDIOKCA

Why Should I Trust Architizer’s Ranking?

With more than 30,000 architecture firms and over 130,000 projects within its database, Architizer is proud to host the world’s largest online community of architects and building product manufacturers. Its celebrated A+Awards program is also the largest celebration of architecture and building products, with more than 400 jurors and hundreds of thousands of public votes helping to recognize the world’s best architecture each year.

Architizer also powers firm directories for a number of AIA (American Institute of Architects) Chapters nationwide, including the official directory of architecture firms for AIA New York.

An example of a project page on Architizer with Project Award Badges highlighted

A Guide to Project Awards

The blue “+” badge denotes that a project has won a prestigious A+Award as described above. Hovering over the badge reveals details of the award, including award category, year, and whether the project won the jury or popular choice award.

The orange Project of the Day and yellow Featured Project badges are awarded by Architizer’s Editorial team, and are selected based on a number of factors. The following factors increase a project’s likelihood of being featured or awarded Project of the Day status:

  • Project completed within the last 3 years
  • A well written, concise project description of at least 3 paragraphs
  • Architectural design with a high level of both functional and aesthetic value
  • High quality, in focus photographs
  • At least 8 photographs of both the interior and exterior of the building
  • Inclusion of architectural drawings and renderings
  • Inclusion of construction photographs

There are 7 Projects of the Day each week and a further 31 Featured Projects. Each Project of the Day is published on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram Stories, while each Featured Project is published on Facebook. Each Project of the Day also features in Architizer’s Weekly Projects Newsletter and shared with 170,000 subscribers.

 


 

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