Changes Made to Continuing Ed Requirements

On April 2, 2008 the Board voted to change the requirements for obtaining continuing education credit. These changes will apply to the current renewal cycle (2008-2009) and all registrants need to incorporate these changes into the way they obtain credit hours.

The changes include the following:
* All 24 credit hours required in this cycle must be in Public Protection, also know as Health, Safety and Welfare.
* Carry-Over hours/credits are no longer allowed. All 24 credit hours must be obtained in the current cycle.
* General Subjects credits are no longer accepted.

Registrants will receive a mailing soon containing the new rules and a new Continuing Education Report Form.

You can also download a form from this web site by going to Forms and scrolling down until you reach the CE Reporting Form for 2008-2009.

Robert Walters Dies

Robert Walters, well-known Albuquerque, New Mexico architect, died on May 3, 2008.

Robert studied art at UNM College of Fine Art with Enrique Montenegro, Raymond Jonson and later in Mexico City with Jose Clemente Orozco. He worked in architectural firms in Albuquerque and Indiana. He was never formally educated as an architect and in those days a formal education in architecture was not required. By working for over 8 years with architects and passing the licensing exam he became a registered architect in New Mexico. The day after he passed the exam he opened his office in the early 1960's and practiced for over thirty years. Some of his most important architectural work includes the Highland University library, the College of Education and several dormitories. Robert started teaching design courses at UNM in the late sixties and was responsible for the education of several generations of architects.

In 1992 he retired from teaching and pursued one of his passions, fine art painting. He enjoyed a successful career as a painter. His paintings have in on display at the Albuquerque Museum, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, as well as museums and galleries in the Southwest. In 2007 his drawings and sketches were on display at the AIA Gallery. A new exhibit of his work will be on display at the Firestone Gallery in Scottsdale Arizona on May 22, 2008. His paintings have been extensively collected by private collectors throughout the United States.

New ARE Timing Rules

On June 20, 2007 the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards held its annual meeting in Denver, Colorado.

During the meeting resolutions were discussed and voted on. One resolution, 07-8, was for the purpose of setting requirements for when it would be possible to take the national Architect Registration Examination (ARE). The membership voted to leave when one could be an exam candidate up to individual jurisdictions.

The Board has changed the rules regarding the timing of taking the ARE. One is now eligible to take the ARE after receiving a professional degree and obtaining an NCARB IDP number. It is no longer necessary to complete all, or any, of the IDP requirements. Those requirements must be completed before licensure.

For more information on this and the voting on the other resolutions please Visit the Current News Section to learn more

Avenues to Licensure

For a brief overview of the options available to obtain a license to practice architecture in New Mexico please see the Options for Licensure article to learn more

Changes Coming to the ARE

A new version of the Architect Registration Examination (ARE) is coming. ARE 4.0 will be launched in July 2008. The new exam will integrate multiple-choice questions with graphic vignettes and will have seven divisions instead of nine. Though ARE 4.0 will be launched in July 2008, in order to ease candidates through the transition there will be a one year period when both ARE 3.1 and ARE 4.0 will be administered. Current candidates have until June 2009 - over two years - to complete any remaining divisions of ARE 3.1.

For more information go to: http://www.ncarb.org/ARE/40/whats_different.html

State IDP Person Information

For information about the AIA IDP coordinator, please click here

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