As an Australian it's interesting to listen to someone with a more worldly, outside view. Australia is definitely a suburban overflow of the UK. Structured very similarly, however with the drawbacks of trying to make infrastructure work across a massive continent making everything more expensive. We definitely have the western commercial mindset pummelled into us from day dot, eg mortgage, two big cars, 20 different types of expensive insurance etc. I probably followed the path of one of your aussie coworkers while you were there... Wife, kids, expensive house, safe/boring lifestyle. Could be worse of course, but hearing your perspective reminds me that life could be so much simpler and more interesting. Keep up the videos, I'm not in your line of work, but love the content all the same.
Hey Russell, as an architect from Argentina who worked in China for 6 years and ended up living in Perth I can relate to many things. The bloody local experience renders everything I've done pretty much irrelevant and they look down on everyone who hasn't studied here. It's fucking awful. I've been here for 7 years, didn't try to apply much and been working as a photographer instead. Funny thing is I shot more than 4000 properties now for real estate and I'd dare to say that if I had presented most of them as my projects for uni, I wouldn't have ever got my degree. They think they are so good and they are so not. ANyway, rant aside, now I'm trying to get back to my profession but I have a long gap and still no local experience in architecture. Sadly, I know I'm good as an architect and my experience in China was full on but nobody seem to value any of it. Any tips? Do you think it's a lost case to try to get into this market after all these years? Should I say f**k all and try to work in Asia again? If you find the time and heart to let me pick your brain, drop me a PM. Thanks mate! :)
Yeah message me on IG. Sounds hard. It’s kind of a bubble there I must admit. You can still get a contract job working in architecture to start then work your way up .
would you recommend getting master in perth/melbourne/sydney?. which one would you say is more easy to get a work considering the other option is PR point. for indonesian.
Did you work in Australia using your riba qualifications or did you have to register as an architect in Australia first in order to work there? I am wanting to work there with my riba part 2 qualification any advice on how to go about it? Love these videos btw I think it’s great you move around the world and share it
Thanks. I thought I explained the registration process in the video although they have made it easier now. You. A just work as a technician on contract. Work is pretty casual there. They will see that u are RIBA part 2 they will see that as something good.
Do i have to take master of architecture in australia? Or can i take other master like master of architectural science. Or master of urban planning . Can i work as an architect?
Masters or not is irrelevant - it could be something else- depends on what allows you to register as an architect at the end of it. You have to check whether to course is accredited by the Architect board and allows you to progress to take final architect exams. For instance some architects in UK have masters some have post grad diplomas- depends on the course. But you usually at least need to study 5 years full time.
Hey! I've seen quite a few videos of yours and I've wanted to become an architect for maybe 2 years,I'm current in year 10 so I still have loads of time to decide what I want to do. Online I've been looking at people's opinions and they're all saying how it's not worth it,yet they're all mostly in their 20's or so they've just started uni. I just want to know if I should listen to them or if they're only focusing on the negatives?
Depend if you really enjoy it or not. But that’s the gamble because u don’t now much about it when u are young. It’s not that great when you in 20s because you don’t have much experience. It’s gets better and more money as you get older. In fact I didn’t really design my first building built until I was in my 30s then I finally felt like an architect.
hi russel i really like ur work , love from india ...... i also want to ask a question is architecture worth it espcially in a country where i live in builders eat up the finnacailly unstable architects
It’s worth it if you go all then way and stick with it but you will be old by then! I did a vid about that Architecture School UK Was It Worth it? Architecture Uni UK ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-o3W_osJ2u1s.html
That’s Australia for you. Australia has totally forgotten that the building codes are derivative of the UK. We even use British archi and construction textbooks as the basis of uni studies in Aus 😅. Am an Aussie but left same as you, it’s a cookie cutter, risk averse, non innovative ultra conservative culture with ok beaches haha.
You just put all of us in one bucket. What did you expect? Free accommodation and a huge pay packet? A lot of people here pay for belongings outright, but if you can get a house without a loan you've most probably already made it. Sounds like you're better of in under developed countries. Also sounds like we dodged a bullet. What a winger.
It’s not about expecting handouts, but the system in Australia is designed to keep the rich getting richer while everyone else struggles to keep up. The government incentivizes homeownership, but it’s really a trap that keeps you tied to debt and the system, making it hard for the not-so-wealthy to ever really get ahead. It’s eerily similar to the UK-wealth inequality is built in. Maybe I’ll come back when I’m rich enough to play their game.
