Top Ten Beginner Books For Architecture Students
Embarking on the journey of architecture? Overwhelmed by complex concepts? Dive into these top 10 beginner books covering design, communication, construction, and history.
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Seven Biggest Issues Facing Architectural Design Students
Struggling with design concepts? Feeling lost? Discover the top 7 issues hindering architectural students' success and how to overcome them.
Abstraction And Representation In Architectural Communication
Architects do not make architecture. Architects make an abstract representation of architecture. It is important to understand this. Architecture entails abstract representation, not physical creation. Learn about abstraction, communication types, and reasons for representation.
Architecture Program, Or What Happens In Certain Spaces
An architecture program captures a building function in great detail. Lack of attention to functional requirements will assure users will see it as a design failure. Find out why program is essential to successful design…
What Is An Architecture Project Brief Or Design Brief?
Understanding a project brief is crucial for project success. Learn what is a project brief, how is a design brief different, why are they important, and what exactly should you do with them…
3 Steps To Create A Simple Student Weekly Plan (For Architecture Students)
Feeling overwhelmed with tasks and deadlines? Learn how to create a stress-free weekly plan. Organize your week efficiently, manage tasks effectively, and reduce stress levels throughout the semester.
9 Tips To Be A More Productive Architecture Student
Is your architecture productivity lacking? Do you find yourself sitting down for hours on end and working your butt off but for some reason things take way longer than you think they should? Is your productivity not as good as you want to be or as other architecture students seem to be? When you start to understand and implement good architecture productivity habits, things are going to change.
How To Use An Architectural Scale Ruler (Metric)
Understanding scale and using a scale ruler is essential in architecture, but many students struggle with its concept and application. Discover the importance of scale in architecture & how to use a scale ruler effectively.
How To Create A Simple New Semester Plan | For University And Architecture Students
Do you find yourself 3 or 4 weeks into a semester feeling overwhelmed, disorganised and falling behind? Does it take you this long to start to get into a groove and then spend the rest of the semester trying to catch up on the time you’ve lost and juggle all your deadlines? Find out how to get organised and create a new architecture semester plan…
Top 9 Architecture Design Factors For ALL Architecture Projects
Not sure what the main architecture design factors are in your new project? Overwhelmed by information and the brief and requirements and the client and precedents and diagrams and brainstorming and where to start? Learn how to approach an architecture design project, specifically answering the question: What do I need to consider in any architectural design? Listen to the full episode to learn the top 9 considerations that apply to any and all architectural design projects.
Architecture Construction Class | What You’ll Learn And Why
When you discover you are enrolled in an architecture construction class, you might be asking why? Why do you need to be on a dirty building site amongst bricks and pipes and concrete? Architects design buildings, and builders, build? So why do you need to know about construction? Find out now.
What Goes In An Architecture Design Journal, Sketchbook Or Visual Diary
In most of your design studios, you are going to be asked to keep an architecture design journal, sketchbook or visual diary. Sometimes it may be part of your assessment to show your engagement, process and completion of the required work. Even if you’re not asked to keep a design journal it’s a really good habit to get into. So what is a design journal, how do you start, and what goes in it?
8 Architecture Project Stages From Concept To Construction
Architecture school often places a big emphasis on design. But it is important to understand that design is only one of the architecture project stages. The process first finding a client through to getting your design built and the client moving in involves a lot of very different stages. Find out more…
How To Become An Architect In Australia (And Overseas)
Becoming an architect requires a particular series of steps, including study, practical experience and registration. If you want to discover how to become an architect in Australia, learn about the full process here…
Architecture Communications Class | What You’ll Learn And Why
When you start architecture school, you may be required to take a class called communications, or visual representation or something similar. This is going to be new to most people whether you have done any kind of drawing, graphics or design before. So it’s important to know the point of a Communications class.
Architecture Design Studio Class | What You’ll Learn And Why
Architecture design studio class will form a major part of your education and they can be very different to anything else you might have experienced previously. Here’s what you can expect in an architecture design studio class and why…
What Is Architecture School Like And What To Expect
Before you commit to studying architecture you might want to know what is architecture school like. Architecture school can be hard work, but also very rewarding. At first, it may be very different to anything you have experienced before.
What Does An Architect Do Exactly?
Ask most people what does an architect do exactly and they will tell you… they design buildings. This is true to an extent, yes, but a real architect will do so much more in the process of taking an idea to reality. Discover all the things an architect might do in their day here…
What Is Architecture? What Makes Architecture, Architecture?
When you search the term “what is architecture?” you are inundated with definitions and abstract quotes about architecture being a language, a political statement, a collaborative process, an art form, a science, a reflection of culture. It can leave you confused. So let’s find out what architecture really is.