Podcast – Architect Exam Prep

About Podcast – Architect Exam Prep

Instant Access to Comprehensive ARE Guides

Publisher

David Doucette & Eric Corey Freed

Category

arts · business · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 Sept 2013

Latest episode

8 Apr 2026

Latest episodes

7 of 92 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   8 Apr 2026

   093. ARE Technical: Top 5 Tips for Project Development & Documentation (PDD)

   In this episode, David and Eric focus on the ARE PDD (Project Development & Documentation) exam, framing it as the construction documents phase in contrast to PPD’s schematic design and PA’s programming.

2. 

   27 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   092. ARE Technical: Top 5 Tips for Project Planning & Design

   David and Eric discuss five tips for passing the programming and analysis (PA) division of the Architect Registration Examination (ARE). They emphasize that PA is about evaluation, not design, and highlight the importance of using highlighting tools for long, wordy questions.

3. 

   20 Mar 2026

   091. ARE Technical: Top 5 Tips for Programming & Analysis (PA)

   David and Eric discuss five tips for passing the programming and analysis (PA) division of the Architect Registration Examination (ARE). They emphasize that PA is about evaluation, not design, and highlight the importance of using highlighting tools for long, wordy questions.

Inside a recent episode

092. ARE Technical: Top 5 Tips for Project Planning & Design

Published 27 Mar 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] That's not up to the contractor. The contractor is really just building what we draw in the drawings. We're the ones that get to see this integration and really align it to what the the owner's project requirements are, the OPRs. It's a very interesting role that I don't think we talk about openly enough, but we're the master conductor here in that sense. And so how do you make sure that a sprinkler head isn't the same place that a duct or a beam is? How do you detail it so it works? How do you know how to minimize the depth of a plenum When you have all that stuff up there, the answer isn't we just make it bigger because it has huge implications around cost and structure and weight and load. […]

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4.2 / 5

39 ratings

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4.1 / 5

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