How do you become an architect that build buildings?
Category: Primary & Secondary Education, Tags: Architect, Architects, Architecture Schools, Building Homes, Building Skyscrapers
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i know that most architects start out building homes, but how do they star building skyscrapers? is there a special course in architecture schools to take?
i know that most architects start out building homes, but how do they star building skyscrapers? is there a special course in architecture schools to take?
3 Responses on How do you become an architect that build buildings?
well that u gotta look online and check out colleges or universities
No special courses–in school, you learn to do everything. More architects end up doing homes because A) there are more of them that need to be built than skyscrapers, B) the code, site, monetary, and program requirements are a lot less complicated in homes than skyscrapers, so C) fewer people need to get into the project, and an architect has more control over what gets built.
By the way, you _can_ work on skyscrapers straight out of school–check out the coveted SOM internships. However, law requires that you be a licensed architect if you want to (principally) design more than four residential units on a single lot. Therefore, you could design a home straight out of school–but not a skyscraper.
I wish it was as simple as going to school and taking a course. Architectural school teach design fundamentals and barely skim over actual architectural practice. You really start learning the profession of architecture when you start working. The SOM apprenticeship will put you in position to work on building models for presentations. You won’t get anywhere close to doing any design work. Due to the size and complexity of large commercial projects, architectural firms need the manpower to do such projects. So these projects tend to go to larger firms. Regarding the answer from Carly, the law requires any person calling themselves an architect to be registered. Any commercial building requires a stamp from an architect. The allowance for designers to undertake four residential units on a legal lot only pertains to wood structure construction of no more than two storys and a basement.
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