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17,000 Companies Occupy the $20 Billion Architecture Industry in the United States.


DUBLIN Dublin, city, Republic of Ireland
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, Ireland Ireland, Irish Eire (âr`ə) [to it are related the poetic Erin and perhaps the Latin Hibernia], island, 32,598 sq mi (84,429 sq km), second largest of the British Isles.  -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c35536) has announced the addition of Architects Offices - Industry Profile to their offering.

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The US architecture industry includes about 17,000 firms, with combined annual revenue of $20 billion. The industry is highly fragmented frag·ment  
n.
1. A small part broken off or detached.

2. An incomplete or isolated portion; a bit: overheard fragments of their conversation; extant fragments of an old manuscript.

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: only about a hundred firms, like Hellmuth-Obata-Kassabaum, Daniel-Mann, and Gensler, have annual revenue over $100 million. The typical architecture firm has ten employees and annual revenue of $1 million.

COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE

Demand for architects' services depends heavily on the volume of residential and commercial construction. Because most costs are fixed, profitability depends on a constant inflow in·flow  
n.
1. The act or process of flowing in or into: an inflow of water; an inflow of information.

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 of work. Architectural firms An architectural firm is a company which employs one or more licensed architects and practices the profession of architecture. History
Architects (master builders) have existed since early in recorded history. The earliest recorded architects include Imhotep (c.
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PRODUCTS, OPERATIONS & TECHNOLOGY

Architects prepare detailed plans that can be used by construction companies to build or modify various types of structures. Most architectural work has both an esthetic es·thet·ic
adj.
Variant of aesthetic.
 and an engineering component. About 60 percent of typical firm billings are for basic architect design work; the rest comes from planning and pre-design work, expanded design, and construction phase services. For many projects, the architect's responsibility (and the work contract) extends from the initial design work through to the end of construction, a process that may span several years. On most projects, architects work closely with engineering and construction companies. A typical small firm has three licensed partners, four professional design assistants, and three administrative staff.

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Companies Mentioned

--Hellmuth-Obata-Kassabaum

--Daniel-Mann

--Gensler

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