AIA ARCHITECT: ZGF Top Firm in 2016

MarkDaMan · #1 Posted **Sep 12, 2016, 5:50 PM**

Architect 50
September 07, 2016
The 2016 Architect 50
Here are the top firms of the year.

http://www.architectmagazine.com/architect-50/2016/

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ZGF Architects has always ranked high in the Architect 50, but this is the year the Portland, Ore.–based firm finally broke through, wresting the number one spot away from last year’s winner, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture. ZGF was also the top firm in the sustainability category; read a review of the firm’s big year. William Rawn Associates, a mainstay on the list, was number one in the business category. Discover how the firm had such a profitable year. And Marlon Blackwell Architects topped the design category; read more about why the judges loved the firm’s portfolio.

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TowerPower · #2 Posted **Sep 12, 2016, 10:41 PM**

And Hacker in at number 13.

eric cantona · #3 Posted **Sep 13, 2016, 1:46 AM**

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Originally Posted by TowerPower

And Hacker in at number 13.

the ranking of design firms is the most impressive from a Portland-centric viewpoint. WPA at #5, ZGF #7, and Hacker in at #17.

as a Portland native it fills my cold little heart with joy to see Portland kicking Seattle's (design) ass.