Architect?: A Candid Guide to the Profession

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MIT Press, 1998 - Architecture - 281 pages

The first edition of Architect?, published in 1985, quickly became known as the best basic guide to the architectural profession. More than a decade later, it is a standard text for introductory courses on architecture and recommended reading on the application forms of many schools of architecture. This revised edition includes new information pertinent to current education and practice and addresses issues and concerns of great interest to students choosing among different types of programs, schools, firms, and architectural career paths.

Roger K. Lewis, a practicing architect and educator, takes a hard look at the education of the architect as he covers such topics as curriculum content, pedagogical theories and methods, program and faculty types, the admission process, internship, compensation, computer-aided design, and the culture of small and large firms. He tells how an architect works and gets work, and explains all aspects of architectural services, from initial client contact to construction oversight.

The author describes the benefits of becoming an architect, including the opportunity to express oneself creatively, to improve the environment, and to achieve notoriety. But he doesn't hesitate to show the other side--the lack of steady work and appropriate compensation, the intensity of competition, the restrictions imposed by clients, and the high degree of anxiety and disillusionment among young architects. Written in a clear, accessible style, the book is accompanied by the authors often-humorous illustrations and a valuable appendix.

 

Contents

Why Not to Be an Architect
19
Becoming an Architect
34
Experiencing Architectural School
61
Professors and What They Profess
89
After School What?
141
Being an Architect
163
How Architects Work
183
How Architects Get Work
213
Architects Clients
235
We Who Are Architects
255
Afterword
267
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About the author (1998)

Roger K. Lewis is a practicing architect and planner, Professor Emeritus of Architecture at the University of Maryland, and a columnist for the Washington Post.

Bibliographic information

TitleArchitect?: A Candid Guide to the Profession
Architect?: A Candid Guide to the Profession, Roger K. Lewis
AuthorRoger K. Lewis
Editionillustrated, revised
PublisherMIT Press, 1998
ISBN0262621215, 9780262621212
Length281 pages
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Architecture / Reference
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