the value of architects beyond traditional practice Rudin, Jake creator author. Pellegrino, Erin author. text bibliography enk 2023 monographic eng

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xvi, 207 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm "Out of Architecture is both a call to reassess the architecture profession and its education, and a toolkit for graduates and working architects to untangle their skills, passions and value from traditional architectural practice and consider alternate pathways. Written by design professionals and expert career consultants, this book is informed by numerous client accounts as well as the authors own stories and routes out of architecture. Initial chapters follow the narrative of a typical architecture training in the US, highlighting the many highs and lows, skills honed, and ultimately, the huge disconnect that can occur between architectural education and practice. Subsequent chapters explore a disillusionment with the profession, unhealthy work cultures, mentorship, working with lead architects, toxic perfectionism, and the notion of a 'calling'. Authors then present the hopeful accounts of many architects who escaped a profession known for its gruelling working conditions to find fulfilling, well-paying, creative jobs that better utilize the skills of architecture than the architectural profession itself. Written in a unique combination of storytelling and analysis, this patchwork of client and author stories makes for an immersive, provocative, and enjoyable read. A wide range of architecture students, graduates, educators, and professionals will recognise themselves within the pages of this book and find prompts to reassess their working practices, teaching styles and the profession itself. It will be of particular value to those students sceptical of joining the architecture workforce, as well as those further along and considering a career change"-- Jake Rudin and Erin Pellegrino. Includes bibliographical references and index. Architecture Vocational guidance Architects Occupational mobility NA1995 .R83 2023 720.23 R83 2023 9781032292960 9781032292946 2022018309 DLC 220420 20241205084752.0 22515719 eng