Opinion

Does the rise of the contractor-side architect mark the start of a new era for the profession?

By 2024-01-17T00:05:00

Eleanor Jolliffe

The industry needs a designer who understands the art of architecture, and grasps the technical details of construction, writes Eleanor Jolliffe

In 1946 Lancelot Keay was elected as the first RIBA President to be a salaried architect in public practice. It marked the climax of a struggle between two wings of the profession- those in (usually small) private practices; and those working for the public sector- usually as salaried members of local authority architect’s departments.

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