Woods Bagot climbs to 6th position in BD’s World Architecture Top 100 in 2016

Global architecture and consulting practice Woods Bagot has been ranked 6th in Building Design’s (BD) annual World Architecture 100 list for 2016, climbing from seventh place in 2015.

BY Ashley Tucker

January 7th, 2016

The WA100 rankings form part of an annual survey among the world’s largest architecture practices by Building Design magazine and has become one of the most respected publications of its type in the industry.

Woods Bagot retained its No. 1 spot in Australasia, No. 7 in Offices, No. 3 in Residential (up six spots from last year), No. 7 in Retail (up two spots from last year), No. 7 in Interior Design (up two spots from last year) and No. 4 in Planning (up two spots from last year).

This is the third consecutive year the practice has featured in the Top 10 practices globally for Offices, Retail, Residential, Interior Design and Planning.

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