Survival of the Fittest: Top 100 Design Firms of the Southwest

This year’s ranking is based upon 2009 revenue as voluntarily reported by the 100 largest architects and engineers of Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico.

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Youngker High School Performing Arts Center, Buckeye, Ariz.

The top 100 firms reported $1.3 billion in design work for 2009, a 10.7% drop from 2008.

Arizona firms fell more than 20% to $675 million while Nevada dropped 14% to just over $300 million. New Mexico was the lone bright spot: design revenue for projects located in New Mexico rose more than 25% to $323 million in 2009.

Information was gathered through an online survey. If your firm did not appear on this year’s ranking and would like it to be included in the future, please email Richard_mui@mcgraw-hill.com.

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