ABSTRACT
The several institutions by being in communication could avoid unnecessary duplication of effort. Together they could develop a common data bank. The author reviews the range of problems in professional practice that such an institution could help to reduce: the inappropriate subdivision of the design fields, non-pertinent education processes, inadequate licensing procedures, failures in design feedback and communication and inefficiencies in design processes. In addition to these efforts, there are a number of institutions associated with our schools that are already in operation or that are being planned that incorporate one or more of the ideas that appeared in that original article. Among the markets that have not been well served are the housing market, the vernacular building market, the urban design market, the poor client and the “other culture” client. The practitioners must be a resource to the school and its institution, as the institution is a resource to the practitioner.
