From the Editor

From the Editor

• Architects can and must make houses for the 99 percent.

  With a little ingenuity, it's possible for architects to execute affordable, high-design houses for everyone.

   

• Is prefab still fab?

  Prefab seemed like the answer to delivering high-design houses to the masses--until the housing market collapsed.

   

• Despite the recession, too much compromise can be bad for business

  Sticking to your guns in tough times is tremendously difficult, but the alternative may be worse.

   

• The Internet can do a lot to help businesses, but many have yet to feel the sting of its dark side

  Thanks to the Web, your next design critic is powered by Google.

   

• Feud Between Architects and Their Unlicensed Competition Continues

  No debate in the profession has raged louder or longer than licensed architects versus designers.

   

• Today's Definition of 'Office' Is Transforming

  Architects can and should reinvent how we work in the places we live.

   

• Sole Practitioners Need to Put Their Heart, Soul, and Soles Into Making It Work

  Working on your own is a step that's best taken deliberately, and there are many things to consider before making the jump.

   

• Rescue Housing Efforts Pose Tough Questions

  Should we care about form when the need for function looms so large?

   

• Architects Need to Promote Their Work Via Online Tools and Other Vehicles

  If you're not on our ra50 list, find your own way to let the world know how great you are.

   

• Today's Houses Could Learn Something From the 1970s Way of Building

  With increasing house sizes and add-ons, have we overbuilt even our most basic tract house?