What did the survey find?
Guest editors: The intersection between wellbeing and the ways in which architectural work is valued emerged very clearly in the survey qualitative responses. In particular, two types of value were underlined: first, the holistic value that architecture provides to society at large (and the implications of its being devalued, undervalued or poorly recognized); and second, the pragmatic value placed on architectural work, in terms of its professional status, the recognition of its real cost, and clients’ willingness to pay.
“This profession is being undermined by its own political hierarchy … and an uninformed public sector. The inability for architects