Colorado
Law Passed: 1909 • Joined NCARB: 1920 • Region 6—Western (1963)
The Components of Licensure
Education
1947: Graduation from an accredited architecture program and three years of experience are recommended, but not required.
1955: A degree in architecture, architectural engineering, or architectural design from a school in good standing is required.
1959: Applicants without an approved architecture degree can document experience as an equivalent.
2008: Continuing education is required for license renewal.
Experience
1947: Applicants with no degree must complete eight years of experience.
1955: Applicants with a degree must complete one year of experience.
1959: Applicants with no degree must complete 10 years of experience, and applicants with an architecture degree must complete three.
1983: The IDP is recommended, and officially adopted in 2014.
2014: The IDP is required.
Examination
1909: Colorado Board administers annual written and oral examination.
1947: The exam is delivered over four days , with a minimum passing score of 65 percent per section and 75 percent overall.
1970: NCARB’s exam is adopted in the Rules, which are updated to specify the ARE in 1983.
1995: Colorado pilots the computerized exam.
2011: Early eligibility is allowed.
Noteworthy
- Colorado Board members originally paid the NCARB membership fees, contributing five dollars each.
- From 1913 to 1955, AIA members could become licensed without taking an exam.
- Colorado Board member Laura Cronenwett was the first woman to serve on the NCARB Board of Directors.
- Select Colorado Board members, board staff, and the state psychometrician participated in computerized examination centers throughout Colorado.
- The board was combined with engineers and land surveyors in 2006 after facing a sunset review.
Notable People
NCARB Presidents
1976: William C. Muchow, FAIA (Denver)
1986: Theodore L. Mularz, FAIA (Aspen)
Additional Members of the NCARB Board of Directors
1924-26: William E. Fisher, FAIA (Denver)
1926-28: R. K. Fuller, FAIA(Denver)
1971-73: Carl F. Groos Jr. (Denver)
1984-86: Laura N. Cronenwett (Denver)
1994-95: J. Michael Jacoby (Denver)
2000-02: Cornelius (Kin) DuBois, FAIA (Denver)
First Recorded Chairman/President
1926: Lester L. Jones
First Board Members
1914-15: Frank E. Edbrooke, FAIA (Denver)
1914-23: Francis Cooper, FAIA (Pueblo)
1914-21: Thomas F. Walsh, FAIA (Denver)
1915: Harold Baerresen, FAIA (Denver)
First License Issued
1909: Robert Sawers Rueschlaub, FAIA
NCARB President Medalist
2005: Cornelius (Kin) DuBios, FAIA (Denver)
