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REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION 104 | HARTFORD BUSINESS JOURNAL • DECEMBER 24, 2018 LARGEST ARCHITECTURE FIRMS IN GREATER HARTFORD (Ranked by number of local licensed architects as of May 2018) Largest architecture firms in Greater Hartford (Ranked by number of local licensed architects as of May 2018) Rank Company Licensed architects/ Interior designers Local employees Principal(s) Specialties One current, noteworthy project Year founded locally 1 The S/L/A/M Collaborative (1) 80 Glastonbury Blvd. Glastonbury, CT 06033 860-657-8077; www.slamcoll.com 37 8 155 Robert F. Pulito Steven W. Ansel James McManus Architecture, planning, interior design, landscape architecture and site planning, structural engineering and construction St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center, Ambulatory Surgery Center, Hartford 1976 2 JCJ Architecture 120 Huyshope Ave., Suite 400 Hartford, CT 06106 860-247-9226; www.jcj.com 24 9 68 Peter N. Stevens James E. LaPosta Jr. Scott P. Celella Architecture, interior design and planning services Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. campus renovation, Hartford 1936 3 Amenta Emma Architects PC 242 Trumbull St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-549-4725; www.amentaemma.com 19 3 38 Anthony J. Amenta Robert A. Emma Architecture, interior design and planning services for corporate, education, health care, mixed-use, retail, senior- living and multifamily projects 165 Capitol Ave., renovations and new parking garage, Hartford 1985 4 Tecton Architects PC 1 Hartford Square West Hartford, CT 06106 860-548-0802; www.tectonarchitects.com 17 8 60 Ted Cutler Jeffrey Wyszynski Robert Amatuli Jeffery McElravy Corporate, health care, science and technology, academic, mixed use, public safety Hartford Hospital Center for Education, Simulation and Innovation 1979 5 Kaestle Boos Associates Inc. 416 Slater Road New Britain, CT 06050 860-229-0361; www.kba- architects.com 16 2 65 Charles W. Boos Michael J. Blessing Michael J. McKeon Brian A. Solywoda Scott J. Mangiagli Architecture, landscape architecture, structural engineering, interior design Milford Police Station 1963 6 Quisenberry Arcari Malik (QAM) (2) 195 Scott Swamp Road Farmington, CT 06032 860-677-4594; www.qa- architects.com 15 4 34 David Quisenberry Thomas P. Arcari Am'r Rusty Malik Recreation, education, municipal housing, residential, health care, commercial Newtown Community Center & Senior Center 2002 7 Moser Pilon Nelson Architects LLC 30 Jordan Lane Wethersfield, CT 06109 860-563-6164; www.mpn- arch.com 13 1 23 James D. Bell Hugh D. Pearson Richard B. Brown David C. Symonds Jr. Architecture, planning and interior design services New Eli Terry and Philip R. Smith Elementary Schools, South Windsor 1980 8 Clohessy Harris & Kaiser 573 Hopmeadow St. Simsbury, CT 06070 860-651-3777; www.chkarch.com 10 8 30 James G. Harris Richard J. Kaiser Commercial office buildings and interiors, religious buildings, car dealerships, industrial, medical offices American Eagle Financial Credit Union headquarters, East Hartford 1987 8 Crosskey Architects 750 Main St., Suite 150 Hartford, CT 06103 860-724-3000; www.crosskey.com 10 3 31 William W. Crosskey II Multifamily housing, historic preservation, health care, interior design, education Montgomery Mill Housing, Windsor Locks 1984 10 BL Cos. Inc. 355 Research Parkway Meriden, CT 06450 203-630-1406; www.blcompanies.com 9 3 163 Carolyn Stanworth Architecture, engineering, environmental, landscape architecture, land surveying, planning FedEx Ground, new distribution hub, Middletown 1986 10 TSKP STUDIO (3) One Hartford Square West 146 Wyllys St., Suite 1-203 Hartford, CT 06106 860-547-1970; www.tskp.com 9 2 24 Tai Soo Kim T. Whitcomb Iglehart Randall Luther Ryszard Szczypek Educational, cultural, civic, corporate, mixed-use development Central Connecticut State University, Willard & Diloreto Hall renovation, New Britain 1970 12 Friar Architecture Inc. 21 Talcott Notch Road Farmington, CT 06032 860-678-1291; www.friar.com 8 9 17 Glenn S. Yeakel Michael A. Sorano Robert W. Roach Architecture, interior design and master planning Ana Grace Academy of the Arts, Bloomfield 1974 12 MBH Architecture LLC 433 S. Main St., Suite 301 West Hartford, CT 06110 860-521-1400; www.mbharchitecture.com 8 3 23 Michael B. Herlands Nicholas P. Michnevitz III Architecture and interior design for health care, science, technology, assisted living, senior living, light industrial Mary Wade Home, assisted living with memory care unit, New Haven 1973 14 edm 45 South Main St. Unionville, CT 06085 860-233-8282; www.edm- ae.com 6 2 11 Tim Eagles John Ineson Architecture, interior design, engineering, LEED administration, and master planning for public and private clients Brass City Charter School, Waterbury 1988 14 Phase Zero Design 8 Wilcox St. Simsbury, CT 06070 860-264-1624; www.phasezerodesign.com 6 2 39 Matthew D. Wittmer James R. Kimball Jr. Corporate, higher education, hospitality, residential, retail Quarry Walk, Oxford 2009 16 ID3A 655 Winding Brook Drive Glastonbury, CT 06033 860-657-2500; www.id3architecture.com 5 7 16 Stevanie Demko Kathyann Cowles Architecture, interior design and planning UConn Law School Campus Center, Hartford 2011 16 Jacunski Humes Architects LLC 15 Massirio Drive, Suite 101 Berlin, CT 06037 860-828-9221; www.jharchitects.net 5 0 11 W. Albert Jacunski Brian W. Humes Police stations, educational facilities, fire stations, public safety, religious, medical, exterior restoration East Lyme Schools, interior alterations and site improvements 1996 Source: Each firm via survey. Notes: Unable to confirm data for East Haddam's Sevigny Architects. Fletcher-Thompson Inc. closed its Hartford office and now only maintains a presence in Bridgeport. (1) Merged with Los Angeles, Calif.-based Frank Webb Architects in October 2018. (2) Formerly Quisenberry Arcari Architects LLC; acquired Hartford's Smith Edwards McCoy Architects, effective July 2017. (3) Formerly known as Tai Soo Kim Partners. —Compiled by Stephanie R. Meagher. The SLAM Collaborative merged with prestigious Los Angeles design firm Frank Webb Architects, exposing its brand on the West Coast for the first time. JCJ Architecture opened a new office in Las Vegas in 2018 to take advantage of economic growth in the Sin City. Amenta Emma Architects was hired to design an ambitious redevelopment of The Sisters of St. Joseph convent in West Hartford into apartments. HOW THE TOP 5 FARED: Local licensed architects % 2017 2018 change The S/L/A/M Collaborative 64 37 -42.2% JCJ Architecture 32 24 -25% Amenta Emma Architects PC 17 19 11.8% Tecton Architects PC 14 17 21.4% Kaestle Boos Associates Inc. 8 16 100% Architecture firms with the most interior designers Friar Architecture Inc. 9 JCJ Architecture 9 Tecton Architects PC 8 Clohessy Harris & Kaiser 8 The S/L/A/M Collaborative 8 ID3A 7