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Stay ahead of the pack with unrivaled test prep materials, software tutorials taught by skilled architects, and career advice from the renowned experts who came before you. It’s continuing education, but better.
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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, virtual workshops and digital flashcards
- Create your own schedule, or jump in to our weekly Virtual Workshops
- Designed in alignment with NCARB’s exam objectives
Everyone in your office will be coming to you after you boost your software skills with our tutorials.
- Watch online architecture software tutorials on any device
- Taught by practicing architects and designers — not by retired instructors
- Group pricing for firms and schools
For architects, by 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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“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
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Alexander Huseman, Architectural Designer, KPF
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