Best Chairs for Architects Who Sit at a Desk 10 Hours a Day
· By Kenny McNaughton
Your chair is doing more damage than your monitor, your keyboard, and your terrible posture combined.
Introducing ArchAdemia Tools: Drawing, Modelling and Rendering in One Place
· By Jack Johnson
ArchAdemia Tools is live at archademia.tools — 2D drawing, 3D modelling, composition-preserving rendering and site…
Architectural Portfolio Layout: The Mistakes That Are Killing Your Job Applications
· By Adam Morgan
Reviewers at architecture practices spend an average of 3-5 minutes on a portfolio before deciding to shortlist or bin…
Will AI Replace Architects? What the Data Actually Says About Job Losses in the Profession
· By Kenny McNaughton
AI will not replace architects as a profession.
How to Coordinate with a Structural Engineer in Revit Without Wrecking Your Model
· By Jack Johnson
A single unsynced shared coordinate can shift an entire structural link metres off-position with no visible warning in…
Why Architecture Graduates Are Skipping Practice and Going Straight to Freelance — and Whether It Actually Works
· By Adam Morgan
Freelancing straight out of a Part 2 or even a Part 1 works — for somewhere around 15-20% of the graduates who try it…
Why Most Architects Are Terrible at Tracking Their Own Fees — and What Fixing It Actually Looks Like
· By Kenny McNaughton
Most architecture practices are tracking fees using a spreadsheet somebody built four years ago…
Rhino to Revit: The Fastest Workflow for Getting Parametric Geometry into BIM
· By Jack Johnson
A double-curved facade panel modelled beautifully in Rhino will land in Revit as either a 40MB paperweight or a…
How to Use ArchAdemia's Toolkit to Run Your Architecture Practice Like a Business
· By Adam Morgan
Small architecture practices don't fail because of bad design.
Foundation Details Explained: What Your CAD Drawing Needs to Show and Why
· By Kenny McNaughton
Foundation details are the most consequential drawings on any project, and they receive the least design attention…
The Architecture CV Is Broken — Here's How to Build One That Actually Gets Read
· By Jack Johnson
Architecture CVs are rejected before a human being sees them — not because the candidate is underqualified…
Why Most Architects Are Still Undercharging in 2026 — and What the Data Actually Shows
· By Adam Morgan
UK architect fees for residential projects in 2026 sit between 4% and 8% of construction cost…
How Architects Are Using Corb to Cut Research Time, Prep Client Briefs, and Stop Second-Guessing Themselves
· By Kenny McNaughton
Fragmented research, half-formed client briefs, and the low-grade paralysis of making every decision alone…
The Architecture Profession Has a Burnout Problem — and Nobody Wants to Say It Out Loud
· By Jack Johnson
Architect Burnout Is Structural, Not Personal — and the Profession Needs to Stop Pretending Otherwise
Architectural Detailing for Beginners: The Foundation and Floor Details Every Junior Architect Must Know
· By Adam Morgan
Foundation and floor details are the most frequently corrected drawing types on UK building regulations submissions…
How Architects Are Losing Thousands by Getting Their Fee Proposals Wrong — and How to Fix It
· By Kenny McNaughton
The most common architecture fee proposal mistake in 2026 is not undercharging…
Sustainability in Architecture Is Being Greenwashed — Here's What Genuine Low-Carbon Practice Actually Looks Like
· By Jack Johnson
Buildings account for approximately 39% of global energy-related carbon emissions…
The Architecture Fee Calculator That Actually Reflects How Architects Work in 2026
· By Adam Morgan
Architects consistently underprice work not because they lack confidence…
Best Graphics Tablets for Architecture Students and Designers: Wacom vs XP-Pen vs Huion Compared
· By Kenny McNaughton
The best graphics tablet for architects in 2026 is the Wacom Intuos Pro Medium…
Rhino to Revit: How to Build a Parametric-to-BIM Workflow That Actually Works on Live Projects
· By Jack Johnson
Complex Rhino geometry transferred into Revit via DWG doesn't arrive — it dissolves.
Sustainability Theatre: Why Most 'Green' Architecture Is Just Good Marketing
· By Adam Morgan
Sustainable architecture greenwashing occurs when buildings achieve certification through documentation and modelling…