ryanpanos:

It’s true: people don’t know what architects do

A ‘shocking’ and ‘depressing’ new survey has revealed that the British public is largely ignorant of some of the key services offered by architects.

72 per cent of respondents to a survey commissioned by InBuilding.org are unaware that architects apply for planning permission and a staggering 86 per cent have no idea architects select and manage contractors.

Less than a fifth know architects prepare construction drawings, and only nine per cent understand that they control site budgets; 15 per cent don’t even know that architects design buildings.

Norfolk-based architect and ARB board member Ruth Brennan says: ‘Most people I meet who are not involved in construction have no idea that architects differ, that we do not all design glass shards or buildings with their pipes wrapped around their exteriors.’


THIS IS A MASSIVE PROBLEM!

ryanpanos:

It’s true: people don’t know what architects do

A ‘shocking’ and ‘depressing’ new survey has revealed that the British public is largely ignorant of some of the key services offered by architects.

72 per cent of respondents to a survey commissioned by InBuilding.org are unaware that architects apply for planning permission and a staggering 86 per cent have no idea architects select and manage contractors.

Less than a fifth know architects prepare construction drawings, and only nine per cent understand that they control site budgets; 15 per cent don’t even know that architects design buildings.

Norfolk-based architect and ARB board member Ruth Brennan says: ‘Most people I meet who are not involved in construction have no idea that architects differ, that we do not all design glass shards or buildings with their pipes wrapped around their exteriors.’


THIS IS A MASSIVE PROBLEM!

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    / Es cierto: la gente...sabe lo que los arquitectos hacen
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    I agree with kylelabow… People either think a landscape architect is a contractor who builds their deck, mows their...
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    Pfft, you think that’s a problem, I swear less than 85% of people even know that Landscape Architecture exists. And I...
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    even know this? I’m in...a 3-year master’s program and
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