AIA Delaware is a part of the national American Institute of Architects, a 60,000 professional membership organization. Information on AIA Delaware can be obtained by calling, 654-9817. Freemark is not talking about efforts to restructure the public education system. Rather, he is referring to the equally difficult job of educating the public on the value that an architect brings to a project and for that matter life in general. He said the architectural community deserves much of the blame for what he sees is a an incorrect impression of architects only working on large buildings.
Most people have a preconceived notion about architects and for the most part it is wrong.
In some ways, it is understandable. For years, we were not allowed to advertise and we were reactive. Another perception is also that we only design. We're actually problem solvers and can improve your quality of life. We need to let people know that AIA architect is better qualified because of the membership requirement for continuing education.