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via archiect (Matthew Arnold and Orhan Ayyüce Senior editor – Archinect) | read full article here

First off this is not the whole article. This is important to your Professional Architectural Development! Go Here to read the whole post

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As it known, the ‘good looking’ road of architecture is not really easy and smooth.

‘Architects,’ and I mean the entire community, students and the teachers, interns, practitioners and licensed architects, have to prove their dedication to architecture throughout their lives. With strictly institutionalized professional codes and ‘fusion models,’ the road is often a long ride, always challenging the dedicated and the committed.

Architecture is one of the most demanding and rigorously pursued professions.

Mathew Arnold, an architect with a Cooper Union education, sent me his research initially named, “The Road To Licensure” and its ongoing results in the form of well designed charts, illustrating an uphill effort, likened to a “Stairway to Architecture.”
It could shed some light on the questions some of you might have or raise newer issues and actions, for institutions and individuals involved, helping the integration of academy and the field, adjusting the scales for the advancement of the people who are, by definition, responsible for thinking of and creating the built environment. … (more on the actual article)

The year 1996 saw the publication of the Boyer Report. Commissioned by the AIA (see the abstract,) AIAS, NCARB, NAAB, and ACSI, The report, entitled Building Community: A New Future for Architecture Education and Practice, called for a reinvigoration of architectural education and a more comprehensive integration of education and practice.

The issuance of the report caused a stir in the architectural community. Practitioners and educators alike acknowledged the cogency and merit of its recommendations, and many of us participated in more than a few roundtable discussions where representatives of the academy and practitioners were united in voicing commitment to their implementation.

Recently, I got to wondering, how are we doing now, twelve years later…

A few diagrams from the article on archinect

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Applicants, accepted, dropped out, graduated
about the author

The RFI and accompanying charts are available at stairwaytoarchitecture.com
Who is Matthew Arnold?
I maintain a private architecture and design practice in Virginia. I graduated from Cooper Union with a B.Arch in 1982. I’m a licensed architect in most of the mid-Atlantic states. I enjoy the work of Edward Tufte and recommend his books and seminars, in particular the poster of Napolean’s March to Moscow.

I’m currently working on a little book, Drawings that Scream — Architectural Working Drawings in CAD, a primer.