2025 Architect's Square Foot Costbook

Introducing the 2025 BNi Architect's Square Foot Costbook – your essential resource for square foot estimation! 

Print Plus Data: $199.95 book, eBook and Excel database
Print Only: $125.95 Printed book

The new optional Plus Data Edition includes a fully bookmarked pdf eBook, along with an Excel database file featuring interactive square foot cost models as well as detailed unit costs you can use to search/copy/paste the data from the book!

Click here to view/download the free Guide to Architect's Square Foot Costbook  

This is the square-foot estimating guide created specifically for architects.

The 2025 Architect's Square Foot Costbook puts right at your fingertips accurate square-foot costs - broken down by CSI division - for an incredible variety of actual building projects.

The data in this book is based on the highly regarded BNi Building News cost database. And the research staff at BNi has gone the extra mile this year to make sure that every cost item in this book is accurate.

For over 75 years BNi has been a trusted source of accurate pricing data. 

The 2025 Architect's Foot Costbook provides accurate square-foot costs, organized by CSI division, for a wide range of real building projects, right at your fingertips.

This invaluable estimating tool features:

• Detailed square foot costs for each project -- all broken down by CSI Division and supported by a detailed narrative.

• A newly-expanded section of over 600 regional cost modifiers -- so you can quickly and accurately adjust all costs to your local area.

• Material and installation costs for over 5,700+ items used in construction, all expertly updated to reflect the latest pricing data available, as well as the most recent prevailing wage rate data from the US Department of Labor.

The challenge of staying profitable in the face of wildly fluctuating costs will be with us for some time to come. The Architect's Square Foot Costbook can help you meet this challenge.

Please note that by ordering this 2025 edition, you will automatically receive a copy of the 2026 edition for a no-obligation 30-day trial, as soon as it is released.  This is to ensure you are always working with the latest available data.  You can opt-out of this auto-renew program at any time.