CAREER PROFILES UPDATE
ARCHCareersGuide.com is pleased to post additional Career Profiles, an additional resource on our website. As we stated back then, reading profiles of architects is a great way to learn more about the profession of architecture.
Career Profiles
http://www.archcareersguide.com/profiles/
Career profiles of architecture students, emerging professionals, educators, and practitioners are a wonderful resource for personal stories. Some profiles highlight the traditional path of an architect within a private architecture firm, while others describe related settings in which an architect might work—corporations, government agencies, and education and research.
ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN EXCELLENCE
NATHAN KIPNIS, AIA, LEED BD + C, PRINCIPAL
Kipnis Architecture + Planning, Inc.
Evanston, Illinois
“The client comes first and foremost. It is very important that I carefully listen to their requests and make sure we achieve them, even reading “between the lines” occasionally. I let them know that is it is their project, but my name is also associated with it, which means that there are certain design and technical standards that I want to make sure are achieved.”
JOHN W. MYEFSKI, AIA, PRESIDENT AND FOUNDING PRINCIPAL
Chicago, Illinois
“Everything! In a practice of 15 architects with two principals you really do everything. That is the best part. I find the work, do the design, oversee the building of the project, maintain contact with the client, fix just about any problem that exists, and run the day to day of a business. Most people do not understand that it is the architect’s job to solve problems. Life is a series of logjams, and I am constantly trying to keep the water flowing.”
One source of career profiles is Becoming an Architect: A Guide to Careers in Design – http://www.archcareersguide.com/#book. Within the book, are career profiles of nearly 50 individuals in all aspects of the profession. Some are architecture students, some are emerging professionals, and some are architects. Some are in traditional architecture while others in careers beyond architecture.
ADDITIONAL SOURCES FOR CAREER PROFILES
ARCHStories
Authored by Katherine Williams, NOMA, AIA, LEED AP, ARCHStories is a compilation of stories from architects about their licensure story.
Madame Architecture
https://www.madamearchitect.org/
Madame Architect is a platform celebrating women in architecture from different generations, countries, and corners of the industry. Some are just beginning their career while others own their own firms. Some stand out for their research, others for their technical prowess, and others for the success they’ve had building a firm with an impact.
Great Designer Library
https://www.beyondthebuilt.com/great-designer-library-state
Great Designers Library is a platform to be a resource to potential employers—developers looking for diverse architects to hire for a project—and to students who feel diversity is missing from their architecture educations. She also plans to use the list to lobby architectural textbook companies to expand the canon of “greats” they teach. With a quick Google search, Sablan shows me the that currently, the top 50 results for the keywords “great architect” include only one woman, nine minority architects and zero African Americans, though the list ranges in time period from Renaissance to present-day. After a big social media push in the last two months, her Library now includes 442 diverse designers from around the globe.
Do you know of another website that highlights the career profiles of architects? If so, do let us know so we can promote — archcareersguide@gmail.com