While the statistics Just Why provides are interesting, we should not look at those numbers in isolation. Growth in employment is meaningful only when considered in tandem with the available supply of graduate architects.
Not sure where to go for meaningful data on that topic (NAAB's website is woefully lacking in providing such data) but my sense is that an increasing number of people are entering, and completing, the academy.
Whether the growth in degree awards exceeds the expansion of job opportunities I really could not say. But, the trend in degree awards - whatever it may be - is an important aspect of brieflynoted's question. Another important aspect is the percentage of degree holders who actually enter, and stick with, private practice over time.
Maybe someone else here has a handle on how graduation data has changed over time and the future forecast for degree awards.
my sense is there are a lot of architects lost between finishing school and getting registered. i also believe that specialization within the building design and construction industries is allowing graduates to function professionally (i.e. make a decent living) without possessing a license (think construction management, design-build, leed specialist, facilities management, program development, master planner, etc.). all of which is to say, this is far more complicated than what pure statistics can reasonably model.
To add to comments about these statistical approaches, one can always look and find overwhelming data on global issues of homelessness , impending global energy crisis, and social malities..that all could use Designers and Architects.
as jafidler keenly points out...There is a stratum of AEC fields now...also, I grow weary of the title "Architect" as well...when many are merely a kind of "construction scientists", myself included. Yet they dawn the Title, but you could hardly find much more than autocratic mimicry in much of their work.
I refuse to get worked up over how many Architects and Designers are in school or the world, its really not the point for me.
The question for me , is not will I end up being called an "Architect", but will I be of service doing something relevant and helpful to the world, no matter the job title.
the future
will the demand for architects rise in the next 5-10years?
doubt it...
http://www.archinect.com/forum/threads.php?id=74572_0_42_0_C
flying monkeys and talking french fries
at a global level?
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics / Occupational Outlook Handbook:
"Employment of architects is expected to grow by 18 percent between 2006 and 2016, which is faster than the average for all occupations. "
I suggest foosball tournaments to the death to determine who gets jobs.
While the statistics Just Why provides are interesting, we should not look at those numbers in isolation. Growth in employment is meaningful only when considered in tandem with the available supply of graduate architects.
Not sure where to go for meaningful data on that topic (NAAB's website is woefully lacking in providing such data) but my sense is that an increasing number of people are entering, and completing, the academy.
Whether the growth in degree awards exceeds the expansion of job opportunities I really could not say. But, the trend in degree awards - whatever it may be - is an important aspect of brieflynoted's question. Another important aspect is the percentage of degree holders who actually enter, and stick with, private practice over time.
Maybe someone else here has a handle on how graduation data has changed over time and the future forecast for degree awards.
my sense is there are a lot of architects lost between finishing school and getting registered. i also believe that specialization within the building design and construction industries is allowing graduates to function professionally (i.e. make a decent living) without possessing a license (think construction management, design-build, leed specialist, facilities management, program development, master planner, etc.). all of which is to say, this is far more complicated than what pure statistics can reasonably model.
: yes ... what you write is all true ... a very complicated situation.
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To add to comments about these statistical approaches, one can always look and find overwhelming data on global issues of homelessness , impending global energy crisis, and social malities..that all could use Designers and Architects.
as jafidler keenly points out...There is a stratum of AEC fields now...also, I grow weary of the title "Architect" as well...when many are merely a kind of "construction scientists", myself included. Yet they dawn the Title, but you could hardly find much more than autocratic mimicry in much of their work.
I refuse to get worked up over how many Architects and Designers are in school or the world, its really not the point for me.
The question for me , is not will I end up being called an "Architect", but will I be of service doing something relevant and helpful to the world, no matter the job title.
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