ABSTRACT
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) represents 32000 architects in the UK and overseas. Since its establishment in 1837 it has been the location for the production and reproduction of the architect. 1
As Schneider (1992) has noted, the jurisdiction of the architectural profession over the occupation of architecture is maintained by a series of codified practices and quasimonopolistic positions. The regulations that govern professional life-such as the RIBA Code of Professional Conduct and Standard of Professional Performance (RIBA 1997)—are contested and controlled in an extensive system of committees and subcommittees at the RIBA’s headquarters in Portland Place, London. Most of these documented procedures seek to define a set of ordered relations that can include or exclude ideas, styles, people and practices according to their appropriateness to professional needs.
