"Why would architects let themselves be so vitiated?"

A recent documentary about The Line mega-project in Saudi Arabia paints a bleak picture of the architecture profession, writes Dana Cuff.I've often been frustrated that architects are sidelined in the delivery of much-needed new housing. We are left to compete for commissions with design results bound by a priori constraints. Wouldn't it open up far more and far better possibilities to involve architects – the most skilled in site planning, material and building technology, and housing des