Independent intelligencefor the architecture profession.
Working with the leaders of architecture practices to build stronger firms.
Building the practice behind the buildings. Research, data and strategy for practice leaders, investors and advisors worldwide.
Building the practice behind the buildings.
Until now, no platform has systematically tracked how the architecture profession operates, consolidates and evolves.
Three disciplines, one profession
Intelligence tells you what the profession looks like. Practice tells you how to make yours worth more. Network is the people who know before the data does.
Intelligence
What the profession looks like, from the inside and at scale.
- Intelligence Reports
- Frameworks
- Country profiles
- The global practice dataset
Practice
How a practice becomes stronger, more valuable and less dependent on its founder.
- Legacis Practice Value Score
- Advisory mandates
- The Intelligent Practice
- Certified advisor programme
Network
The people who read the market from where they stand.
- Global Correspondents
- Advisory Council
- Founding Members
- Institutional and academic partners
The buildings are the visible part. The practice behind them is where the value sits.
The questions practices cannot answer alone
Three centres, each built around a question no single practice has the data to settle. Each carries its own research programme, methodology and publishing cadence.
Centre for Practice Succession
Ownership transition, founder dependency and the economics of exit in architecture. Home of the Legacis Practice Value Score and the Founder Dependency Index.
Centre for Practice Economics
Fees, margins, remote work and the structural pressures on practice profitability. Benchmarking drawn from published sector data and the Legacis dataset.
Global Practice Observatory
The live view of the profession by country and city, reported by correspondents embedded in each market and underpinned by the global practice dataset.
Every practice is a dataset. Almost none of them have read it.
New in the library
The Legacis Report 2027
The business of architecture, measured. Ownership, fees, size and geography, published every January from the Legacis dataset and the correspondent network. First edition: January 2027.
Register for the first editionHow much of your practice walks out with you?
Score your practice against the Founder Dependency Index in four minutes. The full Practice Value Assessment starts from here.
If you stepped away for six months, what happens to the fee book?
How many clients would name you, rather than the practice, as the reason they came?
Who wins the practice's new work?
Who signs off design before it leaves the office?
Is there a written plan for what happens to the practice without you?
Your score is ready. Tell us where to send the reading and what it means for the value of the practice.
Read the market from the inside
A curated network of senior practitioners appointed by geography and specialism. Appointments are limited and close when positions are filled.
Global Correspondents
Senior practitioners appointed by market, contributing regional analysis and sector commentary from where they stand. The editorial office is in London; correspondents currently report from Dallas and Milan. Further appointments are made by invitation in selected markets.
Advisory Council and Editorial Board
Senior figures from practice, academia and capital guide the research agenda. A four-seat Editorial Board reads every Briefing before it goes out.
Enquire about an appointmentThe Practice Briefing
The monthly briefing for people who run architecture practices, invest in them or advise them. Four sections, one issue a month, written from inside the profession.
Founding Members receive the full Insights library alongside each issue.
Join us from January 2027
Two ways to work with Legacis: membership for the people who run, invest in and advise practices, and partnership for the organisations that serve them.
Principals
For practice owners and senior leaders. Every Intelligence Report and Framework, the monthly Briefing, and access to the Legacis Practice Value Score.
Practices
Firm-wide access with a verified listing in the Observatory and an annual practice benchmark against the sector.
Research partners
For insurers, lenders, software providers and advisors to the profession. Co-published reports, a named place in the annual flagship, and access to the correspondent network.
Investors and advisors
For acquirers, lenders and advisors working in the sector. Deal flow signals, ownership tracking and correspondent access.