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REPINA, Evgeniya A., and Dariya N. ROMANOVA. "EVOLUTION OF PROFESSIONAL INTEREST FOR ANONYMOUS LANGUAGE PHENOMENON." Urban construction and architecture 7, no. 1 (2017): 87–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.17673/vestnik.2017.01.15.
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The relevance of modern Russian anonymous architecture is studied. The evolution of the concept «anonymous» and the variety of its connotations in different contexts are viewed. A brief overview of researches influenced on new values formation is presented. Philosophical and cultural background of inclusion of anonymous language in professional field are analyzed as well as mutual influence of artistic and architectural practices. The question of research typological boundaries is raised. The examples of anonymous language legitimation in Russian and world professional architectural practice are presented. Potential values of Russian vernacular architecture are revealed and classified for professional practice. Objects created by non-professionals demonstrate respect for the place, cultural continuity, careful attitude to things, to manual labor and love of folk material culture.
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Alabi, Oluwadamilola Ajoke. "ASSESSING THE INFLUENCE OF ARCHITECTURAL TEACHING METHODS ON ADVANCING SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICES." Caleb International Journal of Development Studies 07, no. 01 (2024): 238–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.26772/cijds-2024-07-01-016.
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This study investigated the role of architectural education in Nigeria in preparing professionals for sustainable architectural practice, with a particular focus on advancing Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4). It assessed the relationship between the teaching methods employed in delivery of the architecture curriculum of universities and sustainable architectural practice among professionals. Using positivism as the philosophical stance, a quantitative approach was taken. Regression analysis was employed to analyse teaching methods and its impact on architects' professional practice. Findings revealed that educators who place emphasis on meeting deadlines, employed teaching methods that are flexible enough to adapt to changing needs, and adopting the practice of professional ethics in their teaching delivery have the highest positive influence on future architectural practice of their students. On the flip side, educators who accepted submission from students that were carelessly put together, and capitalize on relationships with their students (such as favouritism) tend to negatively affect the future architectural practice of their students. This research also revealed the crucial impact of architectural education approaches on advancing sustainable architectural practices in Nigeria, aligning with the objectives of SDG 4. It underscores the importance of teaching methods and recommends constant updates of teaching methods at the faculty level so as to have products who have a highly sustainable practice. Keywords: Architectural education, Architectural practice, Sustainability, Teaching methods
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Liu, Chang An. "Research on Eco-Architecture-Oriented Architectural Education." Applied Mechanics and Materials 357-360 (August 2013): 455–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.357-360.455.
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This paper analyses the status of the ecological architecture education nowadays and describes the necessity of embedding ecological and energy-saving technologies in traditional architectural education. Then the author introduces the teaching plan and practice in the newly started Building Integrated Solar System professional orientation in Shandong Jianzhu University and explores the possibility of establishing the ecological-featured architecture professional orientation in China.
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Roberts, John Mack. "READY, SET, PRACTICE: ELEMENTS OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE." Landscape Journal 14, no. 2 (1995): 244–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.3368/lj.14.2.244.
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Abusaada, Hisham. "Ethics of Architecture or Ethical Architecture?" International Journal of Responsible Leadership and Ethical Decision-Making 1, no. 2 (2019): 1–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijrledm.2019070101.
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This paper examines the nature of the relationship between ethics and architecture. This complicated state of affairs—in professional practice and architectural design—is evaluated based on a bibliographical review of the visions of some Arab and Western thinkers. This review passes through the analysis of three intellectual movements: modernism, postmodernism, and the new brutalism. A series of questions arises: How is it determined whether any of these principles are moral or immoral? Does a specific principle override other beliefs? Who decides that any building is ethical or unethical? This article shows that some conclusions can be drawn from human values to act as a guide for creating a superior design but not for a “stately” design. Critically, it emerges that there is no so-called ethical architecture, but rather, ethics is always related to professional practice. This means that the construction of a building is governed by ideas and design criteria while professional practice is guided by ethical /moral principles.
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Sotnikova, Nadezhda. "Organization of outdoor practice of students." E3S Web of Conferences 273 (2021): 12062. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202127312062.
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In this article we consider ways of solving the problem of lacking practical experience in drawing and painting among the students of architecture departments. We propose a solution to this problem through creation of teaching methods aimed to develop a perception of of nature, compositional and technical skills and abilities. We study the principles of the approach to the plein air practice working program of the leading architectural universities in Russia, and also compare and analyze two approaches to the program: an interdisciplinary approach based on the relationship of architecture with the visual arts - drawing and studying architectural monuments and holding a plein air in the form of master classes by professional artists, with an emphasis on techniques and technologies of work in the plein air. Revealing the methodological features of building a program for mastering the universal and general professional competencies of an architect and designer: acquaintance with the monuments of architectural heritage, a creative research approach to the object of study, the development of compositional thinking and the basics of linear constructive drawing, the development of graphic techniques necessary for working on sketches of projects. Recommendations are given for the development of tasks for plein air practice for students of architecture, reconstruction, urban planning and design departments.
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Riaubiene, Edita, Eglė Navickeinė, and Dalia Dijokienė. "The profile of Lithuanian architects in relation to the professional generations active today." Landscape architecture and art 22, no. 22 (2023): 69–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.22616/j.landarchart.2023.22.07.
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The research focuses on the professional profile of architects by analyzing their identity and creative principles. The aim is to explore the professional community of Lithuanian architects who are currently shaping the built environment, to identify their heterogeneity in terms of professional generations. The problem of the research is shaped by the current controversies in the field of architecture concerning the changing status, activities, and responsibilities of the architect. The relevance of the study lies in several aspects: the lack of in-depth sociological research on the professional community of Lithuanian architects; the attempt to verify and clarify the results of the semi-structured interview study Lithuanian Architects on Architecture, and the reflection on the global architectural situation and the new agenda for architectural design towards a high quality built environment. The study adopted a mixed methods research design. This involved the collection, analysis, and interpretation of both quantitative and qualitative data. This methodology is chosen because the research requires a complex and multifaceted approach to the phenomenon of architecture and the problems of architectural practice. It also allowed a larger group of research participants to be reached (450 respondents). The questionnaire contains 13 questions, each is structured in a multiple-choice format, with one option being an open-ended question. The questions are grouped under several themes: 1) the nature and fields of architectural practice and the concept of architecture; 2) the scope of practice and the allocation of professional time; 3) selfdetermination and professional loyalty; and 4) creative principles. Descriptive statistical methods were used to process the survey data. Content analysis and, to some extent, thematic analysis were used to analyze quantitative data from open-ended questions. The study highlights that the professional generations of architects analyzed follow the general trend of architecture, refuting the hypothesis that the approach of each generation is significantly different. However, it has been observed that the representatives of each generation show a particular attitude in a specific area, which indicates the dynamics of an attitude or predicts a change in the architectural community as a whole. The youngest generation of architects is an indicator of change. It is characterized by seeing a great diversity of aspects in architecture and architectural practice.
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Perold, Rudolf, Ronnie Donaldson, and Oswald Devisch. "Architecture in Southern African informal settlements: A contextually appropriate intervention." Urbani izziv Supplement, no. 30 (2019): 96–111. http://dx.doi.org/10.5379/urbani-izziv-en-2019-30-supplement-007.
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Architectural professionals can contribute to efforts at achieving sustainable urbanism. However, the realm of professional discourse is extremely limited. Grounded architectural practice (GAP) is developed as a conceptual framework to explore an emergent form of contextually appropriate architectural practice in the context of a resident-driven in situ informal settlement upgrading project. The exploration takes the form of a descriptive narrative. Each challenge that arose during the descriptive narrative was mapped according to Engeström’s activity system model, an analytical tool emanating from cultural-historical activity theory (CHAT). By participating in live projects in informal settlements and analysing these projects by means of CHAT, the authors explored the highly improvising and generative everyday practices of the urban majority. Architectural practice in such a context requires a multi-disciplinary approach which extends beyond conventional professional boundaries, and attention must be paid to building the capacity of all participants to function in such uncharted territory.
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Kattein, Jan. "Made in Architecture: Education as collaborative practice." Architectural Research Quarterly 19, no. 3 (2015): 295–306. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1359135515000500.
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In an attempt to make architectural education more relevant to professional architectural practice and as a response to increasing tuition fees, major changes to university curricula in the UK are afoot. This brings unprecedented opportunities to re-consider what and how universities teach - and to make architectural education more relevant to real-world challenges.Last year, undergraduate design unit UG3 at the Bartlett School of Architecture completed an innovative project. The unit teamed-up with educational charity Global Generation to design and build a series of small buildings for a real client on a real site in King’s Cross. The article ‘Made in Architecture: Education as collaborative practice’ evaluates the emerging tradition of the live project as a vehicle for teaching architecture students about teamwork, collaboration and engagement. These skills - although increasingly significant to architectural practice - have until now been largely side-lined by university curricula.Only if educators and practitioners together embrace new opportunities for architects to engage and empower communities can the profession reverse increasing marginalisation and re-define it’s remit in the face of new social and environmental challenges.
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Faragallah, Riham. "Architectural Competitions: An Innovative Tool for Developing Architecture Education and Professional Practice." Fayoum University Journal of Engineering 7, no. 1 (2024): 91–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.21608/fuje.2023.223706.1054.
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Yuping, Cai, and Liang Shuang. "Research on the Reform of the Preliminary Course of Architectural Design Based on Innovation & Practice Ability Training." International Education Studies 10, no. 7 (2017): 103. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ies.v10n7p103.
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The traditional undergraduate education mode of architecture has been unable to adapt to the rapid development of society. Taking the junior professional course of architecture—the preliminary course of architectural design as an example, this paper analyzes the problems existing in the current professional courses of lower grades, puts forward the opinion that the cultivation of innovation & practice ability should be included in the professional training objectives, and the corresponding reforms of the training program and teaching methods should be made, in order to provide the reference for the construction in the basic teaching of architecture.
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Kwami, H. I., B. Hassan, and F. Mustapha. "An Assessment of Management Knowledge, Skills and Abilities of Nigerian Architects: Towards a Sustainable Management in Architectural Practice." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 1054, no. 1 (2022): 012038. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1054/1/012038.
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Abstract Architecture is a profession and business outfit that is facing Management-related challenges at all levels. These problems manifest themselves in various forms ranging from inadequate curriculum coverage, insufficient literature, professional ineptitude, and leadership management competencies flaws to globalization challenges as well as low Architects population ratio among others. This paper assessed management-related knowledge, skills and abilities possessed by Nigerian Architects by using Relative Importance Index to determine areas that Nigerian Architects have competitive advantages or disadvantages. A structured survey questionnaire using a five-point Likert scale was administered to 122 randomly selected Architects, while descriptive statistical analysis provided answers to the research questions and hypothesis. Findings of the paper revealed that Nigerian Architects have Management know how in Design, Time and Project Managements but are lacking in Maintenance, Property and Enterprise Managements to bring about Sustainable Architectural Practice. The result of the study also upheld the null hypothesis that Management Knowledge, Skills and Abilities of Nigerian Architects does not depend on their Academic Qualifications but rejected the null hypothesis that Professional classifications of Nigerian Architects does not influence their Management Knowledge, Skills and Abilities. The paper concluded that Nigerian Architecture curriculum and practice are deficient in essential management knowhow to bring about sustainable Architectural Management practice in the country. The paper, therefore recommends that curriculum and practice of Architecture be rich in management theories and practices for a Sustainable Architectural practice in the country.
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Chohan, Afaq Hyder, and Jihad Awad. "Shaping the Architects of Tomorrow, Interplay of Teaching Philosophies and Practice Requirements: An Empirical Taxonomy of Professional Architectural Practice in the UAE." Buildings 13, no. 5 (2023): 1231. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings13051231.
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The UAE’s thriving real estate market has resulted in a highly diversified built environment, attracting architects from around the world. However, this has also led to a misconception within the architectural practice and its regularization, particularly concerning acceptable professional qualifications. Therefore, this study aims to address these issues and provide a blueprint for policymakers and stakeholders. This study provided a comprehensive overview of architectural practice in the UAE by identifying the services offered by professionals in the built environment and categorizing them based on their qualifications and professional titles. The study adopts a classical research method, which includes a literature review, unstructured interviews, a statistical survey, and analysis. The study identifies 13 building designs and allied services commonly provided by professionals in the built environment in the UAE. The professionals providing these services are categorized based on their qualifications and professional titles, which include registered architects, architect engineers, architectural consultants, engineering consultants, and project managers. Furthermore, the study clarifies the definition of an acceptable qualification for a principal architect, which can be used as a reference by young professionals to understand the trends in architectural qualification and practice. The results of the study can also be used by policymakers and stakeholders to address the issues in professional practice and improve the quality of architectural services in the UAE.
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Popovici, Ioana Cristina. "ARCHITECTURE COMPETITIONS – A SPACE FOR POLITICAL CONTENTION. SOCIALIST ROMANIA, 1950–1956." JOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM 38, no. 1 (2014): 24–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/20297955.2014.891561.
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This is an account of the relationship between architecture and power in Romania during the Stalinist period. A cursory glance at Arhitectura – the only specialist magazine to resume publication after the change in regime – suggests compliance with political direction, and professional interest in translating the theoretical method of Socialist Realism into a specific, culturally localized architectural language. Architecture competitions are a medium of intersection between theory and practice, power and the profession, ideology and economy – a space where political contention based on professional knowledge becomes possible even in totalitarian regimes. Between 1950 and 1956, Arhitectura published several competitions which, far from reinforcing Socialist Realism as the dominant architectural discourse, exposed the method’s internal contradictions and utopianism. In the ensuing confusion, there emerged a creative, practice-based counter-discourse centered on previously hegemonic dialects (the ‘national’). Based in equal amounts on the pre-established dynamics of professional culture, and on the willingness and ability of the architecture field to speculate the rules of the political game, this counter-discourse gradually led to the dismantling of Socialist Realism into alternative readings of Socialist architecture.
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Mastrolia, Luciana, and Francesca Moro. "Albena Yaneva, Architecture after Covid." Ardeth, no. 10 (2022): 348–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.17454/ardeth10-11.21.
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Architecture as spatial representation and professional practice change according to the contingencies at hand. What has happened to the making of architecture in the aftermath of the pandemic? Albena Yaneva, in this book, follows the traces of this transformation firstly by recognizing the relevance of non-humans to the construction of society, secondly by unfolding the effects of this relevance to spatial configurations, routines and – more specifically – architectural practices. The considerations offered by the author were developed through an ethnographic method and specifically addressed the first two years of the global pandemic, from 2020 to 2021.
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El-Shimi, Ismail A. S. "The Environmental Architecture between Field Practice and Professional Specialization." JES. Journal of Engineering Sciences 40, no. 6 (2012): 1895–910. http://dx.doi.org/10.21608/jesaun.2012.114625.
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Fernández, Trinidad, María Aurora Flórez de la Colina, and Pam Peters. "Terminology and terminography for architecture and building construction." Terminology 15, no. 1 (2009): 10–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/term.15.1.02fer.
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Teaching terminology is a strategic response to the European Educational Convergence guidelines, taken by the Polytechnic University of Madrid. It is vested in a new course “English Terminology for Architecture and Building Construction” offered in the “Master of Techniques and Systems of Construction”. The course is interdisciplinary, integrating material from the various sciences involved in architectural practice and exploring it through the discipline of applied linguistics, as recommended by Cabré (2003). The approach is bilingualized, working with Spanish architecture professionals in the medium of English. Students are made aware of the dynamic nature of terminology through corpus-building, and given first-hand experience of terminography through compiling their own bilingualized1 termbanks of English architectural terms. A model online termbank system (TermFinder), which is being co-developed for architecture and building construction after successful testing in other professional fields, is also discussed
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Qiu, Yue, Zheng Cong, Karla Nicole Opiniano, Xuesong Qiao, and Zheng Chen. "Landscape Architecture Professional Knowledge Abstraction: Accessing, Applying and Disseminating." Land 12, no. 11 (2023): 2061. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land12112061.
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Rigorous abstract knowledge, such as academic knowledge, is vital to a profession’s resilience against other modern professional competition. In the field of landscape architecture, a growing number of concerns about a lack of rigorous knowledge have been observed, which may jeopardise the jurisdiction of its professional practice. A study was conducted that collected behaviours and attitudes from various members of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) regarding how they accessed, disseminated, and applied knowledge in practice. Their responses concerning the knowledge were analysed by dividing and ranking the options according to the degree of knowledge abstraction. Knowledge abstraction refers to theories and commonplace best practices that are established within a profession through shared knowledge, experience, and research. The results showed that (1) most practitioners tended to access new knowledge through tacit experience, which is indicative of a lower level of abstraction in their practice; (2) design decisions were based less on higher and rigorously abstracted knowledge such as research findings and, in circumstances where it was deployed in the design process, such knowledge was seldom used to guide design independently; (3) the majority of practitioners rarely share knowledge through high-abstracted publications; and (4) compared with accessing relatively diverse levels of knowledge abstraction, practitioners were less resourceful in knowledge application and even less in dissemination. The knowledge acquired, used and circulated in the workplace of landscape architects—as indicated by this survey—is still not comprehensively abstracted to a rigorous level, which may provide an insight into the concerns of practitioners regarding this profession’s breadth of knowledge and jurisdiction.
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Stea, David. "Training For Intercultural Practice in Architecture and Planning." Practicing Anthropology 9, no. 3 (1987): 6–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.17730/praa.9.3.97728l4m62116623.
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Training is the first issue facing potential practitioners of architecture and planning abroad. Unfortunately, while intercultural training programs are currently offered to people involved in the international marketing of products, little similar training is currently available in the realm of professional services. Such professional services account yearly for billions of dollars of work done abroad—that is, outside the U.S.A. In the case of building construction, for example, the value of services performed in foreign areas is more than ten times the value of product sales in the same markets.
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Ding, Guanghui, and Charlie Q. L. Xue. "Mediating production, teaching, and research: the role of university-run design institutes in Chinese architectural practice." Architectural Research Quarterly 23, no. 1 (2019): 73–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1359135519000071.
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Almost every architecture school in China has its own university-run design institute, which functions as a platform for academics and students to engage with architectural practice.1 Design institutes play an active role in advancing, producing, and sharing architectural knowledge.2 Academic-architects, in the context of design institutes, tend to embed themselves within a complex academic-professional network, simultaneously engaging with scholarly inquiry, training young professionals and transforming cultural assets into capital in the market.3 It is the unique position of such educator-practitioners that has distinguished the work of university-run design institutes from that of numerous other state-backed design institutes.
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Resmini, Andrea, and Luca Rosati. "A Brief History of Information Architecture." Journal of Information Architecture 3, no. 2 (2011): 33–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.55135/1015060901/112.006/3.024.
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Information architecture (IA) is a professional practice and field of studies focused on solving the basic problems of accessing, and using, the vast amounts of information available today. You commonly hear of information architecture in connection with the design of web sites both large and small, and when wireframes, labels, and taxonomies are discussed. As it is today, it is mainly a production activity, a craft, and it relies on an inductive process and a set, or many sets, of guidelines, best practices, and personal and professional expertise. In other words, information architecture is arguably not a science but, very much like say industrial design, an applied art
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Kwofie, Titus Ebenezer, Samuel Amos-Abanyie, and Samuel Owusu Afram. "Principal component analysis of professional competencies of architects in the Ghanaian construction industry." Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management 23, no. 5 (2016): 571–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ecam-08-2014-0108.
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Purpose The identification and development of appropriate competencies remain very critical and central to performance measures in mainstream human resource management genre towards effective teams. It is posited as a viable means for validating and engendering best practices and developing suitable competencies towards acceptable performance outcome in construction project delivery. The purpose of this paper is to identify the critical professional competencies of an architect in the Ghanaian construction industry (GCI) towards effective performance in the construction project delivery. Design/methodology/approach From a mixed method design involving semi-structured qualitative interview and a questionnaire survey of architects in Ghana, 16 professional architectural competencies were identified for respondents to indicate their importance to effective architectural practice and consulting in the GCI on a five-point Likert scale. Factor analysis was used to explore the interrelations among the variables and make possible empirical explanations. Findings Factor analysis revealed four underlying clusters named in order of their significance as efficient design response to client needs, legal aspects of practice, sustainable design and construction and efficient project management skills. The study provides insight into the contextual practice, characteristics and the critical professional architectural competencies needed by architects in the construction industry in Ghana. Originality/value The findings have rigorously revealed and provided clear understanding and insight into the thematic critical professional competencies of architects important to the construction industry in Ghana which should be the focus of architectural training and practice. It is also very important towards developing and stimulating a continuous professional development agenda, developing a body of knowledge of professional practice in architecture and conducting curriculum review to meet current emerging competency profiles necessary for influencing performance levels in the GCI.
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Pulyaevsky, Pavel E., and Marina G. Zakharchuk. "Internship as a practice of developing professional competencies of students." Journal «Izvestiya vuzov. Investitsiyi. Stroyitelstvo. Nedvizhimost» 11, no. 4 (2021): 740–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.21285/2227-2917-2021-4-740-751.
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The article is devoted to developing professional competencies among students studying 07.03.02 "Reconstruction and restoration of architectural heritage" during internships based at restoration work-shops. Presently, the problems of reconstruction and restoration of stone and wooden architectural constructions are highly relevant, and specialists in this area are in demand in the labour market. Ir-kutsk is a historical city where monuments of architecture have survived. However, the historic build-ings typical of the capital of Eastern Siberia are on the verge of extinction; therefore, it is necessary to preserve cultural heritage objects. The article discusses the concepts of competence and "skills ap-proach", their role in training and implementing this approach. It is noted that the RF state educational standards are developed based on introducing a "skills approach" in assessing the quality of education. The article considers the internship for obtaining professional skills and professional experience that contribute to the professional competencies of future graduates of the "Reconstruction and restoration of architectural heritage" department. We analysed the stages of the internship and restoration project and described the methodology and application of restoration standards for preserving a cultural herit-age object. The cultural and historical context of historical and bibliographic research was revealed; restoration methods necessary for reconstructing the original appearance of an architectural monu-ment are considered. Particular attention is paid to the professional experience obtained as a result of the internship.
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Leontev, Mikhail. "Perception of future professionals of the construction industry of green building and architecture practices." E3S Web of Conferences 135 (2019): 03049. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/201913503049.
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Green building as a new concept is gaining more and more value, acts as an important mitigating measure against the negative side effects of economic activity in cities. The implementation of the ideas and practices of sustainable development in the construction industry has led to the emergence of a new direction – benvironmental (“green”) construction, which provides a much higher level of quality of facilities for constructed object. A study was carried out of the problems and prospects of green construction and architecture in cities. In this paper, the concept of green building and architecture is refined. The perception of green building and architecture practices by future construction industry professionals, the advantages and benefits of green building and architecture was investigated, factors that impede the implementation of green building in practice were identified. Currently, green building is little practiced for objective reasons. The practice of green building is hindered by a number of factors, for example, an unfavorable external environment in the form of policy or legislation, the economic situation in the country, negative market expectations, and lack of awareness. Health and increased productivity have been identified as the most important benefits of green building, followed by a reduction in the cost of construction and individual operations, and the conservation of natural resources. The recommendations addressed to non-governmental organizations, government bodies, professional communities are formulated.
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Carbonell-Carrera, Carlos, Jose Luis Saorin, and Stephany Hess-Medler. "Spatial Orientation Skill for Landscape Architecture Education and Professional Practice." Land 9, no. 5 (2020): 161. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land9050161.
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Professional landscape architecture organizations have requested training from educational institutions based on new skills and methodologies in the curriculum development of students. Landscape architects need to visualize and evaluate the spatial relationships between the different components of the landscape using two-dimensional (2D) or three-dimensional (3D) maps and geospatial information, for which spatial orientation skills are necessary. The data from six workshops conducted throughout the 2010–2020 period, in which 560 second-year engineering students participated using different strategies and technical tools for spatial orientation skills’ development, were collected in a unique study. Factors such as the technology used, the gaming environment, the type of task, the 2D/3D environment, and the virtual environment were considered. The Perspective-Taking Spatial Orientation Test was the measurement tool used. The results show that mapping tasks are more efficient than route-based tasks. Strategies using 2D and a 2D/3D combination are more effective than those with only 3D. First-person perspective gaming environments are also a valid alternative. The technologies applied in this study are easy to use and free, and a measurement tool is provided. This facilitates an interdisciplinary approach between landscape architecture education and professional practice since these workshops could also be easily carried out by professional bodies for landscape planning and management.
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Attia, Ahmed S. "International accreditation of architecture programs promoting competitiveness in professional practice." Alexandria Engineering Journal 58, no. 3 (2019): 877–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aej.2019.08.002.
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Siddiqi, Anooradha Iyer. "Architecture Culture, Humanitarian Expertise:." Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 76, no. 3 (2017): 367–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/jsah.2017.76.3.367.
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Architecture Culture, Humanitarian Expertise: From the Tropics to Shelter, 1953–93 recovers a history of architecture and humanitarianism through an examination of institutions and the development of a subfield of professional practice. Charting mutual interest between major humanitarian agencies and the architecture and planning professions, Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi maps the joint construction of expertise, tying together three sets of concerns: preoccupations with the tropics and climate as anchor points for the science and rationalization behind building design, the institutionalization of humanitarian spatial expertise in the academy and industry, and a tension between models for development and for relief. This joint activity and its discursive themes, from the “tropics” to “shelter”—whether aggrandizing or instrumentalizing the shared mission of architecture and humanitarianism—raised the stakes for architectural expertise as a driver for practice as well as history.
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Singh, Ekta, and Devendra Pratap Singh. "Architectural profession in India: perception towards service marketing." Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology 15, no. 5 (2017): 574–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jedt-03-2017-0024.
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Purpose Spurred by the internationalization trend, many architectural professional bodies across the globe relaxed their norms related to the acceptance of promotion and marketing within the services. However, in India, the architectural services codes have not reflected any changes. This paper aims to focus on Indian architectural practice and attempts to investigate about the causes of low marketing activities within the practice in the country. Design/methodology/approach The study is based on a primary research process of data collection through survey administration. Survey is conducted using a close-ended structured questionnaire based on Likert scale technique. The data are analysed using both descriptive and empirical research techniques mainly, factor analysis. The sample is defined using random clustering sampling technique, from the list of architects registered with the professional regulating body of India, i.e. the Council of Architecture. Findings The findings of the study are suggestive that architectural firms in India are instinctively practising marketing-related activities, to position their firm to attract clients without formally adopting them. There appears to be a silent routinization of the marketing tasks in the firms. The findings are suggestive of academic and professional ignorance as one of the barriers towards marketing. The findings advocate that recognizing the growing competitive nature of architectural practices in the country, the regulatory and institutional body, Council of Architecture, may retrospect their code of conduct. The results of the present study have a great implication on the architectural education in the country. The findings advocate that the architectural curriculum in the country should be broadened to include the basic knowledge about marketing. Research limitations/implications The present study opens a newer paradigm in the practice of architectural services. It highlights the growing linkages between the field of marketing and architecture. It opens a new area of research where linkages between interdisciplinary fields is an important aspect that needs researchers attention, to have a good model of survival for professional firms in a highly competitive environment. Practical implications The research findings have great implications for the architectural firms that seek to operate in the globally volatile environment. The increasing competitive nature of the architectural services in India demands a dynamic decision and procurement methods that can strategically position firms in the market. Marketing strategies have a significant role in positioning firms and increasing their client base. Originality/value The subject of architectural practice and its operation is an under-researched area. The present study makes a strong point for formal involvement of marketing strategies in the promotion of architectural firms in India. The paper attempts to bridge this gap, and the strength of the paper lies in the empirical nature of its investigation.
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Raz, Noam. "A neglected and ambitious topic central to practice, education and research." Architectural Research Quarterly 7, no. 3-4 (2003): 203–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1359135503002185.
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One of the most neglected and urgent issues facing architecture – the substantial fracture between thinking about architecture and engaging in professional practice – was addressed at a two day conference in Cambridge this March (2004). Organized by RIBA East/University of Cambridge CPD for Architects, in association with the University's Department of Architecture and Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, it attracted a sizeable audience of practising architects, senior academics and students. This mix reflected the organizers' ambition to bring together professional and academic perspectives in this interdisciplinary area. The proceedings will be published by Spon during 2005.
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Ahmad Nur Maulana Said, Diyah Daulah Auliyah Badar, Nurul Cahyani Hamzah, Muhammad Jamil Syah, and Muh. Hamka Al Farizi. "IMPLEMENTASI ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DALAM DUNIA ARSITEKTUR DAN PENGARUHNYA TERHADAP PROFESI ARSITEK." SEMINAR NASIONAL DIES NATALIS 62 1 (July 31, 2023): 620–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.59562/semnasdies.v1i1.1117.
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This research aims to investigate the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the future of architecture and architects. Artificial intelligence has become an integral part of emerging technological developments, and is increasingly being utilised in various fields, including architecture. This research will examine how the application of AI in architecture affects the design process, design solutions, and the role of architects in future architectural practice. Through literature review and data analysis, this study will present information on the benefits and challenges of AI adoption in architecture as well as implications for architects. It is hoped that the results of this study can provide insight into the role of AI in the future of architecture and how architects can adapt and optimise the potential of this technology in their professional practice.
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Fuller, Ursula, and Bob Keim. "Assessing students' practice of professional values." ACM SIGCSE Bulletin 40, no. 3 (2008): 88–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1597849.1384296.
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THE EDITORS. "Theory and practice." Architectural Research Quarterly 5, no. 4 (2001): 291. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1359135502001343.
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Theory is usually assumed to precede practice but ‘Practice preceding theory’ is the telling sub-title to Patrick Hodgkinson's essay on Leslie Martin on p. 297 of this issue. It is a full year since we published an extended celebration of Martin's work together with his essay ‘The grid as generator’ (arq 4/4). Kenneth Frampton's subsequent Postscript (arq 5/1) placed Martin in a historical perspective. Spurred by Frampton's assessment, Hodgkinson now reminds us how Martin's later theoretical work can be said to have had its origins in the studio's early work.This thought-provoking reminder comes at a time when, in the UK, architecture's standing as a research-led university discipline remains as low as ever. Once again in the government's recent Research Assessment Exercise no architecture school achieved the highest rating. This was unremarked upon both by the professional press (which was much more interested in the upsets at the top end of the league-table) and by the RIBA (which probably hasn't even noticed and has certainly never grasped the significance of university research). It seems that neither much of the ‘theory’ which so many architecture academics expound nor the odd bit of practice that they manage to undertake is highly rated by the assessors.This, of course, is not the outcome intended by the 1958 Oxford Conference on Architectural Education (master-minded by Martin) which determined that in future all architects should be educated within the research-led university system. But does the RAE debacle matter? It certainly does. Research-rich schools are better resourced — and that benefits both teaching and practice. We need to take a hard look at why architecture fares so badly — and to question its grouping with construction management and surveying. We must also consider the very nature of university-based architectural research. Hodgkinson is right when he concludes, ‘much thought still needs to be given to architectural theory if it is to raise itself from being purely academic — and therefore practically useful.’But take a look, too, at the articles on pp. 305 and 312 of this issue. The first, by occasional practitioner and academic Peter Blundell Jones, sets out the case for ‘Working with the given’. In the second, ‘New meanings from old buildings’, Blundell Jones and another practitioner/academic, John Sergeant, appraise three very modest house conversions and extensions designed by them and by David Lea. These architects have evolved their position over many years — developing, through building, discussion and writing, a genuinely sustainable approach to the use of resources. Their buildings may be modest but, together with their writing, they eloquently encapsulate an approach or theory that is increasingly relevant — and utterly practical.
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Weston, Richard. "Architecture and nature: reflections from active retirement." Architectural Research Quarterly 21, no. 4 (2017): 375–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1359135518000039.
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Richard Weston – Editor of arq from 2004 to 2013, and best known for his distinguished monographs on Alvar Aalto, Modernism and Utzon – reflects here on his more recent practice-led research into minerals, materials and digitisation. These studies explore the qualities of materials themselves but also the materialisation of imagery. This work is ‘practice-led’ in the way that the term is used in academe – meaning research which emerges out of a series of investigations – rather than ‘practice-led’ in the way architects might understand the term, as emerging from a professional office. As Weston reflects, however, this is work that would – most likely – be supported neither in the contexts of academe nor professional practice. It has been made possible instead by his ‘active retirement’. This paper explores how a chance encounter with an ammonite led Weston to Liberty's ‘Scarf Hall’, world-renowned in global fashion, a creative app for children called Molly's World, and virtual realities captured from microscopic mineral-worlds.
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Jadresin Milic, Renata. "Introduction." Asylum 2 (December 31, 2023): 275–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.34074/aslm.2023201.
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The Asylum journal continues to be committed to publishing peer-reviewed, quality-assured academic work and to presenting examples of a vibrant and active research culture that characterises Unitec’s School of Architecture. In close collaboration with our not-for-profit online publisher ePress, immediate open access to our content is provided, to support a greater global exchange of knowledge, nurture emerging scholars, and offer an alternative channel for scholarly dissemination. The peer-reviewed section of Asylum 2023 comprises six academic papers, with scholarly research that is both practice based and theoretical. The papers investigate architectural and urban design, landscape architecture, architectural history, technology, professional practice and teaching innovations, and deal with fundamental questions critical for Aotearoa today.
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Rosa, Edite. "ODAM and the Construction of a Modern Spirit." Designing Modern Life, no. 46 (2012): 76–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.52200/46.a.2i9rx69w.
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The ODAM as divulger of modern architecture in Porto comprehends from the scope of teaching, professional practice, to its internationalization, as attests the participation of its members in CIAM´s congresses from 1951. Its production, written manifestos, projects and builds, reveal its universal character through the deployment of Modern spirit, in the statement of a collective conscience of architectural practice, but also, affirms its local condition as its differentiator value. This retrospective and critical reading of the specific ODAM discourse as part of broader context that characterizes Modern Architecture (re)affirms its character simultaneously universal and singular.
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Gutman, Robert, and David Haviland. "The Architect's Handbook of Professional Practice." Journal of Architectural Education (1984-) 45, no. 2 (1992): 122. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1425280.
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Steinitz, Carl. "On Landscape Architecture Education and Professional Practice and Their Future Challenges." Land 9, no. 7 (2020): 228. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land9070228.
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Increased environmental and social risk, ubiquitous information technology, and growing demands for and growing threats to democracy and public participation will alter the education and practice of all the design professions and the geographically oriented sciences, and the ways in which their activities towards influencing environmental and social change are organized and carried out. We all know about these trends, but we do not take them seriously enough. We are not adapting fast enough towards education or professional practice that is collaborative and globally oriented.
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Dimenstein, Marcela, and Armando José Fernandes. "Student Movement in Paraíba and Professional Practice in Architecture And Urbanism." Cadernos de Educação, Tecnologia e Sociedade 16, no. 4 (2023): 873–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.14571/brajets.v16.n4.873-890.
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Seiser, Anette Forssten, and Ulf Blossing. "Actions and practice architectures for realising sustainable development by restructuring school organisations." Forskning og Forandring 3, no. 2 (2020): 69–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.23865/fof.v3.2457.
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Sustainability is increasingly being understood as vital for school improvement. The objective of this study is to expand our knowledge of practice architectures that enable and constrain the realisation of sustainable development by restructuring school organisations to facilitate professional learning. In this follow-up study, we return to one of the three municipalities that were involved in an earlier project from 2009 to 2011. The theory of practice architectures is used as an analytic tool to identify and analyse actions that have an impact on the municipality’s efforts to realise sustainable school improvement. The results reveal dissimilarities between the investigated municipality’s school organisation and the preschool organisation. In the case of the school organisation, the dominating practice architectures disrupt the realisation of sustainable development, while in the case of the preschool organisation they are continuous and foster the same. One disruptive practice architecture in the school organisation is the idea of the autonomous principal, which disturbs the progression of a distributed leadership. In the preschool organisation, the superintendents are crucial for facilitating participation in professional learning.
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Parasonis, Josifas, and Andrej Jodko. "ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING AS A PROFESSION: REPORT ON RESEARCH LEADING TO A CURRICULUM REVISION." Journal of Civil Engineering and Management 19, no. 5 (2013): 738–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/13923730.2013.812980.
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Modern design practice, where an architect works with engineers in a large team, lacks optimisation. Improvement of collaboration between the professions of architecture (A) and structural engineering (SE) would result in more efficient structures. Collaboration can be improved by professionals who have training and/or experience in both professions. The fact is proved by the professionals that either were separately trained in each field, or had integrated training in both fields, or successfully practised on the borderline between A and E. The concept of architectural engineering (AE) appeared in the late nineteenth century, and the profession has increasingly been developing from that time on. The Aim of the research is to develop a competence model (CM) for an AE professional, and scientifically substantiate the subject matter of the undergraduate AE programme. The Scope of the study is the analysis of collaboration issues relating to the civil engineering (CE) and A professions, studies on the development of CM, and development of the study programme curriculum. The authors developed a CM for an AE professional containing essential competences and courses of the curriculum for training of the modern professional proficient in the development of architectural and structural design projects.
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Zeiler, Wim, and Perica Savanović. "Integral design pedagogy: Representation and process in multidisciplinary master student projects based on workshops for professionals." Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing 26, no. 1 (2011): 39–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0890060410000557.
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AbstractThe development in (Dutch) building practice necessitates developments in other aspects, besides specialized and professional skills, a new integral approach in education and the introduction of such an approach into building design practice. In 2005, the Faculty of Architecture, Building, and Planning of the University of Technology Eindhoven commenced a multidisciplinary master project on integral design focused on a sustainable climatic design. Students of architecture, building technology, structural engineering, and building services participated in these multidisciplinary master projects. The students began with a 2-day learning-by-practice workshop that was implemented and tested in collaboration with experienced professionals from the Royal Institute of Dutch Architects and the Dutch Association of Consulting Engineers. These workshops have become part of the permanent educational and professional program of the Royal Institute of Dutch Architects. This is one of the few projects in which the practical experience is transferred into the educational academic program and vice versa; normally this process functions only in one of the two directions. The theoretical basis of the design method on which the education of students and professionals is based is discussed and results presented.
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Kelbaugh, Douglas. "“Seven Fallacies in Architectural Culture”." Open House International 31, no. 2 (2006): 5–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ohi-02-2006-b0002.
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As an architect and educator I worry about the intellectual and pragmatic challenges that currently bedevil architectural practice and pedagogy. There are at least seven design fallacies that in various combinations permeate professional practice and studio culture at most schools of architecture. Some are self-imposed and tractable; others are less easily addressed because they are externally driven by the media, technology, globalization and capital. Some are about form-making; others are about social equity and environmental sustainability. All seven are deeply embedded in our architectural psyches. Changing them will not be easy, but change them we must if we want to recuperate architecture and urbanism, as well as invigorate them as a more positive and progressive force in the world.
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Xu, Cong Huai, Ying Song, Shu Chen Xu, Qing Feng, and Hao Wu. "On the Elements of Contemporary Architectural Styling." Applied Mechanics and Materials 238 (November 2012): 539–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.238.539.
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This article written with a guide of a basic theory of modern architectural aesthetics, aesthetic psychology, constitute the basic principles of practice of science and art to use as the core to form. Combined with the author’ feelings and experiences and a large number of examples from architectural education, design practice and research in the professional career, we grouped the creation of contemporary architecture modeling skills into four elements, in order to meet the desire for the students and architects to increase their own artistic creativity and build up innovation capability, and a way to follow a truly theory and practice.
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REPINA, Evgenia A., and Daria N. ROMANOVA. "STRATEGIES FOR ANONYMOUS AND PROFESSIONAL LANGUAGES INTERACTION IN DESIGN PRACTICE." Urban construction and architecture 7, no. 3 (2017): 95–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.17673/vestnik.2017.03.16.
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The paper demonstrates values of an anonymous language and its potential for design practice. It att racts att ention to the problem of unprofessional architecture which is underestimated in professional practice. The thing is that squatt er development is usually seen as a product of poor architecture and is widely destroyed and replaced by typical unifi ed objects. The question of the legitimacy of such project invasion is raised in the paper. It puts forward a methodology for working with anonymous languages and demonstrates how to do taking the so-called "Red houses" (districts within Cheremshanskaya - Nagarnaya - Voronezhskaya - Kalinin streets and Rotorniy alley) as an example. The paper covers issues which were faced during the work. It takes three projects - that is "Municipal Design", "Public design" and "Custom design" - as examples and explores strategies of the design "intervention" of a professional architect and ways of dialogue with the environment on the language level.
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Ding, Guanghui, Jonathan Hale, and Steve Parnell. "Constructing a place for critical practice in China: the history and outlook of the journal Time + Architecture." Architectural Research Quarterly 17, no. 3-4 (2013): 237–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1359135514000062.
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This paper investigates the history and programme of the Chinese architectural journal Time + Architecture (Shidai Jianzhu). As one of the newly established architectural periodicals in post-Mao China, the journal was launched in 1984 by academics Luo Xiaowei, Wang Shaozhou and their colleagues at the Department of Architecture in Tongji University, Shanghai. The journal's close association with academic institutions and commercial design firms shaped its dual nature; that is, both scholarly and professional. At the turn of the millennium, the journal's substantial reform of editorial policy redefined its character from a ‘presenter’ of received materials to a ‘producer’ of selected collaborative work, and enabled it to maintain editorial distinctiveness in the Chinese architectural publishing scene.This paper argues that Time + Architecture constructed a significant place for critical practice in contemporary China through the presentation of critical architecture and architectural criticism. Over the past few decades, the journal, under the editorship of Zhi Wenjun, published a number of special issues on the work of emerging independent architects such as Yung Ho Chang, Wang Shu, Liu Jiakun and others. The thematic topics, projects and criticisms presented by the journal exemplified an editorial agenda to publish innovative and exploratory work and demonstrated the editors' and contributors' collective endeavours to develop a critical discourse that confronted the dominant ideology of architecture.
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Konshyna, Olena. "IMPROVEMENT OF PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF STUDENTS-ARCHITECTS IN THE PROCESS OF ART AND INTRODUCTORY PRACTICE IN PAINTING." Problems of theory and history of architecture of Ukraine, no. 21 (May 2021): 205–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.31650/2519-4208-2021-21-205-213.
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The article substantiates the relevance of the research topic, defines the purpose and objectives of the study, the object and subject of scientific work, the state of the problem and research methods, traced aspects of scientific novelty, noted the theoretical value and practical significance of the work. The research, conducted within the scientific activity of the Department of Drawing, Painting and Architectural Graphics, indicates the need to consider innovative educational processes as part of the practical activities of architects aimed at adapting the city to new challenges. The article considers the use of research results in the development and improvement of programs for artistic and introductory practice for students of architecture and methods of depicting the architectural environment in the open air, which develops the compositional thinking of future architects. The necessity of integration of traditional academic and innovative approaches in teaching painting as a complex subject in the profession of an architect is substantiated. Theoretical bases of painting taking into account features of professional activity of experts in architecture are opened. The conditions for improving the creative training in the system of professional training of architects in the university are revealed. A comparative analysis of student works depicting the urban environment in leading domestic architectural universities. The classification of images of the image of the urban environment during art-introductory practice is carried out. The sequence of stages of performance of the task on the image of objects of architecture in the city is offered and theoretically substantiated. When teaching drawing to students-architects, it is proposed to take into account a number of additional, structural lines for organizing the composition of the sheet, as well as the method of «intersections» for analysis and correction of the created spatial-plastic illusion of depth of depicted objects on the plane. The article considers current approaches in education and their reflection in the architectural solutions of higher education institutions based on the analysis of Ukrainian and foreign experience. New methods of education that correspond to these transformations are being studied. Conceptual and practical solutions in the field of depiction of architectural spaces in higher educational institutions that correspond to current changes in the system of educational process are revealed.
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Masdéu, Marta, and Josep Fuses. "RECONCEPTUALIZING THE DESIGN STUDIO IN ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION: DISTANCE LEARNING AND BLENDED LEARNING AS TRANSFORMATION FACTORS." International Journal of Architectural Research: ArchNet-IJAR 11, no. 2 (2017): 6. http://dx.doi.org/10.26687/archnet-ijar.v11i2.1156.
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Nowadays, the professional practice is undergoing changes that are affecting the work of architects. Architectural studios and engineering consultancies are reinventing themselves to adapt to social, technological and productive needs. However, despite the professional changes, the training of architects in schools continues to focus on educational models that have grown more and more distant from the professional demands. In view of this, schools of architecture have been forced to revise their programmes to develop teaching methods that enable them to adapt to the current situation. Thus, the Design Studio -considered as the core of education in architecture- needs a reconceptualization in order to change the way architects should learn. Pedagogical approaches such as distance learning and blended learning can help update the concept of the Design Studio and transform it into a new participatory and delocalized learning space.
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Cruz Petit, Bruno, and Tomás Errazuriz Infante. "ArchDaily and Representations of Domestic Architecture in the era of Digital Platforms." IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies 5, no. 2 (2020): 21–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.5.2.02.
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At present, ArchDaily.com is the most visited virtual architecture platform in the world. Aware of the importance acquired in the architectural practice, the site declares itself to be the main source from which architects feed on tools, information and inspiration to develop their projects. However, it is clear that its importance is not limited to its status as reference bank for professional practice. The accumulation of visual and textual representations contributes to the idea of “good architecture”, in turn transforming this platform into an institution validating and legitimizing the understanding of the discipline, its scope and limitations, its protagonists and predominant methods applied. The following pages propose an analysis of the platform’s content in its residential architecture section, an analysis that supports a critical reflection on its wider cultural effects.
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Abrahams, Gareth. "The Strata/Machinic Assemblage and Architecture." Deleuze and Guattari Studies 14, no. 4 (2020): 604–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/dlgs.2020.0421.
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Much of the literature exploring the intersection between Deleuzo-Guattarian philosophy and architecture have focused on abstract theory, experimental projects and practices at the margins of the profession. But, one may ask, what of the mainstream, commercial practices that produce the offices, housing, shops, schools and community buildings that we see and engage with in our day-to-day lives? What of the everyday design decisions made by professional architects and technicians sitting at their desks and drawing boards? Are these to be excluded from architecture's engagement with Deleuzo-Guattarian philosophy? As I will show in this paper, Deleuze and Guattari's proposals for the strata and the machinic assemblage are drawn from their underlying attempt to expand Hjelmslev's planar composition from a tool used to analyse language to a conceptual framework used to analyse the formation and evolution of all things. There is nothing within the conceptual framework of the strata/machinic assemblage to suggest, therefore, that they should not be used to analyse such practices. With this in mind, this article considers how these concepts can be translated through and help provide new insight into a real-world design sequence taken from mainstream, commercial architectural practice. In doing so it will show how such practices can offer Deleuzo-Guattarian scholars a more nuanced insight into this conceptual framework and the concepts that form it.
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Maina, Joy Joshua. "PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES OF ARCHITECTURE GRADUATES: PERCEPTIONS FROM GRADUATES, ACADEMICS AND EMPLOYERS IN THE NIGERIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY." Built Environment Journal 15, no. 2 (2018): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.24191/bej.v15i2.9704.
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The clamour for better quality graduates by architects in the Nigerian Construction Industry (NCI) necessitates a look into the core competencies and the adequacy of architecture education in preparing architecture graduates for professional practice. 116 self-report likertscale questionnaires from architecture graduates (2009-2015), academics and employers were analysed to establish core competencies developed by the graduates while in school. Descriptive statistics, t-tests as well as Mann-Whitney tests for differences in ratings were employed for the study. Results reveal the perceived adequacy of architecture education for the future career of graduates from the academic perspective. Graduates were most proficient at design related competencies while AutoCAD was still considered the most important CAD competency for architecture graduates in the NCI. The study recommends more frequent evaluations of competencies for employability in collaboration with industry as well as embracing BIM related software in line with global best practices. Keywords: Academics, Architecture, Employers, Graduates, Professional competencies, NCI