Survey of Architecture Firms Using AI

Design blog Dezeen asked 53 leading architecture studios about their use of AI. 26 (49%) replied, one saying that they do not allow it and 25 (47%) actively encouraging it. There’s a split between those that are being proactive by building their own tools and those that are letting it wash over them:

A key trend emerging alongside the use of these AI tools is the development of in-house AI systems, favoured for their personalisation and data privacy. More than half of the studios that told us they are using AI have created in-house systems, including Foster + Partners, Hassell, Heatherwick Studio, MVRDV, OMA and Gensler. Notably, despite enthusiastic adoption of AI at many studios, only 19 confirmed that they have established AI policies.

If we had done the survey, we would have asked where the AI leadership is located within these firms: with the CEO, head of IT, a digital team, or some other office? The answer to that says a lot about how an organization is relating to the emergent changes around them. *BB-9/2/26