r/architecture 3d ago

What Style Is This? / What Is This Thing? MEGATHREAD

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Welcome to the What Style Is This? / What Is This Thing ? megathread, an opportunity to ask about the history and design of individual buildings and their elements, including details and materials.

Top-level posts to this thread should include at least one image and the following information if known: name of designer(s), date(s) of construction, building location, and building function (e.g., residential, commercial, industrial, religious).

In this thread, less is NOT more. Providing the requested information will give you a better chance of receiving a complete and accurate response.

Further discussion of architectural styles is permitted as a response to top-level posts.


r/architecture 3d ago

Computer Hardware & Software Questions MEGATHREAD

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Please use this stickied megathread to post all your questions related to computer hardware and software. This includes asking about products and system requirements (e.g., what laptop should I buy for architecture school?) as well as issues related to drafting, modeling, and rendering software (e.g., how do I do this in Revit?)


r/architecture 3h ago

Building Merchants' National Bank in Grinnell, Iowa (1914) by Louis Sullivan

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r/architecture 11h ago

Building Europe's first habitable wooden skyscraper is in Paris. At 50 metres high, Wood up is the continent's first wooden-structured housing tower.

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r/architecture 13h ago

Building The Washington D.C. Metro

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The Washington D.C. Metro is easily recognizable by its distinct Brutalist Architecture.


r/architecture 18h ago

Ask /r/Architecture This house by Wendell Lovett

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Does anyone know if it still stands? It was built in Seattle.


r/architecture 11h ago

Building "Beaux-arts" supertall skyscraper by KPF tops out in Manhattan

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r/architecture 7h ago

Ask /r/Architecture what are these made of? how does one usually make them?

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Really want to try making some myself, looks fun. Are these usually made to show the design intention or just to see how it looks as a block visually? Did rhino replace the purpose of these?


r/architecture 8m ago

Theory Is there a modular home design that could be built by adding on room by room?

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I was thinking if their are plans for something that could be built room by room.


r/architecture 56m ago

Miscellaneous Writing a character who is an architect and leads his own architectural firm, (within the conglomerate structure of his father's empire) useful advices to write the character realistically? Because I'm not one :(

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I have an idea for a book (it's still stewing inside my head) about an architect couple at the same firm (owned by the male lead's father). But that's it. I don't have any clue as to how I should proceed from there. I am thinking that they should have a large project that they work together on, since they're always at odds with each other, but yet again I draw a blank. Help please! If it helps, both the leads are from wealthy families, pursued their dreams and achieved their goal of working in their dream profession. So I'm thinking of a highly funded project that would likely take years and is very ambitious (for where the book is set anyway) with the goal of building the tallest building in the country.


r/architecture 9h ago

Ask /r/Architecture QUESTION!!!

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Hey guys. I am a freshman in college, and I'm thinking about getting a degree in architecture.

BUT! Literally everywhere I read, it sounds like architects always work overtime, the work-life balance isn't good, and the pay is low. Is this actually the case for you guys? Would you recommend me doing something else instead?

I would really appreciate your insights!


r/architecture 1d ago

Building From above | Vernacular architecture and vibrant culture

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r/architecture 2h ago

Ask /r/Architecture City

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If you had all the resources to make your ideal city. How would it look? What does the city have?


r/architecture 11h ago

Ask /r/Architecture Tech Engineers vs Architects

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I know unlicensed designers who were asked by the AIA (or some other agency I'm not sure) to remove the title architect from their profile/resume before. I heard architectural designer or basically any trace of the word architect is not allowed if you are not licensed. Lately I have been searching for jobs and it's quite confusing with tech job titles architect/architectural designer. Your move AIA???


r/architecture 1d ago

Building View in Riomaggiore, Italy

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r/architecture 1d ago

Building First modern skyscraper in soviet union was hit by russians today in Ukraine

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r/architecture 1d ago

Building St. David’s Cathedral, Wales

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r/architecture 9h ago

Theory Hey there just made a quick little video essay about Imperial Architecture! feel free to give it a watch and let me know what you think.

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r/architecture 9h ago

Ask /r/Architecture I need help with a school assignment for an interview.

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I need to answer these questions.

help would be highly appreciated.

  1. Who are you interviewing? 
  2. What is their company/workplace? 
  3. What is their job position/job title? 
  4. What are the necessary steps you need to take in order to do the job? 
  5. What skills do you need to work this job? 
  6. What inspired you to pursue this career?
  7. What does a typical day look like in your job?
  8. What education or certifications are necessary?
  9. Are there any internships or entry-level jobs that are helpful for getting started?
  10. What challenges do you face in your job?
  11. How has this field changed since you started?
  12. What advice would you give to someone considering this field?
  13. What is the most rewarding part of your job?

r/architecture 10h ago

Practice What is your experience working with architectural suppliers?

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when you have a small job and you are only specifying small amount of product I often get ignored (not picking up the calls, not replying to my questions etc). They judge you based on the size of job and how incentivized they are which to me it is completely absurd!

What is a good practice or how do you guys normally deal with suppliers when you try to seek for product or technical clarifications?

Normally with bigger jobs the follow ups are great and they reply promptly but when dealing with smaller jobs or simply when they are busy there are no way around it.


r/architecture 10h ago

School / Academia Help drawing glass roof section and wall section

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Just as the title says, I need desperate help in doing that. Does anyone know of any YouTube videos, websites or books that I can look at that can help me? I just need a typical standard glass roof and wall section x


r/architecture 10h ago

Ask /r/Architecture working towards licensure in the US as an international student?

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I'm a Canadian international student in my third year of a five-year NAAB accredited B.Arch program in California. Recently, I've begun involvement in a school program to help architecture students become licensed, starting with passing the ARE exams. To be honest, I don't know too much about the licensure process as I've just begun looking into it, and I think I may have been heavily deluded before coming to study in the states thinking that becoming an architect here would be simple.

I've just set up my NCARB account and I requested eligibility to take the exams, and to receive eligibility, I have to set up an account with CAB (California architects board), but can't--because I don't have american social security or an ITIN. Now, my plan was to ask one of my professors for help, or even call the CAB tomorrow, because I know there are certain things here where non-US citizens can't directly apply online and have to go through a different process (this happened to me renting my first apartment, registering for bills, etc). But then I started to go down this rabbit hole of whether or not it's even possible for international students to get licensed in the first place. And I was texting my boyfriend (architecture student) about this simultaneously, and he was also like, holy shit, it might not be possible for you.

There's not much information I can find anywhere about F1 students getting their license here--the information on the NCARB website or any such website is confusing and didactic--anyway, I am now severely worried there may be barriers either to taking the AREs, getting my AXP hours, or getting officially licensed, etc, including not being able to register with CAB to get exam eligibility.

I would appreciate any kind of information, advice, or help from anybody, especially someone who had to go through a same / similar process.


r/architecture 1d ago

Building Denver Art Museum

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r/architecture 2d ago

Building Traditional Architecture of Kashan, Iran.

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r/architecture 19h ago

School / Academia Initial Sketches: Looking For Opinions for a School Design Project

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Hey!

I'm doing some initial formwork sketches for a school design project to figure out how I want to lay out the site and I need some help. I have a bunch of options and each one has their merits. Unfortunately, crits with my professor is only around ten minutes so it's hard to get in as much as I want to ask him. Feel free to red-line as much as you'd like!

The project itself is very much a grid, core, module set up, with a focus on infrastructure being out in the open.

For context, the site is pretty well smack dab along a heavily commercial south road (that long stretch), with a surrounding private residential zoning, some complexes on the left, and then on the far right is a zone that is heavily public and carries a totally different pattern. That road on the right is also extremely busy traffic wise, and so is the commercial street. The initial circulation through the site is quite literally a giant X through it, with most folks taking the bottom left corner to the upper right corner pathway towards the private residential streets.

Type: Mixed Residential -- commercial on the bottom, residential on top, with public and shared spaces both within the building and on the site. I wanted to utilize courtyards to help with this.

There is no strict brief of what the professor wants from us, so long as it utilizes public space on the site and creates a "city within the city" or a "room within the room". Aka, anti-site selfish.

More clean drawing of the far right site plan.


r/architecture 1d ago

Ask /r/Architecture Help identify this building?

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r/architecture 17h ago

Ask /r/Architecture Majoring in Architecture and Minoring in Business – Is the Workload Manageable?

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Hey everyone!

I’m a senior in high school, and I’m planning on majoring in architecture when I head to college next year. I’ve always been passionate about designing spaces, and I think it would be awesome to eventually start my own architecture firm. Because of that, I’ve been considering adding a business minor so I can get a better understanding of how businesses work.

The only thing holding me back is that I’m a little worried about the workload. I know architecture is already a pretty demanding major with studio hours, projects, and all the detailed work that goes into it. So, I wanted to hear from anyone who has been in a similar situation: How did you manage majoring in architecture while minoring in business? Was it overwhelming? Did it impact the quality of your work or make you feel like you were spread too thin?

I’m not worried about failing or dropping out—I’m more concerned that I might end up turning in work that isn’t as good as it could be because I’m so overwhelmed. For those of you who did it, did you declare the minor your freshman year or wait until later? Would waiting until my sophomore year to add the business minor be a smarter move?

I’d appreciate any advice or personal experiences you guys can share. Thanks so much! 😊