Architecture in Crisis: A Profession Undermined
By Hien Nguyen. Years of falling fees, mounting liabilities, and weak institutional support have left architects struggling to sustain viable practices.
Once viewed as a rewarding and respected profession, architecture in the UK is now increasingly defined by diminishing fees, increased costs, more liability, rising risk, and a growing disconnect between architects and the institutions that represent them.
Behind our professional body’s glitz of awards ceremonies, revamped headquarters and pledges, a deeper crisis is unfolding, one that is a slow and continual erosion of the profession’s value and viability.
For decades, architecture offered the promise of meaningful, creative and rewarding work that shaped public life.
- Falling fees
- Mounting liabilities
- Weak institutional support
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