Comments on: A Store full of Repentance and No Customers http://www.justpractising.com/whatgoodarchitectsdo/protection-of-title-fee-competition-architect/ So what do those architect types do then eh? Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:22:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Johannes Stumpf http://www.justpractising.com/whatgoodarchitectsdo/protection-of-title-fee-competition-architect/comment-page-1/#comment-671 Johannes Stumpf Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:52:37 +0000 http://www.justpractising.com/?p=395#comment-671 here in Germany, with a fixed fee system prices have been declining constantly to a level where it is hardly possible to survive, even with a salary within the fee ranges possible. With architect's fees coupled to the buidling cost and a ten years recession in the construction industry (Labor force was 1.5M in 1997 and is about 7-800thousand by now), there was in effect no work for architects for quite a while. So the problem lies not in the protection of the title or a lack of an official pricing system, economy simply doesn't need architectural services. In this respect I sense that the article takes a bold step forward and produces a shift in perspective to a plain and convincing message: in the end it is you as a business person that has to take the responsibilty for promoting your goals and capabilities.... simple plain truth. here in Germany, with a fixed fee system prices have been declining constantly to a level where it is hardly possible to survive, even with a salary within the fee ranges possible. With architect’s fees coupled to the buidling cost and a ten years recession in the construction industry (Labor force was 1.5M in 1997 and is about 7-800thousand by now), there was in effect no work for architects for quite a while. So the problem lies not in the protection of the title or a lack of an official pricing system, economy simply doesn’t need architectural services. In this respect I sense that the article takes a bold step forward and produces a shift in perspective to a plain and convincing message: in the end it is you as a business person that has to take the responsibilty for promoting your goals and capabilities…. simple plain truth.

]]> By: Miguel Villegas http://www.justpractising.com/whatgoodarchitectsdo/protection-of-title-fee-competition-architect/comment-page-1/#comment-670 Miguel Villegas Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:41:35 +0000 http://www.justpractising.com/?p=395#comment-670 We work in a country where you have to hire a registered architect to build (only industrial buildings can be made also by engineers). And we are facing a really big problem with fees and competition amongst architects. We are more than 50.000 architects in Spain, the ratio is 0,95architects/1000 inhabitants...the competition is more than fierce...and there are new laws coming with wich engineers might be allowed to design and project buildings... ¡terrifying! We work in a country where you have to hire a registered architect to build (only industrial buildings can be made also by engineers). And we are facing a really big problem with fees and competition amongst architects. We are more than 50.000 architects in Spain, the ratio is 0,95architects/1000 inhabitants…the competition is more than fierce…and there are new laws coming with wich engineers might be allowed to design and project buildings… ¡terrifying!

]]> By: John Keleher http://www.justpractising.com/whatgoodarchitectsdo/protection-of-title-fee-competition-architect/comment-page-1/#comment-667 John Keleher Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:50:05 +0000 http://www.justpractising.com/?p=395#comment-667 This is a thought-provoking piece. Having worked in industries which have faced the same challenges as architects do today, I would have made it a stronger message. In a commercial world, adapt or die. This is a thought-provoking piece.

Having worked in industries which have faced the same challenges as architects do today, I would have made it a stronger message.

In a commercial world, adapt or die.

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