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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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The ARE 5.0 Atlas: All Six Divisions in One Volume - 720 NCARB-Format Practice Items, 52 Sections, 374 Subsections, Cross-Referenced for Working Archi

The ARE 5.0 Atlas: All Six Divisions in One Volume - 720 NCARB-Format Practice Items, 52 Sections, 374 Subsections, Cross-Referenced for Working Archi

Whatley, Renton K.

Paperback

General ArchitectureTest Prep

ISBN13: 9798195404260
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: May 3 2026
Pages: 482
Weight: 2.44
Height: 0.97 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
The architect who passes the ARE 5.0 isn't always the smartest in the room. Usually it's the one who finally got organized. If you've ever sat down at 9 p.m.

with the review manual on your left, the AIA contracts on your right, an open NCARB blueprint PDF, and a half-finished flashcard deck on your phone - you know the problem. The ARE doesn't actually test six separate subjects. It tests one body of professional knowledge across six divisions, with the same A201 articles, the same IBC sections, the same egress diagrams, and the same project-delivery vocabulary surfacing on every test. Most study materials treat the divisions as if they were strangers.

The ARE 5.0 Atlas is what happens when one architect maps the connections. Renton K. Whatley spent the working hours between practice and licensure consolidating everything a candidate needs into one navigational reference. The result is 480 pages, 52 sections, 374 subsections, and 720 NCARB-format practice items, all cross-referenced division to division so that the IBC clauses you study for Programming and Analysis show up tagged in Project Planning and Design where they actually surface on the exam. When A201 15.2 (Initial Decision Maker) appears in PjM, the page tells you it also appears in 6.3 of CE - and gives you the page numbers.

INSIDE THE ATLAS - All six NCARB divisions in one volume: Practice Management (PcM), Project Management (PjM), Programming and Analysis (PA), Project Planning and Design (PPD), Project Development and Documentation (PDD), Construction and Evaluation (CE) - 720 practice items written to NCARB's exact item-type distribution: multiple choice, check-all-that-apply, hot-spot, calculation, drag-and-place - Every item with a worked rationale, a section-tagged reference back into the study volumes, and the NCARB content area it tests - A 100+ figure visual library: egress diagrams, the A201 article map, sun path, structural-system selection chart, MEP coordination stack, accessibility clearances - A consolidated reference matrix, abbreviations index, and formula sheet - pulled from every division and indexed at the back PLUS THE COMPANION KIT

Every reader of the Atlas gets: - 500 spaced-repetition flash cards covering all six divisions - Five full-length mock exams - one per division - built to NCARB length and item-type distribution - Extra practice questions, refreshed regularly: case studies, calculation drills, hot-spot, check-all-thatapply You will not need a second book. You will need a printer, a highlighter, the rolling-clock spreadsheet from 0.9, and one quiet hour a night. Pass the ARE 5.0. Then go draw the next one.

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