CAREER GUIDES
ARCHCareersGuide.com is pleased to announce this new resource – Career Guides – for its readers. Listed are a series of Career Guides on the profession of architect through the years. The guides are listed in reverse chronological order with the most recent listed first.
To be sure, below is the true definition of a Career Guide (see below).
Career guide publications may take several forms, including PDFs, booklets, journals or books. A career guide publication will typically be divided up into several chapters or segments, each one addressing a particular career issue.
Included are many career guides from the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the largest professional association of architects. Along with the AIA, the remaining collateral organizations (AIAS, ACSA, NAAB, and NCARB) and NOMA combined forces for Your Guide to a Career in Architecture (listed below). However, the most recent guide listed – Architecture Careers Guide was authored by the firm Mackey Mitchell Architects. Below is their overall description.
An Architecture Careers Guide MMA
Our staff at MMA has crafted an Architecture Careers Guide to help young people navigate the path to becoming an architect or designer. Within these pages, we dive into all aspects of the career, starting with what an architect does and why it’s important, to the stages of architecture, different specializations within the field, and the academic paths you may take to becoming one. We’ve sprinkled in fun games, examples from real MMA projects, and even additional resources to help jumpstart your journey.
Another guide listed is Explore Architecture, a publication of AIA Kansas City and NOMA Kansas City. Below is their link for their guides and description.
So You Want to Be an Architect
https://www.aiakc.org/students/so-you-want-to-be-an-architect
Our team of architects and designers—of all ages, ethnicities, backgrounds, and genders—have teamed together to bring you the guide to a career in architecture volume 1 and volume 2. We want to help you understand what architects do, the path towards becoming an architect, other useful information to help you explore this meaningful career. Our world is changing constantly whether it be in the fabric of our streets or via economically and socially charged issues, architects are part of shaping healthier and more equitable communities.
Additional guides may be from a FEW years ago, but the narratives included in these guides are almost just a valid as the more recent ones. Granted, some information may be out-of-date, but you should still review. For example, this is from 1975 and still valid today. –
…Because with the right mix of talents and personality, there can be no satisfaction quite list the satisfaction of coming up with a beautiful solution for a complex problem. That’s what architecture really is – creative problem-solving.
Your Guide to a Career in Architecture
https://www.ncarb.org/sites/default/files/GuidetoArchCareer.pdf
Your Guide ... is a resource designed for high school students who want to consider a career in architecture. This guide offers students information on how to get their architecture education started as well as insights into the pathway to becoming an architect.
The American Institute of Architects (AIA), American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS), Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA), National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB), National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) and National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) developed the guides with the goal of expanding the pipeline of students who may not have considered a career in architecture.
Your Career in Architecture BSA
The Boston Society of Architects (BSA) prepared this brochure as part of its career-services program. Since the 1980s, the BSA has sought to improve the level and quality of information available to students considering architectural careers.
Careers in Architecture AIA 1995
Pillar to Post Architecture 1992
So, if you desire to become an architect, take the time to review these Career Guides and the best on your personal journey to become an architect. Do let us know how we can help — archcareersguide@gmail.com