Becoming an Architect
A Guide to Careers in Design
Lee Waldrep
WHY TO BUY
Essential guide for anyone entering or considering the architecture
profession.
Author biography
INFORMATION
Lee W. Waldrep, Ph.D., Associate Dean in the School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation , University of Maryland.
He holds a Ph.D. in Counseling and Development from The American University with a Master of Architecture from Arizona State University and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Michigan. He has lectured and presented on the topic of careers and architecture extensively at architecture programs including the AIAS Forum and Grassroots. He has also presented at a recent northeast regional conference of the ACSA, high schools, junior highs, and elementary schools on the topic of "becoming an architect." In 1995-1997, he authored a series of three articles on the same topic for the IDP News, a publication distributed to over 12,500 interns.
ISBN10: 0-471-70954-9
ISBN13: 978-0-471-70954-1
In Store Date: March 31, 2006
Publication Date: April 7, 2006
Price: US$ 35.00
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Subject: (AR00) General & Introductory Architecture
Field: ARGD00 (Architecture and Design)
Discipline: ARX000 (Architecture)
Subdiscipline: ARX100 (Architecture)
Course: AR0010 (General/Introductory Architecture)
Product Line: (Z1) Architecture/Engineering
Discount Group: (1T) Trade-Discounted titles
Bookstore Category: (ARC000000) ARCHITECTURE/General
Editor: (031) Czarnecki, J.
Marketing Manager: (44) Mayhew, Justin
Publisher: (Z1) Amanda Miller
EAN: 9780471709541
UPC: 723812738403
Market Restrictions: World Rights
Rights: Incomplete Rights
Sales handles
• Written by a nationally known expert on architecture career development.
• A section on Do You Want to be an Architect? will orient the reader to an architect's duties, tasks, and career.
• A section on the education of an architect will outline the education process, with three chapters focused on preparation, selecting a school, and the architecture coursework. • A section on Gaining Experience will focus on the training of an architect, the experience
of becoming an architect.
• Career profiles will be throughout the text, highlighting individuals that have varied career paths.
• The appendix will include relevant information on associations and organizations related to the profession.
About the topic/technology
Becoming an Architect is a highly visual career guide for those who are considering, or embarking upon, a career in architecture. The book provides an overview of the profession, educational requirements, design specialties, the job search, registration requirements, and the many directions in which a career in architecture can go. Included are in-depth
profiles with architects of varying backgrounds and specialties.
Market description
(Please include secondary markets)primary: high school students, undergrads, and others considering careers in architecture. Architecture school career counselors and high school guidance counselors.
secondary: architecture school intro course and professional practice faculty, human resource personnel in architecture firms.
Becoming an Architect
A Guide to Careers in Design
Lee Waldrep
About the book
Becoming An Architect will provide insight into the process of becoming an architect. Using the three Es of becoming an architect -- a) Education, b) Experience, and c) Exam, the book will provide the reader a detailed outline of graduating with an accredited professional degree in architecture, the "experience" or internship component, and the exam, the Architect Registration Examination (A.R.E.). In addition, an introduction will help the reader answer -- do you want to be an architect? – Scattered throughout the text will be career profiles of those within the profession highlighting the many careers in architecture.
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