It doesn't surprise me to see the profession pooping on its own shoes again. The profession is going through rapid change and denoument as a stand alone, viable profession. I can site dozens of examples that I have lived through over the last 30 years and I'm sure each and every one of you can too. This article is unfortunate but not unexpected with a mass media of ad homonym destruction to anything that isn't the media. I would suggest you may want to read a post I made for the Knowledge Community on Education. It's time to re-invent ourselves. Trying to build on crumbling foundations - well, as artists and scientists - we should know better. It's time to stop complaining about being victims to "they" and planning a remapping of our future. Of all the segments of our profession and the one that likely brings most delight to architects is the residential market - it's intimate, quickly realized and a spatial experimental laboratory. What segment of our profession has been more eviscerated by segments of the market that are convinced the architect is a hinderance and not a "value". It just gets more depressing. I have been a strong supporter of the AIA but it is borderline pathetic. The excuses from the AIA, well, they speak for themsleves.
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John Missell AIA
Regional Manager / Director
Tetra Tech Architects & Engineers
Princeton NJ
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