Since the ambiguous transition from post-modernism to post-post-modernism (we have yet to find new names for ourselves!) architectural theory has been divided and subdivided many times over into many different avenues of thought. There are the green practitioners, the couture designers, the pre-fab teams, the scripters…the list goes on and on. Because of this, our generation of architects has been urged to specialize to push each of these architectures forward. Although this means that each architect individually does not have the complex understanding of how architecture is evolving as a whole, it means that collectively architecture is breaking new ground on many more fronts than ever before. Architecture now has its chance more than ever to be defined and redefined by these varying tracks of design. Many people each ‘mastering one trade’ creates more than many ‘jacks of all trades.’
