By Yu-Ngok Lo, AIA, CDT, LEED AP, NCARB The recent economic recession forced most architectural firms to reduce the number of their employees. Large national firms with a headquarters-office/satellite-offices structure had a distinctive pattern of staff reduction, maintaining the size of the main office and dramatically shrinking the satellite offices. In many cases, only a few experienced architects remained in the local offices. Many of these firms preferred having all significant design work performed in the main office to ensure a uniform firmwide design brand. The recession also led many firms, for their survival, to explore the international market. For example, China, then the world’s second largest economy, attracted many U.S. firms to venture into international practice
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