Migration is vital to UK architecture RIBA has warned, as a new report reveals nearly half of EU architects have considered leaving because of Brexit.
The Royal Institute for British Architects (RIBA) is concerned Brexit and the end of freedom of movement could put the country's ÂŁ4.8 billion architecture sector in "jeopardy".
One in four architects in the UK are international, 80 per cent of which are from EU countries.
Nearly half of the 600 architects who are non-UK nationals surveyed said Brexit had made them consider leaving their jobs in the UK.
UK risks "cutting itself off from the world"
RIBA's report, Powered by People: Building a Post-Brexit Immigration System for UK Architecture, lays out the case for a more flexible immigration system for skilled workers such as architects. "Our sector thrives on diversity, benefitting from different ways of working, backgrounds and experience," said RIBA chief executive Alan Vallance.
"Without drastic reform, the UK risks turning inwards and cutting itself off from the world."

The report also highlighted that there had been a 46 per cent drop in the number of EU architects registering in the UK since 2016, when the country voted to leave the EU.
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