Peer review/code review certification - Some jurisdictions allow an architect to pre-code review drawings. Counties will usually knock off a month or so of review time for a large project.
LEED consultant.
Cost estimation consulting
Newspaper or magazine architecture critic
I think there are some interesting consulting jobs to do with historic preservation
Construction - quit your job and build decks. I know two people who have done this.
Here are some that I know people have done.
Real Estate agent
Construction Manager
Product rep
city planner
store manager - home depot
IT professional
graphic artist
museum curator
some people i know became,
chef,tailor,hair stylist,set designer,writer,contractor,web site designer (lots),decorator,gas station owner,travel agent,artist,real estate,agent/developer,criminal (fraud),book seller,furniture designer,sandanista,dead.
i've known a few people to go into game design...which actually makes a lot of sense, given that many architecture students work with the very same programs used to build gaming environments & characters.
i'm also going to have to again point out these FTL guys; apparently they hire a lot of dual degrees and product designers. they do some really amazing work
I would never carry on just being an architect. Thats such a waste of a lifetime.
I am not likely to ever marry or spawn brats..ergo...work,make money and have a collection of universty degrees. Then possibly take an excess of sleeping pills when I'm really bored. Of course, I will not design my own gravestone. What a horrid macabre idea!
people with a degree in architecture can do anything....or at least they pretend they can.
by the way I would think Pharmacy might be a good direction. All the mixing and measuring of chemicals and powders and liquids. Data and graphs....it's kind of like being a doctor...only for architects.
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non-traditional careers for architectural grads..
been thinking about this for a class i teach. (which is one of the careers, if full time, that i am talking about.)
all suggestions much appreciated.
well, at the risk of doubly losing any more archinect respect:
http://spacearchitect.org/
and, yes, i still think it is interesting
Peer review/code review certification - Some jurisdictions allow an architect to pre-code review drawings. Counties will usually knock off a month or so of review time for a large project.
LEED consultant.
Cost estimation consulting
Newspaper or magazine architecture critic
I think there are some interesting consulting jobs to do with historic preservation
Construction - quit your job and build decks. I know two people who have done this.
Finally - host your own HGTV decorating show!
Space Architect - very cool.
film director.
Your options are almost limitless..
Here are some that I know people have done.
Real Estate agent
Construction Manager
Product rep
city planner
store manager - home depot
IT professional
graphic artist
museum curator
some people i know became,
chef,tailor,hair stylist,set designer,writer,contractor,web site designer (lots),decorator,gas station owner,travel agent,artist,real estate,agent/developer,criminal (fraud),book seller,furniture designer,sandanista,dead.
i've known a few people to go into game design...which actually makes a lot of sense, given that many architecture students work with the very same programs used to build gaming environments & characters.
i'm also going to have to again point out these FTL guys; apparently they hire a lot of dual degrees and product designers. they do some really amazing work
www.ftlstudio.com
p-i-m-p n hos
fast paced kinda architecture
and you won't have any moral interrupions
rockstar (ala Weird AL)
thanks this is some pretty good stuff, especially the space architect thing.
computer game concept artists
film/stage set designers
fine artist - sculpture, paint, sound, photography, textiles...we get exposed to all of it...
real estate
property developer
legal arbitrator/mediator in building industry disputes
building regulations consultants
architectural historian - consult to archeological teams
and yeah...in the footsteps of pink floyd and wierd al...ROCK STARDOM...
and the list could go on...personally i think it must be the most all-encompassing education you can find...
i almost switched to cooking at one point
I would never carry on just being an architect. Thats such a waste of a lifetime.
I am not likely to ever marry or spawn brats..ergo...work,make money and have a collection of universty degrees. Then possibly take an excess of sleeping pills when I'm really bored. Of course, I will not design my own gravestone. What a horrid macabre idea!
hey, javier thats how I put myself through school....
"recepies by archinect readers" (older post)
javier and john, whats cooking?
industrial design?
cgi for movies with futuristic cities
non profit world? community development?
the head designers at XBox and Nike are former architects.
rockstar (ala Elastica and Pink Floyd)
fluffer
Fergus Henderson, a student at the aa, started up one of the best restaurants in London when he left the school - St Johns - carnivors delight.
people with a degree in architecture can do anything....or at least they pretend they can.
by the way I would think Pharmacy might be a good direction. All the mixing and measuring of chemicals and powders and liquids. Data and graphs....it's kind of like being a doctor...only for architects.
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