ABSTRACT
This book is a series of curated essays by high-profile architecture and design leaders and educators on the topic of professionalism. The book first sets out the current agenda - defining professionalism for the architecture sector - before moving on to focus on delivering the increased professional skills curriculum content within architecture schools as set by the RIBA. With an introduction and conclusion by the Editors, this book explores what contemporary professionalism within architecture is, and its future, encouraging the current and future profession to address professionalism across the industry.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|4 pages
Visible and invisible diversities
Why our profession needs to be holistically inclusive
chapter 2|4 pages
Live project/designbuild education
Creating new connections between universities, communities and contemporary professionalism
chapter 3|4 pages
Next generation architects - professionalism +
Qualities of the professional beyond ARB/RIBA codes in ever-changing contexts
chapter 5|4 pages
Employee ownership - a model for practice
A journey towards shared professional values
chapter 6|4 pages
Augmentation or elimination
Potentials and pitfalls of big data in the second machine age
chapter 8|4 pages
Shaping the city on a mega scale
The architect’s responsibility to influence the design and construction of major infrastructure projects
chapter 9|4 pages
Making money, professionally
Why do you go to work each day? Be honest with yourself…
chapter 11|4 pages
Small is powerful
Small practices face challenges, but can be nimble, creative and professional
chapter 12|4 pages
Leading, managing and mentoring
Unlocking the potential within the profession and sharing it
chapter 13|4 pages
Professional liability claims
Architects need more than passion and excellence for commercial viability
chapter 14|4 pages
Embedding the PhD
Using high-level investigation to boost interaction between practice and schools of architecture
chapter 15|4 pages
The impacts of procurement on outcome
The critical need for a restoration of the on-site role of professionals in protecting the quality and safety of construction
chapter 16|4 pages
The pursuit of quality
How architects must reclaim their place at the heart of the building process
chapter 20|4 pages
Practising on the wild west coast
How an entrepreneurial mind-set offers shelter in an extreme environment
chapter 24|4 pages
Over-professionalisation
Why we must address compartmentalisation and a deficit in overall leadership and accountability
chapter 25|4 pages
Architects as public-health professionals
Community-centred design as a form of practice
chapter 26|4 pages
Breaking good
A note on the ethics and professionalism in the work of Charles and Ray Eames
chapter 27|4 pages
Professional diversity and specialism
New education structures at the Bartlett, UCL
chapter 28|4 pages
The apprentice professional
Why do we need apprentices in architecture and what difference will it make?
chapter 29|4 pages
Once an architect, always an architect…
Professionalism – consistency across role diversity
chapter 33|4 pages
The value of sustainable design to the profession
Design validation and collaboration to create relevant architecture
chapter 34|4 pages
Embedding professionalism in architectural education
Inquiry, reflection and judgment throughout professional development
chapter 35|4 pages
Mentoring the future profession
Supporting the transition from student to professional
chapter 38|4 pages
Architecture is in breach of the social contract
Are architects sufficiently engaged in serving society to justify our exclusive right to this knowledge?
chapter 39|4 pages
Marketing and architects
Bringing a meaningful dimension to business and marketing in architecture
chapter 40|4 pages
Architecturing our future
New capabilities, tools, processes and ethical positions
chapter 41|4 pages
Professionalism and automation
How architects can add value in an increasingly automated world
chapter 43|4 pages
Developing a professional business
Be creative, build strong relationships, inspire social change and invest in the next generation
chapter 45|4 pages
Why engaging with procurement is fundamental
Unlocking capacity and talent to deliver better quality and sustainability
chapter 48|4 pages
Theory and profession
The need for frameworks connecting the profession, academia and society
chapter 50|4 pages
Clients want professionalism
Findings from research by the RIBA’s Client Liaison Group
chapter 51|4 pages
Becoming professional
The significance of architecture education for students and early-career professionals
chapter 52|4 pages
Why ‘professional’ ethics?
A strong awareness of consequences with commitment to evidence, honesty, learning and sharing
chapter 53|4 pages
Artificial intelligence and professionalism
Potential impact and adaptation to current and future challenges
chapter 56|4 pages
A manifesto for academia with practice
New models of teaching practice at the London School of Architecture
chapter 58|4 pages
Building performance evaluation
How determining actual project performance articulates our value
chapter 61|4 pages
Linger longer
Effective and flexible early user consultation and strategic briefing
chapter 63|4 pages
Status and statutes
Defining professionalism in the context of architectural regulation