Archinect - Features 2024-05-03T19:29:30-04:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/149988140/hear-ye-the-new-10-commandments-for-architecture Hear Ye! The New 10 Commandments for Architecture Nicholas Korody 2017-01-26T12:22:00-05:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/p2/p22rkfozevswggb3.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Since at least Vitruvius, architects have searched for rules to live by. After all, when your job is to shape the world we all have to live in, it&rsquo;s a good idea to make sure you know what you&rsquo;re doing. But dictates, like the profession itself, need to change with time. So we asked around to find out what today&rsquo;s architectural &ldquo;ten commandments&rdquo; should be. Turns out that, in the 21st century, defining <em>how</em> we practice seems to be more of a concern than establishing rules for what it is we make.</p>