CCY Architects Competitors

SmithGroup is an award-winning, multi-national integrated design firm that employs research, data, advanced technologies and design thinking to help clients solve their greatest challenges. Working across 21 locations throughout the U.S., our network of 1,600 experts is committed to excellence in strategy, design and delivery. Across more than 20 design disciplines, we work collaboratively and creatively, sharing ideas and learning from one another. Our integrated design approach blends aesthetics with performance, sustainability, and resiliency to create a better tomorrow—for clients, employees, the community, the environment, and our collective future. Our unique culture and impact on the built environment have received recognition from top-ranking institutions, publications and design authorities the world over. In 2025 and 2026, we were named a Top Workplace in the United States by Energage and USA Today.

HOK is a global architecture, design, engineering and planning firm with 1,800 people collaborating across 28 offices on three continents. Our interdisciplinary teams bring together expertise in architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, urban planning, engineering, sustainable design and more to create places that improve people’s lives, serve our clients and heal the planet. Our architects, designers, engineers and planners work collaboratively to address complex challenges across the built environment. From hospitals and research laboratories to airports, sports venues, workplaces, universities and entire communities, our work combines creative expression, technical expertise and a commitment to design excellence. HOK has been carbon neutral since 2022 and is dedicated to achieving net-zero emissions in the projects we design by 2030. Learn more: hok.com Contact us: hok.com/about/contact-us/ Our Disciplines Architecture | Interior Design | Landscape Architecture | Planning and Urban Design | Engineering | Sustainable Design | Consulting Our Markets Aviation + Transportation | Civic + Justice | Corporate + Commercial | Federal Government | Healthcare | Higher Education | Lifestyle | Mixed-use | Renovation + Refurbishment | Science + Technology | Sports, Recreation + Entertainment

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is a global practice of architects, designers, engineers, and planners, responsible for some of the world’s most technically and environmentally advanced buildings and significant public spaces. The firm’s approach is highly collaborative, and its interdisciplinary team is engaged in a wide range of international projects, with creative studios based across the globe. In 2026, SOM was named one of the Most Innovative Companies in Architecture by Fast Company and received the Equality 100 Award: Leader in LGBTQ+ Workplace Inclusion from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. The firm’s portfolio includes numerous innovative landmark towers, including the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, One World Trade Center in New York, and Jin Mao Tower in Shanghai, as well as large-scale urban planning initiatives that integrate density, mobility, and sustainability—including the award-winning Sultan Haitham City in Muscat, Oman, and the recently unveiled masterplan for Bradfield City, Australia’s first new city in more than a century.