The work of an architect is visible from the houses in a sub development to skyscrapers located in cities all around. Every building or structure no matter how small or how large started as a design created by an architect. The styles of architecture varies around the world and from architect to architect, each person has their own style of design. Becoming an architect requires a lengthy and expensive college education along with an internship for a student to become certified. Even though the path to become an architect is difficult and expensive, I have always had a great interest in the design of buildings and the creation from start to finish. To be able to see ones drawing of a structure come to life when built is truly amazing. To begin
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A four to five year Bachelor of Architecture degree is commonly earned to become a competent architect. The cost of tuition for an architectural school is considerably high ranging from $19,791 to $26,252 a year depending on whether an in state or out-of-state school is attended (Cramer). Once a degree in architecture is acquired, most state architectural registration boards require the student to earn experience of a minimum of 3-years through an internship with a firm (Architects). In total, a student will go through at least 8 years of study and earning experience before they can become …show more content…
First off I started with what is he responsible for as an architect in his profession to which he responded, “I’m responsible for anything to do with the designing of the project to following through the progression of it being built” (Hirsch). Mr. Hirsch then proceeded to describe what he does daily as an architect in which he said, “I normally start the design and project from the beginning to where I can hand it off to another architect in the office to deal with specifications. I do a lot of preliminary design and meet with the client to figure out what they want in the design of the building” (Hirsch). He talked about how he spends most of his time in his office doing the designing and figuring out arrangements, floor plans, and the budget of the
A four to five year Bachelor of Architecture degree is commonly earned to become a competent architect. The cost of tuition for an architectural school is considerably high ranging from $19,791 to $26,252 a year depending on whether an in state or out-of-state school is attended (Cramer). Once a degree in architecture is acquired, most state architectural registration boards require the student to earn experience of a minimum of 3-years through an internship with a firm (Architects). In total, a student will go through at least 8 years of study and earning experience before they can become …show more content…
First off I started with what is he responsible for as an architect in his profession to which he responded, “I’m responsible for anything to do with the designing of the project to following through the progression of it being built” (Hirsch). Mr. Hirsch then proceeded to describe what he does daily as an architect in which he said, “I normally start the design and project from the beginning to where I can hand it off to another architect in the office to deal with specifications. I do a lot of preliminary design and meet with the client to figure out what they want in the design of the building” (Hirsch). He talked about how he spends most of his time in his office doing the designing and figuring out arrangements, floor plans, and the budget of the