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Rethinking Licensure: Expanding Opportunities in Architecture

AIA CES program ID: GMG.0027

Approved LUs: 1 LU|Elective

Prerequisites: None

Program level: Entry

Advance learner preparation: None

Is the traditional path to licensure limiting architecture’s future? This course asks what happens if we build a better one.

In this provocative AIA CEU, you’ll hear from Gabriel Keller—designer, educator, paramedic, and advocate—as he reimagines licensure, purpose, and practice in a profession that’s long overdue for reinvention.

Program Description

This AIA-approved continuing education course explores licensure through a bold, forward-looking lens. Gabriel Keller shares his nontraditional trajectory into the field—navigating burnout, embracing sabbaticals, and stepping outside of architecture to find clarity.

The course challenges assumptions around who gets to call themselves an architect, how licensure serves the public, and what it means to contribute to the built environment in a changing world. It’s a conversation about access, evolution, and the power of redesigning systems from within.

Learning Objectives

After completing this course, participants will be able to:

1. Analyze the current challenges and limitations of licensure in the architectural profession
2. Explore the role of sabbaticals in fostering creativity and addressing burnout among architects
3. Evaluate the value of alternative pathways to licensure and their potential to enhance inclusivity
4. Apply the problem-solving mindset cultivated in architectural education to diverse professional contexts

Who Should Take This Course

This course is ideal for licensed architects, emerging professionals, educators, and AEC leaders who:

• Are rethinking the definition of success in architecture
• Advocate for systemic change in licensure, equity, and wellness
• Believe that new models of practice and participation are not only possible—they’re necessary

Why It Matters

• Earn AIA CE credit while challenging outdated models of professional gatekeeping
• Gain insight into real-life sabbaticals, cross-disciplinary pivots, and architectural mindset beyond the license
• Learn how to advocate for inclusive, accessible pathways into practice

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AIA CES Provider statement

Gābl Media is a registered provider of AIA-approved continuing education under Provider Number 10024977. All registered AIA CES Providers must comply with the AIA Standards for Continuing Education Programs. Any questions or concerns about this provider or this learning program may be sent to AIA CES ([email protected] or (800) AIA 3837, Option 3).

This learning program is registered with AIA CES for continuing professional education. As such, it does not include content that may be deemed or construed to be an approval or endorsement by the AIA of any material of construction or any method or manner of handling, using, distributing, or dealing in any material or product.

AIA continuing education credit has been reviewed and approved by AIA CES. Learners must complete the entire learning program to receive continuing education credit. AIA continuing education Learning Units earned upon completion of this course will be reported to AIA CES for AIA members. Certificates of Completion for both AIA members and non-AIA members are available upon request.

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