Big challenges contront British architectural practice today. As a result of Brexit, Russia's war on Ukraine and the after-effects of the global Covid-19 pandemic, we are facing economic and supply chain issues beyond our control. Closer to home, the Building Safety Act, reactions to the global climate crisis and the recommendations of the Hackitt Review seem likely to cause overhauls to competence, architectural education, the ARB's powers, construction information delivery and even professional indemnity insurance cover. It would be easy to become overwhelmed, or to feel the moment is somehow unprecedented, or beyond our control or ability to cope. Over the last three years Paul Crosby and I have researched and written Architect: The evolving story of a profession, on the evolution of architectural practice and education over the last 3,000 years. While there is no doubt that the contemporary British profession faces significant challenges, very few of them have not faced architects before. We don't even need to look that far back to find them.
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