My goal was to pass all the architecture licensure exams (AREs) by my birthday last September. That didn’t happen. After my two-week whirlwind of taking all six exams last May, I took a week or two off and restarted studying on weekends starting May 31st,… Read More »On the Path to Architect Licensure: Taking the AREs, Again
Over the course of two weeks, from May 2nd to May 11th, I took six exams spread out across two weekends (Friday, Saturday, Sunday, then again the next Friday, Saturday, Sunday). 24 hours and 20 minutes of testing. I passed four and failed two exams… Read More »On the Path to Architect Licensure: Taking the AREs
What is an architect? According to NCARB, the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, it is “a person who designs buildings and prepares the drawings and instructions on how to build them.” In practice, it’s a lot more complex than that consisting of plethora of… Read More »On the Path to Architect Licensure: The AREs