What’s the best way to choose the nation’s top architecture firms? If you’re Architect magazine, the process includes ignoring the revenue rankings—which can often exclude smaller firms—and instead taking an intensive, qualitative look at each firm’s sustainability, business, and design by examining net revenues per employee, energy-efficiency metrics, and project portfolios. The resulting ranked list winds up including the smaller boutique firms alongside the big guys. This year, the list—the magazine’s fifth—included 14 firms that maintain a presence in our city. Read on to see which Washington firms made the list, along with the overall rank for each, then visit the magazine’s website to see the lists broken down by criteria.
Clark Nexsen (11)
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (12)
EYP Architecture & Engineering (13)
HOK (15)
Fentress Architects (16)
SmithGroupJJR (17)
Perkins + Will (18)
ZGF Architects (24)
Studios Architecture (26)
Cannon Design (36)
RNL Design (40)
FxFowle Architects (44)
