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Business conditions continued to soften at architecture firms in April, as the Architecture Billings Index score fell below 50 (48.5). Although new projects are…

8% of architecture firms report billings from international projects in the last year.

Learn about the progress firms made in RY2021 toward the goal of carbon neutral buildings by 2030, including key takeaways on model energy usage, embodied…

In August, the AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index (ABI) score fell below 50 to 48.1. The ABI August 2023 marks the eleventh consecutive month where billings…

Architecture firm billings remained soft for the fifth consecutive month in February 2023 (48.0 ABI score). While business conditions remain soft, inquiries…

Architecture firm billings declined for the fourth consecutive month in January 2023 (49.3 ABI score). However, the pace of the decline slowed, indicating that…

Architecture firm billings end 2022 on a soft note. The December ABI score of 47.5 is a modest improvement over the November score of 46.6, meaning slightly…

Three-quarters of firm leaders are at least somewhat confident that business conditions will improve over the next 12–18 months

Nearly one third of firms report an uptick in significantly delayed projects over the past six months

Architecture firms spend an average of 6% of their annual budget on marketing and business development.

More than one-quarter of architecture firms currently report being understaffed

Business conditions held steady at architecture firms with an ABI score of 50.1—indicating slight billings growth. Although June was a weaker month than May, it…

Business conditions at architecture firms bounced back in May with a 51.0 ABI score—the highest since last September. Inquiries into new projects and the value…

The Architecture Billings Index (ABI) score of 50.4 in March 2022 indicates a slight majority of firms reported an increase in billings—an improvement in…

Business conditions at architecture firms worsened in September with an ABI score of 44.8—the lowest score reported since December 2020—indicating a significant…