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An architect’s daily life involves designing buildings and structures by creating detailed plans, drafting blueprints, and considering both aesthetic and functional aspects. They collaborate with clients, engineers, and contractors, while ensuring that their designs comply with safety regulations, zoning laws, and project budgets.

Quiz Matches

What kind of personality tends to excel in this career?

Ideas

Creations

How much this role requires you to be outspoken and in the spotlight.

Independent

Collaborative

How often you’ll have to work with others

Introvert

Extrovert

How often you’ll be coming up with big ideas versus making ideas reality.

Routine

Variety

How much your tasks change day by day

Screen Time

How much of your day is spent working at a desk on a computer.

Average Salary in SC

$81,890

Education Level

Graduate school recommended

Alternate Titles

Architect
Design Architect
Planner
Project Architect
Specifications Writer

More Details

Skills

Reading Comprehension
Active Listening
Complex Problem Solving
Speaking
Writing

Activities

Working with Computers
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
Thinking Creatively
Getting Information
Making Decisions and Solving Problems.

Work Styles

Attention to Detail
Analytical Thinking
Cooperation
Dependability
Initiative

Professional Associations

American Institute of Architects
Association of Licensed Architects
Construction Specifications Institute
Society of American Registered Architects
USGBC

Related High School Courses

Art and Design Courses
Drawing/Art
Graphic Design
3D Art or Sculpture

Mathematics Courses
Geometry
Algebra
Physics
Trignometry
Calculus

Science
Physics
Environmental Science

Technology and Engineering Courses
Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
Engineering or Drafting

College Majors to Consider

Architectural Engineering
Architecture
Building Science
Building Technology
Civil Engineering
Environmental Design
Interior Design
Studio Art
Urban Design
Urban Planning
Urban Studies

Jobs, Internships, Apprenticeships

Jobs
Drafting Assistant
Construction Site Assistant
Art Department Assistant
Retail Associate at a Hardware or Home Improvement Store

Internships
Architecture Firm Internship
Urban Planning Internship
Interior Design Firm Internship
Construction Management Internship

Apprenticeships
Architectural Apprenticeship
CAD Technician Apprenticeship
Carpentry Apprenticeship
Landscape Architecture Apprenticeship

Profile of the SC Graduate

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