Our summer internship (Summer Design Studio) offers students a real, honest-to-goodness introduction to the design process. Along with our own projects, you’ll have an opportunity to oversee a project of your own. Along the way, you will collaborate with our architects, landscape and interior design teams. By the end of summer, you’ll have a project you can share with the world.
The program also includes guided site visits, office happy hours, access to ARE Study resources/mentors, and mentorship from our firm leaders. Experience doesn’t get any more hands-on than that.
Apply for an internship.
Every year in December or January, we open applications for our summer internships in architecture, interior design, and landscape design. Please check our website at that time to apply. Keep in mind that to be considered, every applicant must provide a resume, portfolio/samples of work as well as complete a brief workstyle survey. Positions are typically filled no later than the end of March each year. If you don’t see an active job posting, we invite you to apply the following year.
"Before this summer, I don’t think I fully understood everything that goes into residential architecture behind the scenes. I learned how much collaboration happens between the architecture, interiors, and landscape studios to create a cohesive project for each client. I also gained a better understanding of what happens within the interiors studio that a client may not always see, such as working closely with reps and vendors, ordering materials and furnishings, requesting samples, and getting quotes. This summer showed me how many people, details, and decisions are involved in bringing a residential project together from beginning to end."
MONROE
"The most valuable experience was sitting in client meetings, for my project and for real ones! In school, the “client” is always served to us on a piece of paper. But interacting with my client as well as real clients that came into the office really shaped each home and project. The design is a reflection of who it’s for and seeing the project develop as a client relationship develops was so important."
JYLIAN
"My summer spent at SHM was an incredible experience, teaching me not only about the field of architecture but also helping me grow as an architectural designer. I have countless amazing memories from this summer and I am so grateful for the opportunities that SHM provided me as an intern. I was able to contribute to real-world projects, attend client meetings, go to many job sites, and observe SHM’s values firsthand. I have to say, though, that the most unique and freeing experience of this internship program was the amazing intern project that everyone at SHM has organized.
The process of working on this project and getting to know my client over the summer was incredibly rewarding. Not only did I get to know my client, but I also had the privilege of learning from him as an architect at SHM, which might have been the best part. This project is made up of three “pavilions” connected by long, spanning hallways designed to celebrate both light and rainfall. The most public pavilion encompasses the great room, living room, and kitchen, which open to the loggia, pool, and main courtyard. On one end of this public pavilion is the guest pavilion with guest suites, a bunk room, and an oversized reading nook. On the opposite end is the primary pavilion, containing the primary bedroom, primary bathroom, office space, and private courtyard access.
The celebration of light is accomplished through light monitors located in the two hallways connecting the central public pavilion to the adjacent primary and guest pavilions. Rainfall is celebrated by intentional flooding through a man-made creek, seamlessly linking the three pavilions as water flows across the site and drains into Turtle Creek. The goal of this project was to create a harmonious living space that embraces the beauty of the natural environment, including the site’s topography while maintaining the clean, minimalist lines characteristic of Texas Modernist architecture."
