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Harvard Announces $2 Million Architecture Program
A global building boom is underway -- but graduates are choosing higher salaries, according to Harvard and RMJM.
by Mairi Beautyman
Interior Design · March 26, 2008
The world has a shortage of architects, according to the Harvard University Graduate School of Design (Harvard GSD) and international architecture firm RMJM. To combat the problem, the two have teamed up to launch the $2 million RMJM Program for Research and Education in Integrated Design Practice program.
Launched March 17 with the three-day Design Firm Leadership Conference at the GSD, the program is funded by a $1.5 million donation from RMJM -- one of the largest cash donations received by the GSD since 1999 -- and $500,000 from Harvard. It is conceived to draw more graduates into the architectural profession through education. Graduates will be trained to integrate business management principles and knowledge of advanced technologies with design skills to improve project delivery, client satisfaction, and bottom line results.
At a time when countries such as Dubai and China are experiencing large-scale building booms, graduates are choosing higher salaries, often found in the technology and management consulting fields, according to the Society for Marketing Professional Services, a nonprofit trade association serving the architecture, engineering, and construction industry.
"Our contact with former students reveals that very many qualified graduates do not actually go into the profession," says Spiro N. Pollalis, professor of design, technology and management at Harvard. "We have particularly noted an increase in the number of graduates who instead pursue careers in investment banking and management consultancy."
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