Architects' Accelerator Blog
NCARB Competency Standard #8: Coordinate the integration of building systems into a project design.
By: David Clarke Published on: 31/05/2025Buildings, like humans, need air, water, and energy, and to eliminate waste, to function properly. Knowing how to integrate building systems into a project design is a fundamental competency for architects to make sure buildings can properly function.
NCARB Competency Standard #7: Create deliverables that convey a design solution.
By: David Clarke Published on: 31/05/2025Deliverables are how we communicate with clients, contractors and the public, and you probably do it everyday. You create documents that are written or drawn or modeled--maybe three dimensional physical or three dimensional on the computer.
NCARB Competency Standard #6: Create design solutions that address project requirements.
By: David Clarke Published on: 31/05/2025Isn't the point of design to meet project requirements? This might be the most basic competency of all of them. Your client, or you, have a goal for what you want to achieve for a project. Create a design solution that meets that goal. However, within the seeming simplicity of this competency lies the real challenge.
NCARB Competency Standard #5: Integrate Socio-Demographic Considerations and Universal Design Principles
By: David Clarke Published on: 26/05/2025Part of the role of the architect in society is to promote inclusivity and justice through architecture design. Architects have a responsibility as designers of the built environment to look beyond that, to see what's going to happen 10 years from now, 20 years from now, 30 years from now.
