| In china, with the conversion of objective conditions of the economic structure, the development of design industry has been restrained by the development of the state-owned architectural design enterprises in operation. At present, the state-own architectural design enterprises have changed into private ones in forms, but they cannot adapt to market economy in assets, property, right, personnel, distribution, institutional Framework, management mode, market environment and etc. Meanwhile, the design industry is confronting the impact of the international market with its entering the WTO (world trade organization). Architectural design enterprises must adjust to the demand of market economy and do away with the old structure and break down the barriers of its original design industry. They should coordinate with the contract mode of international projects. They must build and amplify the rules and regulations of "clearly established ownership, well defined power and responsibility, separation of enterprise from administration and scientific management" and set up new development mode of enterprises, which will improve and develop architectural design industry in our country.This passage introduces the structure and function of foreign architecture companies; analyses the differences of project advisory companies, project companies and design office in structure. Meanwhile, according to the present situation of domestic architectural design enterprises and the influence of WTO on the market, it also analyses and forecasts the development tendency of institutional framework and management mode of architectural design enterprises; it seeks and researches on their development mode, basing on analysing the function and management concept of architectural design industry. |