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WW+P has announced its merger with Canadian practice SvN Architects + Planners to create a combined global practice focused on infrastructure and housing.<\/p>\n
The two firms, which are both owned by French construction group Egis, will merge WW+P\u2019s nine offices with SvN\u2019s three offices to form a business with 12 global studios under WW+P branding.<\/p>\n
It is understood that Toronto-based SvN, which was founded in 1978, will eventually see its branding disappear under the disagreement.<\/p>\n
The deal follows Egis Group\u2019s acquisition of SvN, which also has offices in Vancouver and Mexico City,\u00a0 in 2024 as part of a strategy to strengthen its position in North America.<\/p>\n
WW+P said the partnership was a \u201cnatural evolution\u201d of the firm\u2019s shared experience in transport and infrastructure projects.<\/p>\n
SvN managing principal Drew Sinclair, who has become executive director at WW+P, said the \u201cDNA of both practices is remarkably similar\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cBoth practices place a unique value on listening, meaningful consultation, and a deep understanding of history and context; both practices share a capacity for design innovation; and both practices have a total commitment to a regenerative, deeply sustainable, approach to planning and architecture,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Ali Mowahed, chief executive of WW+P, added: \u201cThis merger represents the coming together of two brands to create a global practice that builds better cities, smarter infrastructure, and more inclusive communities. Partners want confidence. Cities need leadership. We offer both: with a brand that stands for quality, innovation, and bold ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n
SvN is also the latest addition to Egis Group\u2019s architecture brand, 10N, a six-practice collective which includes WW+P, 10 Design, Fenwick Iribarren Architects, U+A and Omrania.<\/p>\n
10N is an overarching entity with its own team based in WW+P\u2019s London office which enables staff from each member practice to share skills and expertise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WW+P has announced its merger with Canadian practice SvN Architects + Planners to create a combined global practice…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370489,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-370488","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-design","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}