03/20/2026
With this news I can agree we have problems in this profession.
It doesn't help when our community governments have started to ignore local architects in favor of out of town groups that don't necessarily have our interests at heart
It doesn't help when a local government accepts and permits commercial building plans from an unqualified drafting service that no way on earth make any resemblance of code compliance.
It doesn't help when architects who should know better ignore accessibility requirements in the building code.
It doesn't help when architects do not properly oversee the construction of their projects.
I could probably go on.
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