All Analysis articles
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Features
WA100 2022: Global business booms back
Optimism is strong, at least for the US and Western Europe, where big firms are vying to woo staff – but China has become a tough market for outsiders, reports David Blackman
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Opinion
WA100 2022: Now is the time to capitalise on your net-zero expertise
Our annual survey of the top architectural practices suggests a strong mood of optimism – but architects need to find ways to stay ahead of the game, writes Elizabeth Hopkirk
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Features
WA100 2021: Brighter light on the horizon
The world is a different place from this time last year
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Opinion
WA100 2021: Don’t stop now
If we learnt anything from 2020 it is that we are capable of embracing great change – and that is a strength we are going to need
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Features
WA100 2020: Who’s hiring? The global talent race
’The profession is suffering from a missing generation of architects’
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Features
WA100 2020: Tense times: the tariff effect
How are tariffs impacting architects and what does the future hold? David Blackman reports
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Features
WA100 2020: Architects brace for global slowdown
The global economy is faltering but China and North America have managed to escape the air of gloom, reports David Blackman
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Opinion
WA100 2020: The action moves to China and the US
With employment at the world’s biggest architects static, they seem to be battening down the hatches. But there are exceptions, writes Thomas Lane
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Features
WA100 2019: The impact of trade tariffs
Protectionist trade policies are raising tensions around the globe, with architects fearing an impact on work prospects and material costs
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Features
WA100 2019: How the year ahead looks
Chinese debt, Brexit and Trump’s foreign policy are sending jitters through the world economy, but architects are remaining sanguine
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Opinion
WA100 2019: A world behind borders
百强公司雇佣了比以往更多的建筑师,并且对未来充满信心。But with a trade war coming, nothing can be taken for granted
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Features
WA100 2018: Is President Trump good for architects?
The presidency is having a mixed impact on the global construction market
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Features
WA100 2018: What global architects think of Brexit
The UK’s pending divorce from Europe is already curbing growth hopes and making EU architects head for home
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Features
WA100 2018: How architects feel about global work prospects
China and India are leading a resurgence in optimism
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Opinion
WA100 2018: Faith, hope and Brexit
Confidence is rising among the world’s top architects, but politics has a nasty habit of getting in the way
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Features
Into the unknown
Confidence is down in the Middle East and Europe, while growth prospects are stronger in China, India and North America. But then, it’s not been a good year for predictions
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Features
Dawn of a new age
While China still inspires optimism, the top 100 are starting to shrink and the future has suddenly become a whole lot more complicated