I’m very fortunate to work with a smart, sophisticated staff I can trust with important issues. At any given time during the day, we could end up reviewing prints on the wall, markups in Bluebeam Studio, looking at a physical model, walking through the project in Enscape, or heading outside to look at material samples in daylight. In the mornings, my team will get together for 10-15 minutes to update one another. Even though we do not produce construction documents or have the typical construction administration role of an architect of record, we are still highly involved with the aesthetic design intent of the project through all phases. For our Chevy Chase Lake project, a multi-phase planning and building project outside Washington, DC, that is in various stages of construction and completion, we are punching out the exteriors for two buildings and responding to submittals and RFIs for the third. On a typical project, my role is project manager-overseeing our in-house team, coordinating with consultants, and corresponding with clients. We partner with an architect of record on our projects, meaning that most of our time is spent in the earlier design stages. Schwarz Architects, where I’ve worked for almost eight years, is a design firm that works on a broad range of project types across the country. We as architects and urban designers work to create reality from fiction, and that’s at least part of why being on the job site will never lose its peculiar power over me.ĭavid M.

I was always interested in buildings and construction, so what I understood architecture to be sounded perfect.

We connected with architect Joshua Arcurio, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, about his journey to licensure, his day-to-day routine at work, and advice for emerging professionals.Īt what point in your life did you decide to pursue a career in architecture?

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