Gensler, WATG, HKS, HBG Design, and Steelman Partners top the rankings of the nation's largest hotel sector architecture and architecture engineering (AE) firms, as reported in Building Design+Construction's 2019 Giants 300 Report.
TOP 110 HOTEL SECTOR ARCHITECTURE FIRMS
BD+C GIANTS 300 REPORT
| RANK | COMPANY | 2018 HOTEL REVENUE |
| 1 | Gensler | $83,636,305 |
| 2 | WATG | $77,798,000 |
| 3 | HKS | $70,967,821 |
| 4 | HBG Design | $27,481,000 |
| 5 | Steelman Partners | $27,200,000 |
| 6 | Cooper Carry | $26,362,007 |
| 7 | Wilson Associates | $25,830,000 |
| 8 | Perkins Eastman | $24,440,000 |
| 9 | Perkins+Will | $23,261,120 |
| 10 | CambridgeSeven | $18,980,000 |
| 11 | NELSON Worldwide | $18,617,293 |
| 12 | CallisonRTKL | $18,446,000 |
| 13 | AECOM | $18,100,000 |
| 14 | Leo A Daly | $18,000,000 |
| 15 | JCJ Architecture | $17,708,028 |
| 16 | DLR Group | $14,100,000 |
| 17 | HOK | $13,035,000 |
| 18 | Stantec | $12,838,443 |
| 19 | Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart & Associates | $11,302,157 |
| 20 | Base4 | $11,000,000 |
| 21 | Cuningham Group Architecture | $10,306,990 |
| 22 | Rule Joy Trammell + Rubio | $9,925,829 |
| 23 | OZ Architecture | $7,676,981 |
| 24 | AE7 | $6,804,200 |
| 25 | LK Architecture | $5,600,000 |
| 26 | Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood | $5,270,328 |
| 27 | G70 | $4,987,959 |
| 28 | BBGM | $4,983,000 |
| 29 | GSB | $4,939,937 |
| 30 | NORR | $4,786,466 |
| 31 | RSP Architects | $4,722,000 |
| 32 | Goettsch Partners | $4,713,000 |
| 33 | Elkus Manfredi Architects | $4,678,000 |
| 34 | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill | $4,547,963 |
| 35 | RATIO | $3,871,000 |
| 36 | Steinberg Hart | $3,832,843 |
| 37 | LS3P | $3,576,208 |
| 38 | Jonathan Nehmer + Associates | $3,205,979 |
| 39 | BRP Architects | $2,820,000 |
| 40 | Kahler Slater | $2,650,000 |
| 41 | CBT | $2,484,781 |
| 42 | Interior Architects | $2,480,176 |
| 43 | 4240 Architecture | $2,370,000 |
| 44 | Lawrence Group | $2,250,000 |
| 45 | Architecture, Inc. | $2,095,000 |
| 46 | Architectural Design Consultants | $2,040,000 |
| 47 | Álvarez-Díaz & Villalón Architecture & Interior Design | $1,984,223 |
| 48 | WDG Architecture | $1,800,000 |
| 49 | AHL | $1,645,280 |
| 50 | EDI International | $1,620,692 |
| 51 | Ziegler Cooper Architects | $1,500,000 |
| 52 | Cuhaci & Peterson | $1,299,089 |
| 53 | ICON Architects | $1,100,200 |
| 54 | Gresham Smith | $1,100,000 |
| 55 | LMN Architects | $1,065,800 |
| 56 | Tinker Ma | $1,063,150 |
| 57 | HGA | $1,046,258 |
| 58 | Page | $1,000,000 |
| — | Moody Nolan | $1,000,000 |
| 60 | Carrier Johnson + Culture | $910,000 |
| 61 | ALSC Architects | $851,168 |
| 62 | FSB Architects & Engineers | $825,857 |
| 63 | Bermello Ajamil & Partners | $800,000 |
| 64 | MG2 | $776,871 |
| 65 | Niles Bolton Associates | $762,088 |
| 66 | Legat Architects | $755,000 |
| 67 | Solomon Cordwell Buenz | $728,029 |
| 68 | Zyscovich Architects | $711,100 |
| 69 | Prellwitz Chilinski Associates | $693,766 |
| 70 | Becker Morgan Group | $641,851 |
| 71 | SWBR | $621,518 |
| 72 | GGLO Design | $617,294 |
| 73 | Hoefer Wysocki Architects | $600,000 |
| 74 | Holst Architecture | $591,353 |
| 75 | Retail Design Collaborative/Studio One Eleven | $580,910 |
| 76 | Kirksey Architects | $546,525 |
| 77 | LRS Architects | $509,746 |
| 78 | EwingCole | $500,000 |
| — | Bergmann | $500,000 |
| 80 | GreenbergFarrow | $483,421 |
| 81 | ZGF Architects | $431,912 |
| 82 | Progressive AE | $423,154 |
| 83 | Randall-Paulson Architects | $420,321 |
| 84 | Weber Thompson | $380,724 |
| 85 | Glave & Holmes Architecture | $366,630 |
| 86 | Wendel | $343,480 |
| 87 | HuntonBrady Architects | $332,147 |
| 88 | KCBA Architects | $295,000 |
| 89 | Quinn Evans Architects | $285,204 |
| 90 | FitzGerald | $284,000 |
| 91 | Stevens & Wilkinson | $251,227 |
| 92 | SmithGroup | $223,160 |
| 93 | RDG Planning & Design | $209,000 |
| 94 | Aria Group Architects | $200,000 |
| 95 | Little | $195,284 |
| 96 | Ware Malcomb | $192,268 |
| 97 | NAC Architecture | $181,119 |
| 98 | BKV Group | $159,218 |
| 99 | PS&S | $86,000 |
| 100 | H2M Architects + Engineers | $84,857 |
| 101 | Parkhill, Smith & Cooper | $82,134 |
| 102 | DLZ | $81,600 |
| 103 | NSPJ Architects | $80,490 |
| 104 | Eppstein Uhen Architects | $77,000 |
| 105 | Field Paoli | $75,000 |
| 106 | Hoffmann Architects | $73,547 |
| 107 | DLA+ Architecture & Interior Design | $60,000 |
| 108 | Populous | $59,149 |
| 109 | Clark Patterson Lee (CPL) | $52,320 |
| 110 | GRW | $25,400 |
| 111 | Inventure Design | $21,526 |
| 112 | MBH Architects | $20,000 |
| 113 | M+A Architects | $16,188 |
| 114 | TEG Architects | $2,066 |
| SOURCE: BD+C 2019 GIANTS 300 REPORT | ||
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