Architects Are Starting to See Themselves as Workers — and Organizing Unions


Chris Beck

JACOBIN

June 16, 2023

Excerpt:

“…building design is viewed at best as a luxury commodity and at worst as a service that can be trimmed until all that remains is what is necessary for minimal compliance. Without collective action to push back against these developments, the degradation of architects and their craft will only get worse, and the potential for solidaristic action with other workers will slip away.”

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