What is it about?
Architecture is changing faster than many schools can keep up. This review shows how the gap between education and practice is reshaping the profession—from classroom teaching to hands-on projects, digital tools, and work with communities. It argues that schools and practitioners must work together to prepare future architects for real-world social and environmental challenges.
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Why is it important?
Its distinctive value is the long view: it traces how architectural education and practice have shaped each other from the 1980s through the 2020s, rather than treating either as a separate issue. It is timely because the profession is adapting to digital change, more collaborative practice, and growing social and environmental demands—pressures that make the connection between what schools teach and what architects do especially important.
Perspectives
Understanding architecture as a discipline is essential to its future. This paper examines its potential through social, educational, and professional perspectives and offers educators and architectural thinkers insight into bridging what students learn, what they encounter in practice, and societal imperatives.
Amrita Madan
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This page is a summary of: The Evolving Relationship Between Architectural Practice and Education-1980s to 2020s: A Review, Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India) Series A, June 2025, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/s40030-025-00902-z.
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