Jeremy Till, currently the Head of the Bartlett School of Architecture and author of three award-winning books, introduces his discussion of contingency by describing his elevator pitch. In this incident, Till’s colleague shows some initial concerns over his premise. His pitch discusses architecture’s nature to be affected by external forces, despite the typical architect’s discomfort with the lack of control due to this contingency. He then proposes that architecture’s inherent contingency should be engaged with rather than retreated from, and that this engagement could potentially reform today’s apparently flawed architectural practice.