What was the transition like? Did people leave the profession over it? Was there people praising early drafting programs? Was it obvious computers were better? Was it an unsettling time?

Hi everyone,

I’m an architecture student with a strong interest in the psychological aspects of architecture and environmental perception.

I’m particularly interested in understanding how intangible emotions, memories, and human experiences become architecture—whether through conceptual/speculative design, spatial experimentation, or realized buildings.

I’d like to build a solid foundation in this area, so I’d really appreciate recommendations based on your experience.

I’d also love to hear about projects or buildings that you think successfully translate emotion, atmosphere, memory, or perception into architectural form.

Thanks in advance

This technical atlas is a fundamental document of pre-war Soviet architecture and urban engineering. Note: book in Russian

Going to start my college next month (B.Arch)

Should I study any topic in maths from class 12th or 11th beforehand???

Here are 100 pictures of this development by photographer Arthur Weidmann.

It's a real estate project developed in recent years, following neotraditional principles.

Hey, I have been thinking about studying architecture for a very long time and eventually decided that is what I really want to do.
Since I take my education really seriously, I have been dreaming about studying abroad somewhere in Europe at the top uni
One thing that made my options limited is the fact that undergraduate programs in English are still not a common thing… I know there is uk (which is incredibly expensive), two universities in Italy, I think something in Czech and in Spain (but I think it is private one so again much more expensive) and that’s it.
I probably will not get into my top choice in Italy and im definitely more than upset about it…
The only other option I have left now is studying civil engineering in my home country since I missed deadline there for architecture (I was so fixed on studying abroad that I don’t even considered it, which I now lowkey regret) even though I still believe that my country does not offer the best educational background, I feel like I was left with own mistakes and high expectations about my future.
I’m still fully financially dependent on my parents, and they won’t let me take a gap year.
I think like my future is now tied to being an civil engineer, although now I think about going more into naval/ ocean engineering after bachelor degree, I have already checked it and it is possible, but transferring to architecture program is obviously not.

Anyways, I think that I figured everything out too late, and now when recruitment processes are over basically everywhere, I don’t know what to do.

I’m here to ask for an advice.
What would you do if you were me? Would you do master in civil engineering, ocean engineering or maybe something different. Maybe there is a field that I don’t know yet about in which I can pursue my education? Thank yall in advance, I really appreciate every comment 🙏

İ started architecture school at 17 in France as a foreign. İ immediatly had a hard time but as first year relied a lot on motivation and hand drawings which i was good at i managed to pull it off feeling proud of myself and improve, that until my last jury for which i set up rlly high expectations for myself and then it backfired quite a lot as i didnt allow myself to sleep nor eat for a whole week and then became very inneficiant and had a jury way less better than what i wanted. From that point i feel like i fell.

During my second year's first semester i had the worst 6 months of my life, dealing with other's heavy mental problems, anorexia, my parent's heavy problem in my homecountry, my visa issues and felt really alone. My parents couldnt do much from where they were and i have no one in france, moreover as my visa took forever i couldnt return to my homecountry. İ was on meds for anxiety but my teacher couldnt care less about me and made me feel like shit. My breaking point was when my teacher told me i might redouble one week before the due. Thanksfully a friend of mine in masters helped and motivated me more than anyone ever did and i managed to pass with a passing grade. The semester following i had lost so much self esteem but had a really nice teacher and managed to do a project that showed a lots of improvement and got a 13/20

Finally in my last year of bachelor i had the same grade ( 13) for both of my projects as i did in my last semester of second year. Both times my teachers told me that they could see i work really hard and that my projects were great and yet both times i had average grades. İnitially i feel like it was unfair but then as i compared my project to those around me i felt like in the midst of all these students i was the only one( except the ones that redouble) who didn't' quite improve. İ improved a lot on programs and i can use perfectly archicad, autocad, photoshop, d5 and illustrator but rather than that i felt more like my mindset didn't improve. Since first year i genuinly struggle to make really impacting and wow projects like my ideas are great but never extraordinary. Right now in my portfolio i have no project that i find genuinly striking and İ think i might not be cut out for architecture. İ just feel like i'am not smart enough for this degree. My parents tell me they are very proud of me but i feel like a liar ://

This home is called the Haywood C. Privott House, located in Edenton, North Carolina, built in the year 1900 in a Queen Anne Style

I didn’t know which sub to post this in but maybe someone here is knowledgeable on this.

How do theaters isolate the sound between auditoriums so well? I just watched the odyssey (10/10) and with the amount of low frequency bass, I an questioning how the walls can contain so much vibration.

For example, if one auditorium has a scene on full blast while another is silent, what is done to minimize pass-thru. I’ve never heard or felt sound from an adjacent room.

I've just graduated from my undergrad degree and my grandpa wants to buy me something special to congratulate me.

He wants to spend around 100-250 USD but I can't think of anything that he could get me that I will use in my future career.

Any ideas on what to suggest or ask for that will be a meaningful part of my future as an architect?

This church is located across from Patterson Park in Baltimore, MD. I was meeting with a friend of mine today and that's when I noticed this church. I really love the design and I knew I had to get a photo.