Best forum is to get to know your juniors and seniors well, and if possible, architects from the outside world. Go have lunch or dinner or something after crits or on weekends. Try to talk about architecture as a whole, and not just bombing the school lecturers, for example...

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Added on May 21, 2008, 11:39 pmBTW, azarimy, any contacts in UK that may want to hire a fresh grad through TWES? TWES is the only possible way for me to get to UK... Or maybe Ireland?

try surf architecture-related blogs. like mine, heh.

sounds like u're stuck doing desk jobs. looking at the stuffs u're doing, those are part 1 jobs. what's ur highest qualification?

personally, i find part 2 jobs are as exciting and satisfying as doing ur own thesis (final year) as well as working as a part 3 architect.

my god,
how come i dont make the cut?
my result is not so bad
im praying hard for utm

it's not about the software. it's about the drawing standards. local authorities have specific drawing conventions, so regardless of whatever software u use, u must abide to these conventions. if u are required to submit digital copy, all those software can export to dwg, dont it?

but to be less dependent of chance, u should get a few years of working experience under ur belt before applying. 2-3 years should be good enough to boost ur merit. reason is, some people are not good at the learning, but very good at doing. so show them what u can do, and i'm pretty sure u can land a place somewhere.

btw, bonetoad you still can live with your diploma of 2.00? really amaze me. i am a borderline also. 3. . never think i would stand a chance now. but still am praying hard for it. but guess your one is ok since you got dip in archi and already got your portfolio.

Thanks a lot; I really appreciate your informative reply.

Personally when I design, I always bring into consideration the aspect of the building construction method and the buildable factor. Unlike the rest who always come up with their ultra cool, sleek, curvy, smooth, flashy, & flamboyant designs that would definitely give the building construction team a really big headache, plus give themselves a really big headache too when it comes to producing the detailed-construction & measured working drawings.    I just do not know why, but I am always very good & talented in creating & then working on my highly logical, technical, detailed, and complex designs that would be save to be submitted to the building construction team for actual construction.    But sometimes, so-called subtle aspects of architectural design can end up making the project amazingly complex... For example, a relatively simple building design with a straightforward spatial layout will turn out looking incredibly complex after adding in the curtain-wall details, stairs, balustrades & the details, attaching columns & beams to floor slabs, and then adding in the fixtures & the furniture layout. (But in the end, lecturers just don't care or just don't want to give a darn about all this painful & time consuming details, instead, they would look & pick-on the big picture, which is the "Design-Concept", site-integration & response. At least from my experience at the institution I'm currently in.) Nonetheless, I am always very well prepared in justifying, defending, & giving "sugar-coated" reasons for my design!

Regards.

what impossible requirements? why do u insist to see it your way?

like i've said time and time again, the problem is limited places. hence we select based on all applicants and put them on equal grounds. those who dont fit the minimum requirement wont get called for the interview. and we have indeed interviewed a number of IPTS candidates. in the end, it boils down to who were competing with them.

mind u, the highest IPTS candidate CGPA ever to apply to UTM is 3.30. compare this to IPTA candidates averaging around 3.50-3.65. are u saying that we should open a quota for IPTS students, regardless how weak they are?

hey.
i will taking my SPM next week.
just blurred,
how could i know which school is better for an architecture in malaysia or oversea.