Are the skills of architectural technologists undervalued?

摘要

There is in some circles an idea that anyone working on a building project who is not an architect is somehow inferior; part of the lesser breed of designers going by various names, who haven't quite made the grade. Sitting alongside the architect in practice, the chartered architectural technologist is sometimes incorrectly described as either an architect or architectural technician. Both of these are distinct professional qualifications in their own right. Since its foundation in 1965, the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists has sought to raise the profile of those in the architectural technology profession, through accrediting honours degree courses in architectural technology and ultimately receiving chartered status in 2005.