Secondly, I am lost with my future career progression. At present I have a BA in Interior Architecture - for those in the US, this is not painter/decorator. In the UK Interior Decorator, Designer and Architecture are three distinct roles, so I am not an on-site tradesman. My degree is developed from my universities Architectural Technology CIAT programme and distinct from their Interior Design programme. In the UK Interior Architecture is to Interior Design as Architectural Technology is to Architecture.
Now onto my question, my degree was called Architectural Design and undergoing accreditation by the RIBA to become part one, however they decided instead to remove a module and add in Interior Design as a mandatory module and rename the course to Interior Architecture and scrap RIBA.
That leaves me in a peculiar position and ironically, 60 of my final year credits are Urban Design and Master Planning. Which is very disjointed. I am now considering the following options, Manchester for Urban Design and Planning RTPI and becoming an Planner/Urban Designer, Sheffield M.Arch and picking up either an additional 1-2 years on B.Arch and become and Architect/Urban Designer.
Or, give up and take MA Interior Architecture at Nottingham Trent, or pick up 4 modules at my previous uni and get CIAT membership - I don't quite fancy counting bricks in AutoCAD, though.
If I go the RTPI UD route I fear that I will get pigeonholed into policy writing and not doing much design, the RIBA route could take 2 years longer, but then I would enjoy it more, but I don't think we could afford me to go back full time as most M.Arch programmes are.
A final way to go would be the now called RIBA studio route, which would allow me to stay full time employed and qualify as an Architect, if needed I could then take a 1 year MAUD if necessary. I could also gain pt1 exemption via the examination alone with my 3 years architecture experience and degree, then join RIBA studio for the pt2 phase - although I understand degrees in IA or AT completed after 2015 may no longer be eligible for this route.
I'm just at a loss as to which route to follow, if any have some input that would be much appreciated.
Hello,
Firstly this is my first post and hello.
Secondly, I am lost with my future career progression. At present I have a BA in Interior Architecture - for those in the US, this is not painter/decorator. In the UK Interior Decorator, Designer and Architecture are three distinct roles, so I am not an on-site tradesman. My degree is developed from my universities Architectural Technology CIAT programme and distinct from their Interior Design programme. In the UK Interior Architecture is to Interior Design as Architectural Technology is to Architecture.
Now onto my question, my degree was called Architectural Design and undergoing accreditation by the RIBA to become part one, however they decided instead to remove a module and add in Interior Design as a mandatory module and rename the course to Interior Architecture and scrap RIBA.
That leaves me in a peculiar position and ironically, 60 of my final year credits are Urban Design and Master Planning. Which is very disjointed. I am now considering the following options, Manchester for Urban Design and Planning RTPI and becoming an Planner/Urban Designer, Sheffield M.Arch and picking up either an additional 1-2 years on B.Arch and become and Architect/Urban Designer.
Or, give up and take MA Interior Architecture at Nottingham Trent, or pick up 4 modules at my previous uni and get CIAT membership - I don't quite fancy counting bricks in AutoCAD, though.
If I go the RTPI UD route I fear that I will get pigeonholed into policy writing and not doing much design, the RIBA route could take 2 years longer, but then I would enjoy it more, but I don't think we could afford me to go back full time as most M.Arch programmes are.
A final way to go would be the now called RIBA studio route, which would allow me to stay full time employed and qualify as an Architect, if needed I could then take a 1 year MAUD if necessary. I could also gain pt1 exemption via the examination alone with my 3 years architecture experience and degree, then join RIBA studio for the pt2 phase - although I understand degrees in IA or AT completed after 2015 may no longer be eligible for this route.
I'm just at a loss as to which route to follow, if any have some input that would be much appreciated.