Top 50 Retail Design Firms, 1999

Design firms responding to VM+SD‘s sixth annual Retail Design Firm Survey earned $480 million in design fees and conceived more than 315 million square feet of retail space in 1999.

Approximately 150 firms responded to this year’s survey. Rankings were based on 1999 fees for store design projects. For more information on the Top 50 companies, see the February 2000 issue of VM+, or check out vmsd.com’s Professional Services Directory. An alphabetical list of all of the responding firms is available here. For a more printer-friendly version of both lists, click here.

1. Callison Architecture Inc., Seattle, 206-623-4646

2. Pavlik Design Team, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., 954-523-3300

3. Retail Planning Associates Inc. (RPA), Columbus, Ohio, 614-564-1000

4. Gensler, San Francisco, 415-433-3700

5. FRCH Design Worldwide, Cincinnati, 513-241-3000

6. Carter & Burgess, Ft. Worth, Texas, 800-580-6278

7. Little & Associates Architects, Charlotte, N.C., 704-525-6350

8. Fitch, Worthington, Ohio, 614-885-3453

9. Entolo, Minneapolis, 800-321-6729

10. Design Forum, Dayton, Ohio, 937-439-4400

11. MCG Architecture, Pasadena, Calif., 626-793-9119

12. WalkerGroup/CNI, New York City, 212-462-8023

13. MBH Architects, Alameda, Calif., 510-865-8663

14. The Tricarico Group, Wayne, N.J., 973-692-0222

15. (tie) AAD, Scottsdale, Ariz., 480-998-4200

15. (tie) Landor Associates, San Francisco, 415-365-3614

16. Bergmeyer Associates Inc., Boston, 617-542-1025

17. PEG/PARK Architects P.C., White Plains, N.Y., 914-949-6505

18. Tucci Segrete & Rosen Consultants Inc., New York City, 212-629-3900

19. Chute Gerdeman, Columbus, Ohio, 614-469-1001

20. (tie) Herschman Architects P.C., Cleveland, 216-464-4144

20. (tie) Robert Young Associates, Dallas, 214-220-9050

21. (tie) The International Design Group Inc., Toronto, 416-961-1811

21. (tie) McCall Design Group, San Francisco, 415-288-8150

22. Brand Allen Architects Inc., Houston, 713-621-7227

23. (tie) Daroff Design Inc./ DDI Architects P.C., Philadelphia, 215-636-9900

23. (tie) The Retail Group Inc., Seattle, 206-441-8330

24. Fitzpatrick Design Group Inc., New York City, 212-580-5842

25. (tie) Cooper Carry Inc., Atlanta, 404-237-2000

25. (tie) NBBJ Retail Concepts, Seattle, 206-223-5555

26. Kann & Associates Inc., Baltimore, 410-234-0900

27. JGA Inc. (Jon Greenberg & Associates), Southfield, Mich., 248-355-0890

28. Schafer, Oak Park, Ill., 708-848-5500

29. *difica (formerly Michel Dubuc Concept), Montreal, 514-844-6611

30. Desgrippes Gobe, New York City, 212-979-8900

31. Shea Inc., Minneapolis, 612-339-2257

32. The Phillips Group Inc., New York City, 212-768-0800

33. (tie) CDI Group, New York City, 212-681-0011

33. (tie) CITE Design Corp., New York City, 212-431-7272

33. (tie) Cole Martinez Curtis and Associates, Marina del Rey, Calif., 310-827-7200

34. Design International, Dallas, 214-748-7712

35. ArchitecturePlus International Inc. (API), Tampa, Fla., 813-281-9299

36. Horst Design International, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., 631-692-0933

37. Elkus/Manfredi Architects Ltd., Boston, 617-426-1300

38. (tie) James Harb Architects P.C., New York City, 212-645-3600

38. (tie) Shapiro Petrauskas Gelber Architects, Philadelphia, 215-735-1524

38. (tie) Shikatani Lacroix Design Inc., Toronto, 416-367-1999

38. (tie) Charles Sparks Co., Westchester, Ill., 708-449-4030

39. Jencen Architecture & Interior Design, Cleveland, 216-781-0131

40. (tie) Mary Brandon by Design, Sydney, 612 9552-3755

40. (tie) C&J Partners Inc., Pasadena, Calif., 626-440-1400

41. Retail Design Group, Columbus, Ohio, 614-224-2067

42. (tie) Addison, San Francisco, 415-277-2200

42. (tie) BAR Inc. (formerly Backen Arrigoni & Ross Inc.), San Francisco, 415-441-4771

42. (tie) Mansour Design, New York City, 212-941-0970

43. (tie) Graham Downes Architecture Inc., San Diego, 619-234-2565

43. (tie) Prochaska & Associates, Omaha, Neb., 402-334-0755

44. Excell Architects, Irvine, Calif., 949-223-0900

45. (tie) Double Vision Design, Newport Beach, Calif., 949-723-6600

(tie) Echeverria Design Group Inc., Coral Gables, Fla., 305-444-0505

46. The S/M/A Design Group International Inc., Toronto, 800-267-0526

47. (tie) CORE, Washington, D.C., 202-466-6116

(tie) The Vincent Association, Dallas, 214-351-5400

48. (tie) Brown & Craig Inc., Baltimore, 410-837-2727

(tie) Cowan & Associates Inc., Worthington, Ohio, 614-436-0100

(tie) Fee Munson Ebert, San Francisco, 415-434-0320

(tie) Kiku Obata & Co., St. Louis, 314-361-3110

(tie) Planet Retail Studios, Seattle, 206-233-0797

49. R. Ceretti Associates, New York City, 212-645-2366

50. Daniel Macdonald Architects Inc., Novato, Calif., 415-899-0050