About
Architect Search

Building connections for more than 28 years—one successful placement at a time.

Our Mission

Dedicated to Your Success

Your career deserves thoughtful representation—and your projects deserve exceptional people. At Architect Search, we build enduring partnerships through integrity, industry expertise and personalized recruiting that elevate people, firms and the work that shapes our world.
Trust & Confidentiality
Candidate information is handled with care and discretion.
Partnership
Architect Search operates as an extension of our clients’ hiring teams, not just a vendor.
Expertise
Nearly three decades of experience recruiting for the built environment, with fluency in industry-specific roles and challenges.
Quality Over Quantity
A consultative, high-touch process emphasizing cultural and technical fit over volume.
Long-Term Success
Measured by retention and alignment, not just placements.
Responsiveness & Communication
Personalized, transparent interactions with both candidates and clients.

Our History

About Our Firm

Founded in 1998, Architect Search, Inc. was created to address a challenge that has long defined the architecture profession — finding and retaining great people. What began as a specialized recruiting firm for architects has grown into a trusted national partner serving architecture firms across the country—and, more broadly, the interior design, engineering, and construction community as well.

In September 2025, we transitioned to a new era of leadership under CEO, Curtis Berry. For over two decades, Curtis sat in the same seat as our clients, struggling to find great talent for roles. He worked with many different recruiters and was often left feeling less than satisfied. This perspective coupled with Architect Search’s nearly three decades of dedication to the mission of finding the right person for the role has created a dual-lens perspective to hiring that is rarely achieved.

This combination shapes how we work. We understand our clients’ pressures, priorities, and expectations, as well as the experience candidates want and deserve. The result is a more thoughtful, human-centered recruiting process—one that emphasizes alignment, transparency, and long-term fit.

Over the years, we’ve built enduring partnerships with firms and candidates who return to us again and again. A key reason for this trust is our selectivity — we work with a carefully curated network of high-quality, experienced professionals, choosing depth, fit, and proven capability over volume.

Architect Search placed its first architect on September 1, 1998, and officially adopted its name in 1999. Since then, we’ve placed thousands of professionals with a 96% success rate, representing more than 250 firms nationwide.

Powering Your Search

Our Leadership Team

Tawn Spence

President of Client Services

Darrell Day

Founder / CEO Emeritus

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