Monday, September 8, 2014

What is the difference between Japanese and Chinese Gardens?


What is the difference between Japanese and Chinese Gardens?

 

The following is an article published in Washington Park Arboretum Bulletin, based on portion of my book, "Planting Design Illustrated."

 

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Thursday, March 13, 2014

Can you study and pass the California Supplemental Exam (CSE) in 2 weeks?

The answer is yes:  IF you study the right materials, you can pass with 2 weeks of prep.

If you study our book, "Mock California Supplemental Exam (CSE of Architect Registration Exam)," you have an excellent chance of studying and passing the California Supplemental Exam (CSE) in 2 weeks. We have added many tips and tricks that WILL help you pass the exam on your first try. Our goal is to take a very complicated subject and make it simple. "Mock California Supplemental Exam (CSE of Architect Registration Exam)" will save you time and money and help you pass the exam on the first try!

“Mock California Supplemental Exam (CSE of Architect Registration Exam)” has been published!


It is already available at Amazon.com, and will be available on bn.com soon. Please post your review at your earliest convenience. If you need an updated custom-made PDF review copy, let me know.

 

Here is more info:

 

Mock California Supplemental Exam (CSE of Architect Registration Exam): CSE Overview, Exam Prep Tips, General Section and Project Scenario Section, Questions, Solutions and Explanations

ISBN: 9781612650159     

 

It is available at:


 

Synopsis

 

A Practical Guide and Mock Exam for the California Supplemental Exam (CSE)!

 

To become a licensed architect in California, you need to have a proper combination of education and/or experience, meet the special requirements of the California Architect Board (CAB), pass all seven divisions of the ARE, and pass the California Supplemental Exam (CSE).

 

This book provides an ARE and CSE exam overview, suggested reference and resource links, exam prep and exam taking techniques, tips and guides, and a realistic and complete mock exam with solutions and explanations for the California Supplemental Exam (CSE). More specifically this book covers the following subjects:

1.      ARE, IDP, and education requirements

2.      ARE and CSE exam content, format, prep strategies, and exam taking tips

3.      the CSE project scenario section

4.      the CSE general section

5.      context and pre-design                                                                

6.      regulatory issues: California state laws, code, regulations, and standards; other laws, codes, regulations, standards, agencies, and entitlements      

7.      management and design                                                              

8.      construction

9.      CSE reference materials (official CAB reference materials plus additional critical materials)

 

This book includes 120 challenging multiple-choice questions of the same difficulty level and format as the real exam. It will help you pass the CSE and become a licensed architect in California!

 

About the author

 

Gang Chen holds a master’s degree from the School of Architecture, University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, and a bachelor’s degree from the School of Architecture, South China University of Technology. He has more than 20 years of professional experience. Many of the projects he was in charge of or participated in have been published extensively in Architecture, Architectural Record, The Los Angeles Times, The Orange County Register, and more. He has worked on a variety of unusual projects, including well-known, large-scale healthcare and hospitality projects with over one billion dollars in construction costs, award-winning school designs, highly-acclaimed urban design and streetscape projects, multifamily housing, high-end custom homes, and regional and neighborhood shopping centers. 

 

Gang Chen is a LEED AP BD+C and a licensed architect in California. He is also the internationally acclaimed author of other fascinating books, including Building Construction, Planting Design Illustrated, the ARE Mock Exam series, and the LEED Exam Guides series, which includes one guidebook for each of the exams. For more information, visit www.GreenExamEducation.com

Sunday, January 12, 2014

If ARE Forum is down again...




If AREForum.org is down again, you can use this forum as an alternate:




It has all the functions of AREForum.org, and has more options.


Our unique feature: We have not only ARE Forums, but LEED forums as well.


I think LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is one of the most important trends of development and is revolutionizing the construction industry. It has gained tremendous momentum and has a profound impact on our environment.


In fact, NCARB has quietly incorporated a lot of LEED content into EACH of the ARE division without using the term LEED. Just read the scope of exam for each ARE division, and you'll know.


Gang Chen, Author, AIA, LEED AP BD+C (http://GreenExamEducation.com/)