ARCHITECTURAL FIRMS.Ranked by 1999 L.A. County billings Billings, city (1990 pop. 81,151), seat of Yellowstone co., S Mont., on the Yellowstone River, in a valley surrounded by seven mountain ranges; inc. as a city 1885. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A sturdy sturdy neurological disease in sheep caused by the pressure of a Taenia multiceps metacestode. Called also gid. local economy in 1999 combined with a strengthened real estate market led to another good year for L.A. County architecture firms The following is a list of notable architecture firms, past and present. For individual architects, see List of architects
The companies on the list had no shortage of large and diversified diversified (di·verˑ·s projects last-year, including the new Rand Rand See Witwatersrand. rand 1 n. See Table at currency. [Afrikaans, after(Witwaters)rand. Corp. headquarters, the Howard Howard, English noble family. Landowners in Norfolk from the 13th cent., the Howards obtained the duchy of Norfolk through the marriage of Sir Robert Howard to Margaret Mowbray, daughter of Thomas Mowbray, 1st duke of Norfolk. Hughes Center, the Universal CityWalk Universal CityWalk is a part of Universal Studios Hollywood, Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Japan originating from Universal's first park, Universal Studios Hollywood. expansion, the UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX Westwood Westwood. 1 Residential town (1990 pop. 12,557), Norfolk co., E Mass., in the greater Boston area; settled 1640, inc. 1897. It has several early 18th-century buildings. 2 Residential borough (1990 pop. 10,446), Bergen co., NE N.J. replacement hospital, the County-USC Medical Center replacement hospital, the UCLA Cancer Institute and the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels is a cathedral church of the United States in the City of Los Angeles in California. It is the mother church of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles[1] and seat of its archbishop, Roger Cardinal Mahony. . Commercial building permits in L.A. County, which jumped a whopping 55 percent from 1997 to 1998 with $1.1 billion worth of projects, increased again to $1.3 billion in projects for 1999, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Construction Industry Research Board. Meanwhile, industrial building permits added up to $361.1 million in projects, up from $307 million in 1998. THE PACESETTER DANIEL Daniel, book of the Bible Daniel, book of the Bible. It combines "court" tales, perhaps originating from the 6th cent. B.C., and a series of apocalyptic visions arising from the time of the Maccabean emergency (167–164 B.C. , MANN, JOHNSON & MENDENHALL Mendenhall may refer to the following: Place names
FOR the tenth Tenth can mean: In mathematics:
Architects (master builders) have existed since early in recorded history. The earliest recorded architects include Imhotep (c. in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County in terms of local billings. The firm's 1999 revenues, although down 5.3 percent from 1998's $66 million, still place DMJM well ahead of its closest competition, Gensler Gensler is a San Francisco-based architecture firm that was founded by Art Gensler, Jim Follett, and Drue Gensler in 1966. Gensler is the largest architecture firm in the United States and in the world, as well as the most profitable[1] , with 1999 revenues of $44 million. The company continues to expand its geographical ge·o·graph·ic also ge·o·graph·i·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to geography. 2. Concerning the topography of a specific region. ge reach, merging last year with Spillis Candela candela (kăndĕ`lə), in weights and measures: see candle. A unit of measurement of the intensity of light. Part of the SI system of measurement, one candela (cd) is the monochromatic radiation of 540THz with a radiant intensity & Partners, Florida's oldest and largest architectural and engineering firm. With the merger, DMJM increased its presence throughout the Eastern U.S. and in Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. . Locally, the firm secured two of L.A.'s most coveted cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. commercial assignments -- the new Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. headquarters for Rand, and a new building on the Howard Hughes Center property. Other jobs included the program and project management for the city of Santa Monica and a hotel renovation for Marriott Marriott has several meanings:
“a piece of virtue.” [Br. Lit.: Pericles] See : Virtuousness del Rey Del Rey may refer to:
 l, sā` l, sōl), city (1995 pop. 10,229,262), capital of South Korea, NW South Korea, on the Han River. , and the DMJM Rottet interiors, team was
selected to design executive offices for the Bank of China in Shanghai Shanghai (shăng`hī`, shäng`hī`), city (1994 est. pop. 12,980,000), in, but independent of, Jiangsu prov., E China, on the Huangpu (Whangpoo) River where it flows into the Chang (Yangtze) estuary. .DMJM is an operating unit operating unit A type of operating company that engages in transactions with outsiders and that is owned by another business. For example, in 1995 the stockholders of Capital Cities/ABC approved a $19 billion merger with the Walt Disney Company, whereupon of AECOM AECOM Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, NY) AECOM Architectural and Engineering Company Technology Corp., a Los Angeles-based holding company for architectural, engineering, and operation/maintenance firms. Last year, AECOM, which is employee-owned, was ranked 14th on the Business Journal's list of the largest private companies in L.A. County with $850 million in annual revenues.
Rank Company L.A. County
* name Billings [1]
* address (millions)
* 1999
* 1998
1 Daniel, Mann, Johnson, & Mendenhall (DMJM) $62.5
3250 Wilshire Blvd. $66
Los Angeles 90010
2 Gensler 27
2500 Broadway, Suite 300 24
Santa Monica 90404
3 MCG Architecture 25.4
200 S. Los Robles Ave., Suite 300 23.9
Pasadena 91101
4 Jerde Partnership International 20
913 Ocean Front Walk 19.6
Venice 90291
5 HNTB Corp. 20
611 W. Sixth St., Suite 1800 17.5
Los Angeles 90017
6 Perkins & Will 19.9
2700 Colorado Blvd., Suite 400 11.1
Santa Monica 90404
7 Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Inc. 19.1
1655 26th St., Suite 200 10.2
Santa Monica 90404
8 Perkowitz + Ruth Architects 18
111 West Ocean Blvd., 21st Floor 12.5
Long Beach 90802
9 RTKL Associates Inc. 16.7
333 S. Hope St., Suite C-200 15.6
Los Angeles 90017
10 Langdon-Wilson Architecture Planning Interior 16.5
1055 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1500 17
Los Angeles 90017
11 Anshen + Allen Los Angeles 14.3
5055 Wilshire Blvd. 9.2
Los Angeles 90036
12 Leidenfrost/Horowitz & Associates 14.1
1833 Victory Blvd. 17.3
Glendale 91201
13 Nadel Architects Inc. 13.8
1990 S. Bundy Drive, Fourth Floor 12.5
Los Angeles 90025
14 RBB Architects Inc. 13.8
10980 Wilshire Blvd. 9.9
Los Angeles 90024
15 Leo A. Daly Architecture 13.5
550 S. Hope St., 27th Floor 9.1
Los Angeles 90017
Rank Services
(partial list)
1 architecture, engineering, planning, con-
struction management, interior desing,
strategic programming
2 architecture, interior design, planning,
entertainment, branding, strategic
planning, programming
3 retail, entertainment, hospitality, office
4 urban planning, architectural design
5 architecture, engineering, design/build,
interior design, program management
construction management
6 architecture, interior design, strategic facility
consulting, medical planning and program-
ming, urban design and masterplanning
7 space programming, master planning,
strategic planning, architectural design,
construction administration, interior design
8 architecture, planning, store design,
urban design of entertainment
and retail projects
9 architecture, urban design/planning,
interior architecture, graphic design,
engineering, landscape architecture
10 architecture, master planning, institution-
al, medical architecture, education,
interior design
11 architecture, planning, programming
and feasibility studies
12 architecture, planning, interiors,
entertainment and theme design,
programming
13 master planning, architecture, interior
design, feasibility studies, space planning
14 architecture, planning, interior design
15 architecture, engineering, interiors
Rank Current Projects
(partial list)
1 Rand headquarters, Howard Hughes Center,
CSUN rebuild, BMC Software headquarters, Bank
of China Shanghai headquarters
2 DreamWorks SKG, Disney, Sony
Entertainment, BMW, Sherman Oaks Galleria,
Univision headquarters, Sunset Millennium
3 Desert Walk, Plam Springs; Westwood
Marketplace; Great Mall of the Bay Area
4 Universal CityWalk expansion, The River at Ranco
Mirage, The Gateway at Salt Lake City, One
Reeperbahn in Hamburg, Zlota Centrum in Warsaw
5 USC Events Ctr., Railey's Field (Sacramento),
Tuscon Airport expansion, B.A.R.T. San Bruno and
South Station, San Diego Conv. Ctr. expansion
6 UCLA Westwood replacement hospital; USC
Neurogenetics Laboratory, St. Josephs Medical
Center (Phoenix)
7 St. John's Health Center, LAC+USC Medical
Center replacement hospital, Pomona Fairplex
Trade and Convention Center
8 Glendale Fashion Center, Buena Park Mall addi-
tion, Edwards Ocean Palace Imax in Long
Beach, Gresham Station in Oregon
9 L.A. Entertainment District; Aladdin Hotel and
Casino, Las Vegas; 835 Market Street, San
Francisco; Shanghai Scienceland Museum
10 Getty Villa expansion, Las Vegas Federal
Courthouse, West Angeles Cathedral, The
Grove at Farmers' Market
11 Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center; Catholic
Healthcare West seismic assessments/strategic
analysis; Santa Monica College Library
12 Burbank High School, Gateway
Technical Center
13 1100 Glendon renovation, Westwood; Commerce
Casino expansion, City of Commerce; Pasadena
Collection (hotel and retail development)
14 UCLA New Cancer Institute, UC Riverside housing
expansion, Pomona College Laboratory renovation,
Robert F. Kennedy Medical Center tower
15 Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Tom Bradley
Int'l Terminal renovation, California State University
Channel Islands Library renovation
Rank Profile Marketing Contact Top Local Executive
* offices * name * name
(county/total) * WWW site * title
* headquarters * phone
* year founded [2]
1 5/36 Michael Mann Raymond Holdsworth
Los Angeles dmjm.com ceo
1946 (213) 381-3663
2 2/18 Marty Borko Andy Cohen
San Francisco gensler.com v.p., managing principal
1976 (310) 449-5600
3 3/10 Maura Schafer Frederick Gaylord
Pasadena mcarchitecture.com ceo
1973 (626)793-9119
4 1/1 Eddie Wang Jon Jerde
Venice jerde.com chairman
1977 (310) 399-1987
5 1/60 Alicia Wittberger Joe Diesko
Kansas City, Mo. hntb.com vice president
1974 (213) 622-4117
6 2/9 Phyllis Dubinsky-Klein Michael Fejes
Chicago perkinswill.com regional director
1996 (310) 828-5790
7 1/15 Tamara Jensen John Conley
St.Louis hok.com senior vice president
1983 (310) 453-0100
8 1/3 Isabel Green Simon Perkowitz
Long Beach prarchitects.com ceo, president
1979 (562) 628-8000
9 1/11 David Brotman David Brotman
Baltimore rtkl.com vice chairman
1985 (213) 627-7373
10 1/3 Barney Smith Asad Khan
Los Angeles langdonwilson.com partner
1951 (213) 250-1186
11 1/1 Jill Capanna Peter Stazicker
Los Angeles anshen.com senior principal
1986 (323) 525-0500
12 1/2 Herbert Horowitz Herbert Horowitz
Glendale lhaarchitects.com principal
1978 (818) 246-6050
13 1/5 Helen Watts Herb Nadel
Los Angeles nadelarchitects.com ceo, president
1974 (310) 826-2100
14 1/1 Kiersten Wolf Joseph Balbona
Los Angeles rbbinc.com ceo
1952 (310) 473-3555
15 1/8 Karen Compton Roy Follmuth
Omaha, Neb. leoadaly.com v.p., managing principal
1969 (213) 629-0100
16 Lee, Burkhart, Liu Inc. $13.4
2890 Colorado Ave. $14.9
Santa Monica 90404
17 NTD Architects 13.1
2025 Financial Way 6.8
Glendora 91741
18 SmithGroup 11.2
1919 Santa Monica Blvd., Fourth Floor 4.8
Santa Monica 90404
19 Johnson Fain Partners 11
800 Wilshire Blvd. 16
Los Angles 90017
20 AC Martin Partners Inc. 10.4
811 W. Seventh St. 11.7
Los Angeles 90017
21 Altoon + Porter Architects 10.1
5700 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 100 8.2
Los Angeles 90036
22 Dworsky Associates 9.4
3530 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1000 6.3
Los Angeles 90010
23 WWCOT 9.1
3130 Wilshire Blvd., Sixth Floor 7.8
Santa Moncia 90403
24 Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership 9
333 S. Grand Ave., Suite 3600 9.3
Los Angeles 90071
25 HKS Architects Inc. 8.5
2440 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Suite 275 7.5
Los Angeles 90064
16 master planning, space and functional
programming, architecture,
interior design
17 architectural programming, planning,
design, facility analysis
18 architecture, interior design, master
planning, programming,
19 architecture, planning & urban design,
building modernization/rehabilitation
20 architecture, mechanical engineering
electrical engineering, structural engineer-
ing, civil engineering and planning
21 planning, urban planning, architecture,
interior architecture, environmental
graphic design
22 architecture, interior design, master
planning, programming, building
modernization/rehabilitation
23 programming, planning, design
24 architecture, planning, programming,
urban design, interior design
25 planning, architecture, interior design
16 LAC+USC Medical Center replacement project, 1/1
Valley Presbyterian Hospital, Cedars-Sinai Santa Monica
Medical Center, University of Utah Medical Center 1986
17 Beverly Hills High Schol modernization, L.A. 1/3
County San Dimas Sheriff Station, LAUSD Glendora
Atwater Elementary class size reduction 1954
18 Providence St. Joseph Medical Center, St. 1/12
John's Health Center, Caltech Broad Center Detroit
for the Biological Sciences 1991
19 Hilton Hotel, Orlando; Experian corporate head- 1/1
quarters, Costa Mesa; Constellation Place Los Angeles
tower, Century City; Amgen office building 1959
20 Orange County Central Courthouse 1/3
renovation, Alexandria Tech. Ctr. 1, Los Angeles
subway terminal building 1906
21 Hollywood & Highland, Marina del Rey 1/1
Waterfront, Fashion Show, Kowloon Station - Los Angeles
Hong Kong, Kursky Square - Moscow 1984
22 Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Las Vegas; 1/1
centralized dining and student services building, Los Angeles
University of California, Berkeley 1953
23 Hilton Hotels, Soka Gakkai, Mission Community 1/2
Hospital, Culver City Senior Center, Marymount Santa Monica
High School, Kaiser Permanente 1949
24 Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, hospital 1/4
replacement facility; California Science Center Portland, Ore.
phase 2 environmental science learning center 1988
25 Mirimar Hotel renovation, Catellus Mission Bay 1/6
mixed-use project, Avalon Bay high-rise Dallas
apartments, Cerritos Corporate Center-Phase II 1987
16 Erich Burkhart Ken Lee
lblarch.com principal
(310) 829-2249
17 Anthony O'Keefe Anthony O'Keefe
NA ceo
(626) 963-1401
18 William Roger William Roger
smithgroup.com managing director
(310) 586-5400
19 Julie Bandini W. Fain Jr./S. Johnson
jfpartners.com managing partner/design partner
(213) 622-3500
20 Teresa Powell Christopher Martin
acmartin.com co-chairman, president
(213) 683-1900
21 Leslie Young R. Altoon/J. Porter
altoonporter.com partners
(323) 939-1900
22 Michele Prata Daniel Dworsky
dworsky.com chairman
(213) 380-9100
23 Cherisse Troesh Chester Widom
wwcot.com principal
(310) 828-0040
24 Debra Barbour R. Doss Mabe
zgf.com partner
(213) 617-1901
25 Jack Price Jack Price
hksinc.com principal
(310) 966-1520
NA - Not available (1.)Not including billings for materials (2.)In Los Angeles County Note: To qualify for this list, 25 percent or more of a firm's billings must be derived de·rive v. de·rived, de·riv·ing, de·rives v.tr. 1. To obtain or receive from a source. 2. from architectural services. The information in the list was provided by representatives of the firms themselves. Firms are ranked by 1999 L.A. County billings and 1998 L.A. County billings, respectively. The survey was completed during the week of March 6, 2000. |
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion