Mentoring – National Mentoring Month

By Dr. Architecture | January 23, 2022 |

MENTORING Regardless of where you are on the path of Becoming an Architect – student, recent graduate, new hire – do you have a Mentor?  Do you know the importance of having a mentor? If you truly like about the history of the profession, mentoring has been a part of architecture.  In the true old…

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AXP – ARCHITECTURAL EXPERIENCE PROGRAM

By Dr. Architecture | August 13, 2020 |

AXP – ARCHITECTURAL EXPERIENCE PROGRAM To truly become an expert on AXP, you need to reference NCARB – https://www.ncarb.org/gain-axp-experience, but below are the basics. Established jointly by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) in the late 1970s, the Architectural Experience Program (AXP) – originally the Intern…

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GAIN EXPERIENCE AS A STUDENT

By Dr. Architecture | August 6, 2020 |

GAIN EXPERIENCE AS A STUDENT In the last article, we discussed the Architectural Education – Degrees; now, we discuss the experience.  First, we will focus on how to gain experience as a student – in other words, what can you do as a current architecture student to become an architect.   “I hear and I…

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