Now in its 19th year, VMSD's Retail Design Firm Resource Guide offers you a detailed, go-to resource for your next project. Discover the right design firm for your vision or browse the various stores and installations completed throughout the past year.
This year's listings show a noticeable increase in both firm fees and submissions from companies abroad — a sign of positive growth in retail design throughout 2012. From Mexico to Croatia to England, these listings stand to show that the demand for design firms is picking up.
Each listing provides contact information in addition to several notable retail projects the firm worked on in 2012.
Information for the VMSD Retail Design Firm Resource Guide, including fees where applicable, was provided by individual firms and has not been verified by VMSD magazine. Below is a Rankings by Design Fees list, also featured on page 54 of the May 2013 issue.
Design firms interested in participating next year should contact assistant editor Carly Hagedon at carly.hagedon@stmediagroup.com.
Click here to view the newest Retail Design Firm Resource Guide.
Rankings by Design Fees**
1. Gensler (San Francisco)
2. MulvannyG2 Architecture (Bellevue, Wash.)
3. Stantec Architecture (Redmond, Wash.)
4. Amor Architectural Corp. (Ontario, Calif.)
5. RSP Architects (Minneapolis)
6. Big Red Rooster (Columbus, Ohio)
7. GreenbergFarrow (Atlanta)
8. MBH Architects (Alameda, Calif.)
9. FRCH Design Worldwide (Cincinnati)
10. Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.)
11. Chipman Design Architecture (Des Plaines, Iowa)
12. CMA (Minneapolis)
13. Herschman Architects Inc. (Cleveland)
14. JGA Inc. (Southfield, Mich.)
15. Bergmeyer Associates Inc. (Boston)
16. KLH Engineers (Fort Thomas, Ky.)
17. RGLA Solutions Inc. (Chicago)
18. Chute Gerdeman (Columbus, Ohio)
19. Gruskin Group (Springfield, N.J.)
20. BKA Architects Inc. (Brockton, Mass.)
21. Charles Sparks + Co. (Westchester, Ill.)
22. (tie) Green Room (Birmingham, England)
22. (tie) api (+) (Tampa, Fla.)
23. (tie) King Retail Solutions (Eugene, Ore.)
23. (tie) Jencen Architecture (Cleveland)
24. Lami Grubb Architects LP (Pittsburg)
25. Phase Zero Design Inc. (Duxbury, Mass.)
26. (tie) Zingg Design Inc. (Middleton, Wis.)
26. (tie) The McKinney Partnership Architects P.C. (Norman, Okla.)
26. (tie) Cowan + Associates (Worthington, Ohio)
27. Mauricio Queiroz – Design de Consumo (Sao Paulo)
28. RezTark Design Studio (Cincinnati)
29. Davis Wince Ltd. (Powell, Ohio)
30. Kraido (San Francisco)
31. (tie) InReality (Atlanta)
31. (tie) Image 4 (Manchester, N.H.)
32. Fitzpatrick International Group (Southampton, N.Y.)
33. smart associates ltd. (Minneapolis)
34. Bruce and Tom (BAT) (San Francisco)
35. Alvarez Diaz & Villalon (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
36. (tie) CP&Associates/Architects & Planners (Kansas City, Mo.)
36. (tie) Jerry Birnbach & Associates (Somers, N.Y.)
37. Equilibrium Interior Design Inc. (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
38. AORS Inc. (San German, Puerto Rico)
39. Eric Monroe Architecture LLC (Rapid City, S.D.)
40. Retail Habitats Retail Design (San Diego)
41. Chris Rossi Studio (Tampa, Fla.)
**Information for the VMSD Retail Design Firm Resouce Guide was provided by individual firms and has not been verified by VMSD magazine.