CAREERS IN ARCHITECTURE AND BEYOND
Just over three years ago, we were pleased to announce the launching of our newest resource for aspiring architects – Careers in Architecture and Beyond. With inspiration from its predecessor, Career Options: Opportunities through Architecture (AIAS, 1993) edited by Christine West (Malecki), Careers in Architecture and Beyond is the updated guide to careers in architecture and beyond for architecture students, recent graduates, and emerging professionals.
Career Option: Opportunities through Architecture (AIAS 1983)
More than anything, it provides insight to the myriad of career paths one can pursue with a degree in architecture. Careers in Architecture and Beyond is the resource that highlight careers in and beyond traditional practice.
As shared in the publication’s forward by David Zach, Futurist —
Careers in Architecture and Beyond that explores the variations of those with architectural talent and interviewed them to find out how and why they did it. From elected AIA leadership, user-experience designers, to cake decorator in each of the case examples, those trained as architects have found a home for their unique set of skills and dreams.
Careers in Architecture and Beyond includes careers in each of the following sections as listed in the contents:
- Architectural Practice
- Outside Architectural Practice
- Government and Public Agencies
- Education and Research
- Corporation and Institutions
- Beyond Architecture
- Related Professional
- Development and Construction
- Art & Design
- Entrepreneurship / Consulting
- Social Impact Design
- User Experience
- Appendix
- Career Designing
- Resources
- Professional Associations
- Career Paths of an Architect
Within each of the sections includes profiles of 32 professionals trained as architects along with potential career titles. Beyond the profiles are an appendix full of resources, an article on career designing, and a listing of professional associations.
ARCHCareersGuide.com helps you launch your journey in becoming an architect; we provide resources such as outlining the path, links to valuable websites including architecture programs, career information, and architecture summer programs.
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