Thank you for sharing this post, I find really interesting.
What you are talking about is so beautiful (I am a building engineer-Architect too) and at the same time utopian.

I think there are too many interests from the "big" architectural firms and investors so that the architecture and real estate sector in general can become accessible to everyone.
Moreover, this would also lead to the breaking down of geographical and economic barriers that could, on the one hand, as you say, to an improvement in the design collaborations of the spaces and the identity of the places, on the other could demean the activities of the designers.

I would love to talk with you and maybe collaborate in some project.