Architecture: The New English Major
"It's the new English major," designer and Record contributor Guy Horton told Salon.com, referring to an architecture degree's current value in the job market. He was quoted by Scott Timberg in a story about the dire state of the profession in the United States. The article is the latest to cite a study by Georgetown’s Center on Education and the Workforce that showed a 13.9 percent unemployment rate for 22- to 26-year-old architecture graduates, among other doom-and-gloom statistics.
Timberg goes on to profile other designers trying to make heads or tails of the new reality that has befallen architects since the recession. His story is a must-read this week...