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Architecture

For architects and urban designers.

Communities for architects and architecture enthusiasts covering residential design, urban planning, and emerging building technologies. LinkedIn and Discord host professional communities for working architects, with forums and Facebook groups serving students, enthusiasts, and those interested in sustainable and parametric design.

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Communities

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!

950,000 members · est. 2002
CG Architect

CGarchitect is the leading and most influential online magazine and end-user community for architectural visualization and design professionals.

375,000 members · est. 2001
Architizer

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.

335,000 members · est. 2009
r/architecture

A reddit community for students, professionals, and lovers of architecture. Has an affiliated discord server.

reddit · 332,000 members · est. 2008
Architecture Designing

Architecture design ideas

quora · 244,000 members
The Enterprise Architecture Network

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 staffs

linkedin · 197,000 members · est. 2007
Architecture Linkedinlinkedin · 112,000 members · est. 2008
r/brutalism

A friendly place to discover and appreciate brutalist buildings and architecture. Share photos, read articles, and discuss.

reddit · 105,000 members · est. 2012
r/Lost_Architecture

a subreddit devoted to images and discussion of interesting buildings that no longer exist.

reddit · 95,300 members · est. 2017
Interior Architecture + Design

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.

linkedin · 90,000 members · est. 2009
Design & Architecture

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 art

linkedin · 58,000 members · est. 2009
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.

52,942 members
ChiefTalk Forum

Chiefarchitect's official forum for using their architectural software.

30,476 members
Architecture Discord

For architects, engineers and students alike!

discord · 18,056 members
Civil Engineerings

Let’s discuss the civil engineering tips and tricks here in this nice space.

quora · 16,800 members
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.

15,000 members · est. 2015
r/brick_expressionism

We are a community dedicated to the appreciation of Brick-Expressionist Architecture.

reddit · 13,000 members · est. 2022
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.

10,000 members · est. 2010
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.

5,500 members
r/Architects

Subreddit specifically for the practice of Architecture.

reddit · 4,100 members · est. 2012
Robots in Architecture

Welcome to Robots in Architecture Forum, powered by Simple Machines® Forum (SMF) software!

2,793 members · est. 2013
Fort Worth Forum

Forums on Fort Worth’s architecture and urban design.

2,545 members
Creative Huddle

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.

slack · 2,308 members
archBOSTON

Forums on New England’s architecture, developments, and public policies.

1,981 members
Architechie

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.

slack · 1,898 members · est. 2016
Hypar Discord

Hypar’s official Discord chat.

discord · 1,848 members · est. 2020
Architecture Social

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.

circle · 400 members · est. 2020
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.

est. 1997
r/ArchitecturePorn

High quality images of architecture on Reddit.

reddit · est. 2011
Archiseek

Forums on Irish Architecture.

est. 1999
Dallas Architecture Forum

Access to architectural lectures, panel events, and special events. Memberships valid for 12 months. Student's price is $35.

est. 1996
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.

Architect Forum AIA Continuing Education

An Architectural solution to free education.

AIAU

Free and paid courses.

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.

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.

est. 2010