The partner who spearheaded the opening of RSHP’s Brexit-beating Paris office has expressed hope that the new professional qualifications bill will make it easier for architects to work across the continent.
It could repair some of the damage done by the UK’s departure from the EU, said Stephen Barrett.
But it comes as recruiters are warning of staff shortages ahead.
“Mechanisms for ensuring mutual recognition for architectural qualifications internationally are vital in order to enable us to continue to work across the globe, to attracting international talent, and in ensuring British-based practices are eligible to compete for projects abroad,” said Barrett, who set up the Paris office in February as a direct result of what he described as a “damaging and profoundly regressive move”. A fifth of Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners’ business comes from the other side of the Channel.
He added: “We very much hope this proposal may begin the process of repairing the loss of friction-free practice across Europe that was engendered by Brexit, a restorative process…
