Architecture and the Profession

Abstract

The author questions the generally accepted definition of architecture as a profession, because the genuine subject of architecture has not been defined yet. The article underlines the systemless selection of subjects studied at architectural schools and an indefinite status of the architect in the democratic society. Either the crisis faced by architecture in the third millennium can finish the transformation of architecture into building design or architecture will acquire a professional status.

Keywords

• архитектура
• профессия архитектора
• ремесленная природа архитектуры
• отсутствие предмета архитектуры
• архитектура в третьем тысячелетии
• строительный дизайн
• возможность обретения архитектурой профессионального статуса