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RIBA president Jane Duncan

鈥淭he RIBA will continue to ensure that our profession has a bright future, whatever the operating environment. Clearly there is uncertainty about the timescales and impact on a range of issues important to our industry including free movement in the EU for architects as well as students, trading and material sourcing, inward investment relationships, EU procurement rules and the effect on the construction sector if restrictions are placed on EU migration.鈥�

Ben Derbyshire, chairman, HTA Design, and presidential candidate

鈥淣ow the uncertainty, which most of us in the profession feared, begins. Who will govern, and will there be any continuity of policy, who will invest in development during the interregnum, how will we manage while government replaces EU regulation through years of tortuous negotiation?

鈥淏eyond that, I have an overwhelmimg sense of sadness and regret at the damage we have done to European politcal, economic and cultural unity. We must hope for the best, but if my sense of profound uncertainty, bordering dread, is in any way reflected by the worlds influential decision-makers, I fear we are in for a very difficult time. The Eurosceptics have the job of re-assuring us now. But this Brexit-sceptic is going to find it very hard to believe that much good will come of what feels like a terrible self-inflicted wound.

鈥淎s a rider, I feel dismayed that the RIBA, 85% of whose members would have been only too glad to explain why leaving is a bad idea, could and should have played more of a part in the debate. The RIBA really must find a way of allowing its members to speak for the profession. On this most momentous of occasions it failed to do so. And now its too late.鈥�

Graham Morrison and Bob Allies, founders, Allies & Morrison

鈥淥ver the course of our careers, we have enjoyed, been stimulated by and come to rely on the intelligence, broad education and warm experience of the many architects from the EU that we have had the privilege to employ.

鈥淢ore than a quarter of our staff come from the EU and the thought of losing that easy access to such a rich seam of talent is a consequence of the vote that will take a long time to adjust to.鈥�

Lucy Tilley, head of UK and global projects at Adjaye Associates

鈥淲e are truly disappointed with the outcome of the referendum. As an increasingly international business, which benefits from a global pool of talent (and in particular from within the EU), we were hoping to remain.

鈥淭hat said, we trust that Britain鈥檚 relationship with its neighbouring EU countries will continue to be strong and that we can pave the way for a mutually beneficial association that enables us to pursue work across Europe and employ a diverse and multi-national team of architects.鈥�

Cany Ash, director, Ash Sakula Architects

鈥淏rexit is akin to full-scale urban blight. All our energies will be wasted while this bureaucratic mess is cleared up. Housing and social projects brokered through delicate public private partnerships only achieve momentum through stability and optimism鈥� and we have pissed that away.鈥�

Partners of Rogers, Stirk Harbour & Partners

鈥淲here do we go from here? We now face a difficult period of great uncertainty. All those questions left hanging by those leading the drive towards leaving the EU will now have to be answered. This will take time (years) and in the interim requires great adaptability and resilience from us all.

鈥淢ost importantly we need to know what will happen with those relationships (contractual, personal and professional) that will have to be forged anew as a consequence of this vote.

鈥淭his result is not only significant for our practice but especially for the important proportion of our staff for whom this is not only a signal of a new, less open Britain but one that may lead to real and practical changes in their lives.

鈥淚n the aftermath of a divisive campaign, we will need to heal the wounds not just within a dis-United Kingdom but with our neighbours across Europe.

鈥淕oing forward Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners will continue to be an inclusive and internationally minded practice steeped in the values of a broad European culture.鈥�

Martin Wright, managing director, AHR Architects

鈥淲e feel a lot of uncertainty now this decision has been made and are wary of how it will affect our business. The growth and stability of the UK economy will be severely impacted by this decision. However at this early stage all we can do is move forward with business as usual as it will likely be months if not years until the full extent of the decision is realised.鈥�

Sally Lewis, director, Stitch

鈥淥n a personal level, I am devastated. On a professional level it is hard to judge what the immediate impacts might be if we vote to leave. But I know for sure that the housing construction industry relies heavily on highly skilled and hard-working Europeans. As we鈥檙e struggling anyway to deliver the housing we need, filtering out the workforce that can help us meet our housing delivery targets is plain daft.鈥�

Paul White, director, Buckley Gray Yeoman

鈥淭his is not the decision we were hoping the country would make. This decision is likely to signal a period of political and economic instability for the UK, with a change in prime minister, panicked financial markets and a lack of confidence in the economy as a whole. This decision is likely to have a negative effect on the construction industry and our workload.

鈥淪erious consideration is being made in our office about starting a petition for London entitled 鈥楾ake us with you Europe鈥�. A Twitter campaign is soon to follow.鈥�

Amanda Levete, founder, AL_A

鈥淥f course I鈥檓 extremely disappointed, but I have to respect the majority decision.

鈥淭he debate has engaged the nation, especially younger people, and it can only be a positive to see people talking passionately about the future.

鈥淗owever, our politicians need to get better at articulating what we have in common rather than what divides us.

鈥淲e will continue to work both in Europe and around the world 鈥� and continue to express our commonality of ideals 鈥� democracy, openness, tolerance, and creativity.鈥�

Roger Hawkins, director, Hawkins Brown

鈥淲hat a nightmare. The lack of proper debate in the referendum has been alarming. It has generated the worst in some people and the best in very few.

鈥淲e elect Members of Parliament to represent our interests and expect them to act with foresight and intelligence. A vote in the House of Commons would have been significantly in favour of remain so why did we even expose ourselves to this process? 

鈥淲e have been hijacked by a negative, short-sighted Little Englander mentality. No doubt this result will have an impact on immigration figures because a lot of people will want to leave the country.鈥�

John McRae, director, Orms

鈥淪o it would appear the grass really is greener since we have chosen to leave our European community and go it alone.

鈥淚t鈥檚 like moving to the country from a dense urban city; we鈥檒l either revel in it or regret it but there is no going back.

鈥淭he challenge is not if we can negotiate trade deals, create jobs and control migration but what the results of the new-found freedom will be once we have sorted out our own government. And how long will this all take? As we move on to the smart motorway and cruise at 50mph what will the short-term impact on construction and architecture be? Hold on as it could be a long and rough ride.鈥�

Graham Hickson-Smith, director, 3D Reid

鈥淚 fail to see how the Leave vote can be a good thing, certainly in the short term, but the truth is we simply don鈥檛 know what this means in the long term.

鈥淭he impact on sterling says it all. An out vote is bad for business.

鈥淎 Scottish independence referendum also looks likely adding to the confusion and uncertainty and it is likely that it will take two years to negotiate our exit.

Earle Arney, chief executive, Arney Fender Katsalidis

鈥淭his is a disappointing result for stability and unity at a time when less isolationist thinking would make the world a better place.鈥�

Hugh Feilden, partner, Feilden & Mawson

鈥淚t looks like we are in for a prolonged period of uncertainty which will not be good for the UK construction industry.鈥�