From the editor

摘要

We reveal the results of the AJ client survey this week, as a surge of architects invade the chaos of the MIPIM property fair in Cannes to drum up patronage. If the list of clients polled by the AJ is eclectic, from Asda to art dealer Kenny Schachter and Urban Splash to the Olympic Park Legacy Company, their responses to our inaugural What Clients Want survey are surprisingly consistant. Of the 50 clients, 43 said design quality was the most important factor in choosing an architect, while the least important factor was the size of practice.