Το Building Design (bdonline.co.uk) είναι μια από τις κορυφαίες πηγές ειδήσεων με σχόλια, κριτικές και άμεση ενημέρωση σε βασικά ζητήματα που επηρεάζουν την πρακτική και το επάγγελμα της αρχιτεκτονικής. Το BD δημοσιεύει κάθε χρόνο την λίστα με τα 100 μεγαλύτερα αρχιτεκτονικά γραφεία (WA 100). Πολλοί αμφισβητούν την αντικειμενικότητα της λίστας διότι η κατάταξη διαμορφώνεται σύμφωνα με τον αριθμό των υπαλλήλων που απασχολούν και όχι με τα έσοδα, τον αριθμό των σχεδίων που έχουν ολοκληρωθεί, το κύρος των εν λόγω έργων ή ακόμη και την ποιότητα της εργασίας. Παρόλα αυτά είναι ενδεικτική του μεγέθους των μεγαλύτερων αρχιτεκτονικών γραφείων παγκοσμίως. Παρατηρούμε ότι στη λίστα για το 2016 τα περισσότερα γραφεία βρίσκονται στις Η.Π.Α. και το Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο, όπως επίσης και την είσοδο σε αυτή 11 αρχιτεκτονικών γραφείων σε σχέση με το 2015.
Ακολουθεί αναλυτικά η λίστα:
| Rank 2016 | Rank 2015 | Company | Country | Architect employees | Fees income |
| 1 | 3 | Gensler | USA | 2299 | $900-1bn |
| 2 | 1 | Aecom | USA | 2100 | $400-499m |
| 3 | 2 | Nikken Sekkei | Japan | 1700 | $400-499m |
| 4 | 4 | Perkins+Will | USA | 1135 | $290-299m |
| 5 | 6 | HDR | USA | 975 | $270-279m |
| 6 | 7 | Woods Bagot | Australia | 898 | $160-169m |
| 7 | 5 | Aedas | China | 890 | $200-209m |
| 8 | 8 | IBI Group | Canada | 836 | $210-219m |
| 9 | 11 | HOK | USA | 829 | $270-279m |
| 10 | 9 | P&T Architects and Engineers | China | 800 | $160-169m |
| 11 | 23 | CallisonRTKL | USA | 751 | $330-339m |
| 12 | 10 | DP Architects | Singapore | 720 | $100-109m |
| 13 | 12 | Jacobs | USA | 700 | $400-499m |
| 14 | 16 | Foster + Partners | UK | 666 | $220-229m |
| 15= | 13 | Sweco | Sweden | 650 | |
| 15= | 14 | White arkitekter | Sweden | 650 | $100-109m |
| 17 | 18 | Perkins Eastman Architects | USA | 617 | $170-179m |
| 18 | 29= | HKS | USA | 591 | $210-219m |
| 19 | 15 | Samoo Architects & Engineers | South Korea | 584 | $230-239m |
| 20 | 21 | Kohn Pedersen Fox | USA | 555 | $150-159m |
| 21 | 19 | Junglim Architecture | South Korea | 549 | $80-89m |
| 22 | 26 | Stantec | Canada | 496 | $290-299m |
| 23 | 22 | Tengbom | Sweden | 482 | |
| 24 | 20 | CannonDesign | USA | 475 | $130-139m |
| 25 | 24 | Nihon Sekkei | Japan | 461 | $140-149m |
| 26 | 17 | Heerim Architects & Planners | South Korea | 444 | $180-189m |
| 27 | 29= | SmithGroupJJR | USA | 439 | $140-149m |
| 28 | 27= | Haeahn Architecture | South Korea | 425 | $60-69m |
| 29 | 27= | GMP | Germany | 422 | $80-89m |
| 30 | 35 | DLR Group | USA | 382 | $150-159m |
| 31 | 31 | ATP architects engineers | Austria | 380 | $70-79m |
| 32 | 37 | ZGF Architects | USA | 379 | $80-89m |
| 33 | 32= | Kume Sekkei | Japan | 376 | $90-99m |
| 34 | New | KunwonArchitects Planners & Engineers | Korea | 366 | $50-59m |
| 35 | 49 | Atkins | UK | 352 | $130-139m |
| 36 | 25 | NBBJ | USA | 344 | $160-169m |
| 37 | 38 | Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei | Japan | 330 | $130-139m |
| 38 | 36 | Leigh & Orange | China | 322 | $70-79m |
| 39 | 42 | HPP Architects | Germany | 313 | $30-39m |
| 40 | 32= | BDP | UK | 311 | $60-69m |
| 41 | 41 | KEO International Consultants | Kuwait | 297 | $150-159m |
| 42 | 40 | SUNJIN Engineering & Architecture | South Korea | 296 | $70-79m |
| 43 | 46 | Hyundai Architects & Engineers | South Korea | 275 | $70-79m |
| 44 | 45 | Cox Architecture | Australia | 263 | $70-79m |
| 45 | 50 | Dewan Architects & Engineers | UAE | 253 | $60-69m |
| 46 | 55 | Chapman Taylor | UK | 250 | $40-49m |
| 47 | 52 | ACXT-IDOM | Spain | 241 | $50-59m |
| 48 | 47 | Capita Property and Infrastructure/ESA | UK | 234 | |
| 49 | 34 | Leo A Daly | USA | 227 | $140-149m |
| 50 | 51 | Ronald Lu & Partners | China | 222 | $50-59m |
| 51 | 53 | Aukett Swanke | UK | 221 | $30-39m |
| 52 | 58 | Ishimoto Architectural & Engineering Firm | Japan | 218 | $50-59m |
| 53 | 62= | Aidea | Philippines | 212 | $10-19m |
| 54 | 71= | Populous | USA | 209 | $90-99m |
| 55 | 57 | Wong Tung & Partners | China | 207 | $50-59m |
| 56 | 56 | LINK arkitektur | Norway | 202 | $40-49m |
| 57 | New | Bates Smart | Australia | 200 | £30-39m |
| 58 | 60 | Buchan Group | Australia | 195 | $50-59m |
| 59= | New | Allford Hall Monaghan Morris | UK | 194 | $40-49m |
| 59= | 48 | B+H Architects | Canada | 194 | $40-49m |
| 61 | New | EHAF Consulting Engineers | Egypt | 185 | $30-39m |
| 62 | 59 | Broadway Malyan | UK | 184 | $70-79m |
| 63 | 62= | AXS Satow | Japan | 180 | $50-59m |
| 64 | 44 | HENN | Germany | 179 | $80-89m |
| 65 | 61 | Jaspers-Eyers Architects | Belgium | 175 | $20-29m |
| 66= | 79= | GVA | Mexico | 170 | $10-19m |
| 66= | 65= | C. F. Møller | Denmark | 170 | $50-59m |
| 68 | 65= | PBK | USA | 169 | $50-59m |
| 69 | 78 | National Engineering Bureau | UAE | 168 | $60-69m |
| 70 | 54 | Archial NORR | UK | 167 | $70-79m |
| 71 | 76 | Sheppard Robson | UK | 166 | $20-29m |
| 72 | 77 | SSH | Bahrain | 161 | $80-89m |
| 73 | 71= | Page | USA | 160 | $120-129m |
| 74 | 69= | Burckhardt+Partner | Switzerland | 159 | $60-69m |
| 75 | 64 | Wilmotte & Associes | France | 154 | $30-39m |
| 76 | 69= | Archetype Group | Vietnam | 151 | $10-19m |
| 77 | 94 | Valode & Pistre Architectes | France | 150 | $30-39m |
| 78 | 84 | Allies and Morrison | UK | 147 | $30-39m |
| 79 | New | Lemay | Canada | 146 | $30-39m |
| 80 | 82= | DSP Design Associates | India | 144 | $5-9m |
| 81 | New | AHR | UK | 139 | $30-39m |
| 82 | 104 | Scott Brownrigg | UK | 137 | $20-29m |
| 83= | 68 | Henning Larsen Architects | Denmark | 136 | $30-39m |
| 83= | New | Purcell | UK | 136 | $20-29m |
| 85= | 79= | CP Kukreja Architects | India | 130 | $5-9m |
| 85= | New | Architecture-Studio | France | 130 | $20-29m |
| 85= | 102 | Diamond Schmitt Architects | Canada | 130 | $20-29m |
| 88 | New | Solomon Cordwell Buenz | USA | 129 | $40-49m |
| 89 | 82= | Morphogenesis | India | 120 | Under $5m |
| 90 | New | GHD Woodhead | Australia | 116 | $30-39m |
| 91 | New | Gomez Vazquez International | Mexico | 109 | $10-19m |
| 92= | 85 | Showa Sekkei | Japan | 108 | Under $5m |
| 92= | 89 | Sikka Associates Architects | India | 108 | Under $5m |
| 94= | 88 | Gulf Consult | Kuwait | 106 | $40-49m |
| 94= | 114 | PM Group (incorporating PM Devereux) | Ireland | 106 | $20-29m |
| 96 | 81 | MG2 | USA | 105 | $40-49m |
| 97 | 90= | WATG | Wimberly Interiors | USA | 104 | $30-39m |
| 98 | 92 | Progetto CMR Engineering Integrated Services | Italy | 102 | $10-19m |
| 99= | 86 | 10 DESIGN | UK | 101 | $20-29m |
| 99= | 106 | EPR Architects | UK | 101 | $20-29m |
| 99= | 93 | Squire and Partners | UK | 101 | $30-39m |
