Where is Architecture Going?

Buildings don’t move much, (except in earthquakes) but professions can radically change.

There’s a fascinating debate going on about the changes in the professions of architecture and design.  Writing in Salon, Scott Timberg has noticed that creating wildly-expensive ego-driven buildings is not such a great career choice these days.  But there is another way to make a living in design, and in architecture, and that is by designing for the ‘other 99%’ – all those people who have not received the benefits of good design. Tom Fisher, Dean of Architecture at the College of Design at the University of Minnesota, writes in Metropolismag.com about the rise of humanitarian design as a real profession.  He talks about the power and purpose of organizations like Architecture for Humanity, Project H, the Seed Network and the Mass Design Group.

In Public Interest Design, John Cary contrasts the two views.  What are your thoughts?