Perkins&Will

Lawrence B. Perkins and Philip Will, Jr. founded Perkins&Will in 1935 on a tenet the practice has never abandoned: that ideas and buildings must honour the broader goals of society. Ninety years later the Chicago-born firm works from more than 30 studios, among them New York, Boston, Toronto, London, Copenhagen, Shanghai and São Paulo, and belongs to the Sidara Collaborative.

Education and health anchor the portfolio, alongside cultural and civic, aviation, science and technology, residential and workplace work. Recent projects include Shanghai Library East, UC San Diego’s Franklin Antonio Hall and the University of Houston’s RAD Center, both honoured with 2026 AIA National Awards, and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford. In 2026 the firm was a triple winner of the RIBA International Awards for Excellence.