what qualifications do i need to become a architect?

Answer 1

You need to be willing to work for peanuts, prepared to study for a stupid amount of time and enjoy taking sh*t off everyone on a daily basis.

Basically don't do it. There are more worth while things that you could with your time that are more rewarding. Don'y get fooled in to thinking that every Architect is sitting about drinking coffee and sketching up the next multi-million pound scheme. There is a lot of mundane, boring, pen-pushing stuff that will take up most of your time that your career advisers and other people on this web-site won't tell you about. You don't earn alot, only when you finally own your own practice at the age of 60 and even then I know a lot of old Architects who are still struggling even after owning their own practice.

If however you have wealthy parents, and you just want to play at being an Architect because you genuinly like the subject and money isn't an issue, then go for it. In the UK, it will take you a minimum of 7years before you can register as a Qualified Architect. After I eventually qualified (10 years it took me) all my other friend who left uni after 3 years were way in front of me, had their own car and house. Myself and my girlfriend couldn't afford to buy a house till were 25!

Just think about it first thats all I'm saying. The Architecture industry is an old fashioned, outdated society that trumps up its own importance with an outdated unecessarily long course. In reality the role of the Architect is diminishing as more and more Contractor are realising that they don't really need Architects in order to build good buildings.

If you still want to enter the building indusrty think about choosing project management or surveying, there's more money in it. More people drop out of Architecture than any other course as after completing the first degree, only about a third come back to do the diploma. This means that there are two thirds of students working in totally unrelated jobs with an Architectrue degree, pointless.

If only there was better information avaible at the earlier stages, myself and many other probably wouldn't make the same mistake. Good Luck

Answer 2

There are really 3 paths to becoming a liscenced architect:

1> 5 year bachelor of science in architecture+ 3years experience> then you can take the ARE's to become liscensed

2> 4 year bachelor of arts in architecture degree + 2-3 years in masters program + 3 years experience> then you can take the ARE's to become liscenced.

3> 4 year degree in ANY field + 3-4 years of architecture at the masters level (Master programs ion Arch admit people from any acedemic background) + 3 years experience to take ARE's to be liscensed.

obviously the first route is the quickest, but you should also know you can simply get the 4 year bachelor of arts degree and go to work in a firm, you will never be able to take the liscencing exam (ARE's) but you would still be considered an architect and you would just have to have your work supervised by a liscensed architect.
ITs a long and TIME CONSUMING path...If you are dedicated and true it is wonderful.
Good Luck


Before you choose a school be certain it is certified by the NAAB: the website is below. All schools with a BArch next to it offer the 5 year bachelor of science, and all of the MArch offer an accreditted masters degree and the 4 year bachelor of arts in architecture.
http://www.naab.org/usr_doc/Accredited_Programs_22.pdf

Answer 3

hi pal, i don't be attentive to in what context u r asking this-S/w or construction....... often individual who layout the physique artwork of gadget is termed as an Archietct. in case you wanna S/w Architect then u must be attentive to the thank you to make the framework of end answer..Then this framework will receive to layout Engg, who will layout each module of the framewrok.....Then each n each module is carried out via Senior/Junior S/w Engg... If u are asking in construction context(B.Arch) then this is the guy who will make prototype of making..

Answer 4

http://www.careersinarchitecture.net/page.asp?a=1&c=b

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