The editors are Alan Jones and Rob Hyde.
The book features 63 essays by architects and academics, therefore creating a very realistic and honest insight into the nature of contemporary professionalism. It is valuable reading for well-established and early career architects, educators, and students on their way to becoming the future profession and those engaged with architects and services they provide. It has ultimately provided an up to date intelligent resource that cannot be found in books, presentations or online.
The contributions explore the many facets of contemporary professionalism across four broad groupings: Practice and Business, Education and Research, Rules and Regulations, Technology and Innovation.
Both the RIBA and ARB codes miss a duty of care towards future generations of architects.
Although Principle 3 of the RIBA Code of Professional Conduct addresses relationships, both the RIBA and ARB codes miss a duty of care towards future generations of architects. I agree with Albena Atanassova that architects could do more for their future professionals. Mentoring schemes and new pathways to qualification will help, but they ought to start taking succession planning and networking more seriously in order to cultivate professionals who can be helpful to one another.
My reflection
After reading all the essays I asked myself what went wrong?To answer this, we need to ask what the codes offer and what they could do better for architects to thrive.
Collaboration between architects is playing a bigger part in today’s definition of contemporary professionalism. I strongly believe that the challenges we face today are best solved through collaboration. Even the book emphasises the importanceof collaboration.
In my opinion, the future of professionalism is going to be defined and led by students who are currently studying in schools of architecture, therefore architects could do more for the future professionals. In conclusion, It is essential for architects to see the bigger picture and never stop learning, so that they can do everything to prevent the architectural role from shrinking.
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