isnt this something you could ask your teachers in school ?

There is no one right answer in design... And there is more than one way to learn design. :)

I wanna thank you for your comment because it made me feel relieved, I studied civil engineering and architecture is my passion but I was so afraid it wouldn't work without a degree

​@@DrewPaulBellthat's cool

I don't know how I hadn't heard about this. Thanks for letting me know!

Thanks for the comment! The videos aren't going anywhere :)

I know this comment is old but I hope you made it

Hey! I’m going to be getting my pre-professional degree in Architecture this fall, meaning I’d have to go to graduate school afterward if i wanted to b able to get my license. is it possible to get good paying jobs with just my pre professional degree?

Yeah, whether you have a BArch degree or a non-accredited degree doesn’t really impact your pay. What really matters is your experience.

and by "design business" what do you mean? what kind of a design ? you mean architectural design? autocad,3dsmax,sketchup,revit,vray ?

Yeah, you can work without the license, but it’s a lot easier if you get it! Thanks!

so, what about the architects that outside USA and did not have licenses .. what are the steps ?

That’s a good question. As I understand it, there are a few different factors. If you’re building your own home, you are basically only putting yourself and your family at risk. But if you’re designing public buildings, now you’re putting others at risk. It’s always been my understanding that the intent behind the law is to allow personal freedom to build your own home, and the way the law is written doesn’t prevent a contractor from just designing and building a bunch of single-family homes and selling them. I also think there is an advantage in making it a little easier to provide more housing. The building codes for residential are also somewhat less complex. And probably most importantly, the structures required to support a building of that size can be designed with typical wood framing.

You should persuite your dream to become true, but be aware - architects die mostly because of heartattacks! :)))) Do you know the difference between God and an architect? .... Architects work also on sundays! :P

Yes Mee to I'm studying diploma architecture in final year it's excellent exciting work

I am dealing with the same doubt

heat flux there is

Are you trying to design new structures or alterations? Or just documenting their existing buildings?

I feel like you are paying money to learn architecture from professors. Why would you pay money to professors to teach you if you already knew everything? Now with that being said, the more you learn ahead of time, the more of an advantage you will have. I always recommend Frank Ching’s book FORM, SPACE, AND ORDER as the perfect intro book to architecture. It covers architecture the way you will think about it in school (and the way you SHOULD think about it in the profession). amzn.to/2uiQNc9 (affiliate link). It's not that you are expected to know it all already, but if you want to make your first semester a lot easer, that book will help. You will spend a lot of time your first year analyzing buildings. Ching's book shows you ways that you can interpret and think about architecture, using drawings of great buildings. In school, you will be expected to analyze buildings on your campus or around your city. You will have limited options, and the buildings around you will not be as good as the all-time greats. You can learn the lessons from the all-time greats through his book and then look for those lessons in the buildings around you when you have to do your projects.

The stuff you would do as a BIM manager would only satisfy a small portion of the required AXP hours. You wouldn’t be able to complete the requirements if you only worked as a BIM manager.

Definitely. It really just comes down to the discretion of the employer.

Yeah. I think it would be good to be clear to them that they will need to get building permits. Because if they start building without one they will likely get a stop work order. The whole process can be streamlined if you just go through the proper channels. And it’s also important (MORE important) to protect the health safety and welfare of the public. There’s building codes even for houses. A lot of people don’t realize that they need building permits. They think that it’s their land and that they can do whatever they want on it. So you have to explain it to them. A building has to go through the proper inspections. If an electrical sub contractor messes up some wireing, for example, that could be all it takes for the whole building to go up in flames. There’s a lot of things that can go wrong and the stakes are too high. ...if you could just be familiar with the building permit process, know why it’s important, and guide them into that process, I think they would get the picture about the scope of your work and you would have represented yourself legally.

Thank you Drew, I will study that some more and will add it to my disclaimer.

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It varies, but typically, you need a licensed architect to sign and seal drawings for building permits, with the exception of residential single-family (sometimes two-family) residential buildings less than 3 stories and a certain square footage. So you could probably design a house, as long as it’s not too big ...and if you know what you’re doing ;)

@@DrewPaulBell thank you 🙂

depends on the type of building, commercial buildings almost always require a licensed architect or engineer, Residential projects usually can be done by anyone.

Not yet. They would need to get a license. At least that’s the rule in the US.

@@DrewPaulBell same question me also

That’s how the law is weaponized to limit the production of real assets. By the basic definition of the word, the person designing the building is an architect. It’s like saying the guy playing soccer can’t be called a soccer player without license. While true, it is unjust.