@JBeaumont 

Well fucking said. What do you think the odds are that any of that will actually sink in for more than an hour?

EDIT: Holy shit he just kept posting nonsense for another hour!

Someone do a word count on this thread.. it's hilarious

What's a "Professional Building Designer"? what makes you a professional? genuine question.

Good question- from the AIBD Handbook:

Eligibility Requirements

Any individual who, regardless of the registration or licensing requirement of their state or

country of residence, is eligible to sit for the certification exam provided he/she has been

engaged in the professional practice of building design for at least six (6) years, for no less

than twenty (20) hours per week, average. Not more than three (3) of the required six (6)

years shall be considered educational and may consist of training or courses relating to

architecture or structural engineering in accredited universities, colleges, vocational or

correspondence schools, or employment and on-the-job training, under the supervision of a

Professional Building Designer, architect or professional engineer.

Examination Application Process

All Professional Building Designer’s who wish to apply for the exam must submit the following

to the National Office:

• Three letters of recommendation from a builder, building official, professional building

designer, architect or engineer.

• One set of separate working drawings for three separate projects the applicant

personally prepared, which meet the Construction Drawing Standard as established by

the Council. Please submit working drawings in electronic PDF format.

RWCB - How did you meet these requirements without having worked for an architect?

AIBD = american institute of bullshit dialogues.

The difference? -5-7.5 years of exclusive and very demanding education. -3500 required and approved hours of working under a licensed architect. -7 (soon to be 5) grueling exams with low pass rates. -Finally after all of that, we get a stamp.....some sleep... and can legally practice Architecture. An Architect is legally responsible for the safety, health, and welfare of the public. We have to pass exams to be able to practice, similar to the way that Attorneys, Accountants, Engineers, and Doctors must do internship hours and pass exams. A paralegal is not an Attorney, a tax-specialist is not an Accountant, and a Physician's assistant is not a Medical Doctor. As far as I am concerned, an interior "architect," is extremely similar if not the same as an interior designer, or interior decorator. Sure there might be an exam, but that is ABSOLUTELY nothing like the ARE's. We can do whatever an interior "architect, designer, decorator," can do without any acronym after our name. Because after our name says: Registered Architect. In addition to navigating building codes, overlays, zoning, ability to size beams, columns, air ducts, and detailing curtain-walls, window sills, roof penetrations, etc, as well as any sort of penetration through a fire rated wall, and also having to deal with the ever-so-much-fun-to-deal-with-fire-marshal, and people at the P&Z department... In addition we decide the shape of some interior spaces by moving our non-load-bearing walls (which in the end affects our life-safety sheet, and our exit floor plan which requires actual licensed Architect to approve, stamp, and in doing so risk his own livelihood). We also sometimes pick paint colors, carpets, Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment for our buildings. (The list above is no way at all exhaustive.) The ability for someone who did not go through all of the grueling requirements listed above, nor have the responsibilities to the general public, to place Architect after their name is a disservice, and discrediting to Architects. The difference between what an interior architect is allowed by law to do, vs what an interior designer is allowed by law to do, vs what an interior decorator is allowed by law to do... is pretty much.... the same. It all falls in the: FF&E, moving interior walls (which Architects have to in the end approve if they change the life-safety sheets), and picking out finishes. The markup on interiors work is freakin awesome, don't get me wrong. Y'all make crazy good money, which is very enticing. But in the end what interior "architects," interior designers, and interior decorators do is pretty much the same. They practice a very small subset of Architecture, which is a profession that comes with tons and tons and tons of liability. Similarly to a Doctor, Accountant, Engineer, or Attorney.

There is no significant value in taking Architecture in order to be excellent in Interior Design.  Its almost like taking medicine to become a good nurse.

Just choose interior design and stop confusing yourself.

Architects design. Interior designers go shopping.

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