Practical Experience: An Architecture Student's Guide to Internship and the Year Out (Architectural Students Handbooks)

241 Pages·2005·59.59 MB·English

by  Igor Marjanovic

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Practical Experience
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Seriously useful guides
Practical Experience
An Architecture Student’s Guide
to Internship and the Year Out
Igor Marjanovic´, Katerina Rüedi Ray, and
Jane Tankard
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Contents
About the Authors ix
Acknowledgements xi
List of Illustrations xv
1 Introduction 1
The Handbook 1
Section One: Where to Go 5
1 Practicing in the Built Environment 7
The Architectural Office 8
Computer-Aided Design and Digital Skills 9
Some Common Terms 10
2 The Architectural Office 16
Office Types 16
Offices and Building Types 20
Other Kinds of Architectural Office 21
3 Other Types of Office 33
Contractors, Construction, and Project Management 33
Engineering 35
Interior Design 36
Landscape Architecture 38
Urban Design and/or Planning 39
Surveying, Property Management, and Real Estate 40
What Next? 42
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4 Critical and Emerging Practices 43
What is Critical Practice? 43
5 The Year Out and Beyond:Becoming an
Architect in the UK 54
Governing Bodies 54
The Setting and Monitoring of Professional Education
and Qualifications by ARB and RIBA 56
Becoming a Registered Architect in the UK 56
The Professional Experience and Development Process 59
The Professional Experience and Development Record 64
Finally:Preparing for Part 3 of the Professional Examination 69
How a Foreign Architect Can Apply to Register
as a UK Architect 71
A Final Note 72
6 Internship and Beyond:Becoming an
Architect in the USA 73
The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards 73
American Institute of Architects 74
The Establishment and Monitoring of
Professional Qualifications 75
Becoming a Registered Architect in the USA:The Basics 75
A Final Note 95
7 International Experience 96
Becoming an Architect Abroad 96
Working Abroad 98
Section Two: Case Studies 107
8 UK Case Studies 109
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris 109
Alsop Architects 111
Arup Associates 113
Boyarsky Murphy Architects 114
Davis Langdon & Everest 116
deRijke Marsh Morgan Architects 117
Gollifer Langston Architects 119
Houlton Architects 120
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9 US Case Studies 123
Garofalo Architects 123
Herbert Lewis Kruse Blunck Architecture 126
Mark Robbins 128
O’Donnell Wicklund Pigozzi and Peterson Architects Inc. 130
Weller Architects 132
Wheeler Kearns Architects 134
Xavier Vendrell Studio 136
10 Other International Case Studies 139
Africa 139
Asia 143
Europe 149
Latin America 164
A Final Note 166
Section Three: How to Get There 167
11 Finding a Job 169
How Can You Find the Right Job for You? 169
The Application 174
The Interview Portfolio 177
The Job Offer and the Employment Agreement 179
12 Office Cultures 182
Getting Organized 182
Taking Responsibility for Learning 183
Getting Really Good Experience 184
Codes, Norms, and Expectations 186
Collegiality and Professional Conduct 191
Equal Employment Opportunity Legislation 192
13 Afterwards 194
Coping with the Termination of Employment 194
Where Does Your Job Lead You to? 196
Giving Back 196
Section Four: Appendices 199
Appendix A:Readings on Practice 201
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Appendix B:Resources for Information on
International Architectural Practice 203
International 203
North America 203
Central and South America 204
Europe 206
Africa 210
Asia 210
Oceania 212
Index 213
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About the Authors
Igor Marjanovic´is director of the Core Design Programme and assist-
ant professor of architecture at Iowa State University. Together with
Katerina Rüedi Ray, he is principal of ReadyMade Studio, an interdiscip-
linaryart and design practice, which is one of 10 selected exhibitors in
the architectural exhibition Ten Visions:Chicago Architecture at the Art
Institute of Chicago.Marjanovic´’s work – as a teacher, a designer, and
a writer – focuses on the appropriation of montage practices and critical
theories in design.He has co-authored The Portfolio(Architectural Press,
Oxford).His current research focuses on Alvin Boyarsky’s influence on
the twentieth century architectural education and practice. Marjanovic´
graduated summa cum laude from the University of Belgrade, Serbia, and
completed his diploma thesis at the Moscow Institute of Architecture.
He also received a Master of Architecture degree from the University of
Illinois at Chicago, where he was awarded the UIC/Skidmore, Owings,
and Merrill Scholarship.Marjanovic´ is a Ph.D.candidate at the Bartlett
School of Architecture, University College London, UK.
Katerina Rüedi Ray is an Architects’Registration Board (ARB) regis-
tered architect and the director of the School of Art at Bowling Green
State University, USA, and, with Igor Marjanovic´, principal of ReadyMade
Studio. From 1996 to 2002 she was the director of the School of
Architecture at the University of Illinois at Chicago.She studied archi-
tecture at the University of Dundee, the Architectural Association in
London, and has a masters and a doctoral degree in architecture from
University College London, UK. She has taught architectural design
and theory at the Architectural Association, The Bartlett School and