Gross revenues at architecture firms fell more than 40% from 2008 to 2011, according to the 2012 AIA Firm Survey, from $44 billion in 2008 to $26 billion last year.
Total construction spending, which exceeded $1 trillion in 2008, dropped to under $800 million in 2011.
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