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Architect?: A Candid Guide to the Profession » (2nd Edition)

Book cover image of Architect?: A Candid Guide to the Profession by Roger K. Lewis

Authors: Roger K. Lewis
ISBN-13: 9780262621212, ISBN-10: 0262621215
Format: Paperback
Publisher: MIT Press
Date Published: March 1998
Edition: 2nd Edition

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Author Biography: Roger K. Lewis

Book Synopsis

This revised

edition of the best basic guide to the architectural profession includes new information pertinent to current education and

practice and addresses issues and concerns of great interest to

students choosing among different types of programs, schools, firms,

and architectural career paths.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1Why Be an Architect?3
2Why Not to Be an Architect19
3The Structure of Architectural Education39
4Experiencing Architectural School61
5Professors and What They Profess89
6Architectural Schools: Choosing and Being Chosen123
7After School, What?141
8The Building Process and the Architect's Role165
9How Architects Work183
10How Architects Get Work213
11Architects' Clients235
12We Who Are Architects255
Afterword267
AppendixAccredited Programs In Architecture271

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