Yes, my worry is not so much that architects build ugly or dysfunctional buildings (that has always happened), but that today's architects, once they manage to build something, tend to have quite a bit of power to prevent tearing down or altering their oeuvres, no matter how ill conceived.

It's telling that architects feel the need to list their beautiful creations to keep them from being torn down by the philistines.

It's not usually the architects themselves, it's more an intelligentsia thing.