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The article discusses the trade of exporting architecture jobs. The practice of paying less-expensive workers located beyond the borders of the U.S. to do tasks once done here by architects and interns is extremely controversial. A representative of a U.S.-owned drafting service that sends some of its work abroad spoke extensively to the periodical about the practice, but several days later asked that the company not be named in this article. Other offshore providers were willing to speak about the practice, but said they could not reveal the names of the architecture firms for whom they work. To be fair, U.S. architects have made millions selling their services abroad for decades. INSET: ARCHITECTURAL RECORD'S Offshoring Questionnaire.

Focuses on the changes in the architectural profession during its transition from a paper profession to a digital one. Generation gap which emerged between senior architects and junior staff; Concerns on the failure of younger architects to experience designing and drawing buildings by hand.