<p>U guys think the economy will be back on track in 5 years?</p>
<p>you know in 5 years...people will still need buildings to be in...architecture as a career isnt going to die</p>
<p>Consider that the best brightest creative arch students will have a wonderful opportunity present their new innovative solutions to the challenges we are entering.</p>
<p>architecture will always be in demand but times like these also shows how volatile the architecture profession is. it is scary and you need to make sure you have some sort of back up plan should you get laid off. i know in iceland with its current economic crash basically 75% of all architects lost their jobs and from a lot of the employers i've talked to in the US, most firms are hiring their freezes or even laying off people.</p>
<p>it is also an opportunity for architects to be innovative and some of the best ideas come out in times of crisis. rest assured these things are cyclical so the economy will hopefully get better but the question is when. i wouldn't give up your passion just because the economy is bad. everyone is suffering right now..not just architecture majors. there are other things you can do with an architecture degree</p>
<p>architecture portal archinect.com is taking a survey of the industry right now:
Archinect</a> : Features : Checking the Pulse of the Architecture Industry</p>
<p>i just filled out the survey for my position of intermediate architect. i'm freaking out right now... i have a job but the work in my office has totally dried up.</p>
<p>archinect has a really neat network of blogs from architecture student too.
Archinect</a> - Making Architecture More Connected (since 1997)</p>
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Exactly... Although architecture is not as versatile as an engineering degree, architecture is by far a more useful degree than communication...</p>
<p>This is a great time to be in school, in three or four years things should be fine. It is really ugly out there right now. Institutional, higher ed, government, healthcare, and some corporate is still moving forward. Everything else has just frozen up. When you eliminate condos, retail, office buildings, apartments, and almost any other speculative building, you have wiped out about half of the market. I think most firms have had a small layoff to tide them over till they see how things look during the first quarter of '09, but if they do not start improving the cuts will be much deeper. It is the ugly side of the profession.</p>
<p>I will say that we will hold on to our best and brightest no matter what their experience level. Just because you are the last one hired does not mean you will be the first one fired. Make yourself valuable and be a team player during tough times.</p>
<p>rick</p>
<p>all the answers I have read our true to a certain extent. </p>
<p>"you know in 5 years...people will still need buildings to be in...architecture as a career isnt going to die"
-people still need buildings is true, but do they need to hire us to do it? maybe in the future the economy may be even lower(lets hope not), but it may stay at the same and if any of the two becomes so in the later years, then I question whether the starachitects will suffer and the average joe architect will become the higher profile. Maybe it's just how we play our cards right then we can be ok. </p>
<p>"Exactly... Although architecture is not as versatile as an engineering degree, architecture is by far a more useful degree than communication..."</p>
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<li>I like to hear more about this...can you elaborate more?</li>
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<p>all the answers I have read our true to a certain extent. </p>
<p>"you know in 5 years...people will still need buildings to be in...architecture as a career isnt going to die"
-people still need buildings is true, but do they need to hire us to do it? maybe in the future the economy may be even lower(lets hope not), but it may stay at the same and if any of the two becomes so in the later years, then I question whether the starachitects will suffer and the average joe architect will become the higher profile. Maybe it's just how we play our cards right then we can be ok. </p>
<p>"Exactly... Although architecture is not as versatile as an engineering degree, architecture is by far a more useful degree than communication..."</p>
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<li>I like to hear more about this...can you elaborate more?</li>
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- I like to hear more about this...can you elaborate more?
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Which part do you not understand?</p>
<p>Of course! People have been building home for thousands of years now. Besides, home lately have been built with less and less attention to quality. I think we architects should turn that around :]</p>