The American Institute of Architects released its latest economic report this morning, and the overall trajectory is welcome news to the architecture industry: rising to 55.6, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) for March not only reached its second positive mark since the beginning of the... View full entry

The latest economic report from the American Institute of Architects is indicating a mild sense of optimism: the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) for the month February climbed back into positive territory for the first time since February 2020. At a score of 53.3, the new ABI marked a... View full entry

The latest economic study from the American Institute of Architects indicates that fewer architecture firms reported declining billings due to slightly improved business conditions, however overall billings continued to contract. The Architecture Billings Index (ABI) for the month of January... View full entry

The American Institute of Architects published the new economic report for the month of December this morning, indicating a considerable decline in demand for design services from U.S. architecture firms. The Architecture Billings Index dropped to a score of 42.6, well below November's 46.3 score... View full entry

The latest economic report from the American Institute of Architects shows a continued decline of architecture firm billing activity. The Architecture Billings Index for the month of November fell below October's, now posting a score of 46.3. The Institute also registered a slowing pace of... View full entry

Architectural billings remained largely unchanged from the previous month during October, reports the American Institute of Architects in its latest Architecture Billings Index (ABI) this morning. The current pace of decline in firm billings was registered at 47.5 — only a mild... View full entry

Last month fewer architecture firms reported a decline in billings, up slightly from previous months, but still lagging behind pre-pandemic numbers. The AIA's Architecture Billings Index (ABI) report for the month of September shows a score of 47.0, indicating that a little over half of... View full entry

While it's easy to see a recession as nothing but challenge and hardship, a downturn in the economy has historically provided opportunities to make positive change, for both individuals and businesses.  On Monday we'll be (virtually) hosting an important discussion with a group of... View full entry

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has published its Architecture Billings Index (ABI) report for the month of August, showing stalled business conditions for architecture firms and a further decline in demand for design services, represented by an unchanged score of 40.0 for the... View full entry

Recessions are hard for everyone, but the architecture industry has a history of being especially impacted by downturns in the economy. This panel, one of Archinect's many upcoming virtual events, will share insights from architects who have successfully worked through previous recessions, or even... View full entry

This is the final installment of Archinect Sessions' six-part series of conversations we've had with architects, designers, and others in the industry. The discussions address the challenges experienced navigating these uncertain times, from the stay-at-home orders due to the... View full entry

This is the fifth installment of Archinect Sessions six-part series of conversations we've had with architects, designers, and others in the industry. The discussions address the challenges experienced navigating these uncertain times, from the stay-at-home orders due to the coronavirus, to the... View full entry

A new report from the National Bureau of Economic Research, the private non-profit group that "maintains a chronology of the peaks and troughs of U.S. business cycles," indicates that the United States entered a recession in February 2020.  The latest report finds that quarterly... View full entry

This episode of Archinect Sessions was intended to be a brief introduction to a number of conversations we've been recording with members of the architecture community from around the world, checking in to see how people are coping through the current COVID-19 crisis and related effects to... View full entry

One of the top three recession indicators economists look at to gauge the health of the American economy—the relationship between the various return rates on United States Treasury Bonds—is becoming less a useful metric for those analysts due to the influence of global economic trends... View full entry