THE MODERN MILLENNIAL: PART TWO A Mother’s Ultimatum There are two events that changed my life forever. The first is when I became a licensed architect at the age of 29. For the better part of a decade, my life revolved around architecture. Six and a half years of schooling, traveling Europe during a semester…
THE MODERN MILLENNIAL: PART ONE The Becoming During the summer, I came across a LinkedIN post from this one former student that truly touched me. We reached out asking her to share here. At this point, I do NOT want to give away the topic of the post, but suffice it to say — stay…
DESIGNWORKS SUMMER ACADEMY Ball State University — July 6 – 18, 2025 Discover your passion for design at Ball State University’s Estopinal College of Architecture and Planning’s DesignWorks Summer Academy. A two-week residential-experience for high school students eager to explore professional careers in the design field in Summer 2025 – July 6 – 18, 2025.…
CRITERIA – INSTITUTIONS 2024 Recently, we started a series of essays on the path of pursuing an architectural education on your way to becoming an architect; we first outlined the different paths to an accredited architectural degree (see below). Now, we will discuss the different criteria for your decision. We started with the Architecture Program and…
CRITERIA PROGRAM – ARCHITECTURE PROGRAM 2024 Regardless of the architecture degree you may pursue, how do you SELECT an architecture program? After learning about the many degree programs, choosing among them may seem a daunting task; over 125 institutions in the United States and Canada offer professional architecture degree programs. However, if you analyze the…
ARCHITECTURE AT CHICAGO Learn about the two Architecture Summer Programs offered by the University of Illinois at Chicago; the first, HiArch is targeted for high school students while the second, YArch is for current undergraduate students, recent graduates, and other adults who have an interest in architecture. HiArch Summer Architecture Program https://arch.uic.edu/hiarch Dates to…
GRADUATE OPEN HOUSES – FALL 2024 Today’s essay focuses on Graduate Open Houses and provides the dates / links to some graduate programs. ARCHCareerGuide.com does NOT have a vehicle to promote Graduate Open House other than this essay. Application: Steps for Success https://www.archcareersguide.com/application-process-2024/ Rankings: Worth It? https://www.archcareersguide.com/rankings-are-they-worth-it/ Resources for Program Research https://www.archcareersguide.com/resources-for-researching-architecture-programs-2024/ Resource: Architecture…
Explore Architecture This Summer at UMD: ARCH150 – Discovering Architecture High school students passionate about design can jumpstart their architectural journey with ARCH150 – Discovering Architecture, a three-week summer course offered as part of the University of Maryland’s Terp Young Scholars program in Summer 2025 – July 14 – August 1, 2025. Course Highlights This…
APPLICATION PROCESS 2024 Once you have narrowed your choices, the next step is to complete the applications by the stated deadlines; amazingly, these deadlines are fast approaching. Be cognizant of these deadlines, as many universities have set earlier and earlier deadlines within the academic calendar; some deadlines were in early October. For graduate programs, some…
ARCHITECTURE SUMMER PROGRAMS 2025 LAUNCHES While the temperatures start to become colder, we suggest you put your sights on Summer 2025! Although the month of October is not yet over, we have posted almost 50 Architecture Summer Programs complete with dates. ARCHCareersGuide.com is pleased to announce that we launched our Architecture Summer Program listing for…