A bit of Insight...
image from The Times Online
Take a look at this article. Not only does it capture a lot of my own current hesitations about this profession, it provides great insight into a place I spent one mind-blowing, madly-frustrating year. And I didn't have to do the interviews....
posted by the silent observer at
6:31 PM
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Hi,
We've just launched a new user-generated Architecture and Design site, Notebook, and would love for you to have a look and post some 'notes'.
We're quite excited about this new site and would love to see your entries.
www.ajnotebook.com
Look forward to your posts,
Notebook.
“The profession does not work. It’s economically non viable. Our work is pure iteration. Far too time consuming, and as a result, it’s impossible to charge anyone for the work we have actually done. It would never be accepted” [David Weir]
This is the sad truth, regardless of which architectural school one may attend and graduate from... The Bartlett – and many other schools of architecture - definitely can broaden one’s horizons, but at the end of the day, the architectural profession dampens most of the creative inner force that all “fresh” architects have... I guess that what makes one a good architect is the amount of faith that one is able to “preserve” as the years of practice go by, as well as how motivated & inventive an architect can remain when in “dire straits”... Me personally, I get my inspiration from the elder “work horses”: the architects that have survived, and which are still productive after all these years of practice and unfavourable conditions...that is why I am going to the Rafael Moneo lecture at the AA tomorrow: to try and get some good archi-vibes ;-)... Please join me if you can/wish!
Spyros Kaprinis _ 26 Nov. 2009
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