In this week's comments update, readers are debating a report that found that architecture is among the most privileged industries in the UK and discussing other top stories.
A report titled Social Mobility in the Creative Economy by the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre reveals that 73 per cent of workers in the UK architecture industry are classed as privileged.
Architectural careers such as architects, town planning officers, and technicians rank as number one in the study's list of the 25 most elite occupations in the UK.
"Architecture is a tremendous amount of work for a minimal salary"
Commenters aren't convinced. "As an underpaid architect in my late 40s, who held down a part-time job whilst working my way through architecture school, I struggle with my privilege every day," joked Jay Cee. Alfred Hitchcock continued: "I'm from an underprivileged working-class background and I worked my way through my education and paid for it myself. Public perception of architects' earnings has no bearing on reality."
"You are looking at the problem the wrong way," added Jacapo. "Architecture is a tremendous amount of work for a minimal salary. Only rich kids will be able to deal with the work for free mentality around this profession."
Felix Tannenbaun agreed: "Architecture students need huge blocks of uninterrupted time for thinking and for crafting. The work that is expected of them is intense. This time and wor...