Top Data Center Architecture Firms [2013 Giants 300 Report]

Rank	Company	2012 Data Center Revenue ($)
1	Corgan	$27,534,191
2	Gensler	$23,330,000
3	HDR Architecture	$16,295,000
4	Integrated Design Group	$14,598,910
5	PageSoutherlandPage	$14,450,000
6	Reynolds, Smith and Hills	$4,360,000
7	Callison	$3,973,699
8	Little	$3,655,590
9	RTKL Associates	$3,634,000
10	EwingCole	$3,000,000
11	Heery International	$1,043,000
12	HLW International	$1,000,000
12	Westlake Reed Leskosky	$1,000,000
14	PGAL	$980,000
15	Environetics	$948,678
16	SMMA \| Symmes Maini & McKee Associates	$770,000
17	Gresham, Smith and Partners	$700,167
18	Kirksey Architecture	$634,576
19	Ware Malcomb	$626,000
20	IBI Group	$597,893
21	Albert Kahn Family of Companies	$506,503
22	Solomon Cordwell Buenz	$500,000
23	NELSON	$408,322
24	Emersion Design	$333,229
25	Harley Ellis Devereaux	$285,000
26	DJM Architecture	$277,900
27	Rule Joy Trammell + Rubio	$250,000
28	JRS Architect	$200,000
29	CTA Architects Engineers	$151,300
30	KZF Design	$143,691
31	VOA Associates	$135,000
32	BBS Architects, Landscape Architects and Engineers	$130,000
33	Harvard Jolly Architecture	$125,000
34	Wight & Co.	$106,600
35	HOK	$98,000
36	Nadel	$25,000
37	RSP Architects	$21,000

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