The RIBA Conference on Architectural Education held at Oxford in April 1958 had a far-reaching impact on the character of the profession. Sir Leslie Martin noted in his report of the conference that the standards of entry into architectural education were 'well below that required by other professions'. So the standards were raised and architecture became established as an academic subject. How strange then to see architects' influence in determining the shape of the built world become so much weaker than it was in 1958. Procurement systems continue to shrink the architect's scope not only to control the quality of the finished project but even to design it.
展开▼
