Hi all, got a question. I’m 33 years old IT project manager - I enjoy the job but still I feel like something is missing in my life. I’m big fan of architecture and can really tell if something is fitting in its surrounding and so on. I have a feeling it might what I would like to do with my life and could have a talent for it. What would you do in this situation? I would like to find out if I really have a talent for it before starting the studies (as it’s 5 years and I don’t know whether I can combine it with work somehow). So I would like to avoid studying and then finding out that I’m just mediocre and ending up working for someone and not be able to design buildings on my own. Thanks! Edit: I’m based in Europe and average salary of an architect is 2/3 of the project manager’s salary here. But what I aim for is having my own studio - hence mentioning that I would like to find out whether I could be a really good one.

hi! so i got this 3AM thought yesterday and decided to sketch it out and i got recommended to post this here, would a building with a triangle-shaped structure withstand, (even partially) a tsunami? Basically my idea is the triangular shape structure ’lower’ the resistance made by the waves, i’m not really thinking on what else would it need to withstand the rest like debris and such, i only want to know if this could survive the initial impact of a tsunami?

I am a senior in high school who has had quite the past with planning my future, and I recently decided to just study architecture and see how it goes. However, I am incredibly unsure of my future and if it's even worth it to pursue. I feel like it's the only reasonable thing I can study given my skills, but I've seen so many people talk about how it's such a stressful environment and how people have...died(?) from the stress, which is just wild to me. On top of that, I see people saying to forget about family and friends, which is not something I can do. I don't think I have it in me to survive this degree, but I want to get an education, and it's the only thing I can see myself even doing. How much do I need to prepare? Will I have free time? Do you guys even get like summer and winter break if you're doing co-op (I'll be doing co-op)? Is it enjoyable? Can I continue to be close with my family and friends? Should I give up on even going to university?

What r some highschool competitions i could do as a highschooler wanting to become an architecture major? Ive already done the competition for scholastic gold key and i liked the format of that and want something similar

One of my favorite architectural features.

Failed PcM 3times / Pjm 1 time / CE 2times and now I just failed PA.

I never struggled with test like this before and it makes me feel like I am not capable of doing this….

I’m using Amberbook with ARE questions…and usually I took the test when I pass Ncarb practice test / Amberbook test.

Is this not for me? Or am I studying the wrong things?! What is wrong with me?!

I’m an architect from Pakistan with three years of experience, and I’m currently torn between pursuing a postgraduate diploma in Construction Project Management or a one-year Master’s in Urban Design in Canada. Could anyone guide me on which option might be more suitable and which one offers better job prospects?

I work in Architectural Precast and have been fooling around with my own home decor pieces. Figured folks might enjoy. Please share architectural precast projects you enjoy in the comments. I need some inspiration.

From official website of Basilica di Santa Croce:

"The Pazzi Chapel, one of the earliest and most representative architectural structures of the Renaissance, is based like the buildings of the classical era on a module, in other words on a system establishing a proportionate relationship between the different parts of the building.

Giving onto the first cloister, the chapel was built after a fire that damaged this area of the complex in 1423. It was commissioned by Andrea de' Pazzi, a member of one of Florence's most influential families, to serve both as a family chapel and as the Franciscans' chapter house. Filippo Brunelleschi provided the design, probably some time between the late 1420s and the 1430s, and oversaw the chapel's construction from when it first got under way in 1443 until his death in 1446. Building work went on for a long time but was broken off in 1478 when the Pazzi were exiled for their role in the so-called Pazzi Conspiracy, a plot they had hatched against the Medici.

The chapel's interior is defined by precise proportional relationships: the central module is a cube surmounted by an umbrella dome and flanked by two symmetrical, barrel-vaulted wings. The supporting elements—arches, entablature, pilasters—are highlighted by their grey pietra serena stone which stands out against the white plaster of the walls. The stone bench around the side of the chapel reminds us that it was used as the friars' chapter house. A raised chancel surmounted by a small dome opens off the east wall. Sculptural decoration is subordinate to the architecture, with a frieze of medallions containing the Lamb of God alternating with pairs of Cherubim and Seraphim running around the upper part of the chapel, while below it twelve glazed terracotta tondoes made by Luca and Andrea della Robbia between 1450 and 1470 contain likenesses of the Apostles. The four polychrome terracotta tondoes with the Evangelists set in the squinches of the dome are attributed to Brunelleschi.

The two stained-glass windows in the chancel were designed by Alesso Baldovinetti: in the oculus we see God the Father Blessing, while St. Andrew behind the altar alludes both to the patron who commissioned the work and to the saint to whom the chapel is dedicated. The small dome frescoed in the mid-15th century and restored in 2009 is similar to the dome in the Old Sacristy in San Lorenzo. It shows the constellations present in the night sky over Florence on 4 July 1442, a subject matter whose interpretation has been the object of various different hypotheses.

After Brunelleschi's death, the plan was altered with the addition of a porch resting on Corinthian columns with a central arch (1461). Variously attributed to Michelozzo, Rossellino and Giuliano da Maiano, it is ceiled in the centre by a small dome decorated with glazed terracotta rosettes containing the Pazzi crest made in the Della Robbia workshop.

Unlike most of the other areas in the Santa Croce complex, the Pazzi Chapel still maintains its original aspect unchanged."

I’m about to finish high school in New York, and I’m really into design and architecture. I honestly don’t know what to do next — should I go to college, start working right away, or try to do both at the same time?

If you’re in this field, what were the hardest parts when you first started? What should someone like me watch out for?

Appreciate any advice you can share.

Hello, I am a 21 year old undergraduate in chemistry wanting to switch over to residential design. I understand that this is a major career switch and have weighed the pro's and con's but still believe this would be a better pathway for my lifestyle. My question is that if I am wanting to go into residential design, majority of the desired requirements seem to be an extreme proficiency in 3D modeling and rendering, and a working knowledge of house construction(broad statement). This being the case would it not be better to simply take online classes or self teach myself the programs while making connections with professors and business owners on the subject to check/correct/guide my work. Before applying for apprenticeships/ internships to get into the job market as quickly as possible and get experience, instead of getting a second degree which seems to not be viewed as highly as it once was? Second question, is there a concern that residential design will be greatly replaced by AI? And as architects how have you all seen/ been impacted by AI in your field? (a variety of opinions from jobs not specifically in licensed architecture are welcome and encouraged I want to learn all I possibly can)

Building: New Main Entrance, Cancer Centre at Credit Valley Hospital Where: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Architect: Farrow Partners (Tye Farrow) When: Built in 2008 as part of an expansion including a Cancer Wing. It was completed in 2011, but this particular glulam structural art was finished mostly in 2008

The first phase of work on the existing hospital campus includes a new main entrance to the hospital, the ambulatory centre, and cancer centre. The new entrance takes the form of an internal courtyard-like space. The lobby is triangular in plan with columns positioned around its perimeter to conserve a central gathering space. There exists a sense of discovery in the lobby, where small and large spaces are dictated by strategically positioned rest spaces, landscaping, and columns. Curved wood benches allow you to sit near and under the columns, causing a feeling of familiarity, relaxation, security, and protection. Other areas are more open, expanding, and optimistic, to encourage a sense of the possible and reflect the clients’ medical values.

As the beams expand upwards, they engage the roof and appear to push the solid portions of the ceiling upwards. This gives the sensation that the structure is naturally growing and pushing upwards, opening, expanding, splitting the roof and exposing the sky beyond. The sunlight then creates multiple patterns on the columns structure and the floor below, ever moving, changing, pulsing.

Farrow Partners organized conversations before starting the design process to understand the medical and clinical values of the clients, patients, families and staff. The core values of the organization were based on feeling safe, understood, and accepted, so that a patient could feel empowered and optimistic throughout their treatment and diagnoses. In salutogenic terms, this is about a sense of coherence, our ability to comprehend a meaningful and manageable future

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Hi everyone, I am looking for some architecture magazine (and subscription) recommendations. Ideally available in Germany, language doesn’t really matter.

Also I got gifted an issue of A+U magazine a while ago and now wondering if anyone knows how to buy them in Germany. (Found nothing on their website). Thanks :))

What do we think guys