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Competition from ‘architectural designers’ driving down fees, RIBA warns

By 2024-01-26T12:26:00

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Institute also warns of an increasing number of clients not paying their invoices on time as workload expectations fall

Fees for registered architects are being driven down by an increasing amount of competition from unregistered ‘architectural designers’, RIBA has warned.

Several practices have told the institute that an intensified downward pressure on fees is being partly caused by rivals outside of the profession.

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