Opinion

Young architects need proper site experience - the future of the profession depends upon it

By 2024-02-21T00:05:00

Chris Simmons

Experiencing a construction site early in your career can deliver many benefits, writes Chris Simmons

Young people very often enter the architecture profession with a desire to build - to take an idea from their head to paper, to computer and finally to site; it is the end goal for us architects. But the realities of their experience are far from this initial dream, as early career architects continue to face the long-standing disconnect between university education and the architecture profession.

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