London's Architectural Sector

Previous GLA Economics analysis showed the importance of the creative industries to London’s economy. Working Paper 86 builds upon this work to look specifically at the contribution of London’s architecture sector. It finds:

• London’s architecture sector produced £1.7 billion in gross value added in 2015. That was broadly similar in size to the Civil Engineering and Postal & Courier Activities industries. In addition, the architecture sector has grown on average by 7.6 per cent per annum (in real terms) between 2009 and 2015, which was faster than the creative industries and London economy as a whole.
• There were approximately 22,800 jobs in London’s architecture sector in 2015. One-in-four jobs in the UK’s architecture sector were based in London.
• Architecture adds to London’s international competitiveness. For instance, around a third of the total number of jobs in London’s architecture sector were taken by non-UK nationals in 2015.