It is easy to find fault in architecture education

Architecture education is often criticised but it remains good at its most important function of teaching design, writes Charles Holland.

What's wrong with architecture education? This is a perennial question that usually elicits a lot of hand-wringing and despair.

Generally, the arguments go like this: It's not engaged enough with industry. It is pretentious and elitist. It propagates a toxic culture of long hours and little reward. It's outdated and – like architects themselves ...