Architects and development

Architects and development

Architects and development

The practice of architecture is not new. While the profession, as we recognize it
today, has only been around since the seventeenth century, there is evidence of
“designed” structures, and drawings of these, dating as far back as the sixth or
seventh millennium BCE. As settlements became more complex it became necessary
to plan developments rather than rely upon an ad hoc accretion of structures. This
increasing complexity called for design— the ability to envision a future and mediate
the building process to achieve that future.

Geoffrey Makstutis