American Architect Offices: USA Design Practices
Architectural Offices USA – Design Studios United States of America.
post updated August 21, 2026
e-architect have selected the major American architects, with links to individual architecture practice pages. We select the key American Architects. The focus is on contemporary US architects.
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Links to American Architect Studio Information – US Design Practices listed alphabetically by surname.
Key 21st Century American Architect Studios
Frank Gehry (Los Angeles)
Gwathmey Siegel & Associates (New York)
Steven Holl (Manhattan)
Daniel Libeskind (New York, resident in USA)
Morphosis Architects (Santa Monica)
Eric Owen Moss (Culver City)
I M Pei (Manhattan, resident in USA)
Cesar Pelli (New York)
Peter Eisenman (New York)
Moshe Safdie (Boston + offices in Jerusalem & Toronto)
Robert A.M. Stern Architects (Manhattan)
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Additions for the contemporary American Architects firms page welcome – recent US design studios added:
Portman Architects, Atlanta, Georgia
Bing Thom Architects, Vancouver
Caples Jefferson Architects, New York
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Key 20th Century American Architect Practices
Gordon Bunschaft – former SOM partner
Bruce Graham – former SOM partner
Walter Gropius (was resident in USA)
John Lautner (was resident in USA)
Walter Netsch – former SOM partner
Richard Neutra (was resident in USA)
Eero Saarinen (was resident in USA)
Rudolf Schindler (was resident in USA)
Mies Van der Rohe (was resident in USA)
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21st Century American Architects
Abramson Teiger Architects (Culver City)
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture (Chicago)
Alchemy Architects (Saint Paul)
Allied Works / Allied Works Architecture (Portland)
Assemblage Studio (Las Vegas)
Asymptote (New York)
Austin Patterson Disston Architects (Southport, Connecticut + Quogue, Manhattan)
Beyer Blinder Belle (Manhattan + Washington DC)
Billes Architecture (New Orleans)
BNIM Architects (Kansas City, Houston, Los Angeles Des Moines, San Diego)
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson (Wilkes-Barre, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Seattle, San Francisco)
Brad Cloepfil (Portland)
Butler Rogers Baskett (New York)
Callison (Seattle + New York, Dallas, Los Angeles, London, Dubai, Mexico City, Bangalore)
CCS Architecture (San Francisco + New York)
COE Architecture International (Los Angeles)
Concordia (New Orleans)
Constructs (Accra, Los Angeles, Washington)
Cook+Fox Architects (Manhattan)
CUH2A (many worldwide offices)
Destefano & Partners (Chicago + Los Angeles)
Diller Scofidio + Renfro (New York)
EskewDumezRipple (New Orleans)
Fentress Architects (Denver + offices in San Jose, Los Angeles, Washington D.C.)
FXFOWLE (Manhattan + Dubai)
Gensler Architects (many worldwide offices)
Glavovic Studio (Florida)
Gluckman Mayner Architects (New York)
Goettsch Partners (Chicago)
GRAFT (Los Angeles)
HOK (many worldwide offices)
ikon.5 Architects (Princeton)
Imrey Culbert (New York)
The Jerde Partnership (Los Angeles)
John C. Williams Architects (New Orleans)
KieranTimberlake Associates (Philadelphia)
KlingStubbins (Philadelphia + Cambridge, Las Vegas, Raleigh, San Francisco, Washington DC)
KPF (New York, many worldwide offices)
Krueck & Sexton (Chicago)
Tom Kundig (Seattle)
Kyu Sung Woo Architects (Cambridge)
Lee Harris Pomeroy Associates (Manhattan)
Leers Weinzapfel Associates (Boston)
Leeser Architecture (New York)
LEO A DALY (nationwide across United States)
Line and Space (Tucson)
MASS Design Group (Boston)
Michael Graves & Associates (Manhattan)
Michael Maltzan Architecture (Los Angeles)
Michielli + Wyetzner Architects (Manhattan)
Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners (Santa Monica)
Morrison Seifert Murphy (Dallas)
MOS Architects (New Haven)
Murphy/Jahn (Chicago)
nARCHITECTS (New York)
NBBJ (Seattle, Los Angeles, Columbus, San Francisco + Shanghai, London, Dubai, Beijing)
Neil M. Denari Architects (Los Angeles + New York)
OBRA / OBRA Architects(New York)
Oppenheim Architecture + Design (Miami)
Perkins + Will (nationwide across USA)
Polshek Partnership (New York)
Preston Scott Cohen (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Pugh + Scarpa (Santa Monica + Charlotte, North Carolina)
Randall Stout Architects (Los Angeles)
REX (Manhattan)
Roche Dinkeloo (Hamden, Connecticut)
Rockwell Group
RoTo Architects (Los Angeles)
ShoP Architects (New York)
Skidmore Owings Merrill (Manhattan, many worldwide offices)
Slade Architecture (New York City)
Solomon Cordwell Buenz Architects (Chicago)
Steffian Bradley Architects (Boston, Massachusetts; Enfield, Connecticut)
Studio Gang (Chicago)
Studio Pali Fekete (Culver City)
Studio ST Architects (Manhattan)
Trahan Architects (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
Tod Williams + Billie Tsien Architects (Manhattan)
Touraine Richmond Architects (Venice)
WATG (HQ in California, various architect offices around world)
Weiss/Manfredi (New York)
wHY Architecture (Culver City)
William O’Brien Jr. (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
WXY architecture (New York)
Ziger/Snead (Baltimore)
XTEN Architecture (Los Angeles)
More American Architects online soon.
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American Architects featured on this site but not listed in practice section
Key Current Architecture Studios in United States of America – Design Practice Info:
Machado and Silvetti Associates (Boston)
WORK Architecture Company (New York)
Additional American Architecture Studios welcome: please mail images (min. 72 DPI, 900 pixels wide) with text & practice profile to us at the e-mail address on our contact page.
We are focused on contemporary US architecture practices, especially design studios working on high-end architectural projects.
Californian Architecture Studios
Top US Architecture Firms in 2017
Location: USA.
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Architecture in the United States of America
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Background on key Architects based in the United States
Famous architectural designers:
Alvaros Siza – more typically associated with Porto, Portugal
Portuguese.
American Teaching Positions include:
University of Pennsylvania
Graduate School of Design, Harvard University – Kenzo Tange Visiting Professor
Daniel Libeskind – with Polish roots
American citizen
US Awards include:
American Academy of Arts & Letters Award for Architecture
Frank Gehry
Raised in Toronto, Canada. Moved with his family to Los Angeles in 1947.
US Awards include:
Gold Medal – American Institute of Architects 1999
Lifetime Achievement Award – Americans for the Arts 2000
Famous American architecture practice : Frank Gehry architect
Richard Meier
Born in Newark, New Jersey in 1934. Graduated in 1957 from Cornell University, USA. Worked for American practice Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill Architects and also Marcel Breuer Architect. American practice started in 1963. Member of the “New York Five”, famous for purist white neo-Corbusian architecture.
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US Buildings by Typology
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Architect Offices USA contact details, alphabetical:
We feature a selection of celebrated architects from around the United States – we try to feature the best and most interesting current US building designers:
American Architecture Studios
American Architect Practices, US design firms, United States architecture studios, Engineers companies
| Architect | phone / fax | e-mail / website | address |
| Friedrich St.Florian Architects | 401 831-8400 401 831-8688 | inquiries(at)fstflorian.com www.fstflorian.com | Friedrich St.Florian Architects 146 Westminster Street Providence RI 02903 |
| LEESER Architecture | 718.643.6656 718.643.6945 | contact(at)leeser.com www.leeser.com | LEESER Architecture 20 Jay Street #M03, Brooklyn New York, NY11201 |
| tectonX. (currently dba Stephen Synakowski Architects and Planners) | 847 767 7464 609 213 4733 | tectonX.net mail(at)tectonx.net s.synakowski(at)tectonx.net | 155 Wooded Lane Lake Forest Illinois 60045 |
| W X Y architecture + urban design | 212.219.1953 212.274.1953 | office(at)wxystudio.com www.wxystudio.com | W X Y architecture + urban design 224 Centre Street, 5th Floor New York, NY 10013 |
| Ziger/Snead | 410 576 9131 410 576 9159 | info(at)zigersnead.com www.zigersnead.com | Ziger/Snead LLP Architects 1006 Morton Street Baltimore, MD 21201 |
American Architects Offices Listing
American Architects + Landscape Architects + Structural Engineers with offices located in the USA.
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Location: United States of America
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American Architect Practices by City
USA Architecture Offices listed by City, alphabetical:
Boston Architect, Massachusetts
Chicago Architect, Illinois
Cincinnati Architect, Ohio
Los Angeles Architect, California
Miami Architect, Florida
San Francisco Architect, California
Seattle Architect, Washington
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USA Architectural Designs
US Building Projects
Second Avenue Subway Stations, New York City building design by AECOM-Arup:
photo © Charles Aydlett courtesy AECOM-Arup JV
Second Avenue Subway Stations New York City
The first major expansion of New York City subway system in nearly a century, the 1.8 mile stretch of track runs between 63rd and 96th streets and consists of three new stations, plus one upgraded station.
287 East Houston Street, NY building design by AA Studio, Architects:
image from developers
287 East Houston Street Residences
Development partners Hogg Holdings and Vinci Partners USA announce 28-unit residential condominium building has come to market on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
New York Architects Offices, USA
Additions for the American Architecture Studios page welcome. Please ensure any pictures provided have the correct photographer credit.
Please also provide text on the key current or recent architectural project by the design practice, with 700 words as a minimum. Our focus is always on good quality and innovative architectural designs.
