ABSTRACT
A key limit to the applicability of architectural training beyond the field of architecture is its status as a profession. This status is strictly codified in education, in registration, and therefore, in practice. Peggy Deamer, professor of architecture at Yale, principal of the firm Deamer Architects, and founder of advocacy group The Architecture Lobby, weighs up this professional status, asking, What benefits does it bring us? And in what ways does it hold us back? In advocating for deprofessionalisation, Deamer sees a pathway to better pay, better respect, and a renewed public relevance for architecture.
