Firms with high head counts and deep pools of talent are ripe for creative reinvention, but vulnerable as well.

Because of their size and reach, extra-large architecture firms are perhaps best equipped to tackle challenges like housing needs and natural disasters.  

This year's winners exemplify the personal, crafted, and nuanced approach to architecture that has come to define their generation.

The top four firms in Architectural Record’s yearly ranking held tight to their places from 2016.

Walk into any of the 154 architecture schools certified by the National Architectural Accrediting Board and you are likely to encounter students working long hours in the design studio, learning their craft in small groups through desk crits and pinups.