Despite Need for Skilled Architects, Profession Is Dwindling
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| The opportunities to design buildings like this residence hall on the campus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Simmons Hall by architect Stephen Holl) are not enough to attract new practitioners to the profession of architecture. |
By Jeff Stein
Boston will welcome 25,000 architects – fully one-fourth of all there are in America – to the Hub later this month. The reason for their visit on May 15, 16 and 17 is the American Institute of Architects’ 2008 annual convention, this year marking the AIA’s 150th anniversary.
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