ABSTRACT
Most architectural educators see community architecture as unglamorous. It is often associated with a ‘do-gooding’ attitude, conservative design solutions and student paralysis in the face of seemingly overwhelming political issues. In the UK it hardly figures in design-conscious architecture schools in ‘cool Britannia’. However in the USA the devolution of the social contract from the (no longer) ‘welfare’ state to secondary state institutions, such as universities, foundations and non-profit agencies, has meant that ‘architectural advocacy’ (as community architecture is termed here) is moving back into the architectural curriculum across the nation.
