The architectural profession is broken in the single-family house biz; the vast majority of people live in houses that were built by developers from generic plans. The number of houses designed by architects to suit the needs of specific clients is negligible. It is also expensive; a small house can take as much time to design as a very big one, and as much time as a much more profitable commercial job that doesn't require client meetings on evenings and weekends.
It is the reason so many architects (including myself) fell in love with prefab; it would make architecture more like industrial design, where the cost of development would be spread over a number of units, and ...
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