36 Online Communities for Architects
Updated 7/19/2023
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Architecture Discord
on discord
For architects, engineers and students alike!18K members
Chat27 views / month
Creative Huddle
on slack
Creative Huddle is a free, inclusive community for creatives. You can join no matter your industry, expertise, background, or skill level. The community's online group gathers over 2,300 members from all over the world. It works on Slack, and it has every channel imaginable to get advice, expand your professional network, get resources, or simply make friends and share personal interests.2K members
ChatPairingEventsJobs23 views / month
Architechie
on slack
We're an intrepid band of architects now working in the tech industry and helping others do the same. We host events, workshops, and throw a killer happy hour.2K members
ChatEventsCourses13 views / month
Design & Architecture
on linkedin
This group is for professionals involved with furniture design, interior design and architecture, or involved in furthering the education of the public in contemporary and mid-century modern design and art58K members
Forum15 views / month
archBOSTON
Forums on New England’s architecture, developments, and public policies.2K members
ForumEvents10 views / month
Hypar Discord
on discord
Hypar’s official Discord chat.2K members
ChatJobs10 views / month
Architecture Social
on circle
An online platform and community packed with content to help you find new jobs, stand out from the crowd and take your career in Architecture to the next level.400 members
ForumEventsNewsletterJobsCourses5 views / month
The Enterprise Architecture Network
on linkedin
This is a group for people into Enterprise Architecture (CIO, CTO, Enterprise Architects, Business Architects, Information Architects, Application Architects, Technology Architects, IT Strategists, IT and Corporate Governance staffs197K members
Forum9 views / month
Interior Architecture + Design
on linkedin
Interior Architecture + Design (IA+D) is a private group focused on the discussion of design and architecture. Discussions are open to related professions, including students and other academic counterparts.90K members
Forum5 views / month
r/architecture
on reddit
A community for students, professionals, and lovers of architecture.2.0M members
ForumChat12 views / month
urbanNext
We’re an online multiformat content platform, started in 2015 with the aim of expanding, shaping and rethinking architecture and design practices through the contemporary urban milieu, especially pointing in urbanization processes and how density and complexity are forces for differentiation. We focus on the production of new content and in the distribution of remarkable works from worldwide thinkers, most of them academic referents. We publish projects, essays, podcasts, reports and photographic surveys, among others. Despite our mother platform is the website, we share the contents on social platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn too.15K members
ForumPerksEventsNewsletterJobs3 views / month
CG Architect
CGarchitect is the leading and most influential online magazine and end-user community for architectural visualization and design professionals.375K members
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AIAU
Free and paid courses.PerksEventsPaidCourses
TM Forum
We are an alliance of 850+ global companies working together to break down technology and cultural barriers between digital service providers, technology suppliers, consultancies and systems integrators.6K members
ForumPairingPerksEventsArchitizer
Everyday, thousands of people turn to Architizer for the latest designs. Showcase your work to our community of practicing architects, design enthusiasts and potential clients. Stay up to date on the latest architectural designs across the world. Learn from the top firms and what they're using in their projects.335K members
ForumEventsJobs3 views / month
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Dallas Architecture Forum
Access to architectural lectures, panel events, and special events. Memberships valid for 12 months. Student's price is $35.EventsNewsletterPaid
Business Architecture Guild
The primary purpose of the Business Architecture Guild is to promote best practices and expand the knowledgebase of the business architecture discipline.ForumPairingEvents3 views / month
r/Architects
on reddit
Subreddit specifically for the professional practice of Architecture. This is not a place to solicit design or construction services or advice. Nor is this a place to offer design or construction services. Note: All spam and self-promotion, or anything remotely close to it, will be removed and those that post will be banned. Please be kind and treat others like you treat your Structural Engineers.80K members
ForumChat2 views / month
Architectuul
Architectuul is a collaborative open data architecture publication. It was created in 2010 as an online community by a team of architects, graphic designers and software engineers. Architectuul shares outstanding building projects and promotes its creators – from the acclaimed to the forgotten, from the classics to the contemporary, from the beautiful to the bizarre. It is rapidly evolving into the most complete open database of architecture on the internet. Its database content is sourced by its community and curated by an editorial team. Architectuul has currently more than 10,000 active registered users and almost a million followers on social media.10K members
ForumEvents
Archinect
Mission: The goal of Archinect is to make architecture more connected and open-minded, and bring together designers from around the world to introduce new ideas from all disciplines. Background: Archinect was initially developed in 1997 by Paul Petrunia. The site has since become a top online destination for progressive-design oriented students, architects, educators, and fans. The Team: Archinect's direction is driven by the staff and contributors, as pictured below. Archinect's member-based community system allows anyone to participate by registering and contributing. Please contact us if you would like to contribute. We're always open to new perspectives.ForumJobs7 views / month
Robots in Architecture
Welcome to Robots in Architecture Forum, powered by Simple Machines® Forum (SMF) software!3K members
ForumCourses3 views / month
Architect Forum AIA Continuing Education
An Architectural solution to free education.NewsletterCourses
r/brutalism
on reddit
A friendly place to discover and appreciate brutalist buildings and architecture. Share photos, read articles, and discuss.195K members
Forum
Architecture Designing
on quora
Architecture design ideas244K members
Forum2 views / month
Civil Engineerings
on quora
Let’s discuss the civil engineering tips and tricks here in this nice space.17K members
Forum2 views / month
Architecture Linkedin
on linkedin
112K members
Forum
r/ArchitecturePorn
on reddit
High quality images of architecture.2.3M members
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r/Lost_Architecture
on reddit
r/Lost_Architecture, is a subreddit devoted to images and discussion of interesting buildings that no longer exist.305K members
Forum3 views / month
SkyscraperCity
A forum community dedicated to skyscrapers, towers, highrises, construction, and city planning enthusiasts. Come join the discussion about structures, styles, reviews, scale, transportation, skylines, architecture, and more!950K members
Forum179 views / month
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Archiseek
Forums on Irish Architecture.Forum
ChiefTalk Forum
Chiefarchitect's official forum for using their architectural software.30K members
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Payette Architecture Forum
Each forum discussion is approximately one hour long, beginning promptly with a 15 to 20 minute presentation, followed by open discussion for the remaining time. Presentations provide a concise focus for the ensuing discussion and will draw on photographs, drawings, and diagrams of examples that will seek to encourage exchanges of ideas rather than to simply provide information.Events![Community Placeholder]()
Fort Worth Forum
Forums on Fort Worth’s architecture and urban design.3K members
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Boston Society for Architecture
We invite everyone to join a community of like-minded people who want to address carbon considerations into their work now. Sessions will have slightly varying formats, but all will be moderated and occur virtually. Video archive available.Events3 views / month
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Grasshopper
For designers who are exploring new shapes using generative algorithms, Grasshopper® is a graphical algorithm editor tightly integrated with Rhino’s 3-D modeling tools. Unlike RhinoScript, Grasshopper requires no knowledge of programming or scripting, but still allows designers to build form generators from the simple to the awe-inspiring.53K members
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