BEYOND ARCHITECTURE MORE In the past, we have provided more than a handful of essays on resources related to Careers in Architecture and Beyond. Well, we have a few MORE resources (albeit from the past) for you to review and learn. It is amazing that these articles from about 30 years ago. Despite, these articles…
SUMMER ENDING: NOW WHAT TO DO! Back in late February, we launched our annual Summer – What to Do 2022! outlining activities / tasks for you to consider doing for the upcoming summer. Now, that the end of summer is fast approaching – some public schools have already started their FALL semester, we provide some…
RESEARCHING PROGRAMS Perhaps, the most critical part of deciding where to go university is RESEARCHING the Architecture Programs. Last year, we authored a post entitled Love Spreadsheets, the focus of which was one method on researching and documenting the almost 200 architecture programs in the U.S. https://www.archcareersguide.com/love-spreadsheets/ But, what about resources. Again, the above essay…
4 STEPS TO STRAIGHT As We will guess that most of you have had your summer orientation to this point (of course, assuming you are an incoming student this fall). In other words, you have registered for your fall classes. As you count down the days to the fall semester, are you academically prepared to…
CAREER DAYS / COLLEGE FAIRS 2022 Amazingly, summer is basically over, and fall begins soon. With the coming of fall comes the many Architecture + Design College Day / Fairs. At this stage, most will be held in-person (pending COVID protocols); the event in New York has not determined its dates. Architecture + Design…
SUMMER – WHAT TO DO? REVISIT 2022 Back in February, we offered an article entitled Summer – What to Do? that provided some ideas on what to do for this summer. Now, let’s revisit. https://www.archcareersguide.com/summer-what-to-do-2022/ Now it is approaching mid-July which means back-to-school sales will begin soon and the start of school is NOT…
KIMBERLY DOWDELL ELECTED AIA’S 2024 PRESIDENT ARCHCareersGuide.com wants to make sure you know Ms. Kimberly Dowdell, AIA. Why? Because she just made history. Recently, Ms. Dowdell was elected as the AIA 2023 First VP / 2024 President. And why is this historic – She will NOT be the first female president nor the first black…
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: ATTENDING CONFERENCES It begins today, Wednesday, June 22, 2022. What is IT? AIA Conference on Architecture 2022 June 22-25, 2022 Chicago, IL https://conferenceonarchitecture.com/ If you are an architecture student or recently graduated, you would be well-served to attend. It may be difficult as the conference begins this week but do…
KEY TO SUCCESS IN A NEW POSITION It is the beginning of June; this means the academic year is over – graduation is over, and the summer has started. For many of you, this also means you are starting a new position (hopefully in an architecture firm). But how do you get the most of…
ARCHITECTURE SUMMER PROGRAMS – KICK OFF While it is officially still spring, we are celebrating and kicking off the myriad of summer programs. It is NOT too late to consider and apply to one of the Architecture Summer Programs. To view the full list, visit the following. Architecture Summer Programs https://www.archcareersguide.com/summer/ A…