Coach wrote:gbalaka wrote:Besides being able to call yourself an Architect
That's not enough?
Also, if you intend to just do SFRs, you'll also be able to do subdivisions where a plan can be built more than 4 times.
Or maybe a client wants to do a 5+ unit condo.
Or a past client wants to build an office or warehouse.
etc
Thanks for chiming in Coach. I don't intend on only doing SFRs, but that's how i'll start as a side gig and keep my full-time job. It will certainly be a big deal to be able to legally call myself an Architect, but it looks like a non-architect will be able to do what i'll end up doing. I also plan to start a business and use the term "architect" in the title...you know, since i'll have a license.
I'm curious to know if the general public even cares if the designer is licensed or not (obviously, a design "professional" will be licensed). I would think most home owners go straight to a contractor and they will have an in-house draftsman...something like that.
I've actually never even done a house remodel. The offices i've worked for mostly did retail projects abroad and our drawings were at a very detailed DD level (borderline Construction Documents) and we'd hand them over to a local firm in India or China or wherever. So i was never involved with submitting plans to the city, etc. I don't even know at which point drawings are stamped and by who.
So let's say I do a house remodel or addition in LA to pull a building permit...will I be required to stamp the drawing? I am not familiar with the process. Is there a post on here that sort of describes the process?
I plan to do a house addition of my own house to get my feet wet upon getting my license. I guess you can say I plan to be my own first client.