Top 10 Urban Design Firms worldwide
Take a look at our top ten list of international urban design firms. Who knows, maybe they’re looking to hire. Have you ever considered the significance of urban design? Working with urban design is not as simple as one may believe, and it is not limited to cities. It refers to people and their relationship with spaces, incorporating numerous disciplines such as landscape architecture, architecture, civil engineering, and urban planning, to name a few. The following is a list of our top ten picks for the greatest urban design businesses from across the world that are advancing this field by generating fun and innovative designs.
1. Sasaki Associates, Watertown, Massachusetts, United States
Sasaki Associates is a multidisciplinary planning and design organization. Architecture, interior design, planning, urban design, landscape architecture, graphic design, civil engineering, financial planning, and software development are all part of their practice. It is involved in a number of projects—locally, nationally, and globally.
2. SWA, Sausalito, CA, United States
SWA’s designs are characterized by sustainability and aesthetic concepts. This firm, which has offices in numerous cities across the United States, China, and the United Arab Emirates, has a vast multidisciplinary team capable of creating large-scale urban designs as well as smaller ones that meet high quality requirements. “As a professional-focused and employee-owned company, our top priority is to create great environments for our clients.”
3. Gehl Studio, Copenhagen, Denmark
Gehl is a Copenhagen, Denmark-based urban research and design consultancy organisation. Professor Jan Gehl and urban designer Helle Sholt founded it in 2000 as a continuation of Gehl’s study in the area over the previous four decades. The firm focuses on improving the quality of life in cities by reorienting city planning toward pedestrians and cyclists.
4. RMJM, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
RMJM is one of the world’s largest, most geographically and culturally diversified architecture firms, founded in 1956 by Sir Robert Matthew and Stirrat Johnson-Marshall. The RMJM family can share information, expertise, and creative talent across five continents, allowing them to think and act faster. They are global enough to make a difference while being local enough to be personal when they work together.
5. Adept Architects, Copenhagen, Denmark
ADEPT is an architecture community that prioritizes place over building. They envision the city as a living organism formed by the interactions of people, programs, and space. It began almost 30 years ago as a construction enterprise. Today, it has an in-house architecture firm of 20 designers, and Adept Development, which has 25 years of expertise developing Southern California.
6. ATKINS, UK
Atkins has grown to become the largest engineering consultancy in the United Kingdom, as well as the world’s 11th largest global design firm. It employed about 18,000 people across 300 offices in 29 countries and has completed projects in over 150 nations. “Plan, Design, Enable” is the firm’s motto
7. HCP Design and Project Management
HCP is one of the leading urban design firm in India, with over 300 employees and offices in Ahmedabad, Delhi, and Pune. They are a multidisciplinary firm that offers architectural, interior, and engineering design, as well as urban design, urban planning, communications, project management, and construction management services.
8. SANALarc, Turkey, Istanbul
Based in Istanbul, Turkey, this fourteen-year-old studio SANALarc is one of the most intriguing names in urban design in recent years. Its most recent urban design, Sishane Park, has been nominated for the Beirut 2015 Arch marathon, indicating that its objective of producing innovation for public places, due to a diverse team, is on track.
9. West8 , Netherlands
West 8, founded in 1989 and with offices in Rotterdam, New York, and Brussels, couldn’t miss out on a spot on our top ten list. This award-winning organization is made up of a multidisciplinary team that works on major projects all around the world. Its designs are centered on issues such as sustainability, global warming, and space identity.
10. HASSELL, Australia
This urban design firm Hassell , with offices in several locations across the world, is defined by its multicultural crew. This peculiarity, paired with smart design and a certain feeling of empathy with clients, results in a machine capable of developing both large-scale and small-scale urban projects.
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