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UK Architects Practices increase but sizes shift – RIBA

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In September of 2009 there were 4.9% more RIBA Chartered Practices than at the same time in 2008, according to RIBA Director of Practice Adrian Dobson. Figures released by the RIBA show a change in distribution of practice size which has penalised one man bands and larger firms in favour of small and ‘micro’ firms [...]

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76% of Architects Practices are fewer than 10 people

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Here is a breakdown of the size of RIBA Chartered architects practices by size (no. of employees). It shows that over three quarters of the 2800 chartered architects practices in the UK have fewer than 10 staff, and more than half have fewer than five. Why is this important? Firstly it is interesting to consider [...]

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The Elephant in the Room

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On Tuesday I had a the pleasure to attend the TechCrunch Europe Christmas Crunch, an event for techy people hosted by the portal for news of internet and mobile companies. I say pleasure because as you know, I’m a secret techie. But what interested me was how some of the same problems that haunt architects [...]

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What good architects do: Strategy

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Picture two animals: a fox and a hedgehog. Which are you? An ancient Greek parable distinguishes between foxes, which know many small things, and hedgehogs, which know one big thing. All good-to-great leaders, it turns out, are hedgehogs. They know how to simplify a complex world into a single, organizing idea—the kind of basic principle [...]

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