Architecture practices are less pessimistic about their future workloads than they have been at any time since June, according to RIBA’s latest barometer of industry sentiment.

The just-published Future Trends survey results for September show that while practices still have negative expectations for the next three months the level of negativity is considerably reduced from July and August.

RIBA said the improvement in the Future Trends Workload Index from -11 in August to -1 last month appeared to be driven by optimism among smaller practices and improved expectations for work in the housing sector.

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