Shortlisted firms in bold:
- Continuum
 - Davis Brody Bond
 - Eppstein Uhen Architects (EUA)
 - Flad & Associates, Inc.
 - Grimshaw Architects P.C.
 - HGA, Inc.
 - Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum, Inc.
 - Kahler Slater
 - Moody Nolan, Inc.
 - OPN Architects
 - Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects
 - Plunkett Raysich Architects, LLP
 - Ramlow/Stein Architecture + Interiors
 - SmithGroup
 - SOM
 - WRNS Studio