30 Best Architecture Firms in New York, NY

New York is arguably the epicenter of the architectural industry in the United States, with more than 20,000 licensed architects and well over 1,000 firms working in the state. At its heart, New York City (NYC) is home to a thriving community of architects, interior designers, landscape architects, engineers and contractors, with projects ranging from residential and retail to cultural and commercial. Construction firms generated an estimated $84 billion in economic activity in 2018, representing 10 percent of New York City’s total economic output.

With so many architecture firms to choose from, it’s challenging for clients to identify the industry leaders that will be an ideal fit for their project needs. Fortunately, Architizer is able to provide guidance on the top design firms in New York based on more than a decade of data and industry knowledge.

How are these architecture firms ranked?

The following ranking has been created according to key statistics that demonstrate each firm’s level of architectural excellence. The following metrics have been accumulated to establish each architecture firm’s ranking, in order of priority:

• The number of A+Awards won (2013 to 2023)
• The number of A+Awards finalists (2013 to 2023)
• The number of projects selected as “Project of the Day” (2009 to 2023)
• The number of projects selected as “Featured Project” (2009 to 2023)
• The number of projects uploaded to Architizer (2009 to 2023)

Each of these metrics is explained in more detail at the foot of this article. This ranking list will be updated annually, taking into account new achievements of New York architecture firms throughout the year.

Without further ado, here are the 35 best architecture firms in New York:

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30. MARC FORNES / THEVERYMANY

MARC FORNES / THEVERYMANY is a New York-based art and architecture studio specializing in the intersection of unique, spatial, experience and structural performance. The studio’s method is deeply rooted in computational research and digital fabrication to produce public art, installation and environments, architectural skins and free-standing structures. Over the last ten years, THEVERYMANY has developed and implemented “Structural Stripes,” a building system by which custom-designed parts form complex, self-supporting curvilinear surfaces.

Some of MARC FORNES / THEVERYMANY’s most prominent projects include:

• Boolean Operator, China
• LOUIS VUITTON – YAYOI KUSAMA’s pop up store, London, United Kingdom
• [C]space DRL10 Pavilion
• Pleated Inflation, Argelès-sur-Mer, France
• MaHouse, Strasbourg, France

The following statistics helped MARC FORNES / THEVERYMANY achieve 30th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

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29. Rafael Viñoly Architects

Rafael Viñoly Architects, founded in 1983 and based in New York City — with branch offices in London, Manchester, Abu Dhabi and Buenos Aires — is an internationally renowned architectural firm with projects spanning six continents. Over the past thirty-five years, the practice’s key trademark is the ability to reinvent institutional typologies and integrate the public realm into civic buildings.

The uniquely diverse work the firm has completed includes award-winning courthouses, museums, performing arts centers, convention centers, athletic facilities, banks, hotels, hospitals, laboratories, recreational venues, residential complexes and commercial, industrial and educational facilities. Projects range in scale from laboratory casework to large urban commercial and institutional master plans.

Some of Rafael Viñoly Architects’s most prominent projects include:

• Carrasco International Airport, Montevideo, Uruguay
• The University of California, San Francisco, Ray and Dagmar Dolby Regeneration Medicine Building, San Francisco, CA, United States
• 432 Park Avenue, New York, NY, United States
• Vdara Hotel & Spa at CityCenter, Las Vegas
• Princeton University, Carl Icahn Laboratory of the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton, NJ, United States

The following statistics helped Rafael Vinoly Architects achieve 29th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

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28. WXY architecture + urban design

WXY is an award-winning, studio-based multidisciplinary practice focusing on innovative approaches to public space, structures and cities. Celebrated as much for its focus on community and urban design as for the firm’s agility with incorporating new technologies and green design, WXY excels in complex urban challenges, education and civic buildings, parks and waterfront developments, and other projects ranging from furniture designs to city master plans.

Claire Weisz is founding principal of the New York-based practice, working alongside partners Mark Yoes, Layng Pew and Adam Lubinsky. WXY has received the League Prize and an Emerging Voice in 2011 from The Architectural League.

Some of WXY architecture + urban design’s most prominent projects include:

• Brooklyn Navy Yard Master Plan, Brooklyn, NY, United States
• Rebuild by Design
• Kearny Point Building 78 Annex, Kearny, NJ, United States
• Downtown Brooklyn Public Realm Action Plan, Brooklyn, NY, United States
• Zipper Bench, New York, NY, United States

The following statistics helped WXY architecture + urban design achieve 28th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

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27. The Living

Buildings are living organisms. They breathe and pulse. They inhabit complex ecosystems of species, technologies, and culture. And understanding buildings requires understanding these vital signs and these ecosystems.
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The Living is a design studio and an experiment in living architecture. Our work brings together the natural and the synthetic, the human and the machine, the individual and the collective. And it involves the intersection of (1) biology, (2) computation, and (3) the circular economy.
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Our work with biology extends beyond biomimicry. While there is a long history of architects using biology as metaphor, our work employs actual living organisms to create alternative kinds of architecture.

Some of The Living’s most prominent projects include:

• Hy-Fi, Queens, New York, NY, United States
• Bionic Partition, Hamburg, Germany
• Living Light, Seoul, South Korea
• Embodied Computation Lab, Princeton, NJ, United States
• Alive: A New Spatial Contract for Multi-Species Architecture, Venice, Italy

The following statistics helped The Living achieve 27th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

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26. SO – IL

SO–IL is an internationally recognized architecture and design firm based in New York. We create structures that establish new cultures, institutions and relationships. The firm works across countries and cultures. Together, our team speaks more than a dozen languages. Our clients are spread across France and South Korea to the United States and Mexico.

We believe that through deep collaboration, architects can strengthen communities’ ties to their environments. In an increasingly digitized world, our architecture incorporates innovative physical materials that follow the unique scale and conceptual grounding of each project: stretched chainmail over a gallery building, or an array of elegant glass tubes as a museum façade. We create urban spaces, buildings for culture, residences and workplaces on a variety of scales.

Some of SO – IL’s most prominent projects include:

• Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, Davis, CA, United States
• Versace Showroom, New York, NY, United States
• CTF Museum, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
• Kukje Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
• Frieze Art Fair NYC, New York, NY, United States

The following statistics helped SO – IL achieve 26th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

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25. Taylor and Miller Architecture and Design

Taylor and Miller Architecture and Design was founded in 2002 by partners B. Alex Miller and Jeff Taylor. The firm is based in New York with fabrication facilities in the Berkshires and has a portfolio of projects that include residential, retail, gallery spaces and installations alike. Taylor and Miller Architecture and Design collaborates with a diverse clients from both the United States and abroad.

The firm’s research trajectories often focus on mining materials and ideas from contexts that are most ‘accessible’, both physically and conceptually. Physically, Taylor and Miller are active participants in their projects’ fabrication, and this participation often starts with a seemingly mundane palette of materials; manila rope, fishing line, 4×6” aluminum flashing or aircraft cable.

Some of Taylor and Miller Architecture and Design’s most prominent projects include:

• OFFICE > ENTROPY, New York, NY, United States
• Collapsable Workstations
• Duke of Montrose, Brooklyn, NY, United States
• Salvage Swings, New York, NY, United States
• Lake House, MA, United States

The following statistics helped Taylor and Miller Architecture and Design achieve 25th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

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24. GLUCK+

GLUCK+ is an architecture, construction and development firm located in New York City. Over a 40 year period, the firm has generated a multi-faceted approach to the design and construction of buildings. To acknowledge this inclusive and expanding practice, the firm is being renamed GLUCK+, which builds on its approach to Architect Led Design Build (ALDB). We are dedicated to the idea that buildings benefit when architects take responsibility for the architectural process from conception to construction, assuming oversight of all aspects of a project.

The firm has designed buildings throughout the United States, ranging in type from houses, schools, religious buildings and community centers to hotels, mixed-use/housing, corporate interiors, university buildings and historic restorations.

Some of GLUCK+’s most prominent projects include:

• The Stack, New York, NY, United States
• Tower House, United States
• House in the Mountains, CO, United States
• Lady Liberty Academy Charter School, Newark, NJ, United States
• Lakeside Retreat, NY, United States

The following statistics helped GLUCK+ achieve 24th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

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23. LEONG LEONG

Leong Leong’s internationally recognized work is driven by a commitment to ideas and their realization. Leong Leong believes the practice of design is a collective intelligence in constant dialogue with other disciplines, cultures and thinkers to offer new possibilities to engage the city. This concept-based approach is coupled with a deep interest in methods of production that challenge norms and reveal new territories. Leong Leong was founded by brothers, Christopher and Dominic Leong in 2009.

Some of LEONG LEONG’s most prominent projects include:

• City View Garage, Miami, FL, United States
• MA Curatorial Practice at School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, United States
• US Pavilion – 14th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
• Los Angeles LGBT Center – Anita May Rosenstein Campus, Los Angeles, CA, United States
• Siki Im x LEONG LEONG Concept Store, New York, NY, United States

The following statistics helped LEONG LEONG achieve 23rd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

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22. Sharon Davis Design

Founded in 2007, Sharon Davis Design exists to design extraordinary buildings that transform communities. The firm’s work for nonprofit organizations represents a new model of design, in which innovation is measured in both social benefit and aesthetic accomplishment. Its work has gained renown for its ability to harmonize with both the natural and built environments, as well as its cost-effective, environmentally conscious approach to lighting, heating, plumbing and water resources. The firm ultimately measures the success of its designs by the degree to which they expand access to the fundamental human right of social justice, economic empowerment and a healthy sustainable environment.

Some of Sharon Davis Design’s most prominent projects include:

• Women’s Opportunity Center, Rwanda, Kayonza, Rwanda
• Partners in Health Housing, Rwanda
• Bayalpata Hospital, Seti, Far-Western Development Region, Nepal
• United Nations International Organization for Migration
• Davis House, Garrison, NY, United States

The following statistics helped Sharon Davis Design achieve 22nd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

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21. WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism

WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism is at the forefront of architectural design practices that are redefining the relationships between landscape, architecture, infrastructure and art. The firm’s projects are noted for clarity of vision, bold and iconic forms and material innovation. Named one of North America’s “Emerging Voices” by the Architectural League of New York, WEISS/MANFREDI’s distinct vision was recognized with the Award in Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, as well as the Tau Sigma Delta Gold Medal and the New York AIA Gold Medal. The firm’s design for the Seattle Art Museum’s Olympic Sculpture Park, awarded by international competition, integrates art, architecture and ecology in a new model for waterfront development.

Some of WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism’s most prominent projects include:

• Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, Ithaca, NY, United States
• Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park, Queens, NY, United States
• Brooklyn Botanic Garden Robert W. Wilson Overlook, Brooklyn, NY, United States
• Brooklyn Botanic Garden Visitor Center, Brooklyn, NY, United States
• Novartis Office Building, East Hanover, NJ, United States

The following statistics helped WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism achieve 21st place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

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20. ODA

We are leading a quiet but unyielding revolution to replace the dogma of resigned and compromised city living for one that enriches our lives and adapts to our needs. We can and must rethink our reliance on the extruded big box concept, and instead design permeable buildings to help restore our relationship to nature. Our collective and individual consciousness is constantly fluctuating by the context we actively shape. Radical change to the common built environment doctrine is a crucial element in maintaining our physical and psychological wellbeing.

Some of ODA’s most prominent projects include:

• POST Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
• 10 Jay, Brooklyn, NY, United States
• 371 Broadway, New York, NY, United States
• East 44th Street, New York, NY, United States
• Guoshen Museum

The following statistics helped ODA achieve 20nd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

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19. nARCHITECTS

nARCHITECTS is a Brooklyn-based architecture office led by founding partners Eric Bunge and Mimi Hoang. Our work instigates interactions between buildings, public space and their dynamically changing context. Across social and environmental change, we empower the communities with whom we work and design architecture for a world in flux. In recent projects such as Carmel Place (NYC’s first micro unit building), the Jones Beach Energy & Nature Center, the NYS Equal Rights Heritage Center, A/D/O and the renovation of Chicago Navy Pier, nARCHITECTS is tackling the most pressing issues that our cities face – how we live, work and activate public spaces in response to our nation’s housing shortage, evolving modes of work and the need for diverse engagement in the public realm.

Some of nARCHITECTS’s most prominent projects include:

• Jones Beach Energy and Nature Center, Wantagh, NY, United States
• Shanghai Library East Hall
• Navy Pier, Chicago, IL, United States
• Public Square, Cleveland, OH, United States
• Forest Pavilion, Hualien County, Taiwan

The following statistics helped nARCHITECTS achieve 19st place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

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18. Studio Link-Arc

Based in New York City, Studio Link-Arc is an international team of architects and designers. Our name, Link-Arc, refers to the practice’s collaborative nature as well as the company’s mission, which is to work across disciplines to create strategy and design in the fields of urban planning, architecture, spatial art and landscape. We accomplish this by linking knowledge, resources and intelligence, from multiple perspectives and diverse backgrounds. Our body of work includes innovative projects at all scales.

Some of Studio Link-Arc, LLC’s most prominent projects include:

• Banu Restaurant, Zhengzhou, China
• Shenzhen Bay Gallery, Shenzhen, China
• China Resources Archive Library, Shenzhen, China
• The Loop, Shenzhen, China
• Nanjing Art Center, Nanjing, China

The following statistics helped Studio Link-Arc, LLC achieve 18th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

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17. Handel Architects

Handel Architects is an architecture, interior design and planning firm that began in New York City in 1994. Today the practice is led by Founding Partner Gary Handel alongside Partners Blake Middleton, Glenn Rescalvo, Frank Fusaro and Michael Arad. Handel Architects is working on projects across North America, South America, the Middle East and Asia, with more than 150 architects, interior designers, planners and support staff from offices in New York City, San Francisco and Hong Kong.

The firm has gained national and international recognition for work such as the Dream Downtown Hotel in New York City, the World Trade Center Memorial in New York City, the Millennium Tower in San Francisco, and the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Washington DC’s Georgetown neighborhood. Handel Architects has won numerous Design Awards and is regularly featured in architectural journals and design publications.

Some of Handel Architects’s most prominent projects include:

• 170 Amsterdam, New York, NY, United States
• National September 11 Memorial, New York City, NY, United States
• Sendero Verde, New York, NY, United States
• Millennium Tower Boston, Boston, MA, United States
• The House at Cornell Tech, New York, NY, United States

The following statistics helped Handel Architects achieve 17th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

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16. SCAPE Landscape Architecture D.P.C.

SCAPE is a design-driven landscape architecture and urban design studio based in New York. We believe landscape architecture can enable positive change in communities through the creation of regenerative living infrastructure and public landscapes. We work to integrate natural cycles and systems into environments across all scales, from the urban pocket-park to the regional ecological plan. We do this through diverse forms of landscape architecture — built landscapes, planning frameworks, research, books and installations — with the ultimate goal of connecting people to their immediate environment and creating dynamic and adaptive landscapes of the future. Our staff is experienced in landscape architecture, architecture, urban design, horticulture and planning, and we integrate these skillsets to practice design as interpreters and synthetic thinkers.

Some of SCAPE Landscape Architecture D.P.C.’s most prominent projects include:

• Milstein Hall, Ithaca, NY, United States
• Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center, Brooklyn, NY, United States
• Rebuild by Design
• Digital Water i-Pavilion, New York, NY, United States
• Rescue Company 2, New York, NY, United States

The following statistics helped SCAPE Landscape Architecture D.P.C. achieve 16th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

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15. SHoP Architects

We are a new generation of architects. Since 1996, SHoP has modeled a new way forward with our unconventional approach to design. At the heart of the firm’s method is a willingness to question accepted patterns of practice, coupled with the courage to expand, where necessary, beyond the architect’s traditional roles. We come to each new project with open minds, an expert team,and a collaborative process that adapts itself specifically to the problem at hand. This freedom to be nimble allows us to effectively address a broad range of issues in our work.

Some of SHoP Architects’s most prominent projects include:

• Uber Headquarters, San Francisco, CA, United States
• LaGuardia Airport Master Plan
• TalkBox, United States
• Domino Park, Brooklyn, NY, United States
• American Copper Buildings, New York, NY, United States

The following statistics helped SHoP Architects achieve 15th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

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14. Toshiko Mori Architect

Toshiko Mori Architect is known for over thirty years of innovative and influential work in a diverse body of projects that have received numerous design awards. Mori’s intelligent approach to ecologically sensitive siting strategies, historical context and innovative use of materials reflects a creative integration of design and technology. Her designs demonstrate a thoughtful sensitivity to detail and involve extensive research into the site conditions and surrounding context.

The work of TMA combines a strong conceptual and theoretical approach with a thorough study of programmatic needs and practical conditions to achieve a design that is both spatially compelling and pragmatically responsive. Toshiko Mori Architect has worked on a broad range of programs including urban, civic, institutional, cultural, residential, museum and exhibition design.

Some of Toshiko Mori Architect’s most prominent projects include:

• Thread Artist Residency, Sinthian, Senegal
• Fass School and Teachers’ Residences, Senegal
• Brooklyn Public Library Central Branch Renovation, Brooklyn, NY, United States
• 277 Mott Street, New York, NY, United States
• Peter Freeman Gallery, New York, NY, United States

The following statistics helped Toshiko Mori Architect achieve 14th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

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13. Raad Studio

RAAD specializes in creating spaces and objects that emphasize the process of construction — knowledge gleaned from close and continued collaboration with builders. This collaboration leads to clean, rich, imaginative designs that marry strikingly innovative thinking about function with a deep respect for the traditions of everyday living. A focus on the materiality, joinery and detail of design is apparent in all of RAAD’s work and is always considered within the context of the relationship between open space and cozy enclosure.

James Ramsey is the principal of RAAD — Ramsey Architecture And Design. James’ experience in design began at Yale University, where he won a Bates Fellowship to study cathedral design in Europe.

Some of Raad Studio’s most prominent projects include:

• The Lowline Lab, New York, NY, United States
• Empire Loft, New York, NY, United States
• The Strand, London, United Kingdom
• Townhouse, New York, NY, United States
• Invasive Regeneration, Seoul, South Korea

The following statistics helped Raad Studio achieve 13th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

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12. ikon.5 architects

Founded in 2003 and dedicated to providing its clients with innovative design solutions that exhibit a high level of craft, ikon.5 architects has earned a reputation among clients and peers as a forward-thinking studio of nimble and creative designers that see every project as an opportunity for design excellence. Proceeding with the belief that every site and client has a unique history or story to tell, we approach architecture as storytelling using the language of built form and landscape. Working collaboratively and across a range of building typologies, including libraries, university facilities, offices, cultural facilities and government buildings, our work celebrates and reflects in its form-giving the great diversity of the communities and people we are privileged to serve.

Some of ikon.5 architects’s most prominent projects include:

• Mori Hosseini Student Union | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, United States
• School of Art & Design at New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred, NY, United States
• Health & Wellness Center | Suffolk County Community College, Riverhead, NY, United States
• Campus Commons at SUNY New Paltz – Student Center, New Paltz, NY, United States
• Louis Vuitton NY Offices and Showroom, New York, NY, United States

The following statistics helped ikon.5 architects achieve 12th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

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11. Ennead Architects

Ennead is a design firm of more than 200 architects, designers, and thinkers with offices in New York and Shanghai. and a presence in South Florida and California. Together, we bring contrasting areas of interest, expertise and experience to every project. Since 1963, we have partnered with owners, developers, institutions, and governments to create architecture that is firmly rooted in humanist principles. We are led by nine partners who push a multi-disciplinary ethos centered around capturing knowledge and understanding lessons learned across all typologies, for the betterment of our planning, design and delivery. Our focus is on creating iconic architecture grounded in our belief that, at its best, design communicates ideals, reinforces institutions and acts as an agent of positive change.

Some of Ennead Architects’s most prominent projects include:

• Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact, Eugene, OR, United States
• Fostering Resilient Ecological Development
• Rethinking Refugee Communities
• Lingang Science & Technology City, China
• Bridge for Laboratory Sciences building, Vassar College, Integrated Science Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, United States

The following statistics helped Ennead Architects achieve 11th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

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10. Diller Scofidio + Renfro

Founded in 1981, Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R) is a design studio whose practice spans the fields of architecture, urban design, installation art, multi-media performance, digital media and print. With a focus on cultural and civic projects, DS+R’s work addresses the changing role of institutions and the future of cities. The studio is based in New York and is comprised of over 100 architects, designers, artists and researchers, led by four partners — Elizabeth Diller, Ricardo Scofidio, Charles Renfro and Benjamin Gilmartin.

DS+R’s cross genre work has been distinguished with TIME’s “100 Most Influential People” list and the first grant awarded in the field of architecture from the MacArthur Foundation, which identified Diller and Scofidio as, “architects who have created an alternative form of architectural practice that unites design, performance and electronic media with cultural and architectural theory and criticism.

Some of Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s most prominent projects include:

• High Line, New York, NY, United States
• High Line Lighting, New York City, NY, United States
• MA Curatorial Practice at School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, United States
• Columbia University Medical Center, Graduate Education Building, New York, NY, United States
• The Shed, New York, NY, United States

The following statistics helped Diller Scofidio + Renfro achieve 10th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

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9. CannonDesign

CannonDesign is an integrated design solutions firm focused on helping people continuously flourish. Whether designing for innovations in health, new scientific discoveries, equity in education or the next big idea in business, we use our Living-Centered Design approach to improve human life and catalyze widespread, systemic change. Our ability to help organizations solve challenges and seize opportunities is why Fast Company named us a World Changing Company and one of the most innovative design firms in the world.

Some of CannonDesign’s most prominent projects include:

• St. Louis Public Library, Central Library Renovation, St. Louis, MO, United States
• Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM), Montreal, Canada
• Kaleida Health System Clinical and Medical Research Building, Buffalo, NY, United States
• Pratt Institute Residence Hall : Void Tower, Brooklyn, NY, United States
• Richard J. Daley College Manufacturing Technology and Engineering Center, Chicago, IL, United States

The following statistics helped CannonDesign achieve 9th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

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8. HOK

HOK is a global design, architecture, engineering and planning firm with 24 offices. HOK designs buildings and spaces that respond to the needs of people and the environment. HOK designers are rooted in technical excellence, driven by imagination and focused on a solitary goal: to deliver solutions that inspire clients and communities.

Some of HOK’s most prominent projects include:

• LaGuardia Airport Terminal B, New York, NY, United States
• Abu Dhabi National Oil Company Headquarters, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
• Hamad International Airport, Doha, Qatar
• LaGuardia Airport Terminal B Concourse Parks, New York, NY, United States
• Workday + BART Innovation Plaza, Pleasanton, CA, United States

The following statistics helped HOK achieve 8th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

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7. Field Operations

Field Operations is a leading-edge landscape architecture and urban design practice with offices in New York, San Francisco and Philadelphia. The practice is renowned for strong contemporary design across a variety of project types and scales, from large urban districts and complex post-industrial sites, to small well-crafted, detailed design projects. In all of the work, there is a deep commitment to the design of a vibrant and dynamic public realm that integrates ecology, program and people. Major projects in our portfolio include the design of the High Line in New York City; Tongva Park and Ken Genser Square in Santa Monica; Chicago’s newly redesigned Navy Pier and Polk Bros.

Some of Field Operations’s most prominent projects include:

• Qianhai’s Guiwan Park, Shenzhen, China
• The Underline’s Brickell Backyard, Miami, FL, United States
• West End Square, Dallas, TX, United States
• High Line, New York, NY, United States
• High Line at the Rail Yards, New York, NY, United States

The following statistics helped Field Operations achieve 7th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

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6. MeierPartners Architects

All of our work stays true to the same fundamental ideas and values. We are guided by the clarity and rigor of our formal vision, our mastery of geometry and architectural composition, and our passion for craft and meticulous detailing. Each project is an essay in composition, a harmonious organization of elements, spaces and circulation that can be felt on multiple levels. From lyrical combinations of solid and void to vibrant oscillations between surface and depth and poetic juxtapositions of light and shadow, our buildings create dynamic visual and spatial rhythms that are a pleasure to look at and to move through.

Some of MeierPartners Architects’s most prominent projects include:

• Reforma Towers, Mexico City, Mexico
• Oxfordshire Residence, England, United Kingdom
• Malibu Beach House, Malibu, CA, United States
• Villa Gardone, Gardone Riviera, Italy
• Neugebauer House, Naples, FL, United States

The following statistics helped MeierPartners Architects achieve 6th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

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5. Studio Libeskind

Daniel Libeskind established his architectural studio in Berlin, Germany in 1989. Upon winning the World Trade Center design competition in February 2003, Studio Daniel Libeskind (SDL) moved its headquarters to New York City. The office is now headquartered two blocks south of the original World Trade Center site. Since 1990, the office has been fortunate to be involved in a diverse array of urban, architectural and cultural projects. The office has won commissions for major cultural buildings and significant urban projects in Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, Canada, the United States, Japan, Spain, Israel, Mexico, Korea, Singapore and China.

Some of Studio Libeskind’s most prominent projects include:

• National Dutch Holocaust Memorial of Names, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Jewish Museum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
• MO Modern Art Museum, Vilnius, Vilnius, Lithuania
• Zlota 44, Warsaw, Poland
• National Holocaust Monument, Ottawa, Canada

The following statistics helped Studio Libeskind achieve 5th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

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4. Rockwell Group

With a desire to create immersive environments, Rockwell Group takes a cross-disciplinary approach to its inventive array of projects. Based in downtown New York and with a satellite office in Madrid, our innovative, internationally acclaimed architecture and design firm specializes in hospitality, cultural, healthcare, educational, product, theater and film design. Crafting a unique and individual narrative concept for each project is fundamental to Rockwell Group’s successful design approach. From the big picture to the last detail, the story informs and drives the design. The seamless synergy of technology, craftsmanship and design is reflected in environments that combine high-end video technology, handmade objects, special effects and custom fixtures and furniture.

Some of Rockwell Group’s most prominent projects include:

• Sage by David Rockwell for Benchmark
• Moynihan Train Hall Ticketed Waiting Room, New York, NY, United States
• Edge, New York, NY, United States
• NeueHouse, New York City, NY, United States
• Warner Music Group, Los Angeles, CA, United States

The following statistics helped Rockwell Group achieve 4th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

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3. Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates

Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) is a global architecture practice dedicated to clients that represent the most forward-thinking companies and institutions around the world — visionaries that believe that value is not just producing return on investment but also in contributing to our urban environment and communities. Our portfolio spans more than 40 countries and includes a wide range of projects, from office and residential buildings to civic and cultural spaces to educational facilities.

Some of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates’s most prominent projects include:

• Centra Metropark, Woodbridge Township, NJ, United States
• 18 Robinson, Singapore
• Lotte Concert Hall, Seoul, South Korea
• 10 Hudson Yards, New York, NY, United States
• One Crown Place, London, United Kingdom

The following statistics helped Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates achieve 3rd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

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2. Steven Holl Architects

Steven Holl Architects is an internationally recognized, innovative architecture and urban design office with locations in the Hudson Valley, New York and Beijing. Steven Holl founded the firm in 1977 and leads the office with partners Noah Yaffe, Roberto Bannura and Dimitra Tsachrelia.

Steven Holl Architects is recognized for the ability to shape space and light with great contextual sensitivity and to catalyze the unique qualities of each project to create a concept-driven design at multiple scales, from minimal dwellings, to university works, to new hybrid models of urbanism. The firm has realized architectural works around the world, with extensive experience in the arts, campus and educational facilities, and residential work, as well as mix use and office design, public works and master planning.

Steven Holl Architects emphasizes sustainable building and site development as fundamental to innovative and imaginative design. Our projects combine sustainable technology and forward-looking approaches to urbanism and architecture. We see a sustainable approach to design and construction as an obligation to the future of the built environment and are committed to this vision in each project.

Some of Steven Holl Architects’s most prominent projects include:

• Institute for Contemporary Art, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States
• Sliced Porosity Block
• Daeyang Gallery and House, Seoul, South Korea
• Maggie’s Centre Barts, London, United Kingdom
• Abstracting Morphology, NY, United States

The following statistics helped Steven Holl Architects achieve 2nd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

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1. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is an influential collective of architects, designers, engineers and planners, responsible for some of the world’s most technically and environmentally advanced buildings and significant public spaces. From a strategic regional plan to a single piece of furniture, SOM’s designs anticipate change in the way we live, work and communicate, and have brought lasting value to communities around the world. The firm’s approach is highly collaborative, and its interdisciplinary team is engaged on a wide range of international projects, with creative studios based across the globe.

Some of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)’s most prominent projects include:

• Poly International Plaza, Beijing, China
• P.S. 62 The Kathleen Grimm School for Leadership and Sustainability, New York City, United States
• JTI Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland
• Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Terminal 2, Mumbai, India
• Shenzhen Rural Commercial Bank Headquarters, Shenzhen, China

The following statistics helped Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) achieve 1st place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in New York:

Top image: One World Trade Center by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), New York, NY, United States

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A Guide to Project Awards

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The orange Project of the Day and yellow Featured Project badges are awarded by Architizer’s Editorial team, and are selected based on a number of factors. The following factors increase a project’s likelihood of being featured or awarded Project of the Day status:

• Project completed within the last 3 years
• A well written, concise project description of at least 3 paragraphs
• Architectural design with a high level of both functional and aesthetic value
• High quality, in focus photographs
• At least 8 photographs of both the interior and exterior of the building
• Inclusion of architectural drawings and renderings
• Inclusion of construction photographs

There are 7 Projects of the Day each week and a further 31 Featured Projects. Each Project of the Day is published on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram Stories, while each Featured Project is published on Facebook. Each Project of the Day also features in Architizer’s Weekly Projects Newsletter and shared with 170,000 subscribers.

 

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