Architecture

Welcome to the What Style Is This? megathread, an opportunity to ask about the history and design of individual buildings.

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.

I built a drafting table with a parallel bar, I have a utility cart of supplies right next to it, and I have a gaming set up that can run most modeling. I’ve reiterated this many times.

I can do most everything at home with no distraction and I mostly stay in studio after hours 1-2 days/week for the social aspect while I work or to brain storm. Sometimes the mentality of “living in studio” can get really annoying. I know I’m preaching to the choir on that one though.

Anyways, it’s Sunday and I’m spending it grinding out a final deadline. Goodluck to any of yall in finals 🫡

Hello, I just finished my first year of architecture and it was exhausting to say the least. I don’t even know if I like it and want to work in it. Don’t get me wrong I like my classes and the projects but I just feel like the workload is way too much for me. I also feel way behind my peers. I feel like I need to learn a lot of stuff during the summer…

The pay seems okay if I like what I’m doing but I don’t want to work on overtime for my entire life!

For reference I studied visual arts and its was so fulfilling. The workload was heavy too but not to this extent. I had time to breath and criticize my own work. It’s just an art degree isn’t gonna get me that much money or stability.

Sorry for the rant, I just don’t know if I should pursue architecture or something else.

I'm no architect, but it doesn't take much brainpower to realize that putting an excessive amount of large plants in balconies and walls is usually a bad idea since, well, plants grow and break structures. Yet, when I see renders of planned buildings this trend just keeps on persisting.

Is it because of marketing? Is it to leave the shareholders happy? I just don't get it, but maybe I'm missing something here. Please let me know why such a bad idea appears so commonly.

Just a casual rainy Sunday staring at some stairs, what do you guys think about some of these designs? In someways I think the staircase or area of egress may be the only place an architect might be able to have some creative freedom on some projects. Some of these seem a little gimmicky I don't know, does that really matter?

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Hey y’all! So I’m not asking this question necessarily for job help or anything. I already know Revit well and most of the jobs I’ve worked use Revit, so I know it’s the industry standard and worth knowing.

I’m curious about ArchiCAD, though! I’ve never really used it and I recently had a friend tell me that she liked it even better than Revit and thought it was a more fun product to use. What’s y’alls experience with these products? Do you find Revit or ArchiCAD to be a more fun software to use? I know Revit can be pretty constrained sometimes and I feel like generic and family modeling in Revit can be like pulling teeth sometimes, especially as someone who has used Rhino 3D a lot.

Would love to get everyone’s opinion and see what your preferred software is!! Thanks!

i just graduated highschool and im not sure if i should get an Ipad or a laptop right now. i currently do have a laptop but it isnt exactly the fastest thing and it has to be constantly charged to be used because the battery is dead. im not sure if an ipad would be enough for my undergraduate work either.

Hello, I've recently finished my architectural degree at uni and I've been applying for jobs since the end of March, overall sent over 200 applications speculatively and applied for about 80 places that were looking for Part 1 assistant, I cant find a place anywhere, I'm ready to move anywhere in the UK, know a lot of software and I'm very flexible and skilled in them (I have over 5 years of experience as 3d artist), I'm highly interested in learning from a practice as well as to actually understand all of the paperwork processes involved , do you know if there are places that would take anyone? I'm feeling that I just wasted 3 years at university, because of the job market situation, but I do want to continue architectural career, would you have an advice? Kind regards.

I'm curious to hear what is either required for obtaining permit or just a local practice, that of listing square footage on residential building plans for areas other than conditioned space, a.k.a. "under air."

Must your plans show both conditioned space area and other such as porches? Are these areas to be included that are unconditioned spaces, are you only tallying those that are under roof. Or are you also tallying outdoor finished space, such as decks and terraces?

Hi everyone,

I know that our field often requires excessive work hours, especially during deadline periods. I have occasionally done this, and I am happy to do it if necessary, as long as it is not a regular occurrence.

But in recent months, I have had to start my day at around 5-6 AM with a client call and often work over 14-16 hours a day, including weekends. The client frequently changes the virtual meeting time at the last minute, and the team has had to start calls as early as 2 AM and end them at 4 AM (The client is based in Saudi). Despite this, we are still expected to arrive at the office on time every morning.

I'm salary based employee now, and they don't pay me for any overtime, dinner meals, transportation, etc. I have started feeling very exhausted and burned out, but there's nothing I can do except leave the firm. However, I feel like I don't even have time to think about leaving the firm since I have no time to search for job openings or prepare my portfolio.

Is it completely legal for an employer to ask an employee to work this much without any compensation? PM never say 'no' to the client, even when asked to do many things that are out of scope and contract.

The firm I am currently working for is one of the biggest and most well-known architecture firms in US and it's in Manhattan. I thought about telling HR about this, but I heard from my colleagues that if I share too many complaints with HR, they will eventually inform my supervisor. Nothing will improve, except that my supervisor will know I made a complaint. I feel so frustrated and depressed......

Any recommendations? I used to love architecture and placemaking so much, but now I think about leaving this field 20 times a day. And it's only been 5 years since I started my career.....

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My friend is a recent graduate from a UK university and is looking for work as a Part 2 Architectural Assistant in the UK. She's been applying to tons of jobs on Dezeen, ArchJobs, LinkedIn, etc to no avail. Not a single call back from > 250 applications over ~4 months.

She's definitely feeling super disheartened and I keep telling her it's a numbers game, that she just needs 1 opportunity to work out etc.

However, she doesn't have infinite finances and she might be asked to go back to her home country if she doesn't land a job over the next ~1 month or so.

Does it make sense to email partners/architects at smaller firms (~10-20 people) even if they don't explicitly have a published vacancy? What other strategies would you recommend?

Hello everyone, I’m an architect currently working in Dubai. I been in the practise for last two years. But unfortunately I’m not very satisfied with my career and real practise doesn’t look anything like my academic days. I really enjoyed architecture during my college and that makes me confused whether I should still be in the field hoping I will enjoy it in future, this might be a temporary thing in head. Anyway I was doing research on possible alternatives architects can shift to and digital product design can as a better option for me. It has things I enjoyed in architecture and feels more considering the users in its process. I tried connecting to few architects shifted to uiux and the common thing I found was everyone seems happy with their jobs. But I’m still not sure if it’s for me so I have decided to some courses on parallel while working. Please give me some insights on this. What will be the future of both these fields? Which one will be more rewarding for the amount of work put in? Is it really a good career choice to shift to ? Give honest options 🙂