Interior Decorators - Top 5 Firms Bessemer AL

Gensler, San Francisco
One of a handful of "pure design" firms, M. Arthur Gensler Jr. & Associates consistently ranks among the largest architectural firms in the US. Founded in 1966 by chairman and owner Art Gensler as a tenant development company, Gensler has evolved into a worldwide firm with offices in some 25 cities. Gensler offers architecture, interior design, urban design and planning, strategic consulting, and graphic services to almost every industry sector. The group also heads the ranks of interior design companies in the US, where it has been a leading designer of government institutions, banks, offices, retail facilities, and schools. Projects include design of the JetBlue terminal at JFK Airport in New York City.

Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum, Saint Louis
HOK is OK with St. Louis and beyond. The HOK Group, or Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum (HOK), has graduated from its 1955 beginnings as an architectural designer of schools in the St. Louis area to become one of the world's largest architecture/engineering design firms. It offers design/build, interior design, planning, and program management services. HOK also ranks among the world's top interior design firms. Its projects include St. Louis' Priory Chapel, San Francisco's Moscone Convention Center, and Washington, DC's National Air and Space Museum. HOK's Kansas City-based sports unit (HOK Sport + Venue + Event) designs sports complexes throughout the US. HOK's 350 employee managers are majority shareholders.

Perkins + Will, Chicago
Perkins & Will shapes skylines from Atlanta to Shanghai. The architectural firm designs edifices for corporate and civic clients, as well as schools, universities, and hospitals. Its projects run the gamut from office buildings and high-rise condominiums to hotels and convention centers to laboratories and elementary schools. Perkins & Will operates from nearly 20 offices in North America and another in Shanghai, but does business all over the globe. Lawrence Perkins and Philip Will Jr. founded the firm in 1935. Growing through acquisitions, Perkins & Will acquired Washington, DC-based architecture and design outfit Ai in 2005 and Los Angeles-based interior design firm CNI Design the following year.

Callison, Seattle
Callison Architecture provides architectural services such as architectural design, consulting, graphic and interior design, and master planning for retail, mixed-use, multifamily residential, hospitality, health care, and corporate projects all over the world. The company also has a division dedicated to consulting and technical audit services for data centers and mission-critical facilities. It was founded in 1975. Callison's US clients have included Boeing, The Gap, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, NIKE, Nordstrom, Starwood Hotels and Resorts, and Washington Mutual.

Leo A Daly, Omaha
Firmly ensconced among the lions of design, Leo A Daly has its paws in architecture, engineering, planning, and interiors. Established in 1915 by Leo A. Daly Sr., the company is now led by his grandson, Leo A. Daly III. The firm claims to have pioneered the "team" concept, which assembled in-house collaborators of architects, planners, engineers, and interior designers for projects. The 2003 acquisition of Minneapolis-based firm Setter Leach & Lindstrom strengthened Leo A Daly's defense-related work and boosted its geographic reach (it now has 11 offices nationwide and one in Hong Kong.) Leo A Daly also owns engineering group Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, with 10 domestic locations.