BDPs group accounts for the year ending 30 June 2024 show the architectural giant also employed its highest-ever number of staff, rising by 25 to 1,328, including 892 architects and related professions. With contractors, the total headcount reaches just over 1,350.The companys profit before tax also edged up, with a 5.9 per cent increase on the 2023 figure (9.2 million) to 9.8 million.Fee income in the UK, which still makes up two-thirds of the 62-year-old practices workload, rose by 13.5 per cent.AdvertisementDuring the reporting period, BDP was appointed to restore James Stirlings Grade II*-listed History Faculty Building at Cambridge University, submitted proposals for a 1,600-home low-carbon neighbourhood in the Wirral and revealed it was working on a new headquarters for the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) on Reading Universitys Whiteknights campus.It was also announced that BDP Pattern, the practices sports and entertainment division, was reworking cricket stadiums in Pakistans two largest cities Karachi and Lahore and a third in historic Rawalpindi, the former Pakistani capital, to enhance fan experiences for international cricket matches.BDP has also landed the GOlympics in Ahmedabad, which sets out plans for the 2036 Olympics, serviced through its London and Delhi studios multidisciplinary teams and working in collaboration with Nippon Koei India.Meanwhile, the UKs second-largest practice continues to work on the delayed Dublin Children's Hospital, Everton FCs new stadium and as delivery architects and lead consultant on Heatherwick Studio and BIGs nearly complete Google HQ at Kings Cross. Source:BDP PatternBDP Patterns nearly completed new stadium for Everton FC on Liverpool's Bramley-Moore Dock.However, the financial period stops before the company made around 30 staff redundant from its London office last summer.Speaking about the decision to shed staff at the time, Simon Riley, head of BDPs London studio, said: In August we undertook a consultation process in the London studio.Turbulent market conditions resulting in slow decision-making on potential contracts along with the completion of some significant projects in our region meant there was a necessity to assess where the skills of our talented architects and designers could be shared across our international studios.However, in the chief executives review accompanying the 2024 accounts, Nick Fairham was more upbeat, writing: We have responded to the ever-changing demands of the modern world through our resilient and diverse collective of 19 studios.As the original multidisciplinary practice and with our continued investment in technology and AI we expect to continue to drive change through our Design as a Power for Good initiative.AdvertisementHe added: The welcome drop in inflation has seen stubborn interest rates in the UK, USA and Canada and, with early signs of these dropping, we are confident our clients will seek our help in delivering their plans and helping to innovate in their response to the commercial challenges of the evolving city-centre demands.