Top 160 University Building Architecture Firms for 2025

Gensler, SmithGroup, Perkins&Will, Page, CannonDesign, DLR Group, Stantec, and Ayers Saint Gross top Building Design+Construction's ranking of the nation's largest college and university sector architecture and architecture/engineering (AE) firms for 2025, as reported in BD+C's 2025 Giants 400 Report.
Sept. 25, 2025

Gensler, SmithGroup, Perkins&Will, Page, CannonDesign, DLR Group, Stantec, and Ayers Saint Gross top Building Design+Construction's ranking of the nation's largest college and university sector architecture and architecture/engineering (AE) firms for 2025, as reported in BD+C's 2025 Giants 400 Report. Note: This ranking includes revenue for all university/college-related buildings except student residence halls, sports/recreation facilities, laboratories, S+T-related buildings, parking facilities, and performing arts centers (revenue for those buildings are reported in their respective Giants 400 ranking).  

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Source: Building Design+Construction's 2025 Giants 400 Report

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