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Your architecture education doesn’t end after you graduate. The best architects keep learning and keep their skills fresh. Black Spectacles makes it easy. Watch video tutorials taught by professional architects to learn software Revit, Autodesk 3ds Max and more.
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Black Spectacles is the first and only NCARB Approved Test Prep Provider for all 6 divisions of ARE 5.0.
- Online video lectures, practice exams and digital flashcards
- Prepare on your own schedule, or in one of our structured groups, or with a private tutor
- Designed in alignment with NCARB’s exam objectives
From design to production to graphics, level up your architecture software skills.
- Watch online architecture software tutorials on any device
- Taught by practicing architects and designers — not by out of-practice instructors
- Group pricing for firms and schools
The only place where architects can learn from architects
Prepare for the ARE® and further your software skills with video-based learning.
About the Architecture Registration Exam
Developed by NCARB, the ARE exam is accepted by all U.S. jurisdictions and is a key step on the path to earning a license. It includes six divisions, which are organized around the progression of a typical architecture project. Questions include a combination of multiple-choice, check-all-that-apply, fill-in-the-blank, hot spot, and drag-and-place questions, as well as case studies. Our ARE prep materials cover it all.
About Software Learning
Design programs and software keep changing at a breakneck speed. Black Spectacles helps you keep up so you can do your best work. Individual architects, schools and firms alike leverage our tutorials. The video-based online tutorials make it easy to level up on a single technique, or spend hours diving deep into learning a new software program. Learn architecture programs from scratch, or refresh what you already know.
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Testimonials
“We shut down our own program because Black Spectacles has a lot more content than we could ever provide, and we think by going through Black Spectacles we are providing a bigger and better service for our members who are trying to get licensed.”
Mary Fitch, Executive Director AIA Washington
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“The interface is very close to the NCARB Exam interface. We are all visual people so being visually connected is more helpful to me.”
Gordon Lee, Leo A Daly
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“Black Spectacles is different because it features architects and people who are actually working in the field. I think it is a very different process learning from somebody who is in the trenches doing the work, rather than somebody who just sits behind a computer and figures out how to work the software. It is a totally different approach.”
Brian DeYoung, Digital Design Director, SOM
Software Learning
“With Black Spectacles we really get to see who has been using the materials, how long they’ve been using it, and get a much better accuracy about the progress that has been made with them.”
Alexander Huseman, Architectural Designer, KPF
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