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Navigating the complexities of the architecture profession can be challenging, whether you're an active architecture student, transitioning from university to practice, or seeking to advance your career as a licensed architect. ArchAdemia is your ultimate resource for expert-curated courses, downloads, podcasts, a supportive forum, and mentoring. By joining us, you'll ensure continuous growth and success.

04/09/2026

The 5 skills every architect must have.

SketchUp in. Photoreal out.Swipe to see a member’s raw SketchUp views turned into finished archviz with Nano Banana Pro,...
03/09/2026

SketchUp in. Photoreal out.
Swipe to see a member’s raw SketchUp views turned into finished archviz with Nano Banana Pro, same model, same angles, minutes apart.
Every annual ArchAdemia member gets 250 credits free. That’s 60+ images before you spend a penny. Prompts by Corb, our in-house archviz AI.
Start at archademia.com 🔗

02/09/2026

Comment ‘uni’ to grab the free guide.

01/09/2026

Comment ‘uni’ for a link to the free e-book and audio guide.

A 20 page PDF and a 40min podcast audio guide on how to approach architecture school as a noob!

28/08/2026

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10 things that get you a first.None of them are talent. They’re all process — and they run in order: read the site, sket...
27/08/2026

10 things that get you a first.

None of them are talent. They’re all process — and they run in order: read the site, sketch to think, model early, diagram to argue, test in 3D, control your line weights, detail it properly, light it well, design the portfolio, then take one project all the way.

Tutors aren’t marking your render. They’re marking whether you can hold a decision from site to sheet and explain why you made it.

Every one of these is a full course inside ArchAdemia, taught by architects who do it for a living. Save it now, work through it across the year.

New term. Start it properly.

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What should a floor plan actually contain?Nobody teaches you this. You learn to draw walls, then get handed a live proje...
27/08/2026

What should a floor plan actually contain?

Nobody teaches you this. You learn to draw walls, then get handed a live project and are expected to know what belongs on the sheet — line weights, layers, hatching, stairs, annotation, dimensions, call-outs, title blocks. Ten lessons, three hours, one drawing taken from blank file to fully rendered.

Software-agnostic on purpose. The principles hold whether you’re in AutoCAD, Revit, MicroStation or anything else — including the professional template system and the contractual notes that cover your backside.

If you’re about to issue your first set, start here. If you’ve been issuing them for years, lesson 9 is the one.

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23/08/2026

The prices flipped. In 1911 a mason cost about £2 a week and the Portland stone was the expensive bit. Today the stone is cheap and the mason is £250 a day, if you can find one — there are only a few hundred left doing proper carved work in this country. Ornament used to be the affordable part of a budget. Now it’s the most expensive thing you can ask for.

The bigger reason: you physically can’t build that wall anymore. Modern insulation standards mean the wall becomes a layered assembly — frame behind, insulation in the middle, something thin on the front. The moment the brick stops holding anything up, it’s cladding. And once it’s cladding, the only questions are weight, fixing and fire rating. Brick slips win all three. Post-Grenfell that tightens again, pushing everyone toward tested proprietary systems rather than anything drawn from scratch. Solid masonry, deep reveals, real depth in a facade — all of that dies with the cavity.

Then procurement finishes it off. You can’t value engineer the sprinklers or the fire strategy. The envelope is the only place left with discretionary cost, so every cost-cutting exercise lands on the one thing everybody can see.

So what we lost isn’t craft. It’s mass and depth — shadow, reveal, the sense that the surface is the edge of something solid rather than a 20mm skin. That reads as cheap, even though the building is warmer, safer, tighter and far cheaper per home than anything Edwardian.

But it’s still possible. Goldsmith Street. Marmalade Lane. Same regs, roughly the same budgets, and they feel solid.

The constraint is real. It just isn’t total.

21/08/2026

Something to make your final architectural presentations stand out - play with the medium!

Same drawings. But framed and hung at eye level instead of the usual A1 prints. Site plan printed on fabric and suspended. Sections layered on acrylic so you read depth before you read the line. Models on the floor (or low table). Projector on, lights off, your scheme, an immersive experience.

Some of this feels like a gimmick, I know. But, it genuinely shifts how the work lands. A crit panel walks in, sees something considered, and starts from a warmer position than they would have. They’re reading intent before they’ve read a single drawing.

The design doesn’t change. But attention is part of the job, and if the medium buys you a better hearing, take it. Boards are a default, not a requirement. Everyone forgets that.

How to qualify as an architect via the RIBA Part 3. Get started from as little as £39!
18/08/2026

How to qualify as an architect via the RIBA Part 3. Get started from as little as £39!

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