<p>can someone tell me if this is a good program if they have done it before?</p>
<p>does it provide good salary? most people say architecture doesn't have good salaries most of the time.</p>
<p>what about interior design? does it have a good salary?</p>
<p>What are the best schools for interior architecture and design?</p>
<p>Interior architecture = interior design. It is nothing more than a rename to further distance interior designers from interior decorators. It is not architecture. The only grad of one of these programs I've worked with is bloody useless, so sadly, I can't recommend the program she came from.</p>
<p>My wife is a commercial interior designer. They design the non-structional components of buildings such as lighting, layout of furniture and even spec the furniture and lighting. Commercial designers design hospitals, stores, universities, commercial officies etc.</p>
<p>Generally, a good interior designer will make more money than an architect, if you can believe that.</p>
<p>Those that design insides of homes are known as decorators.</p>
<p>Good schools for design that I know about are:</p>
<ol>
<li>University of Cincinnati</li>
<li>Pratt Institute</li>
<li>Drexal Institute</li>
<li>RIT,
5.Cornell University
and many others.</li>
</ol>
<p>Check out the following URL for FIDER accredited schools:<a href="http://www.accredit-id.org/accreditedprograms.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.accredit-id.org/accreditedprograms.html</a></p>
<p>Interior designers may also work on residential projects, taxguy. It is not the sector of work that determines designer vs. decorator, but the scope. Interior designers frequently work with kitchen & bath design and non-bearing walls in addition to furniture, but interior decorators are pretty much limited to furniture, lighting, and paint.</p>
<p>The best interior designer I know graduated with an architecture degree form Cooper Union. When we work together, she helps us organize every single material on every single surface. The whole process is a complete rush. I can count on her to teach me something I don't already know. She is a favorite of many famous architects. Her work is in every single top architecture publication.</p>
<p>Your idea of interior designers may be limited, rationalist.</p>
<p>Again, terrig, you need to get a good design degree from a good school. Then I suggest you apprentice for a top notch architecture firm--in their interiors department. Then open up your onw practice as soon as possible--before the age of thirty. If you do that, you will make very good money for yourself.</p>
<p>actually cheers, I was pointing out to taxguy that HIS definition was limited, because he said that "Those that design insides of homes are known as decorators", which is not the case. What I was trying to say is that those who choose throw pillows are known as decorators, those who work with larger aspects of the interior environment are designers, regardless of whether the work is commercial or residential in nature.</p>
<p>Antoher very successful architect/interior designer is Peter Mario in New York. He maintains a very sophisticated interiors department in his offices. <a href="http://www.petermarinoarchitect.com/index_flash.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.petermarinoarchitect.com/index_flash.html</a> . Marino got his degree at Cornell. </p>
<p>In New York, a top interior designer will charge 25% to 30% fee on top of EVERY single item installed in a project, including curtain tassles. Very few architects get that percentage. 17% of the construciton cost would be a good fee for architecture.</p>
<p>I think this field is often misunderstood, especially since no one can agree on what to call it. Even though there's a good deal of overlap between architecture and interior architecture and interior architecture and decorating, the skills and applications are different.</p>
<p>A relative of mine (who was actually a creatively frustrated banker) got a degree from Pratt in what was called at the time Environmental Design. He went on to a successful and lucrative career at several large architectural firms (SOM was one) and worked on projects as diverse as the interiors of office buildings to the airport in Jedda. That last was particularly interesting and challenging as he had to design logistical space for millions of pilgrims.</p>
<p>The funny thing was that even though he did very well he always harbored lingering doubts that he should have just gone for architecture. Maybe he was a just a dissatisfied guy.</p>
<p>thanks you guys, this is very helpful.</p>
<p>so what about the stuctual parts of interiors? is that only for the architect or can it be for the interior designer as well?</p>
<p>Typically, only a licensed professional (Architect or Engineer) can design the structural parts.</p>
<p>Wow, 17% commission for an architect? I know Rem Koolhaas charges 14%...but most lesser-known architects charge 10% or less... Wow, 25-30% for interior designers...thas amazing...</p>
<p>Interiors can get marked up more because most interior designers get access to deep discounts on loads of products at industry warehouses, so then when they mark up the pieces to get their fee, they end up closer to retail price. This arrangement lets clients overlook that fee much more easily than they do the A&E fees.</p>
<p>is the art institute of atlanta a good school for interior design?</p>
<p>if anyone can name colleges with interior design out side of georgia please name very good and/or cheap ones or ones with good scholorship programs.</p>
<p>Terrig, check out post 3 here for the recommended top schools in design. The art institute is not one of the top ones,but to their credit their are FIDER accredited for Interior Design.</p>