Global architecture and design practice with operations across eight major cities
Grimshaw is a 500+ person architecture and planning studio operating across London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Dubai, Melbourne, Sydney, and Auckland. The tech stack is almost entirely design-focused—Revit, BIM, Rhino, Grasshopper, InDesign, Photoshop—reflecting a practice structured around CAD workflows and visualization. Hiring velocity is accelerating with a 17:3 design-to-sales ratio, but the active projects list signals internal investment in business development (CRM implementation, prospect tracking, conversion monitoring), suggesting the firm is scaling sales operations to match design capacity.
Grimshaw designs buildings, master plans, and industrial products for major sectors globally. Founded in 1980, the practice has won over 200 international design awards and maintains eight regional offices across four continents. The firm's approach emphasizes sustainable design, detailed execution, and long-term client partnership through the delivery cycle. Current work includes net-zero carbon and net-zero building projects. Active pain points center on research quality, prospect tracking, and aligning business development across their distributed markets—challenges typical of high-autonomy, geographically dispersed design practices scaling their sales function.
Grimshaw's primary tools are Revit, BIM, Rhino, Grasshopper, InDesign, and Photoshop. The stack also includes Autodesk Construction Cloud, DynamoDB, Power BI, and standard Microsoft Office applications for project delivery and reporting.
Grimshaw operates eight regional offices: London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Dubai, Melbourne, Sydney, and Auckland. The firm employs 501–1,000 people across these locations.
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