Now in its 21st year, VMSD’s Retail Design Firm Resource Guide offers a comprehensive listing of design, architecture and construction firms, independent designers and consultancies from around the world.
Each listing includes contact information and notable projects the companies completed in 2014. To view the full table, visit page 30 of the May 2015 issue. Check out the Rankings by Design Fees chart on page 36 of the May issue and below, derived from total retail design fees disclosed by participating companies.
Information in this guide, including fees (where applicable), was provided by individual firms and has not been independently verified by VMSD magazine. Design firms interested in participating in the 2016 Resource Guide should contact Associate Editor Carly Hagedon at carly.hagedon@stmediagroup.com.
Rankings by Design Fees*
1. Gensler
2. Callison
3. Stantec Architecture
4. MG2 (Formerly MulvannyG2 Architecture)
5. GreenbergFarrow
6. RSP Architects
7. Big Red Rooster
8. FRCH Design Worldwide
9. MBH Architects
10. Shremshock Architects
11. Chipman Design Architecture
12. Bergmann Associates
13. TPG
14. Sargenti Architects
15. CASCO Diversified Corp.
16. Herschman Architects Inc.
17. Chute Gerdeman Inc.
18. GH+A**
19. BHDP Architecture
20. JGA
21. Watt International
22. RGLA Solutions Inc.
23. Bergmeyer Associates Inc.
24. Gruskin Architecture and Design P.C.
25. Aedifica
26. Api(+)
27. Shea Inc.
28. Jencen Architecture
29. Horst Design Intl. Inc.
30. Phase Zero Design Inc.
31. (tie) Architectural Design Guild
31. (tie) MNA
32. Cowan + Associates
33. The McKinney Partnerships/Architects
34. (tie) Kraido
34. (tie) Retail Solutions Colombia
35. Richardson Design
36. Connor Architecture
37. Image 4
38. Alvarez-Diaz & Villalon
39. Architecture Design Collaborative
40. Studio McCormack
41. Jerry Birnbach and Associates
42. Hambrecht Oleson Design Inc.
43. Cutler**
44. Bruce and Tom (BAT)
45. Retail Habitats
46. Rawlins Design
47. Smart Associates
48. AORS
49. Destree Design Architects Inc.
* Information for the VMSD Retail Design Firm Resource Guide was provided by individual firms and has not been verified by VMSD magazine.
**Fees from outside the U.S. are converted into U.S. dollars using average exchange rates from Dec. 31, 2014, as reported by the Internal Revenue Service.
Due to an editorial error, Architecture Design Collaborative was incorrectly listed as Architectural Design Collaborative. The company's name has been corrected in the listing above.
Due to an editorial error, the company FRDC was unintentionally left out of the 2015 Retail Design Firm Resource Guide. Their information is as follows:
FRDC, Future Research Design Company
Bangalore, India
Contact: 919886310645; sanjay@frdc.in; www.frdc.in
Retail space designed 2014 (square feet): 200,000
Projects: Raymond Premium Apparel, Raymond Ltd., Mumbai, India; Adonica Kube Beauty Wellness, Katong, Singapore; Arttdinox, Bangalore, India