Letter from London

摘要

While the global reputation of British architecture is at an all-time high, at home the status of architects has, in . many respects, diminished over the past 40 years. The rise and rise of project managers, cost consultants, PFI procurement systems and design-and-build contracts have happened not because the architectural profession has given up its desire to retain control over what is built (and its quality), but because of wider economic forces beyond the control of any one profession.