Careers in Architecture and Beyond

Over the past few years, there has been many articles and discussion on what careers an architect might pursue other than architecture.  

We know there are those careers that are related, i.e., interior designer, landscape architect, urban planner, but what else?

Well, review the articles listed below
 



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Nine More Alternative Careers for Architects

Architect Magazine April 26, 2017

http://www.architectmagazine.com/practice/nine-more-alternative-careers-for-architects_o

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10 Essential Skills for a Life Beyond Architecture

Archinect March 24, 2017

https://archinect.com/features/article/149998885/10-essential-skills-for-a-life-beyond-architecture

 

Career Opportunities Architecture After School

Jackie Craven March 5, 2017

https://www.thoughtco.com/what-to-do-major-in-architecture-175938

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Pursuing Alternative Paths in the Name of Design

Architect Magazine February 7, 2017

http://www.architectmagazine.com/practice/pursuing-alternative-paths-in-the-name-of-design_o

Amazing Things Architects Make when They Are Not Architecting

WIRED January 27, 2017

https://www.wired.com/2017/01/this-is-what-architects-do-when-theyre-bored-with-buildings/

21 Careers You Can Pursue with a Degree in Architecture

ARCHDaily November 7, 2016

https://www.archdaily.com/798632/21-careers-you-can-pursue-with-a-degree-in-architecture

Eight Alternative Careers for Architects

Architect Magazine June 1, 2016

http://www.architectmagazine.com/practice/eight-alternative-careers-for-architects_o

Architecture and Beyond: Opportunities Abound

Success by Design April 1, 2012

http://www.architectsuccess.com/2012/04/01/architecture-and-beyond-opportunities-abound-by-lee-w-waldrep-ph-d/

Architect or Whatever?

New York Times January 20, 2010

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/21/garden/21architects.html

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Working out of the Box

Working Out of the Box

http://archinect.com/features/tag/1149/working-out-of-the-box

A part of ARCHINECT, Working out of the Box is a series of features presenting architects who have applied their architecture backgrounds to alternative career paths.

Over the last number of years, a number of career fields/occupations have been highlighted (see below).

Artist

Architecture Theorist

Production/Art Designer

Sculptor

Mosaic Artist / Pattern Designer

Jewelry Designer

LEGO Model Designer

Sacred Space Conservationist

Illustrator

Product Designer

WeWork – co-working spaces

Design Leads – Windows at Microsoft

3D Sugar Printing Designers

Fashion Designer

Public Design Instigator

Creative Director

Healthcare Technology

Public Arts – murals, installations, media

Experimental fashion blogger, stylist and writer

Co-founder of Pinterest

Web Designer

Architects and Beyond: Career Opportunities Abound

Architects and Beyond: Career Opportunities Abound

This past Friday, my colleagues and I (see below) presented on the topic of careers beyond architecture at the AIA Convention in Chicago.  From all accounts, it was a success.  Attendance was almost 200 attendees.  After a brief introduction to the topic, each of my colleagues presented on their own career paths in architecture and beyond.  Afterwards, we let the audience do the same in small groups.

After additional information and resources, we opened up the session to comments; it was a healthy conversation that all agreed that a degree in architecture was good preparation on a number of career paths in the discipline and beyond.

Session Description:

Architects and Beyond: Career Opportunities Abound will provide insight on the myriad of career paths one with an architectural education can pursue.  Learn directly from others in careers beyond traditional practice and apply what you learn to you own career path.

Alan Brangman, Lee Waldrep, Ashley Clark, Megan Chusid

Practice Options

Lately, I have been doing a great deal of research on what I term "Architecture and Beyond."  Individuals with an architectural education who have pursued a career path beyond traditional practice.  

I will write a more involved entry later, but I wanted to bring attention to a new feature on Archinect entitled Practice Options.  The tag line is "to be an architect or not be an architect; or to be an architect without really being an architect.  Or to be something else with a background in architecture.

Anyway, below is the first profile.  Enjoy.

Nic Granleese - Para-Architect

"Through the magical medium of Twitter, I had the pleasure of virtually meeting Nic Granleese, an architectural photographer in Melbourne, Australia. He is a self-described 'registered, but non-practicing architect'--and after seeing that description, I knew I'd found the perfect candidate for my first profile of an architect doing something else.?

Dr. Architecture