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Company Ranking

Discover the companies and studios behind Design Skill Awards winning projects. These annual standings bring their published award results together in one transparent, points-based ranking.

Choose an edition, compare award totals and open each company’s project list to see exactly where its points come from. How the ranking works

59 companies & studios

99 award-winning entries

2024 edition only
Rank 23

DWC ETERNITY

1 award-winning entry

5points
  • 1 Platinum
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Rank 23

Lucas Freire Architecture

1 award-winning entry

5points
  • 1 Platinum
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Rank 23

M-Square Group Design

1 award-winning entry

5points
  • 1 Platinum
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  • OTTO lampBest Lighting Product Design
    Platinum+5
Rank 23

MrSmith Studio

1 award-winning entry

5points
  • 1 Platinum
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  • FlatironBest Residential Lighting Design
    Platinum+5
Rank 23

NG architects

1 award-winning entry

5points
  • 1 Platinum
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Rank 23

Politikwerft Designagentur

1 award-winning entry

5points
  • 1 Platinum
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Rank 23

Rossington Architecture

2 award-winning entries

5points
  • 1 Silver
  • 1 Bronze
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Rank 23

Rptecture Architects

1 award-winning entry

5points
  • 1 Platinum
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Rank 23

Sun Deisng

1 award-winning entry

5points
  • 1 Platinum
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Rank 23

Tetro Architecture

1 award-winning entry

5points
  • 1 Platinum
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Rank 23

Unbox Product Design

1 award-winning entry

5points
  • 1 Platinum
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Rank 23

XYZ Designers DMCC

1 award-winning entry

5points
  • 1 Platinum
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Rank 48

CIKLIK Y VARGAS ARQUITECTOS

1 award-winning entry

4points
  • 1 Gold
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Rank 48

czirnichdesign

1 award-winning entry

4points
  • 1 Gold
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  • NapBest Seating Design
    Gold+4
Rank 48

David Beagin Design

1 award-winning entry

4points
  • 1 Gold
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Rank 48

SYZYGY Global

1 award-winning entry

4points
  • 1 Gold
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  • COOCustom & Unique Architecture Design
    Gold+4
Rank 53

Elementum Interiors

1 award-winning entry

3points
  • 1 Silver
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Rank 53

Studiohoon

1 award-winning entry

3points
  • 1 Silver
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Rank 53

TGP International

1 award-winning entry

3points
  • 1 Silver
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Rank 56

BE ARCHITEKTUR GMBH, Boris Egli dipl. Architekt FH REG A SIA

1 award-winning entry

2points
  • 1 Bronze
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Rank 56

Paul Archer Design

1 award-winning entry

2points
  • 1 Bronze
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Rank 56

SMOW Kempten | Wagner GmbH

1 award-winning entry

2points
  • 1 Bronze
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The methodology

Every award.
Every point.

Company points = 5 × Platinum + 4 × Gold + 3 × Silver + 2 × Bronze + 1 × Honourable Mention.

  1. Platinum Winner5 points
  2. Gold Winner4 points
  3. Silver Winner3 points
  4. Bronze Winner2 points
  5. Honourable Mention1 point

For example, two Gold awards and one Silver award give a company 11 points: 4 + 4 + 3.

How positions are calculated

Points are added for each company within the selected award year. The highest total takes first place. Companies with equal totals share the same position; alphabetical order only determines their display order. The next position follows competition ranking: 1, 1, 3.

Each separately published winning entry contributes its award points once. If a project has awards in more than one nomination, those distinct entries contribute separately. Exact duplicate records with the same company, project, nomination and award level count only once.

Which companies are included?

The ranking uses the Studio field in published DSA winner records. Differences in capitalisation and extra spaces are normalised, and different spellings of a studio that give the same website are counted as one company. Joint studio credits remain together as published; points are not automatically split between collaborators.

Only records with an identifiable company, award level and edition are included. Entries without a company are not assigned to a guessed studio. Annual totals are independent: points do not carry over from previous editions. For the 2022 edition, the original labels are mapped as follows: Winner = Gold (4 points), Second Award = Silver (3 points), and Third Award = Bronze (2 points).

Explore the work behind the standings

Architecture and design companies,
ranked by DSA results.

The DSA company ranking is an annual overview of award-winning architecture firms, design studios and companies working across the competition’s disciplines. It connects each studio’s position with the projects recognised in the Design Skill Awards.

This is a ranking of published DSA award results, not a universal assessment of every architecture or design practice. Award levels and the number of recognised entries both contribute to the final score. Use the standings alongside project descriptions, design credits and the DSA winners gallery to explore each company’s work.