The renaissance: The beginning of the end for implicit buildability

Evolution of the architectural profession from vitruvius to the present considers the deliberate estrangement of the architect from the mechanical art of building and ITS attendant knowledge of the on-site production process. The author has produced a thoughtful and provoking paper that considers the role of the design architect in the UK and traces the progress that has been made through the centuries in connection with buildability. David Moore suggests that the time is approaching when the profession will have to return to the unresolved crisis of identity for the architect and ultimately decide if architecture is to be the practicing of technical knowledge or only artistic insight with regard to the building process.