Is a double degree a financial advantage for an Architect?

[Danielz]

Examples include:

1. University of Nottingham [2].
Combined course in Architecture and Environmental design. Accreditation from RIBA1 and CIBSE (Institution of building engineers)
2. University of Sheffield [3].
Combined course in Architecture and Structural Engineering, with RIBA1 accreditation and IStructE.

Is there a financial career benefit that would compensate for the additional cost of 3200 pounds for 4 years of study as oppose to 3.

Footnote:
1. I am sorry if this post is more appropriate for the student part of the forum. It will be deleted if necessary. The motivation for putting it here was the potential experience members might have on the matter.
2. http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/ugstudy/course.php?code=016046
3. http://www.shef.ac.uk/prospectus/courseDetails.do?id=3776902010

[lekizz]

It could possibly make you more employable in the short term. Smaller practices might find multi-skilled staff valuable. And all practices in the future will be looking for people with a good handle on environmental design. But at the end of the day, a degree is a degree. If it Part 1 accredited you will need to go down the same qualification route as every other Part 1 architecture graduate, you will simply be a year behind

An alternative route would be to apply for a course in a university that has a bias towards your chosen interest e.g. Bath University has a reputation for its engineering bias. Sheffield has a reputation for 'green' research.

[Fabdesigno]

you could have a major of architectural engineering or architectural design..
and take perhaps a minor in structural engineering or art..

[kanneii86]

[WalkerARCHITECTS]

I started with an engineering education and was an EIT designing aircraft (Stress Analysis) for about five years then rather than pursue the MS Engineering degree that the company offered to pay for, I switched to Architecture and Urban Planning got a B Arch in Design and also Urban Planning then later while a full time employee and student earned an MBA. I can't say that I ever made more money because of the multiple degrees. In truth I am valuable because I can solve problems. All sorts of problems. The wall paper is meaningless after about the first ten years of experience.

I suggest you develop the best capacity you can achieve as a problem solver and designer and let the wall paper hang where ever it happens to end up. The transformation of an education is better focused inside at the man or woman than outside at the work place.

In the end it is about adding value, not much else matters.