<p>Many architects today are competing for any kind of work they can get. As an architect for a city agency in NYC, I work with many consulting architects. I recently was asked by a consultant I worked with previously to write a recommendation to India, as this architect is seeking projects there and is on a “short list” for a big commission to design a fashion school in that country.</p>
<p>We have no real design work to speak of at the moment; it is all brickwork repair, roofing repair, elevator replacement and new water tanks. We used to have good design work, but we now need to focus on infrastructure. Even for that we have many consultants fighting for the work. Unfortunate but true.</p>