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Architecture School – A Reality TV Show Unlike the Rest on Satellite TV

Reality TV shows are a dime a dozen. You can find them on network TV, you can find even more on satellite TV and there are more and more making their debut on the internet. We are fascinated ate taking an inside peek at the lives of C list celebrities, their siblings and parents, former sports stars, wannabe fashion stylists and hair stylists, potential models, dancers, singers, even business executives and adrenaline junkies. There seems to be a reality show for everything these days.

Now, the Sundance channel, which you can watch with a satellite TV subscription, has come up with a new reality show about architects. No, this is not a competition pitting Koolhaus and Renzo Piano against each other, in an effort to design the coolest, most avant-garde opera house or Prada store. It’s actually a little more humble. This show is about architecture students in New Orleans.

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Build a Dream Career in Architecture

In India, the construction and real estate is seeing a positive boom. The focus has shifted from just basic functionality to aesthetics, comfort, luxury and style. Hence, the demand for good architects is also on the rise. Architecture involves planning and designing of building and structures. A good architect can create marvels that remain as a testimony to his talent for ages. Taj Mahal, Eiffel Tower, pyramids of Egypt, Hotel Burj Al Arab, and many more like these are masterpieces of ancient and modern architecture. Today, architects need to blend their vision and dreams with materials to come up with structures that are high quality, with good functionality and environmentally friendly too.

Architects are required to design a variety of structures such as houses, apartments and colonies, shopping and commercial complexes, offices and industrial complexes, hospitals, hotels, airport terminals, schools etc. They are also required if a building has to be renovated or repaired. Thus, the demand for architects will never dwindle.

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Thinking of a Career in Interior Architecture Design?

Interior Architecture is a bridge between architecture and interior design. It provides professionals with the proper knowledge regarding the building of structures and the importance and understanding of load bearing walls. The fields of Interior Architecture and Interior Design are quite similar. Some people refer to the two fields as one and call it Interior Architecture Design.

Interior architectural design professionals in the United States cannot call himself or herself an Interior Architect unless they have completed the educational requirements to become a fully licensed architect. The actual definition of Interior Architecture is a program that prepares people to apply the architectural principles in the design of structural interiors for living, recreational and for business purposes so as to function as a professional interior architect. This includes instruction in the architecture of heating and cooling systems, occupational and safety standards, interior design, specific end-use applications, structural systems design and professional responsibilities and standards.

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