This initial framework for the study of professional practice defines the institution of “profession” and describes its fundamental characteristics in contrast to trades, guilds, and other labor organizations. The emergence of the profession of architecture in America is set within a history of the beginnings of architectural practice. Among the legal bases for conferring professional status in architecture, expectations are defined for fiduciary responsibility to the client, professional ethics, and responsibility for public health, safety, welfare. A case is made for a precise yet loose relationship between professional education and practice.
Pressman Chapter 1
Assignment:
Pressman Ch. 1, "Practice, Practice, Practice"
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Monday, January 24, 2011
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