Can I quit architecture after 3rd year?
NEW DELHI: An architecture student can now exit at the end of three years with a degree. The amended MSAR is set to make the undergraduate architecture programme have the flexibility of multiple exit options with universities to allot an appropriate degree at the end of three years of study as well.
Is it too late to start a career in architecture?
First and foremost, you are NEVER too old to pursue an education and a career you love! Seeking an architectural degree as an older student isn’t going to be a breeze, but it is certainly doable and most definitely rewarding.
Do you really have to be good at drawing to be an architect?
I am living proof that you don’t have to draw well to be an architect. Architects communicate through their drawings – we aren’t making art. As architect Lou Kahn once famously said, “an artist can make a cart with square wheels, but an architect can’t.”
Are architecture students happy?
Architects are about average in terms of happiness. As it turns out, architects rate their career happiness 3.1 out of 5 stars which puts them in the bottom 41\% of careers.
Can I study architecture at 30?
Now after 30 yrs. of professional practice I would suggest to you is to go to a tech school for evening study and CAD skills, and work for a small firm that’ll give you plenty of responsibility – not pigeon-hole you as a large firm might do. You’ll quickly learn if architecture is the profession for you.
When should you start working on your architecture projects?
If you’re planning on getting a job after school, you really need to start working on it before you graduate. I always believed that my on-the-job experience in firms helped me push my architecture projects in school a lot harder (especially more than those who’ve never done production work in an architecture office).
What do you think about architecture students?
I love architecture students. I admire your dedication and enthusiasm for the profession. You are the future of architecture. With all these baby boomers retiring, the profession is about to undergo the biggest “changing of the guard” it has ever seen. This overhaul gets me excited about the direction the profession is going.
Does not having an architecture license make you a loser?
But not having an architecture license isn’t stopping them from having successful careers. Not getting an architecture licenses doesn’t make you a loser. 20 or 30 years ago, architectural licensing was the only path for architecture graduates.
Should you work in an architecture office before you graduate?
If you never work in an architecture office before you graduate, you’re cheating yourself. 4. Thinking there is only one path: Licensed Architect