Architectural training in most schools has become an issue nowadays.
Some schools are stressing the technical side, training students to pass licensing exams, others are just bathing in useless theories without teaching the vocabulary architecture.
We should revert back to a revised modern version of the Ecole des Beaux Arts , before its degradation in 1968.
There is no other valid teaching that the Master/Disciple method, that is however provided that teachers are practicing architects capable of bringing each individual student's inner and original creativity.
I believe that first year students should only do hand drawings and only move to computerized drawings after the second year.
Only then, shall we form real architects capable of creating beauty.

Phenomenology is the philosophy most suited for architecture.

What is the future of the architectural profession?

One keep on hearing that architecture as we knew it belongs to a by gone era.
That architects cannot create as they use to. Obstacles such as codes, economics and greedy clients prevent bold ideas.
In many ways this is true, but we as architects need to adapt as we always have.
The architect of the future is not only an artist an a technical expert. The architect of the future is also a developer, a contractor and an economist.
If architects are to thrive, they need to fill all those shoes. They need to offer technical and creative innovations that will save money for their clients.
Only then, can they gain the trust they once had and continue being a value added in the construction industry.
Know how to:
Spot a good piece of land.
Create a pro-forma for the bank.
Be aware of the construct-ability of proposed techniques.
Be able to save space and make a small space feel large.
Understand the constraints of a developer such as land draws and financing.
Be ready to graciously and without charging fees to provide schematics and feasibility studies.
All this on top of creating beauty.