ONLINE ARCHITECTURE COURSES
Recently, an aspiring architect contacted me with the following question.
“I was wondering if there’s any online courses that can help me reach that goal (become an architect) or gaining credits that I could transfer to another school.”
My reply was somewhat limited because I have never took an online architecture course but given the past few months, it may be worth to know the resources
How to Architect
https://www.youtube.com/user/howtoarchitect
Authored by Doug Patt, AIA, these websites provide a series of short videos on architecture. Via the website, Doug is an architect, author, artist, entrepreneur and teacher and his enthusiasm for all o them is contagious.
edX
https://www.edx.org/course/subject/architecture
EdX offers free online architecture courses and MOOCs from top institutions around the world. Study architecture history, urban planning, architectural design, and more. MIT’s introductory course, A Global History of Architecture, is a perfect starting point for anyone with a general interest in architecture and design.
Harvard University
https://online-learning.harvard.edu/subject/architecture
Listed as a free course, The Architectural Imagination: Learn fundamental principles of architecture — as an academic subject or a professional career — by studying some of history’s…
MIT Open Courseware
https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/architecture/
“The idea is simple: to publish all of our course materials online and make them widely available to everyone.” — Dick K.P. Yue, Professor, MIT School of Engineering
ARCHDaily: 12 Online Courses for Architects and Students
https://www.archdaily.com/909326/11-online-courses-for-architects-and-students
ARCHDaily: Deepen Your Understanding of Construction and Materials with These Online Courses
In these two articles, ARCHDaily outlines a series of online courses covering a range of subjects.
Coursera
https://www.coursera.org/courses?query=architecture
So, why are you waiting? Consider taking an architecture course online; and this is not all of them. Simply search “online architecture courses” and see what you find.
Best.