Architecture / Interior Design Schools

[Mélodie Love]

Awesome. Good luck with your studies It's hard to resist the city anyways!

[Zoely]

I am going to HKU.. That a art school in Utrecht ( holland ).. so i am excited!

[gius]

Anyone here actually working now as an interior designer ??

[Zoely]

i am working as a interior designer on my own time right now..

[Black Orchid]

anyone going into their first year of Architecture this year?
after reading through this thread I'm kinda afraid what I'm getting myself into...

[rox_yr_sox]

Originally Posted by Black Orchid

anyone going into their first year of Architecture this year?
after reading through this thread I'm kinda afraid what I'm getting myself into...

I wouldn't worry. They generally go pretty easy (well in comparison) on you in first year, particularly in the first semester. You build up to the heavy work loads as you progress, it's not just dumped on you first day of the first week of first year. Good luck!! If worst comes to worst, and you hate it, just change courses!!

[juliet3353]

I'd thought I would revive this thread. I am thinking about applying to graduate school in t he field of interior design-- anyone have any experience with this? I have looked at Pratt and RISD, however, I have heard mixed things about Pratt, and RISD seems to focus more specifically on "interior architecture" which I don't fancy as much. I would love opinions from everyone, as this is a world I have not existed in yet... thanks.

[rox_yr_sox]

I finished my first degree in architecture everyone!!! Three years of torture have come to an end!! Now I have to find a job....

[Black Orchid]

Originally Posted by rox_yr_sox

I finished my first degree in architecture everyone!!! Three years of torture have come to an end!! Now I have to find a job....

Congrats!! I'm sure you'll find a job
Let us know how the job searching is.

I still have some years to go

[vintage/modern]

I'm applying as an architecture grad student in the fall and I was wondering what I should put in my portfolio. I'm a math student in a US university so I have a very limited selection of art and drawings, but I do dabble in photography and graphic design. How many pieces should I put in it? Five? Ten? Should I explain each piece or let them speak for themselves. HELP please. A mentor offered the idea of putting a math proof in the portfolio, as they are quite detailed and can require a good bit of creativity to arrive at a desired solution. It can show my thinking process and how I have spent the last four years. I have a charcoal still-life that I was thinking of putting in there as well as some photoshop creations, an album cover for my band's demo, and some polaroids. Would these be silly to include? I love the polaroids but I do have to wonder if they'd be seen as lazy.

I'll be applying to the first professional degree program for people with a bachelor's degree in an area other than architecture. Are these graduate courses as rigorous as the others? Some of the posts in this thread have me frightened a little. But I've visited some schools, read the literature, and this really seems like something I could love and do for the rest of my life. I either get terrified or really excited when I think about my future in school and professional career, there's no inbetween, which I suppose is a good thing but also quite scary at the same time...

[Geostud]

I finished my first degree in architecture everyone!!! Three years of torture have come to an end!! Now I have to find a job....

Only three years for a degree!? I'm a third year student pursuing my Bachelor's of Architecture which takes five years. The school I attend, IIT, has a very well esteemed architecture program that was headed by the famous Mies van der Rohe during the 40s and 50s.