/r/Architects/

r/Architects

80k members
r/Architects is a subreddit with 80k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses architecture, career, job, design, and study, and they frequently recommend/review pdf reader, project management software, and software tools.
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.

Popular Themes in r/Architects

#1
Advice Requests
: "Unsolicited Advice for those Entering the Profession: One of the worst things you can do is be pigeon-holed as the 'guy who's great at graphics / rendering' at your firm. It can severely limit your growth and salary and can be hard to recover from if you don't advocate for yourself."
17 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Burnout is real- is taking a break a bad idea?"
2 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Update3: My offline PDF diff tool can now handle misaligned drawing revisions (v1.0 almost ready)"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/Architects

#1

Architecture

: "Architecture Sketching Isn't Always Realistic — Abstract Marker Rendering Has Its Own Beauty"
138 posts
#2

Career

: "Funny markups: favorites you’ve seen in your Career?"
47 posts
#3

Job

: "Architecture Job market- europe."
37 posts
#4

Design

: "Flatiron Building by Daniel Burnham"
34 posts
#5

Study

: "ARE Studying advice-2 fails"
15 posts
#6

Architect

13 posts
#7

Salary

: "How far an Architect's Salary goes in the 50 biggest cities in the US - revised!"
11 posts
#8

Careeradvice

: "Laid off in Canada - landscape architect"
11 posts
#9

Project

: "Finished a Project."
10 posts
#10

Struggling

9 posts

Products Discussed in r/Architects

Pdf Reader

18 reviews
#1
Microsoft Edge
4.0 from 2 reviews
#2
PDF Expert
5.0 from 2 reviews
#3
Procreate
4.0 from 1 review
#1
BQE Core
2.0 from 1 review
#2
Motion
3.0 from 1 review
#3
Alianhub
4.0 from 1 review

Software Tools

14 reviews
#1
Bluebeam
5.0 from 2 reviews
#2
ACC
4.0 from 1 review
#3
Vray
5.0 from 1 review

Flair Used in r/Architects

#1
Career Discussion
: "Unsolicited Advice for those Entering the Profession: One of the worst things you can do is be pigeon-holed as the 'guy who's great at graphics / rendering' at your firm. It can severely limit your growth and salary and can be hard to recover from if you don't advocate for yourself."
52 posts
#2
Ask an Architect
: "What do u guys think about brutalist architecture"
30 posts
#3
Architecturally Relevant Content
: "Obama Presidential Center"
27 posts
#4
General Practice Discussion
: "Does anyone get offended when the term “Architect” get used in a context other than in construction?"
24 posts
#5
Project Related
: "Funny markups: favorites you’ve seen in your career?"
12 posts
#6
Considering a Career
: "I'm currently applying to university and I'm stuck between Animation and Architecture."
10 posts
#7
ARE / NCARB
: "PDD Exam"
5 posts

Member Growth in r/Architects

Yearly
+23k members(40.0%)

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Last updated: July 1, 2026