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Architecture students at 17 schools will get licensed quicker with help from NCARB's new licensure program, IPAL

2016-12-13T19:36:00-05:00

The recently introduced IPAL, or Integrated Path to Architectural Licensure, promises to streamline the architectural licensure process for students at 17 universities and colleges by incorporating the Architectural Experience Program into the curriculum. Licensure, which is required by a majority of the fifty states and governing agencies in Canada, usually takes a few years of intense study and rigorous examinations after one's initial formal education is complete to attain. Initiated by NCARB, the in-school program will enable students to also take the ARE. Here's a full transcript of the press release:

Friends,The road to licensure for architects is getting shorter and shorter, thanks to a recent initiative spearheaded by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB).

The Integrated Path to Architectural Licensure (IPAL) provides students the opportunity to complete requirements for licensure while they are still earning their degree. Through the initiative, sc...

Get Lectured: University of Cincinnati, Spring '14

2014-02-05T13:03:00-05:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Winter/Spring 2014

Archinect's Get Lectured is up and running again for the Winter/Spring '14 term! As a refresher from our Fall 2013 guide, every week we'll feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current season. Be sure to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Our next poster for this week comes from the University of Cincinnati, School of Architecture and Interior Design (SAID). Their two-sided poster shows the year's lecture events while the other side can fold up to reveal school acronyms. See it in action below.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

All lectures take place at 4:30 pm in DAAP Room 5401 unless noted: Aronoff Center for Design, 2624 Clifton Ave. Listed below are upcoming events only. Free and open to the public.

FEBRUARY

Feb 5
Michael Pyatok / Principal - Pyatok Architects

Feb 12
Stanley ...

A Gathering of Student Work: My Studio at the University of Cincinnati

2011-12-08T19:26:48-05:00

This fall, I co-taught such a studio (with Eli Meiners) at the University of Cincinnati. The project was a real one: the conversion of a former Kroger supermarket building into an open storage facility for the Cincinnati Art Museum, a Montessori school, and studios and display space for artists. The rules of the studio were a bit different: you could do anything you wanted, as long as it was begged, borrowed or stolen; your design did not have to be efficient or buildable...