To become an architect, a bachelor's degree is required, with typical salaries ranging from $30,000 to over $132,000. Architects draw building plans, advise clients, analyze data, and more. Strong artistic and communication skills are needed, as well as skills like active listening, critical thinking, problem solving, time management, and reading comprehension. Mark Wigley is the dean of architecture at Columbia University known for ideas to change architectural education, using critical thinking to develop new ideas and solve problems while managing his time well. Architects primarily work indoors and study art and math in school.
