I don't know about the ARE, but I doubt you could do it with an M.Int.Arch. I have been an interior designer for a few years now and have a B.S. in it. From what I have seen in the profession, having a Masters doesn't mean anything. You would still be an interior designer doing whatever you are best at, but the M.Int.Arch does not make you an architect and anyone with a Bachelor's in Interior Design can and will do the same work. What you need is real world experience and that just takes time. As far as lighting and acoustical, it just depends where you work and what services they provide. At my current firm I do everything, but most of the time the architect we work with takes care of the drawings and we just coordinate what we want on our end. Also as far as interior detailing, I do all of that as well, so an M.Int.Arch may better prepare one to do detailing, but anyone can pick it up on the job.
Sorry, that was lengthy, but quite honestly if you are going to pay for school, go for the M.Arch or just get a bachelor's in design.
A Master's of Interior Architecture will not allow you to sit for the ARE currently - that may change in coming years, but who knows. If you're interested in lighting and/or acoustics, there are specialized programs for them that are not MArchs either. Honestly, in practice I know very few architects who are really skilled and knowledgeable at lighting or interior acoustics, but I know a few lighting designers and acoustical engineers who are amazing at that work.
if you really want to be an architect, you need to get a MArch, then you can mold your career to focus on the areas you love - it's a very broad discipline.
The only degrees with which you can become licensed are the B.Arch and the M.Arch (and the fantastically stupid 7-year D.Arch, only available at the University of Hawaii).
the masters of architecture with an emphasis in interiors at SAIC will receive a final determination regarding NAAB accreditation this summer. If they are successful, graduates of the program will be eligible for the same path to a license as any other accredited program.
Unless it has 'M.Arch', I don't know if you can sit for licensure. You'd probably want a license - I've known many people who switched from interiors to architecture in school for this reason.
However, I have known people with architecture degrees who have become interior designers. I don't think that it's necessarily that difficult, although my understanding is that it takes some change in thought from architecture - there's a lot of focus on texture and pattern as opposed to space and structure.
That said, if you're interested in lighting and acoustics, there are MArch programs out there where you can develop a specialization in at least one of the two. Florida and Virginia Tech have some acoustical specialists in their architecture programs (Georgia Tech and Texas both have acoustics, but it's in the engineering department - I think there is some crossover, though), and I think lighting might be more common than acoustics.
At RPI, they have big labs in the architecture department both in acoustics and lighting. They have an MArch, but not an interiors program. I think technical aspects like that are still more a function of architecture and engineering departments instead of interiors departments!
Actually, any of the regional authorities can accredit a MArch or masters of architecture, and there are quite a few of them without the NAAB stamp of approval. Theoretically, any state could make such a program eligible for liscencure -- which is not to say that I know of such a state of affairs. bottom line for most of us is it needs the NAAB approval to be eligible in any jurisdiction I know of.
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M.Arch vs. M.Int.Arch
Can M.Int.Arch sit for ARE? What are the major differences? Do practicioners of Interior Architecture get to focus on lighting and accoustics more?
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I don't know about the ARE, but I doubt you could do it with an M.Int.Arch. I have been an interior designer for a few years now and have a B.S. in it. From what I have seen in the profession, having a Masters doesn't mean anything. You would still be an interior designer doing whatever you are best at, but the M.Int.Arch does not make you an architect and anyone with a Bachelor's in Interior Design can and will do the same work. What you need is real world experience and that just takes time. As far as lighting and acoustical, it just depends where you work and what services they provide. At my current firm I do everything, but most of the time the architect we work with takes care of the drawings and we just coordinate what we want on our end. Also as far as interior detailing, I do all of that as well, so an M.Int.Arch may better prepare one to do detailing, but anyone can pick it up on the job.
Sorry, that was lengthy, but quite honestly if you are going to pay for school, go for the M.Arch or just get a bachelor's in design.
A Master's of Interior Architecture will not allow you to sit for the ARE currently - that may change in coming years, but who knows. If you're interested in lighting and/or acoustics, there are specialized programs for them that are not MArchs either. Honestly, in practice I know very few architects who are really skilled and knowledgeable at lighting or interior acoustics, but I know a few lighting designers and acoustical engineers who are amazing at that work.
if you really want to be an architect, you need to get a MArch, then you can mold your career to focus on the areas you love - it's a very broad discipline.
The only degrees with which you can become licensed are the B.Arch and the M.Arch (and the fantastically stupid 7-year D.Arch, only available at the University of Hawaii).
the masters of architecture with an emphasis in interiors at SAIC will receive a final determination regarding NAAB accreditation this summer. If they are successful, graduates of the program will be eligible for the same path to a license as any other accredited program.
Unless it has 'M.Arch', I don't know if you can sit for licensure. You'd probably want a license - I've known many people who switched from interiors to architecture in school for this reason.
However, I have known people with architecture degrees who have become interior designers. I don't think that it's necessarily that difficult, although my understanding is that it takes some change in thought from architecture - there's a lot of focus on texture and pattern as opposed to space and structure.
That said, if you're interested in lighting and acoustics, there are MArch programs out there where you can develop a specialization in at least one of the two. Florida and Virginia Tech have some acoustical specialists in their architecture programs (Georgia Tech and Texas both have acoustics, but it's in the engineering department - I think there is some crossover, though), and I think lighting might be more common than acoustics.
At RPI, they have big labs in the architecture department both in acoustics and lighting. They have an MArch, but not an interiors program. I think technical aspects like that are still more a function of architecture and engineering departments instead of interiors departments!
Actually, any of the regional authorities can accredit a MArch or masters of architecture, and there are quite a few of them without the NAAB stamp of approval. Theoretically, any state could make such a program eligible for liscencure -- which is not to say that I know of such a state of affairs. bottom line for most of us is it needs the NAAB approval to be eligible in any jurisdiction I know of.
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