Architecture's loss is developers' gain
March 03, 2008 05:13PM By Kate Pickert
Architect Algis Kalvaitis
From February issue: The field of architecture is having a paradoxical moment: While design has never been more current, observers have said that a staggering number of graduates and practitioners are streaming out of the profession. Real estate developers may be the unintended beneficiaries, professionals said. In an informal survey, professionals said that fewer than half of graduating architecture students ever become working architects. The post-graduation certification program, a process that requires three years of apprenticeship in addition to a nine-step examination process, contributes to the profession's astounding attrition rate. more
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Stern
There is no sense in going to architecture school anymore. You are better off learning about building or urban history. That's a lot more useful than architecture. Architects are not engineers, so they can't even tell you if their design could work. So one should hire a designer to design for them and an engineer to figure out the details. Both of those together will be cheaper than the architect.
Comment #1 Posted By: Stern 03/03/08
SS
I'm a registered architect and own a practice in Manhattan. I actively recruit from a variety of architectural schools and the pool of candidates are quite good and committed. In my opinion, an architect with a keen business sense coupled with design sensitivity is in strong demand; not simply a designer and an engineer signing and sealing drawings....
Comment #2 Posted By: SS 03/03/08