Focus on the practical and technical application of design skills, and create innovative, sustainable designs for domestic and commercial-scale building projects. 

Learn about building design from the ground up as you explore topics covering

• innovative and sustainable design
• innovative digital applications
• problem-solving
• structural and construction technology
• project documentation
• architectural project administration
• construction processes
• environmental sustainability and design
• materials technology
• building services
• communicating and working with stakeholders
• associated planning and building regulation codes and standards.

You’ll build the right skills to communicate and work effectively with a variety of stakeholders, including regulatory authorities and a wide range of consultants associated with the design, construction and building services.

Throughout your studies and beyond, you’ll have opportunities to contribute to the ongoing development of the building industry and the built environment.

Day-to-day, you can expect to be involved in working to client briefs, preparing architectural drawings and building specifications and visiting building sites for analysis and investigation. You’ll also analyse bushfire attack levels, environmental factors, liaise with engineers, quantity surveyors, building surveyors and planning professionals and working to local council codes, by-laws and national regulations.

How you will learn

Learn from industry-experienced teaching staff as they guide you through the design process in professional studio environments.

Study in state-of-the-art facilities at RMIT’s City campus, learning through lectures, workshops, studios, class and industry presentations and briefs and group discussions.

Throughout your studies you’ll visit sites to give context to your learning and have opportunities to enter industry-led competitions.

Ongoing assessment throughout the semester includes essays, reports, presentations, group projects, research and practical projects.

As a graduate of the Advanced Diploma of Building Design (Architectural), you have the skills and qualifications to work in a wide range of technical positions in architectural practices and building design offices, including roles such as:

• building designer
• building information modelling (BIM) and computer-aided design (CAD) specialist
• domestic and commercial designer.

As a graduate, your work focus could include:

• digital presentation and architectural documentation of buildings
• architectural modelling and animation
• specialist and technical design areas such as commercial/domestic design and planning
• retail design and documentation
• working as part of a technical architectural team to support a design team or as part of project management.

Graduate ready to make your mark in technical positions in building design offices and architectural spaces.

As a student at RMIT, you have access to a range of career resources specially designed to assist job-seeking students and graduates.