Skills
Architecture Professor Skills & Tools
The technical skills, people skills and tools employers look for in architecture professors, and how to build and show them.
What skills do architecture professors need?
Architecture Professors need technical skills such as architectural design, design critique, and building technology, plus people skills like mentoring and creativity. They also use tools such as Revit and Rhino and AutoCAD.
Technical (hard) skills
- Architectural design
- Design critique
- Building technology
- Digital modeling
- Architectural history
- Research
People (soft) skills
- Mentoring
- Creativity
- Communication
- Constructive feedback
Tools, equipment and technology
- Revit and Rhino
- AutoCAD
- Model-making shops
- Laser cutters
- Rendering software
- Learning management systems
Skills in action: common tasks
These step-by-step guides show how architecture professors put their skills to work:
- How to give a constructive design critique
- How to run a final studio review
- How to teach model-making safety
How to show these skills on a resume
- Lead your skills section with the technical skills from the job posting, for example, “Architectural design” and “Design critique.”
- Prove soft skills with results: instead of listing “mentoring,” describe a situation where you used it.
- List credentials such as Architect license near the top, with the issuing organization and date.
- Use the employer’s vocabulary. Our architecture professor glossary covers the terms hiring managers expect.
How to build these skills
Formal training, supervised practice and certification are the most direct routes. Our Architecture Professor training introduces each of these skills with plain-language lessons, procedures and a final knowledge check: a strong foundation before hands-on training or your first day.