The foundation of this industry was rich men who didn't care if they were making money," Brooklyn-based architect and union organiser Andrew Daley tells me. He argues that the profession's upper-class history still affects how practitioners identify and which professional bodies they join today. "The demographics have shifted, but many architects still don't think of themselves as workers.
“Why do so many architects think they are more privileged than they really are?”
Architects should finally acknowledge that the profession is no longer a guaranteed route to prosperity and unionise, writes Phineas Harper.
Phineas Harper