NCARB
NYS Department of Education, Office of the Professions
www.op.nysed.gov/prof/arch/archlic
NYS Department of Education, Office of the Professions
www.op.nysed.gov/prof/arch/archlaw
NYS Department of Education, Office of the Professions
The Architecture Lobby
Architexx
Beyond the Build Environment
Move Over Bob
AIANY Women in Architecture Committee
Practitioner-Student Mentoring Sessions
Speed mentoring
https://calendar.aiany.org/2020/12/09/aiany-women-in-architecture-speed-mentoring-2/
AIA ENYA Committee - TORCH Mentorship
https://www.aiany.org/committees/emerging-new-york-architects/
https://calendar.aiany.org/2020/06/30/torch-mentorship-program-advancing-your-career/
The Architectural League - The League Mentorship
https://archleague.org/mentorship/
“In its seventh iteration, the National Building Museum’s Summer Block Party welcomes its newest installation, LOOK HERE by artist and architect Suchi Reddy, founder and principal architect of the New York–based firm Reddymade Architecture and Design.”
Reminder: Scholarship apps due April 30
The Desiree V. Cooper (DVC) Memorial Scholarship Foundation celebrates the life and legacy of Desiree V. Cooper by championing the things she was passionate about in her professional career and personal endeavors: providing continual service to her communities and encouraging minorities and women in the advancement of their careers in architecture.
The Foundation is pleased to accept applications for the 2023 DVC Scholarships: The Black Women in Architecture Award, The Harrisburg Memorial Award, The DC Memorial Award, and the NOMA Award.
All awards will be for the full cost of the ARE exams.
Applications are due Apr 30.
In an interview with Jason Hartman, Esther Sperber of Studio ST Architects shares five things you need to create a highly successful career in architecture and so much more.
To highlight from the article, here are Esther’s Five Things:
Love architecture — You need to love buildings and get excited about the beauty of stone or the smell of wet poured concrete.
Love people — In my opinion, you cannot create good architecture if you do not enjoy people. Buildings are designed to be inhabited and I love imagining how people would use the spaces we create. It used to be common to photograph buildings without any people in them. In recent years we have started photographing our work, especially public buildings, with people in them. I feel that this gives a better sense of what we are trying to accomplish.
Love your staff — Like other service professions, we are only as good as our team. Architecture cannot be created alone, and I am fortunate to have a great team at my office. We share ideas, suggestions and bring our own strength to the team.
Love running a business — When I started my firm, I did not know much about running a business, tracking costs and projecting profits. Over the past two decades I have learned from friends, colleagues, YouTube and coaches. I enjoy the task of running my business and making sure we are financially stable alongside the creativity of the design process. My work week is incredibly varied. I spend a few hours sketching a new design on trace paper, putting together a fee proposal and spreadsheet schedule for our team, learning about a new product, putting on my work boots to visit the concrete foundation work on a multifamily building, selecting stone for a countertop and giving a lecture to students about the architecture of synagogues. What could be more exciting?
Love a new challenge — When you are an architect there is always more to learn than one person can handle. We need to be able to learn from others, ask the right questions and have good intuition about mechanical systems, structure, sustainability and city codes. But there will always be something new that we have not encountered, and a good architect needs to not be intimidated by this, but rather find these new challenges exciting.
Right on, Esther! These are a great five.
Don’t miss out on the other gems Esther shares in the complete interview published here.
Current Design Advocates Volunteer Opportunities
D/A are excited to be launching their next project term which will run from January-July of 2023. Their network of participating firms and designers organize their efforts in six-month blocks of time, collaborating with non-profit and institutional clients and the communities they serve.
The current term is a mix of pro-bono and low-bono projects and initiatives addressing hunger, reproductive rights, arts and design based learning, family services, and public space advocacy. Please take a look at the opportunities outlined below, and please get in touch if you’d like to support or participate in these efforts!
As 2022 comes to a close, what better time to celebrate what we’ve accomplished and consider what we will build in 2023?
In 2022, with your engagement, mentorship, and allyship, we wrapped our third season of programming, kicked off our fourth season, we mentored and #brokethebias with AIANY WIA, we taught, we started business ventures, and we changed career paths.
Here is a snapshot of what the MWA community has been up to this year.
Looking forward to what we will do together in 2023.
