Architects remain optimistic despite impact of Middle East conflict, RIBA survey finds

By Tom Lowe2026-04-09T12:38:00

Confidence softens but practices still expect workloads to increase over the next three months

Architects remain optimistic about future workloads despite the impact of the Middle East conflict on client confidence, the latest RIBA Future Trends survey has found.

While the survey recorded a slight softening of workload expectations in March, practices overall expect their volume of work to increase over the next three months.

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