Deezen

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The UK government has announced debarment investigations for the architecture and construction firms related to the deadly Grenfell Tower fire, as well as building safety reforms. The seven firms will be investigated under the Procurement Act 2023 , which came into effect on 24 February 2025. The top photo is by Narain Jashanmal.

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Archinect

JANUARY 31, 2025

This approach provides firms with predictable revenue while offering clients financial stability, reducing the uncertainty of fluctuating invoices. Elsewhere, to prevent scope creep, Sears stressed the importance of clear contract terms.

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Archinect

MAY 22, 2024

For the month, inquiries into new projects continued to increase slightly despite a decrease in the total value of newly signed design contracts. The AIA notes an increase in the number of firms pursuing international projects, with 9% of responding firm leaders indicating they currently have billings overseas.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

For the month, inquiries for new projects continued to rise at a steady, slow pace, while the value of newly signed design contracts dropped for the eleventh month in a row. Firms with a commercial/industrial focus reported the most significant decline in business conditions, but weakness was observed across all sectors.

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Archinect

JANUARY 22, 2025

For December, inquiries into new projects continued to increase at a relatively slow rate, while the value of newly signed design contracts was shown to have decreased overall. The new AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index (ABI) for the month of December has recorded a decline to 44.1

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

For the month, inquiries for new projects continued to rise at a steady, slow pace, while the value of newly signed design contracts dropped for the eleventh month in a row. Firms with a commercial/industrial focus reported the most significant decline in business conditions, but weakness was observed across all sectors.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 18, 2024

indicates a near-equal balance between the number of firms experiencing a decrease in billings versus those seeing increases. Inquiries into new work continued to grow, while the value of newly signed design contracts declined for the eighth month in a row. The slight decrease to 49.6

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Archinect

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Look below for Archinect's latest curated selection of architecture and design firms currently hiring on Archinect Jobs. For even more opportunities, head over to the Archinect job board and explore our active community of job seekers , firms , and schools.

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EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The latest EntreArchitect Small Firm Business Pulse Report is here, offering a fresh look at the economic health of small architecture firms. With over 221 responses , this quarters survey provides deeper insights than ever before, helping firm leaders benchmark performance and adapt to an evolving market. Contract Values : 28.5%

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Archinect

JULY 27, 2023

RIBA’s Future Trends report from June was the first published indicator of the concerns, which come at a time when market conditions have turned sour across all spectrums of the design sector.

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Archinect

JULY 1, 2024

Beginning on August 26th, 2024, as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, the statutory fee limit for architecture and engineering services will be increased from six to ten percent of the contract's value. This is being welcomed as a particularly big win for firms working on smaller contracts.

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Archinect

MARCH 28, 2023

AECOM has announced that it has been awarded a multi-year contract to provide project management consultancy services for the NEOM International Airport in Saudi Arabia. The firm will offer support towards master planning, design, and construction services as well as testing, commissioning, operational readiness, activation, and transition.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In this week's curated employer highlight from Archinect Jobs , we are featuring five architecture and design firms with current openings in New York City/Brooklyn , Los Angeles , and San Francisco/Sausalito. Foster + Partners is seeking two Architects, one in the firm's San Francisco office and the other in Los Angeles.

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Archinect

APRIL 24, 2024

” The AIA says: "This shows that clients are interested in starting new projects but remain hesitant to sign a contract and officially commit to those projects. However, most firms report that they still have strong project backlogs of 6.6 The new figures indicate a reversal of February’s “most modest easing.”

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Archinect

APRIL 8, 2024

At a cost of $1 billion, the firm is now under contract to deliver what will be the first all-electric studios in the city. Foster + Partners has been revealed as the architectural designers of a major new campus modernization project for the famed former CBS Television City in Los Angeles.

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Archinect

MAY 23, 2024

For many salaried workers, freelancing and contracting may once have been a scary proposition, little more than placeholder labels as one moved between secure, salaried positions.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Mithun is currently under contract with SOM to deliver the replacement design for Munger Hall at UCSB after winning the AIA Architecture Firm Award in 2023. Thereafter four interconnected courtyards form around the development defined by their own “purpose and identity.”

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Archinect

MARCH 20, 2024

There are indicators this month that business conditions at firms may finally begin to pick up in the coming months. For the month, firms in the Midwest region showed a continued growth in billings for what is now the fourth out of the last five consecutive months. February.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The newest AIA /Deltek Architecture Billings Index reporting has shown a continued stasis of weak conditions for firms nationally. Unfortunately, even the impending interest rate cuts didn’t move the needle on project inquiries or new design contracts at architecture firms. The August ABI is now 45.7, down from the 48.2

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Archinect

AUGUST 21, 2024

The latest AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index (ABI) for July has shown a continued state of soft business conditions at firms across the country, with a score of 48.2. Contracts decreased for the fourth consecutive month while, conversely, the rate of decline has slowed. Notably, firms in the Northeast U.S.

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Archinect

JANUARY 23, 2024

Take a look at our latest curated selection of architecture and lighting design firms currently hiring on Archinect Jobs : This week's featured employer highlight includes job openings in New York City , Chicago , Austin , and San Francisco. Pearl River Tower by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture. Photo: Tim Griffith.

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Archinect

JANUARY 24, 2024

The role, based in Los Angeles, calls for an individual to “coordinate and manage the firm’s relationship as the sub-consultant to the prime design lead on projects.” In August of last year, for instance, we reported on the firm’s collaboration with. Grand Park, Los Angeles, CA by Fluidity Design Consultants.

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Archinect

MARCH 19, 2024

An argument concerning a new pediatric hospital design in Grand Rapids , Michigan, has spurred a lawsuit from SmithGroup against the local firm Pure Architects over an alleged violation of the copyright of an earlier unrealized project. Both the firm and the hospital are denying these claims publically.

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Archinect

APRIL 11, 2024

Architecture and infrastructure consulting firm AECOM is to provide environmental restoration and compliance services to NASA facilities across the U.S. The five-year contract will see AECOM deliver environmental sampling, contaminants investigations, and human, health, and ecological risk assessments to NASA’s U.S. facilities.

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Archinect

APRIL 19, 2023

New data from the American Institute of Architects' latest Architecture Billings Index (ABI) shows an increase for the month of March, ending a five-month streak of declines in spite of a slight decrease in the overall number of new contracts during the same 30-day period. As mentioned, the value of new design contracts declined to 48.9

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

While billings and design contracts in architecture firms continue to decrease, construction starts rose 10%, and both apartment and hotel construction activity sits at record highs. While the industry waits to see what impact such cuts will have, divergent trends among architecture and construction business activity continue.

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Archinect

MAY 25, 2022

The latest economic data issued by the American Institute of Architects confirm the fifteenth consecutive month of growing demand in design services as reported by architecture firms across the U.S. New project inquiries and design contracts during April experienced a mild descent compared to March, reporting scores of 62.3 AIA, Ph.

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Archinect

JANUARY 19, 2022

Wrapping up a tumultuous business year 2021, the American Institute of Architects reports that architecture firms ended the year on a "high note with strong business conditions." Design contracts index: 55.8 The Architecture Billings Index (ABI) score for December rose to 52.0, a one-point increase from 51.0 in November.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

As part of their five-year contract, Atkins will provide project and construction consultancy services in unison with the project’s other, now-assumed partners that include Bechtel , Morphosis , and several leading international firms revealed last month via an exhibition in Riyadh.

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Archinect

JUNE 21, 2023

The index score in May was the highest it has been since September 2022, while inquiries into new projects and design contracts reached their highest levels since February. while new design contracts entered positive territory with a score of 52.3, up from 48.5 in April (a score above 50 indicates an increase in billings).

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Archinect

AUGUST 12, 2024

architecture firm. The terms of the BA Union’s ratified contract have yet to be publicized, though they will undoubtedly serve as a primer for the ten or more union efforts thought to be underway currently as architectural workers take note.

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Archinect

JUNE 14, 2022

In anticipation of scaling up its recent slate of work within the country, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners is said to be opening an office in New York this fall –representing the firm’s first expansion into an American market in its illustrious 42-year history. Only 12% of that total currently comes from the Americas.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 15, 2023

The firms say their proposal “rethinks the airport experience where design creates an intuitive journey, a sense of calm, and climate consciousness.” ” Turner has been contracted to lead the construction. Rendering courtesy of The Miller Hull Partnership and Woods Bagot.

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Archinect

JUNE 24, 2022

The Architecture Billings Index for May, which uses feedback from architecture firms, finished at a score of 53.5. New project inquiries and design contracts indexes also expanded, posting scores of 63.9 respectively, up from 62.3 in April.

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Contract Architecture Commercial Architecture Firm 279

Archinect

APRIL 20, 2022

The March scores for both new project inquiries and design contracts also expanded to 63.9 However, since project backlogs at architecture firms have reached seven months, a new all-time high, it appears that firms are having a difficult time keeping up with this uptick in demand for desig. respectively.

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Archinect

MAY 24, 2023

Firms did report, however, that new project inquiries increased to a score of 53.9, though most practices continued to report a decline in the value of new design contracts to a score of 49.8. The billings score for April dropped to 48.5, down from the March total of 50.4 (any any score above 50 indicates an increase).

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Project Contract Architecture Firms 246

Archinect

MAY 19, 2023

Another $20 million could be assessed against the firm depending on the lawsuit’s outcome. The areas of noncompliance included several primary design elements of the building, as well as ADA standards for bathroom layout, door clearances, and the li.

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