1Apple
2Google
3Giant Interactive Group
4Microsoft
5MIT Center for Bits and Atoms Media Lab
6Salesforce.com
7Novartis
8Facebook
9Sony
10Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)
IIT’s Chicago campus drew worldwide attention when master modern architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe planned and built it in the 1940s. Architectural feats from Rem Koolhaas and Helmut Jahn (of Sony Center fame) add fresh luster. Photo credit: Jeremy Atherton