Surveys of Manhattan Architects (1974 and 1979)

Investigator: Judith Blau

Population: Architects

Sampling procedure: 1974 Survey of architects employed by approximately two thirds of a random sample of 152 architecture firms listed in the Manhattan telephone directory whose principals gave permission. Reinterviews with architects employed by surviving firms in 1979.

N and Response rate: Response rate: 50 percent (400 of 800 from 152 Manhattan firms)

Publications: Blau, J. 1993. "What Buildings Mean and Architects Say: Economy and Theory of Architecture At A Moment of Crisis." Current Research on Occupations and Professions, 8: 77-99.

Blau, J. 1984. Architects and Firms: A Sociological Perspective on Architectural Practice. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.

Blau, J. and H. Silver. 1977. "Architectural Ideologies and Their Organizational Context." Quarterly Journal of Ideology, 1(4): 16-30.

Summary: A study of the ways social context influences professional practice in Manhattan architectural firms.