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Rank Company L.A. County Current Projects Profile Top Local Executive • name Billings (partial list) • L.A. architects • name • address • 2017 • L.A. employees • title • website • 2016 • offices (L.A./total) • phone (in millions) • headquarters

Gensler $90.3 LAX, Los Angeles Football Club Stadium, Westfield Century City, 141 John Adams 1 500 S. Figueroa St. $85.2 Herald Examiner, Caruso Palisades Village, Waldorf Astoria, 337 Barbara Bouza Los Angeles 90071 AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles 1/44 Michael White gensler.com SanN/A Francisco Co-Managing Directors (213) 327-3600 ZGF Architects 44.8 Hilton Foundation headquarters Phase 2, Caltech Bechtel 42 Ted Hyman 2 515 S. Flower St., Suite 3700 39.2 residence, Hercules campus renovation, LA BioMed Research 100 Partner Los Angeles 90071 Building A, California ARB consolidation project 1/6 (213) 617-1901 zgf.com Portland,N/A Ore.

Aecom 40.7 NBC Universal, UCI, LA2028 Olympic Committee, LAX, Metro, 60 Robert Lavey 3 300 S. Grand Ave. 34.8 L.A. County, U.S. Navy 185 Regional Managing Principal, Buildings Los Angeles 90071 4/595 and Places aecom.com Los Angeles (213) 593-8100 CallisonRTKL 37.0 Perla, 5th and Hill, 11th and Olive, Oceanwide Plaza, The Alexan, 161 Kelly Farrell 4 333 S. Hope St., Suite C200 39.0 888 Hope, Four Seasons, Los Angeles private residences, 3700 197 Vice President Los Angeles 90071 Wilshire, Figueroa Centre 1/20 (213) 633-6000 callisonrtkl.com Baltimore DLR Group 36.4 Macerich Fashion Outlets of Los Angeles, 41 Adrian O. Cohen 5 700 S. Flower St., 22nd Floor 35.8 Beverly Hills High School modernization and expansion, LA 130 California Region Leader, Senior Los Angeles 90017 Coliseum modernization and expansion 1/29 Principal dlrgroup.com Los Angeles (213) 800-9400 HKS Architects Inc. 33.6 Inglewood NFL Stadium, UCSD North Torrey Pines Living and 31 Scott Hunter 6 10880 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1850 38.6 Learning Neighborhood, NoHo Square Master Plan, Edition 81 Principal, Managing Director Los Angeles 90024 Hotel and Residences West Hollywood 1/24 (310) 788-7700 hksinc.com Dallas

Perkins+Will 29.6 Providence Tarzana Medical Center Reimagined, Huntington 34 Eric Van Aukee 7 617 W. Seventh St., Suite 1200 17.6 Medical Research Institute, CSMC Master Plan, Kaiser Watts 75 Managing Director Los Angeles 90017 Learning & Health Pavilion 1/23 (213) 270-8400 perkinswill.com ChicagoN/A CO Architects 29.5 UCLA Franz Hall modernization, Shriners for Children Medical 33 Scott P. Kelsey 8 5055 Wilshire Blvd., Ninth Floor 36.0 Center, UCSD Biological and Physical Sciences Building, LAUSD 91 Managing Principal Los Angeles 90036 Polytechnic H.S. Modernization 1/1 (323) 525-0500 coarchitects.com Los Angeles

Harley Ellis Devereaux 27.3 Circa, Metropolis Phase II, Century Plaza Development, Westin 40 J. Peter Devereaux 9 601 S. Figueroa St., Suite 500 27.1 Anaheim Resort, Hilton Universal, Parsons Pasadena, CSULA 110 Chairman, CEO Los Angeles 90017 student housing, CARB Research and Testing Facility 1/6 (213) 542-4500 hed.design Southfield, Mich.

HNTB Architecture 25.0 City of LA Sixth Street Viaduct Replacement, Crenshaw/LAX 25 Art Hadnett 10 601 W. Fifth St., Suite 1000 15.0 Transit Corridor, LAX United Airlines Terminals 7 and 8, N/A President West Division Los Angeles 90071 Sacramento MLS Stadium 2/65 (213) 403-1000 hntb.com Kansas City, Mo.

Marmol Radziner 22.7 945 W. 8th St Residential Tower, Century Plaza Hotel, Argyle 12 Leo Marmol 11 12210 Nebraska Ave. 16.5 House luxury apartments, Malibu retail development, Cypress 74 Ron Radziner Los Angeles 90025 Creek Renewables corporate headquarters 1/2 Managing Principal marmol-radziner.com Los Angeles Design Principal (310) 826-6222 Skidmore Owings & Merrill 22.0 777 Aviation renovation, 1111 Sunset, AwesomenessTV 29 Michael Mann 12 333 S. Grand Ave., Suite 3600 17.6 interiors, Crossroads of the World Master Plan, G-Cubed, Long 63 Director Los Angeles 90071 Beach Civic Center, Olympia, pen factory 1/10 (213) 327-2400 som.com ChicagoN/A Retail Design Collaborative 21.5 Equinox, Erewhon, Montclair Place, The Bloc, Walmart, VIBE, 12 Brad Williams 13 245 E. Third St. 21.8 Cinepolis, Kroger, Aldi 147 CEO Long Beach 90802 2/5 (562) 628-8000 rdcollaborative.com Long Beach

5+design 21.5 Shops At Riverside (Simon), Princess Cruises, Dubai Business 10 Michael Ellis 14 1024 N. Orange Drive, Suite 215 19.6 Bay, Wuhan Park Place, Shanghai Qiantan Lot 25-1 retail center 74 Co-Managing Partner Hollywood 90038 1/3 (323) 308-3558 5plusdesign.com Los Angeles

HOK 21.3 Kaiser Permanente medical office building Baldwin Hills, 15 Anne Fletcher 15 9530 Jefferson Blvd. 24.01 Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience, SOKA University 35 Sr. V.P., Managing Principal Culver City 90232 STEM expansion project 1/24 (310) 838-9555 hok.com St.N/A Louis AC Martin Partners Inc. 20.01 Wilshire Grand Center, South Park development project, LAX N/A Christopher C. Martin 16 444 S. Flower St., Suite 1200 28.6 Terminal 2 renovation program, SDSU Engineering and N/A Chairman, CEO Los Angeles 90071 Interdisciplinary Science Building 1/2 (213) 683-1900 acmartin.com Los Angeles Jerde 19.0 HHLA, Pacific City, Museum Square office, Koreatown mixed- N/A John Simones 17 601 W. Fifth Street, Sixth Floor 18.0 use, Paseo Metepec (Mexico), Oxigeno (Costa Rica), Distrito 80 CEO, Design Director Los Angeles 90071 Armida (Mexico) 1/5 (310) 399-1987 jerde.com Los Angeles 1 Business Journal estimate. omissions and typographical errors sometimes occur. Please send corrections or additions on company letterhead to Note: Information for this list was provided by the companies themselves. Numbers that appear to be tied have been the Research Department, Los Angeles Business Journal, 5700 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 170, Los Angeles 90036. £2018 Los rounded. Firms are ranked by 2017 and 2016 L.A. County billings, respectively. To the best of our knowledge, this Angeles Business Journal. This list may not be reprinted in whole or in part without prior written permission from the information is accurate as of press time. While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy and thoroughness of the list, editor. Reprints are available from Wright’s Media (877) 652-5295. Researched by Joshua Niv

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ARCHITECTURE FIRMS

CannonDesign $18.9 UCSD Jacobs Medical Center, Cedars-Sinai Breast Center, 16 Laurie McCoy 18 1901 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 175 $22.3 Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem People’s Journey Exhibition 53 Los Angeles Office Practice Leader Los Angeles 90067 and Social Lab 1/19 (310) 229-2700 cannondesign.com Buffalo, N.Y.

NBBJ 18.7 407 North Maple Drive by Tishman Speyer Beverly Hills, UCSD 23 Jonathan Ward 19 523 W. Sixth St., Suite 300 10.4 RIMAC Center enhancements La Jolla, Ant Financial Campus 66 Partner Los Angeles 90014 Hangzhou, China 1/11 (213) 243-3333 nbbj.com Seattle,N/A Wash. Johnson Fain 17.5 Constellation Park, 8th & Figueroa, 8th & Hope, 6400 Sunset, N/A Scott Johnson 20 1201 N. Broadway 20.0 LA Plaza, College Station, Sandstone, IMT Residential, 641 N/A William H. Fain Jr. Los Angeles 90012 Imperial, Christ Cathedral, LAUSD, LA County, Westfield 1/1 Co-Presidents johnsonfain.com Los Angeles (323) 224-6000 KTGY Architecture + Planning 16.2 Olympic and Olive, 800 and 810 Pine Ave. Towers, The Theo, N/A Manny Gonzalez 21 12555 W. Jefferson Blvd., Suite 14.7 3060 Olympic, Hope on Alvarado N/A Managing Principal 100 1/7 (310) 394-2623 Los Angeles 90066 Irvine ktgy.com Cuningham Group Architecture 14.8 Broadstone Fairfax mixed-use, Hyatt Hotel Pasadena, Habitat for 21 James Scheidel 22 Inc. 9.8 Humanity of Greater Los Angeles headquarters, Providence 72 Chairman 8665 Hayden Place Health Advanced Ambulatory Care Center 1/9 (310) 895-2200 Culver City 90232 Minneapolis, cuningham.com Minnesota

Nadel Architecture + Planning 14.0 The Rise Hollywood, The Rise Koreatown, Cambria Spring N/A Herb N. Nadel 23 1990 S. Bundy Drive, Suite 400 13.0 Street Hotel, Tysons Corner N/A CEO Los Angeles 90025 1/2 (310) 826-2100 nadelarc.com Los Angeles

HDR 14.0 Cedar Sinai Medical Center Master Plan, Aerospace Corp. 19 Usman Tariq 350 S. Grand Ave., Suite 2900 11.6 campus planning & design, Huntington Memorial Hospital, 51 Managing Principal Los Angeles 90071 Cedars bio-manufacturing facility 1/40 (213) 239-5800 hdrinc.com Omaha, Neb.

HMC Architects 13.7 LA Unified School District, Kaiser Permanente, El Camino N/A Kirk Rose 25 633 W. Fifth St., Third Floor 18.0 College, Cal Poly Pomona, N/A Healthcare Practice Leader Los Angeles 90071 1/9 (213) 542-8300 hmcarchitects.com Ontario,N/A Calif.

Corgan 12.9 LAX Midfield Satellite Concourse, John Wayne Airport terminal 16 Brent Kelley 26 12045 Waterfront Drive, Suite 425 9.7 improvements, LAX Terminals 1 and 3 Concessions Program, 30 Principal Los Angeles 90094 Westfield San Francisco Center Renovation 1/13 (888) 456-4443 corgan.com Dallas, Texas

Gruen Associates 12.9 Airport Metro Connector/96th Street Station with Grimshaw 19 Michael A. Enomoto, FAIA 6330 San Vicente Blvd., Suite 200 12.8 Architects, 8600 Wilshire with MAD Architects, 3545 Wilshire, 75 Managing Partner Los Angeles 90048 Century Corridor Streetscape Plan 1/1 (323) 937-4270 gruenassociates.com Los Angeles

RBB Architects Inc. 12.8 Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 15 Joseph A. Balbona 28 10980 Wilshire Blvd. 10.3 Little Co. of Mary San Pedro, Northen Inyo Hospital, Samaritan 41 CEO Los Angeles 90024 Medical Center medical office building 1/2 (310) 473-3555 rbbinc.com Los Angeles

KFA (Killefer Flammang 12.5 Ivy Station, Chinatown Apartments, Solstice, 639 La Brea, 36 Jonathan Watts 29 Architects) 12.0 Mariposa Fedora, Freehand Hotel, NoMad Hotel, NextOnLex, LA 64 Partner 1625 Olympic Blvd. LGBT Center, NextOnSixth, MGA Campus 1/1 (310) 392-7699 Santa Monica 90405 Santa Monica kfalosangeles.com

House & Robertson Architects 12.3 ROW DTLA, Academy Square, Sears Santa Monica adaptive 13 Jim House 30 Inc. 14.5 reuse, Sunset Las Palmas Studios, DOCO Sacramento Tower 34 Doug Robertson 10125 Washington Blvd. and retail, Flight at Tustin, Terasaki Institute 1/2 Principals Culver City 90232 Culver City (323) 935-3158 hrarch.com Van Tilburg Banvard & Soderbergh 12.0 The Plaza at Santa Monica, Modera Howard Hughes, UCSB 23 Navy F. Banvard, FAIA 31 1738 Berkeley St. 12.5 student housing, Talaria Burbank mixed-use, Expo Line mixed- 53 Principal Santa Monica 90404 use, Belmont Village Calabasas 1/3 (310) 394-0273 vtbs.com Santa Monica NAC Architecture 11.9 LAUSD Venice High School, LAUSD Crenshaw High School 12 Helena L. Jubany 32 837 N. Spring St., Third Floor 8.2 Performing Arts, LAUSD Taft High School, PCSD USC Hybrid 44 Managing Principal Los Angeles 90012 High School, Wonderful College Prep Academy 1/4 (323) 475-8075 nacarchitecture.com Spokane, Wash.

Steinberg Hart 11.0 AMP Lofts, Thompson Hotel, Tommie Hotel, Morrison Hotel, 15 David Hart 33 523 W. Sixth St., Suite 245 15.5 123 S. Grand Avenue, The Park Calabasas, Hazens LA City 40 CEO, President Los Angeles 90014 Center, Wilshire and Crescent Heights 1/5 (213) 629-0500 steinberghart.com Los Angeles Kollin Altomare Architects 7.5 Marriott Frenchman's Reef St. Thomas; St. Regis Resort, 8 Michael Kollin 34 1350 Coronado Ave. 6.1 Princeville, Hawaii; Lasky Hotel Beverly Hills; The Custom Hotel, 23 CEO, President Long Beach 90804 LAX; Colonial Wiliamsburg Inn and Lodge, VA 1/2 (562) 597-8760 kollinaltomare.com Long Beach omissions and typographical errors sometimes occur. Please send corrections or additions on company letterhead to Note: Information for this list was provided by the companies themselves. Numbers that appear to be tied have been the Research Department, Los Angeles Business Journal, 5700 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 170, Los Angeles 90036. £2018 Los rounded. Firms are ranked by 2017 and 2016 L.A. County billings, respectively. To the best of our knowledge, this Angeles Business Journal. This list may not be reprinted in whole or in part without prior written permission from the information is accurate as of press time. While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy and thoroughness of the list, editor. Reprints are available from Wright’s Media (877) 652-5295. Researched by Joshua Niv

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HGA Architects and Engineers $7.2 CSUDH Business School, CSUDH Center for Science & 14 Alyssa Scholz 35 1918 Main St., Third Floor $5.7 Innovation, Hoag Hospital Irvine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 46 Principal Santa Monica 90405 Samuel Oschin Cancer Center, marketplace 1/8 (310) 557-7600 hga.com Minneapolis

ShubinDonaldson Architects 6.5 925 La Brea mixed-use, 900 La Brea mixed-use, Boston N/A Russell Shubin 36 3834 Willat Ave. 8.0 Consulting Group West Coast headquarters N/A Partner Culver City 90232 1/3 (310) 204-0688 shubinanddonaldson.com Culver City STIR Architecture 6.5 NOHO West, Bergen Town Center, Hoog Catharijne 6 Gary K. Dempster 617 W. Seventh St., Suite 400 6.5 6 Partner Los Angeles 90017 1/3 (213) 225-1900 stirarchitecture.com Los Angeles

MVE + Partners, Inc. 6.1 8th and Spring, 732 Spring, Emerald at 14th and Olive, 550 5 Matthew McLarand 38 888 S. Figureroa St., Suite 2170 5.4 Palos Verdes, 9200 Wilshire, Santa Monica and Barrington, 4th 14 President, Director of Design Los Angeles 90017 and Hewitt, 8000 W. 3rd, 7th and Pine, 2972 W. 7th 1/2 (213) 805-7600 mve-architects.com Irvine Rachlin Partners 6.0 Sage Creek High School Performing Arts Center, Righetti High 10 Michael Rachlin 39 8640 National Blvd. 4.8 School new classroom building, Ramona Middle School mew 23 Design Partner Culver City 90232 gymnasium 1/1 (310) 204-3400 rachlinpartners.com Culver City Withee Malcolm Architects 5.8 Inglewood Gateway mixed-use TOD, Sunset and Highland 8 Dan Withee 40 2251 W. 190th St. 5.4 mixed-use, Sunwest Mixed-Use, 411 Normandie Lofts, 40 Dale Malcolm Torrance 90504 Hollywood Arts Collective Affordable Housing 1/1 Partners witheemalcolm.com Torrance (310) 217-8885

Ware Malcomb 5.6 Downtown West medical office building, 1601 Vine, The Mix, 2 Radwan Madani 41 915 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 2150 5.8 1700 Walnut, 621 Hawaii 7 Principal Los Angeles 90017 1/22 (310) 903-4000 waremalcomb.com Irvine

Omgivning 3.9 Adaptive reuse of Broadway Trade Center at 8th and Broadway 6 Karin Liljegren 42 724 S. Spring St., Suite 501 2.7 24 Principal Los Angeles 90014 1/1 (213) 596-5602 omgivning.com Los Angeles

omissions and typographical errors sometimes occur. Please send corrections or additions on company letterhead to Note: Information for this list was provided by the companies themselves. Numbers that appear to be tied have been the Research Department, Los Angeles Business Journal, 5700 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 170, Los Angeles 90036. £2018 Los rounded. Firms are ranked by 2017 and 2016 L.A. County billings, respectively. To the best of our knowledge, this Angeles Business Journal. This list may not be reprinted in whole or in part without prior written permission from the information is accurate as of press time. While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy and thoroughness of the list, editor. Reprints are available from Wright’s Media (877) 652-5295. Researched by Joshua Niv

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Langdon Wilson International 3.5 Olive View Radiology remodel, Clinton Kieth Master Plan, L.A. N/A Asad M. Khan 46 1055 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1500 6.8 County Marina del Ray dock for Sherrif's Department, Special N/A President Los Angeles 90017 Needs Schools Kuwait 1/3 (213) 250-1186 langdonwilson.com Los Angeles

Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney 3.1 Ivy Station office building, Culver Steps, Burroughs Middle 31 Steven Ehrlich 47 Architects 4.2 School, 1301 Colorado creative office, multiple single-family 15 Founding Partner 10865 Washington Blvd. residential projects 1/1 (310) 838-9700 Culver City 90232 Culver City eyrc.com

Berliner Architects 2.4 Liliuokalani Imagination Center, Pressman Academy, ATEP 3 Richard P. Berliner 48 5976 Washington Blvd. 2.3 Design Guidelines, Saddleback College, HOLA, LAUSD Dorsey 16 President Culver City 90232 Studios and Wright Maker Space 1/1 (310) 838-2100 berliner-architects.com Culver City Torti Gallas + Partners 2.0 Exposition Park Master Plan update, Los Angeles; Veterans' 3 Neal I. Payton 49 601 W. Fifth St., Suite 600 2.0 Permanent and Supportive Housing, Southgate; Alice Griffith 12 Principal Los Angeles 90071 Homes Affordable Housing Redevelopment, San Francisco 1/4 (213) 607-0070 tortigallas.com Silver Spring, Md.

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