‘Never an easy decision’: more architects make redundancies
More top UK practices are laying off staff as economic uncertainty and industry-wide contraction continues to bite
By Gino Spocchia 25 June 2024 6,809 Views
More top UK practices are laying off staff as economic uncertainty and industry-wide contraction continues to bite
By Marsha Ramroop 3 June 2024 1,111 Views
Inclusion strategist Marsha Ramroop fears that the profession’s diversity is under threat as times get tough, and offers advice to those having to make the hardest decisions
By Matthew Turner 30 May 2024 853 Views
AJ Coach Matthew Turner advises an architect who has recently been made redundant
By Richard Waite, illustration by Simon Hayes 16 May 2024 4,345 Views
AJ 40 under 40 practice TDO has gone into liquidation - its two co-founders are starting afresh with a new studio offering a ‘different model of practice’
By Richard Waite and Gino Spocchia 26 April 2024 8,510 Views
Some of the UK's top practices are laying off staff as industry-wide contraction and economic uncertainty continues to hit workloads and stall projects
By Gino Spocchia 7 March 2024 4,649 Views
Make Architects has reduced its headcount in response to economic turbulence, practice founder Ken Shuttleworth has confirmed
By The Secret Architect 16 November 2023 6,746 Views
Things have come to a pretty pass when redundancy seems to be the best option for a new architect, writes the Secret Architect
By Anna Highfield 25 October 2023 5,623 Views
Urban Splash House has been sued successfully by eight of its former employees after they were made redundant without a consultation process
By Jonathan Knott and Anna Highfield 16 October 2023 2,915 Views
Urban Splash’s latest published accounts reveal it shed a quarter of its staff after its modular housing venture collapsed in 2022
By Anna Highfield 10 October 2023 9,951 Views
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM) has confirmed it has made a second round of redundancies this year, following ‘further review’ of its business model