Architect Magazine recently released its list of the top 50 architects of 2015. Architect Magazine considers several factors when compiling their list – including revenue, involvement of women and minority designers, and company culture.
The list also presented the perfect excuse to explore the portfolios of the industry’s best, brightest, and most passionate to ogle the projects that contributed to these firms’ top spots.
Now for some eye candy:
Firm: Gensler
Rank: #3
Project: PNC Place – 800 17th St.
Editor’s Note: We served as sustainability consultant for PNC Place before it was sold in a record breaking sale in DC.
Firm: Perkins + Will
Rank: #5
Project: National Institute of Health, Bethesda MD
Firm: Lake | Flato Architects
Rank: #6
Project: Epoch Winery, Templeton CA
Firm: ZGF Architects
Rank: #12
Project: US General Services Administration, Seattle District HQ, Seattle WA
Firm: Mithun
Rank: #13
Project: Sustainability Treehouse, Mount Home WV
Firm: THA Architecture
Rank: #15
Project: Lakeside at Black Butte Ranch
Firm: Miller Hull Partnership
Rank: #19
Project: Bullitt Center, Seattle WA
Firm: HOK
Rank: #24
Project: Union Station, Washington DC
Firm: SRG Partnership
Rank: #26
Project: Oregon Coast Aquarium, Newport OR
Firm: Ayers Saint Gross
Rank: #29
Project: Milken Institute of Public Health, Washington DC
Editor’s note: Proud to say that Paladino worked on this one!
Firm: NBBJ
Rank: #30
Project: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Firm: HKS
Rank: #32
Project: Texas Women’s University T. Boone Pickens Institute of Public Health
Firm: LMN Architects
Rank: #43
Project: 1101 Dexter Station, Seattle WA
Firm: DLR Group
Rank: #48
Project: Alfonza W. Davis Middle School
Firm: Smith Group JJR
Rank: #50
Project: Library of Congress National Audio Visual Conservation Center
You should explore the honorees’ portfolios to see their great work for yourself. The complete Architect Magazine list can be found here.
Deborah Hanamura is director, marketing & communications at Paladino and Company.