The Experiential Design Index

Top 10 Architecture Firms

Ranked by recency-weighted eligible project count, 2021–2026. The 10 highest-scoring firms hold a numbered rank; 45 more firms with eligible activity are listed below the table.

Score = 1.0 per eligible project completed this year or last, 0.75 for 2–3 years ago, 0.5 for 4–5 years ago, +0.1 per independently-sourced project (capped at +0.5/firm). Eligible: status: completed projects with year_completed in the trailing 5 years. Ties broken by most recent status_verified date. See About for the full methodology.

Counts reflect the work this index has recorded, not a census of any firm's total output — coverage depth varies by firm — and a position here implies no judgment of design quality.

RankScore FirmHQEligible projects
118.2 Gensler San Francisco, CA L'Oréal Academy (2026), JetBlue BlueHouse (2025), Netflix House Dallas (2025), Netflix House Philadelphia (2025), TELUS Health Care Centre Calgary (2025), Yantai Huang-Bohai Sea New Area Industrial Culture Center (2025), Guulabaa (Place of Koala) Visitor Experience Hub (2024), Kaleideum (2024), Kayanee Flagship (2024), New Jersey Hall of Fame Entertainment and Learning Center (2024), The People's House - A White House Experience (2024), The RiverFront Revitalization (2024), UGG Knightsbridge European Flagship (2024), 1001 Robert-Bourassa Lobby (2023), Accenture Innovation Hub (2023), Celonis Executive Briefing Center (2023), ROBOVERSE Sanlitun Experience Center (2023), Jackie Robinson Museum Core Exhibits (2022), The Smart Factory by Deloitte @ Wichita (2022), Innovation and Qualification Center (2022), Verizon at the Hub on Causeway (2022), AT&T Headquarters Lobby (2021), The Globe: Interactive Installation at AT&T Discovery District (2021), The View at The Palm (2021)
210.5 Snøhetta Brooklyn, NY Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Exhibition Experience (2026), Hopkins Center for the Arts Renovation and Roth Wing (2025), Jack C. Taylor Music Center Expansion (2025), Blanton Museum of Art Grounds Redesign (2024), La Nube (2024), Far Rockaway Library (2024), Joslyn Art Museum Rhonda & Howard Hawks Pavilion (2024), Museum of Sex Miami (2024), Beijing City Library (Beijing Sub-Center Library) (2023), Musée National de la Marine Renovation (2023), Vesterheim Commons (2023), Ordrupgaard Museum Extension & Landscape (Himmelhaven) (2021), SUMMIT One Vanderbilt (2021)
38.0 Populous Kansas City, MO Synovus Park (2025), BMO Centre Expansion (2024), New Paddock Experience (2024), Homefield Kansas City Showcase Center (2024), Osborne Legacy Complex (2024), Mark and Paula Hurd Welcome Center (2023), Sphere Interiors (2023), Fieldhouse of the Future Renovation (2022), GEODIS Park (2022), Climate Pledge Arena Signage & Environmental Graphics (2021), UBS Arena (2021)
47.2 Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners New York, NY Entry Lobby, Ruth's Bookstore & David Berg Rare Book Room (2025), Renovation and Enhancement Project (2025), Michael C. Rockefeller Wing (2025), Buttenwieser Hall (2023), La MaMa First Floor Theatre Renovation (2023), NYPL Visitor Center (2023), Rubell Museum DC (2022), The Polonsky Exhibition of The New York Public Library's Treasures (2021), Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (2021)
57.0 DLR Group Omaha, NE Crossing Gallery and Education Center (2025), Memorial Hermann Football Operations Center (2025), Cleveland Museum of Natural History Transformation (2024), Greater Whittier LGBTQ+ Community Center (2024), Guy V. Lewis Development Facility Renovation (Phase II) (2024), Ford Nature Center Renovation (2023), Jacobson Gallery — Substance of Stars (Sky-Dome) (2022), Logan Memorial Educational Campus Brand Identity and Signage (2021), North Kansas City Schools Early Education Center (2021)
66.8 LMN Architects Seattle, WA High School Signage & Storytelling (2026), Forest Trailhead (2026), Field Arts & Events Hall (2024), Ocean Pavilion — Aquarium Exhibition Design (2024), Ocean Pavilion — Rooftop Interpretation (2024), Renovation (2023), Seattle Convention Center, Summit Building — Wayfinding (2023), Founders Hall — Signage (2022)
76.5 Ennead Architects New York, NY Tenaska Center for Arts Engagement (2026), Delacorte Theater Revitalization (2025), Jean & Ric Edelman Fossil Park & Museum of Rowan University (2025), Honickman Center (2024), Hopkins Bloomberg Center Donor Recognition & Wayfinding (2023), Steelhouse Omaha (2023), Sylvia H. Rambo Exhibit (2023)
85.0 HKS Dallas, TX Halperin Park (2026), Falcon Stadium Fan Experience (2025), Cosm Dallas (2024), Cosm Los Angeles (2024), Environmental Graphics, Theming & Interactive Technology (2024), YouTube Theater (2021)
94.8 CambridgeSeven Cambridge, MA Mote Science Education Aquarium (2025), Port Wonder — Children's Museum of Southwest Louisiana & LDWF Nature and Science Center (2025), Virginia Aquarium South Building and Vet Center (2024), Audubon Aquarium and Insectarium (2023), Broad Discovery Center (2022), Confluence of Cultures (2022)
104.4 HGA Minneapolis, MN Jackson Hole History Museum (2024), Renovation (2024), John and Lile Gibbons Center for Arctic Studies (2023), Uprooted (2023), Burial Ground for Enslaved People Contemplative Site (2022), Thrivent Financial Headquarters Experience Center (2022)

Also active in this category

Firms with eligible activity in the window that fall outside the ranked table — fewer than 2 eligible projects, or a score below the top 10. Listed alphabetically, not ranked.

FirmHQEligible projects
Arrowstreet Boston, MA Hildreth Elementary School Environmental Graphics (2021)
Ayers Saint Gross Baltimore, MD Harbor Wetland (2024), Jack C. Taylor Visitor Center (2022)
Bearing Architecture Portland, OR Nature Play Area, Amphitheater & Lobby Renovation (Capital Campaign Phase 1) (2022)
BNIM Kansas City, MO Vesterheim Commons (2023)
Cooper Robertson New York, NY Princeton University Art Museum (2025)
Davis Brody Bond New York, NY Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation (2023), Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC) (2023)
Diamond Schmitt Architects Toronto, ON Digital Experience (2022), David Geffen Hall Renovation (2022), The Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts and Sciences (2021)
Diller Scofidio + Renfro New York, NY Sarofim Hall (2025), V&A East Storehouse (2025), Kravis Hall and David Geffen Hall (2022), Pier 57 Public Spaces (Sky Park, Food Hall, Chelsea View Theater) (2022), Prior Performing Arts Center (2022)
EHDD San Francisco, CA KQED Headquarters Renovation (2021)
Eskew Dumez Ripple New Orleans, LA WOW! Interactive Projection Wall (2023), Audubon Aquarium and Insectarium (2023)
EwingCole Philadelphia, PA Golden Anniversary Campus Transformation (2026), Ray and Dagmar Dolby Hall of American Culture — Entertainment Nation (2022), Native New York (2021)
Foster + Partners New York, NY Zayed National Museum (2025), Datong Art Museum (2022), MOL Campus Visitor Centre & Observation Deck (2022), Narbo Via (2021), Alif — The Mobility Pavilion (2021)
Frederick Fisher and Partners Los Angeles, CA NHM Commons (2024)
FXCollaborative Brooklyn, NY Kravis Hall and David Geffen Hall (2022)
Gehry Partners, LLP Los Angeles, CA Core Project Wayfinding and Signage (2021)
Graham Baba Architects Seattle, WA Renton Market (2026), Vashon Food Bank (2026), Seattle Convention Center, Summit Building — Wayfinding (2023), Ballard Food Bank (2021)
GWWO Architects Baltimore, MD National World War I Memorial and Pershing Park (2024), Manassas Museum Renovation and Expansion (2023), Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center (2021)
HNTB Corporation Kansas City, MO Rock Chalk Renaissance (2025), Lower.com Field (2021)
HOK St. Louis, MO The Forge (2025), American Century Investments Headquarters Experience (2023), Renovation and Expansion (2022), Customer Experience Center (2021)
IA Interior Architects San Francisco, CA NetApp Executive Briefing Center (2025), Relish'in Change (2024)
KieranTimberlake Philadelphia, PA Shakespeare Exhibition Hall (2024), Art and Ideals: President John F. Kennedy (2022)
MASS Design Group Boston, MA Unbound: Memorial to Enslaved Persons (2025), Champion's Walk at Corey Ingram Circle (2024), Snow Country Prison Japanese American Memorial (2024), The Embrace (2023), Cindy Broder Conservation Gallery (2022)
Matter Practice Brooklyn, NY The Wall/El Muro: What Is a Border Wall? (2021)
Metcalfe Architecture & Design Philadelphia, PA First Amendment Gallery (2023)
Mills Whitaker Architects Arlington, MA Paul Revere Museum of Discovery and Innovation Exhibits (2026)
Mithun Seattle, WA Center for Innovative Learning and Engagement (2025), Haring Center for Inclusive Education — Murals & Signage (2024), Art Gate (2024), ULab (2023)
NBBJ Seattle, WA Stad Center for Pediatric Pain, Palliative & Integrative Medicine (2025), Forest Net(work) (2022), Renovation (2022)
Olson Kundig Seattle, WA Bob Dylan Center (2022), Bay Area Discovery Museum Campus Renewal (2021), ANOHA — The Children's World of the Jewish Museum Berlin (2021)
PBDW Architects New York, NY Palace Theatre Restoration (TSX Broadway) (2024), Powerhouse Arts — Brand Identity and Wayfinding (2023)
Pelli Clarke & Partners New Haven, CT Dassai Blue Sake Brewery (2023), Lola Mora Cultural Center (2023), Chengdu Museum of Natural History (2022), Luo Gang Concert Hall (2022)
PGAV Destinations St. Louis, MO Jewels of the Sea: The Jellyfish Experience (2025), Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Honor Museum (2022), Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind (2022)
Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects Little Rock, AR Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts (2023)
Reich+Petch Toronto, ON Toronto Holocaust Museum core exhibits (2023), Delaware Museum of Nature & Science Renovation (2022), Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada new facility (2022)
Rockwell Group New York, NY Hopkins Bloomberg Center Donor Recognition & Wayfinding (2023), Ticketed Waiting Room (2021)
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Chicago, IL High Line – Moynihan Connector (2023), Mulva Cultural Center (2023), Skydeck Chicago Renovation (2022), Ticketed Waiting Room (2021)
SmithGroup Detroit, MI Body Odyssey (2024), Lillian & Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum (2023), Hopkins Bloomberg Center Donor Recognition & Wayfinding (2023), Edsel & Eleanor Ford House Visitor Center (2021)
Stantec Edmonton, AB BMO Centre Expansion (2024), Honickman Center (2024)
Studio Gang Chicago, IL Mary Schmidt Campbell Center for Innovation & the Arts (2025), Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation (2023), Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts (2023), Tom Lee Park (2023)
Studio Joseph New York, NY Manhattan Pet Adoption Center (2024), This Is New York: 100 Years of the City in Art and Pop Culture (2023), Auditorium (2022), Music Hall (2022), Sensory Journey (2021)
Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects New York, NY Obama Presidential Center Museum (2026), Digital Experience (2022), David Geffen Hall Renovation (2022), Garden Pavilion / Welcome Center (2022)
tvsdesign Atlanta, GA Mote Science Education Aquarium (2025)
Verner Johnson Boston, MA Space Race (2025)
Voorsanger Architects New York, NY The National WWII Museum — Road to Victory Master Plan (2023)
WHY Architecture New York, NY Michael C. Rockefeller Wing (2025), The Yoshimoto Pavilion (2025), Academy Museum of Motion Pictures (2021)
ZGF Architects Portland, OR Extraordinary Windows (2024), Amazon Visitor Landing (2023), Illumina Executive Briefing Center (2023), Seattle Children's Building Care — Wayfinding (2022)