20-Year Prospect
You may be wondering if architects will still be around in twenty years, to which we reply: Is the Pope Catholic?
Of course architects will still exist two decades from now. Who else will design the hospitals, medical office buildings, and other healthcare facilities needed to handle the growing number of old folks in the United States? People aged sixty and older will make up twenty-five percent of the population in 2050, so invest in denture cream now.
And then there's climate change, which could hike temperatures in this country. Who else other than architects will know how to design homes, workplaces, and other infrastructure that can take whatever a very angry Mother Earth decides to throw at us pesky humans?