The study at hand has two purposes: First, to examine architecture’s share of the arts support system in the 2000s, and secondly to evaluate the status of architects in present building trade and the possible
changes in it. In addition to discussing financial contributions from a quantitative perspective, the study reviews purposes for which individuals and organisations have sought support. The report also provides statistics about applicants and recipients of funding granted by the Arts Council of Finland49, the Ministryof Education and Culture and the Ministry of the Environment. The objectives and outcomes of the Finnish architectural policy programme (launched in 1998) are also briefly examined since public funding of architecture and the activities of the National Council for Architecture (NCA) have been closely connected with this programme. As for the issue of status, the basic question is whether the status of architects – and consequently that of architecture – is waning in construction projects, as other professional groups (such as engineers) and operators (such as builders and developers) take over wider fields of activities.

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