Arcadis to sell most of its architecture business and cut 1,000 staff following WSP’s failed takeover bid

By Tom Lowe2026-10-06T11:28:00

Source: Commonground Studios

World’s third biggest employer of architects to focus on sectors ‘where structural demand is strongest’

Arcadis is planning to sell most of its architecture business and cut 1,000 full-time staff from its wider business as part of a restructure following a failed takeover bid by WSP.

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