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Responding to marginalisation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Christopher Powell
Christopher Powell
Affiliation:
Welsh School of Architecture, University of Wales, Cardiff, Bute Building, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff CF1 3AP, United Kingdom
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Abstract

Some long-term historical, economic and social circumstances leading to marginalisation of the British architectural profession are described. A mismatch between demand for architectural services and their supply is suggested to have contributed to marginalisation. Possible reasons are advanced for a restrained response to marginalisation by the profession. In particular, aspects of the professional culture connected with insularity and aversion to management are suggested to have been significant. However, while aspects of the professional culture hindered long-term adjustment to changing demand, they also may have helped to support design activity in the shorter term.

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arq: Architectural Research Quarterly , Volume 2 , Issue 3 , Spring 1997, pp. 84 - 89
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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