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How does architecture shift from a profession to a lifestyle choice?
United States Architecture News - Feb 18, 2016 - 17:07 7192 views
image from the film ''The Fountainhead - 1949''. This 1949 film is, to date, the only film adaptation of the novel.
Duo Dickinson, is an architect, wrote this piece for Common Edge, also he is the architecture critic for the New Haven Register and writes on design and culture for the Hartford Courant. Dickinson writes about the recent problematic conditions of 'professionalism' in architecture and explains that how the 'profession' transformed itself into a lifestyle choice in recent epoch. In this article, he reevaluates the epistemological basis of educational system, the attitude of professors and the reflections of digital media with critical dissections.
“Practicing” architecture is moving from a profession that focuses on building buildings as its highest calling, to a lifestyle that appreciates the beauty of architectural design, real or fantastic. This shift has two underlying realities. Just like the musician who lives his art, or the athlete who loves her sport, there are people that love architectural design, deeply, but fewer architects are needed to create buildings in this generation....Continue Reading
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