Considering a career in Architectural Technology

Why Architectural Technology?
If your chosen career is architecture and your skills and interests include drawing, problem solving, design and maths and you are a creative, inquisitive and practically minded person then Architectural Technology is the ideal career path for you.

Architectural Technology is the technical side of design — it can be about how things look but mainly it is about how buildings work. It's all about problem solving and turning conceptual drawings into reality. It's understanding design and the buildability of buildings.

So what is the difference between a Chartered Architectural Technologist and an architect?

Chartered Architectural Technologists and architects are qualified and competent to lead construction projects from design through to completion. The difference is within the specialisms that they will bring to a project. Chartered Architectural Technologists’ training and emphasis is the science and technology of architecture and architects’ training and emphasis is the design and philosophy of architecture. Whilst both disciplines have their own distinct training and specialism, there is considerable overlap between the two professions. For further information on architects please visit www.architecture.com

Those who practise Architectural Technology as a career are either Chartered Architectural Technologists, MCIAT or professionally qualified Architectural Technicians, TCIAT.

Before deciding what, and how, to study, it is recommended that you decide if your future career will be as a Chartered Architectural Technologist or as a professionally qualified Architectural Technician. You can choose to qualify as either, or both, during your career.

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