Architect Eionde Driver

Meet with clients to determine objectives and requirements for structures Estimate the amount of required materials, equipment, and construction

time Prepare structure specifications Direct workers who prepare drawings and documents Prepare scaled drawings with computer software and by hand Prepare contract documents for building contractors Manage construction contracts Visit worksites to ensure that construction adheres to architectural plans Seek new work by marketing and giving presentations People need places

to live, work, play, learn, shop, and eat. Architects are responsible for designing these places. They work on public or private projects and design both indoor and outdoor spaces. Architects can be commissioned to design anything from a single room to an entire complex of buildings.

What they do?

professional degree through a 5-year Bachelor of Architecture degree program, intended for students with no previous architectural training. require at least 3 years of experience—before you can sit for the Architect exam.

How to become one?

Pay

$73,090 per year $35.14 per hour

Outlook

projected to grow 17 percent from 2012 to 2022

Similar Occupations

Architects Cost Estimators Architectural and

Engineering Managers

Civil Engineers Landscape Architects

College

Georgia Tech

College Tuition

In-State Tuition-$8,258

Other Fees-$2,392 Room and Board-

$9,814 Books and

Supplies-$1,200

The Georgia School of Technology, as it was known from its founding in 1885 until 1948, formally began teaching architecture in 1908.

In that year, Preston A. Hopkins of Boston was appointed to organize a curriculum for the study of architecture and teach an entering class of 20 students. The new Department of Architecture granted its first degree in 1911, making Georgia Tech one of the first public universities in the United States to offer an architecture degree.

After World War II, with enrollment exploding, the Georgia School of Technology officially was re-named the Georgia Institute of Technology and the School of Architecture was formed. The new School kept expanding its program offerings – adding Industrial Design in 1940, City and Regional Planning in 1952, and Building Construction in 1958.

The Master of Architecture was added as the first professional degree in 1973. In 1975, with an enrollment of nearly 1000 students, the College of Architecture was formed

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