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Cannady, William T. Olsen, Robert M., Jr 2009-06-04T07:02:10Z 2009-06-04T07:02:10Z 2006 Olsen, Robert M., Jr. "The structure of things to come: New movements in the architectural profession." (2006) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/17905">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/17905</a>. https://hdl.handle.net/1911/17905 RICE2799 THESIS ARCH. 2006 OLSEN If [the architect] will build up a closely co-operating team together with the engineer, the scientist and the builder, then design, construction and economy may again become an entity---a fusion of art, science and business. - Walter Gropius, Scope of Total Architecture Regrettably, the building-design industry Gropius imagined never came about. Buildings, specialization, professionalism, project delivery and contracts, as they developed over the century, all seemed to conspire against such a reality; but the industry has not come to the point the team and entity Gropius wrote about are impossible. This thesis is an analysis of the building-design industry today, its development and by applying certain business theories on merges and acquisitions projecting a building-design industry where Gropius' team and entity exist in mega building services firms. 53 pp application/pdf reformatted digital eng Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder. Architecture The structure of things to come: New movements in the architectural profession Thesis Text Thesis was rescanned at 24-bit color in 2020. PDF has been OCR’d and made accessible. Architecture Architecture Rice University Masters Master of Architecture taggedPDF open.access