Architectural Firms in World Cities: Nodal Size and Network Connectivity
Peter J. Taylor
Basic results derived from GaWC Dataset 15.
These tables constitute results used in Toward a geography of the globalization of architecture office networks (first published as GaWC Research Bulletin 128), and are part of the analysis in Leading world cities: empirical evaluations of urban nodes in multiple networks (first published as GaWC Research Bulletin 146).
As with GaWC Dataset 13, because engineering/architectural projects are short-term in many of their office requirements, two sets of results are shown.
| Description | Files |
|---|---|
| Nodal size: the sum of the global practice scores for 104 cities | XLS |
| Network connectivity: the usual measure of how deeply embedded cities are into office networks, which may be less relevant given the temporary nature of the offices in the 104 cities | XLS |
References
Knox, P.L. and Taylor, P.J. (2005) Toward a geography of the globalization of architecture office networks, Journal of Architectural Education, 58 (3), 23-32.
Taylor, P.J. (2005) Leading world cities: empirical evaluations of urban nodes in multiple networks, Urban Studies, 42 (9), 1593-1608.
As per our data protocol, the following acknowledgement should accompany any public use of the data:
Acknowledgement: The data were produced by Peter J. Taylor and constitute Dataset 16 of the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) research network (https://gawc.lboro.ac.uk/) publication of inter-city data.