David Thaddeus ARE Structures Workshop

The AIBC Intern Architect Committee is bringing David Thaddeus, AIA, NCARB to Vancouver in November to present his hugely popular ARE Structures Seminar. David Thaddeus is Associate Professor of Structures and Architectural Design at the College of Architecture, in the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Before that, he was at the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture, University of Houston. While teaching at the University of Houston, he developed a review course for the General Structures and Lateral Forces Divisions of the Architect Registration Exam (ARE) and first offered the course to interns in 1989. Professor Thaddeus continues to teach his ARE Review course across North America.

This Structures (ARE) Exam workshop is three full days of workshops, mock exams and questions and answers that focus on preparing Intern Architects for the two structural exams required for licensure: General Structures and Lateral Forces. These workshops present the technique, strategy and skills invaluable to all Intern Architects preparing for their exams. Professor Thaddeus recommends that interns be familiar with the materials for the Materials & Methods Exam before attending the seminar.

Following is a testimonial from a BC Intern who attended one of professor Thaddeus' recent workshops:

He explains basic concepts in a very user friendly way - after the lecture it all started to fall into the right spot. We were shown some tricks - how to tackle some seemingly hard/sneaky questions. I'd call those three days a great primer of basic knowledge we should have in order to make the rest of the material more understandable. It would take me at least two or three times longer to digest the material he covers just studying it on my own. His lecture is worth every penny, also he should come before the ARE’s are updated again next year. With every change the passing rate drops a lot. It's about 67 percent right now and used to be well over 80 percent if I remember correctly.

To see a review by Sean Ruthen, IA who attended the seminar in Vancouver last year, click here: http://aibc.ca/member_resources/intern_resources/pdf/intern_update_november07.pdf.

The workshop will be held at the AIBC offices in downtown Vancouver. Click here to download the registration form. Once registered you will be emailed information about what to bring with you to the workshop. This seminar is not limited to AIBC Interns.

If you have any questions about this seminar you may contact Róisín O’Neill, AIBC Registration Coordinator at roneill@aibc.ca.