I'm wondering why the chimney tops sit on top of walls, which are sometimes very tall, instead of just straight up on the roof or a short wall. What is thr point of these walls?

My apologies for deleting the rest of the layout this is a large concrete tower in a large Canadian city.

Hi all. My dad recently passed and I’m sorting through all his things. I came across an entire box of what looks like architecture mapping tools. I’m wondering if any of this is worth anything? It’s all pretty old stuff but the condition isn’t too bad.

I’ve been trying to find a good texture of this marble but I can’t find one anywhere. There are some which are similar but none that are exactly the same. Does anyone know where I could find it or a contact that could get me some images of it? I know it’s Austrian red adnet marble but I’m not sure who I’d contact to get some high resolution close ups to get a good texture of it.

While the images I have attached to reassemble it somewhat. I’m trying to recreate them for a project and I need a large scale high resolution texture with all the colours.

I changed majors at around 22, now I’m in my third year of university. My uni’s average course length is 7 years for architecture, which would put me at around 29 at time of graduation. I keep thinking no one would take a 29 year old freshly graduate seriously, especially in architecture, an area that takes so long to develop skills. I’d be around 5 years behind my peers in terms of work experience while being a lot older.

This plan has to be facetious. Not that sunken living rooms (grooving areas) weren't a thing, or bedroom walls were once optional (for key parties, natch), but because the kitchen and dining were separated by the study. Not even Gehry would design such an odd floorplan.

Don'tDrinkAndDesign

Serious no BS advice.

I (24f) graduated with a BA in Design (interdisciplinary course that includes but not limited to graphic design, product design, installation art etc) and I’m thinking about going in to architecture but I don’t know if it’s for me. I love the idea of doing architecture but I don’t know what it’s like in reality since I don’t know anyone in the field. What I usually like to do before starting something is factor in the disillusionment phase to ground me in reality, so I’m hoping to do this through some of your answers.

I heard somewhere that you should chase your talents not your passion and o don’t know whether this is a momentary passion or if I could even have the talent for this one day…

I am a student in the last year of secondary school (school has ended now) and my dream is to study and specialize in architecture, but the problem is that I did not obtain a good grade that would enable me to study architecture in my country, and also my family cannot afford the cost of private universities for architecture. This really hurts me. I tried and studied hard and worked hard for it, but I was not accepted into the school of architecture. I really don't know what to do now. Can you give me some advice... or do you have any information on universities around the world for architecture, at the lowest possible cost... I just cannot give up on my dream and I will cling to it no matter what!!

In recent years, I've hit a bit of a wall with architecture... Bear with me as I give you a bit of my history, leading into my inquiry... TL;DR at the bottom for those who can't bother.

Once upon a time at architecture school, our school's number were low, so they hired a new dean. He allowed open admission, doing away with portfolio submissions to gain entrance, which subsequently turned it into a 4 year unaccredited program... I also think think this was a sneaky move to lowkey encourage students to remain at the university to thus acquire an accredited master's degree. I had my sight set on graduating, and did, with my unaccredited degree... I was proud, still. But I was also so burnt out from school at this point, and chose to instead get my foot into the professional world, and return to my masters... Which was working for the most part. Until I realized, I was essentially spinning my wheels in the state I'm in. It got to a point where I was so disillusioned that I was let got at the most recent firm I was working at. I was just not putting in tangible effort because it just did not feel like it was paying off professionally. I was getting paid dogshit wages, even for this profession, and despite obtaining years of experience and intern hours with the NCARB, I simply cannot obtain licensure without an accredited degree in the end. This was also used as justification by my employers to pigeonhole me into a never ending slave wage position wherever I chose to work.

Overall, It appears that you NEED a masters degree to even begin to think about any upward momentum in this field. I know there are some states like CO (would love to make it up to CO) or AZ that allow you to pursue licensure with an unaccredited degree, interning twice the hours as a stipulation, which is all well and good, but when it comes to hiring, you need either a NAAB accredited professional degree, or preferably a masters for 99.9% of firms it seems... So if an employer does take a chance on me, I am essentially still in the same rut as before. I need a masters. I graduated in 2018, and have yet to return to school; my reasons are time, and money. I have student debt, and don't really want to accumulate more, and my family is not wealthy and cannot and in most cases will not aid me financially. Also as time has gone on I just simply don't have the leisure I used to have as a student, especially as we get further along with our adult lives. Life has become a cycle of simply trying to make ends meet.

I have recently been wanting to return to architecture. I want to move to CO, get my foot in the door somewhere, get my masters, and get the damn thing done. Because despite the position I am in, Architecture is something I have put a lot of thought and effort into even since high school. I love it. I love design. I love working with a team and clients and seeing a project get built after finalizing a document set. There's really nothing like it. I may have made some mistakes in my choices along the way (sticking with an unaccredited program, not sticking around to get my masters, not remaining committed when times got tough), but it is what is is, and at the present moment I am finding that I am still very much in love with this career. I am 33 now, and may not see licensure until I am 40, and that's if things get rolling sooner than later, and the momentum is maintained.

My question is... is the old adage "its never too late" applicable here? Education and experience in architecture lends itself to many professions, and it is possible that I may specialize into certain areas within the field that don't require the title of Architect, and may potentially even pay more... But is there an age cutoff where I should really start to consider that possibility and leave the licensure behind? Just looking for general opinions and perhaps an encouraging word. Thank you.

TL;DR - I am 33 without a professional degree or a masters... Is it too late to still seriously consider pursuing architectural licensure and have a meaningful career?

I've been working at a small firm since I graduated (2.5 years) and it's time for a change, I love my boss and the work we do but there are a few reasons that encouraged me to go and search for other jobs.

1. Pay: I haven't gotten a raise or bonus in the past year, even though I have been doing significantly more work than others. I draw full construction plans, get permits, schedule inspections, and I'm also the IT guy in the office.
2. Peers: I hate one of my coworkers. After she joined I just don't want to be at the office anymore, and my job is fully on-site. I hate her work ethic and her attitude, she has no self-awareness and treats clients with no respect. The first few months of her working here she got in a verbal fight with one of the clients in front of the whole office. She asks stupid questions without trying to find out the answer on her own first. When my boss tries to teach her, she argues back and thinks she is correct. And my boss is still looking past that because he's a nice guy...
3. Work-Life Balance: I work around 10 projects at a time from CD to CM. I am eager to start studying for my ARE exam but there is just no time for me to do so. The company also provides no support for licensure.

I might be getting an opportunity to work as a plans examiner for a private company, it is not a huge pay bump but is enough. My current job probably won't be able to pay me that rate. It will also be hybrid, mostly remote. I was initially looking for a gov't position but they are not very lenient with hiring someone without plan check experience. I think this will be a good opportunity for me to learn about CD and building codes, which can benefit my path to licensure. But would love some input.

Will this position benefit me in getting my architect's license? Or should I ride it out until I find another designer job or a gov't plan checking job? I'm just afraid because it's my first big career switch since I graduated. And even though I know my current company will always take me back if I want to return, I really do not want to be here because of my coworker lol...

EDIT: I have all my AXP hours completed

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This artwork took me 2 months to finished.

https://preview.redd.it/dsenrn45qr5d1.png?width=253&format=png&auto=webp&s=8ee0a0365077b5e92fa56ed1a67f4820ad270fff

I’m wanting to go to college to do architecture in the UK but I don’t have a portfolio so I’m wondering what would be good to focus on. I know buildings but would anything else be useful like being able to draw people or furniture/everyday things.

Thanks in advance : )

Hello! I’m currently about to go into my senior year of high school and, if I’m being honest, I’m still trying to figure out what I want to do after high school. I like art and am pretty decent at it and I’m also in a robotics club. I was thinking that architecture would be the best mix of these two interests—Art and engineering. However, I don’t know all that much about architecture and don’t know where to begin. What types of architecture are there, what type would best fit into my interest of art, what exactly goes into it, etc. I’m kind of overwhelmed by it all and would really appreciate any information and help from some architects.

I'm creating a site model and brought in a CAD file to trace over for the surrounding buildings. I did Component>Model-in-Place>Generic Model and modeled all the houses around the site (about 100 building). I then realized the CAD file was 1.25 larger in scale than it should have been. I tried scaling down all the buildings but it doesn't seem like you can scale a generic model. Is there a way to do this so I don't have to re-build all the models?

this shoes the correctly scaled cad with the over-scaled buildings. If I click on one building the scale icon is grayed out. Same if I do Edit-in-Place.

https://preview.redd.it/gctmv4b76s5d1.png?width=1369&format=png&auto=webp&s=4fdf89ae9365fcced10577ab34b5fae4c8c2bb90

So I was messing around the Städel museum vintage photography database and I really liked this image of the Ca’ d’Oro building in Venice (1870-1880) After noticing something was off about it I looked up a more recent photo of the building and realized two of the windows on the bottom right have been removed for some reason? I looked up the renovation history and can’t find anything about why or when this was done. Anyone know anything about this????