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Architectural Firms - Top 25

Ranked by architectural billings from Minnesota offices | List information taken from the 2009-2010 Business Information Guide
Source: Company representatives and Web sites. If you were not contacted for this list but would like to be in the future, please contact research@tcbmag.com.
*See note at bottom of list.
Rank Company Minnesota architectural billings Top local executive Employees in
MN / worldwide
Specialties

1

RSP Architects

1220 Marshall Street Northeast
Minneapolis, MN 55413
612-677-7100 | rsparch.com

$56,808,300

David Norback

190 / 240

Corporate, retail, health care, life sciences, and educational facilities

2

BWBR Architects, Inc.

380 St. Peter Street, Suite 600
St. Paul, MN 55102
651-222-3701 | bwbr.com

$30,650,000

Stephen Patrick

100 / 100

Health care, secure (corrections, detention, treatment, and sex offender) facilities, education and science offices, research and development projects, technology projects

3

AECOM Ellerbe Becket

800 LaSalle Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55402
612-376-2000 | ellerbebecket.com

$29,058,204

Jon Buggy

248 / 474

Health care, workplace, higher education, energy, technology, and sports projects

4

HGA Architects and Engineers

701 Washington Avenue North
Minneapolis, MN 55401
612-758-4000 | hga.com

$23,800,000

Daniel Avchen

298 / 547

Architecture, engineering, planning, and landscape for corporate, health care, science and technology, energy and infrastructure, arts, community, and educational facilities

5

KKE Architects, Inc.

300 First Avenue North
Minneapolis, MN 55401
612-339-4200 | kke.com

$23,119,500

Thomas Gerster

85 / 147

Commercial development, community, retail, education, entertainment, industrial, office, justice, and senior housing projects

6

Perkins+Will

84 10th Street South
Minneapolis, MN 55403
612-851-5000 | perkinswill.com

$22,254,700

Charles Knight

96 / 1,698

Health care, higher education, K-12, corporate, science and technology, and planning and strategies projects

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7

Cuningham Group Architecture, P.A.

201 Main Street Southeast, Suite 325
Minneapolis, MN 55414
612-379-3400 | cuningham.com

$18,273,121

Timothy Dufault

131 / 182

Architecture, interior design, urban design

8

Opus Architects & Engineers, Inc.

10350 Bren Road West
Minnetonka, MN 55343
952-656-4444 | opuscorp.com

$16,292,000

John Albers

101 / 119

Mixed-use, office, industrial, retail, multi-family housing, higher education, and government projects

9

Leo A Daly

730 Second Avenue South, Suite 1100
Minneapolis, MN 55402
612-338-8741 | leoadaly.com

$14,100,000

Robert Egge

119 / 1,117

Department of Defense, manufacturing and distribution, health care, higher education, corporate, and commercial projects

10

Wold Architects and Engineers

305 St. Peter Street
St. Paul, MN 55102
651-227-7773 | woldae.com

$13,199,651

Michael Cox

67 / 85

Educational, government, correctional, municipal, judicial, and recreational facilities; interior restoration; long-range planning

11

DLR Group, Inc., A Minnesota Corporation

520 Nicollet Mall, Suite 200
Minneapolis, MN 55402
612-977-3500 | dlrgroup.com

$11,100,000

Matthew Johnson

47 / 472

Corporate workplace, hospitality, retail, sports, K-12 education, higher education, and criminal justice projects

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12

LHB, Inc.

250 Third Avenue North, Suite 450
Minneapolis, MN 55401
612-338-2029 | lhbcorp.com

$10,308,325

Richard Carter

176 / 178

Commercial, education, government, health care, housing, and performance metrics projects

13

Meyer Scherer & Rockcastle

710 South Second Street, Seventh Floor
Minneapolis, MN 55401
612-375-0336 | msrltd.com

$10,020,800

Jack Poling

49 / 52

Cultural facilities, libraries, commercial and residential projects

14

Architectural Alliance

400 Clifton Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55403
612-871-5703 | archalliance.com

$8,691,916

Carey Brendalen

49 / 50

Planning, architectural, and interior design services for aviation, corporate, hospitality, public, retail, science and technology, and workplace interiors

15

Pope Associates, Inc.

1255 Energy Park Drive
St. Paul, MN 55108
651-642-9200 | popearch.com

$8,000,000

Jon Pope

55 / 55

Health care, senior living, corporate, retail, education, and worship projects

16

HDR Architecture, Inc.

444 Cedar Street, Suite 1900
St. Paul, MN 55101
612-524-6000 | hdrinc.com

$7,728,500

Jim Jordan

39 / 1,698

Health care, science and technology, interior design, senior living, and master planning projects

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17

Walsh Bishop Associates, Inc.

900 North Third Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402
612-338-8799 | walshbishop.com

$7,400,000

Dennis Walsh

45 / 45

Architecture, interior design, facility management, planning

18

Elness Swenson Graham Architects, Inc.

500 Washington Avenue South, Suite 1080
Minneapolis, MN 55415
612-339-5508 | esgarchitects.com

$7,100,000

Mark Swenson

42 / 42

Hotels and resorts; mixed-use, multi-family residential, urban design, master planning, student housing, corporate and commercial, interior design, and sustainable design projects

19

Miller Dunwiddie Architecture, Inc.

123 North Third Street, Suite 104
Minneapolis, MN 55401
612-337-0000 | millerdunwiddie.com

$7,100,000

Craig Lau

41 / 41

Commercial development, transportation, health care, higher education, religious, public, nonprofit, and historic preservation projects

20

SJA Architects

2145 Ford Parkway, Suite 301
St. Paul, MN 55116
651-690-5525 | sja-architects.com

$6,029,648

Ken Johnson

25 / 25

Architecture, planning, interior design

21

HTG Architects

9300 Hennepin Town Road
Eden Prairie, MN 55347
952-278-8880 | htg-architects.com

$5,000,000

James Grover

29 / 43

Financial institutions; office, retail, and religious facilities; developments and municipal facilities

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22

Sala Architects, Inc.

326 East Hennepin Avenue, Suite 200
Minneapolis, MN 55414
612-379-3037 | salaarc.com

$4,800,000

Wayne Branum

43 / 43

Single-family residences, residential character and community planning projects

23

Mohagen/Hansen Architectural Group

1000 Twelve Oaks Center Drive, Suite 200
Wayzata, MN 55391
952-426-7400 | mohagenhansen.com

$4,700,000

Todd Mohagen

31 / 31

Planning, architecture, and interior design for the health care, corporate, financial, dental, industrial, and office and warehouse markets

24

SmithGroup, Inc.

60 South Sixth Street, Suite 2420
Minneapolis, MN 55402
612-372-4681 | smithgroup.com

$4,700,000

Jodie Leppa

10 / 758

Workplace, higher education, science and technology, and health care environments; sustainable design

25

CMA

219 North Second Street, Suite 301
Minneapolis, MN 55401
612-338-6677 | cmarch.com

$4,200,000

Patrick Blees

20 / 86

Retail, restaurant, government, distribution, and educational facilities; office buildings; multi-family housing; churches

Note: Two firms that appeared on last year's list—DSGW Architects and WAI Continuum—would not provide ranking criteria to be considered for this year's list.
• Billings are for each company's most recently completed fiscal year. The Minnesota billings figure is from each company's Minnesota offices.
• The number of Minnesota architects is as of March 30, 2009.

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