ABSTRACT
Over the last 40 years, architects have seen a seismic shift in the structure, culture and ethos of the profession. They have moved from a discipline engaged in the collective conviction of the welfare-state project to a profession searching to find its relevance in a 21st-century society. In 2011 – in the RIBA’s The Future for Architects publication – an architect who was questioned for the report noted, ‘In 10 years’ time, architects will probably not call themselves an architectural practice, it will be something else entirely.’ Following the publication of The Future for Architects, the author reorganised the teaching of the Management, Practice and Law (MPL) component on the MArch course at the University of Brighton as ‘Future Practice’: a framework for exploring the evolving form of the profession that he have led for the last seven years.
