What are the hottest architecture specialties? What other kinds of job tracks are available to graduating architecture students?
I think healthcare is totally open-ended. For instance, the University of Colorado has bought a surplus Army site, and we’ll be starting from scratch to create a whole new health science campus. Technology and research is constantly creating the need for facilities. Education is something that will always be with us and will always be hot; our knowledge is increasing exponentially. We must consistently remodel and re-fit existing buildings. High-tech and research facilities are going to follow along in the same pattern, as globalization takes effect; the need for facilities where people can spend leisure time is going to increase. How is the job market now in the industry? Very healthy; hot, if not hotter, than ever before. We’re very cyclical historically, but I think that is about to be put behind us. Architectural schools turn out only about half of the people who go into architectural practice as we know it. An awful lot of these people are recruited by visual arts, organizations s
