Do you want to be an Architect?

A few years ago I started a series of posts that were directed towards people who had an interest in either becoming an architect or now that they had finished school … what happens next? The intent when I started this series was to create a repository of answers to questions that people tended to email me – thinking I could just refer people to the post on the subject rather than having to recreate the answer over and over again. These posts have been created over a two-year period and I discovered that some people who wanted this information still couldn’t find it and I still found myself back where I started. Hopefully, now that I have created a single page that will contain all of the posts that fall into the category of “Do you want to be an Architect” I can accomplish my original goal of the blind leading the blind.

What this page will not contain (because it seems to change with remarkable regularity) is anything to do with the act or process of getting licensed, the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB), Intern Development Program (IDP), or what college you should consider attending. Those things have too many moving parts to consider and since I have been licensed for a while now, I don’t keep up with the changes. If you have any questions about college, what sort of classes to take, putting together a portfolio, etc. I would strongly recommend that you contact the school that you would like to attend and get specific and relevant information directly from the source. In the meantime, I hope that this is a resource for those of you looking for some answers. I will do my very best to respond in a timely manner but due to the high volume of emails, this is not always possible. Sometimes it’s just the timing and I would recommend that you try sending your email again.