What websites do architects use in a regular basis?
I'm carrying out an study that intends to understand how architects embrace the Internet to do their daily jobs. I'm interested in the websites they use. For example, perhaps they use Flickr to get inspiration or regional planing portals?
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
4 Answers
Great question.
As you have suggested, Architects use the Internet quite often for inspiration.
Probably the most popular websites are well known architectural journals such as archdaily. Websites like this are curated and therefore there is always a flow of professionally chosen projects.
Architects use websites like Pinterest and Flickr (fun fact one of the founders of Pinterest was a student architect). These websites are generic and contain limited information about the actual projects, architects might use these to find supporting images. But generally Architects will look at an inspirational project holistically, not just by one or two pretty pictures, so a detailed write up is necessary. These websites tend to also not have the variety found in targeted architectural websites.
We use LinkedIn to find jobs, and will frequent the local architectural society (riba, aia) for events etc.
Time is also spent finding stuff to put in images and 3d models. So we will look at sites like 3d warehouse, google images etc.
Overall I would say architects don't have a particularly sophisticated grasp of the Internet. But that is changing with time.
As you have suggested, Architects use the Internet quite often for inspiration.
Probably the most popular websites are well known architectural journals such as archdaily. Websites like this are curated and therefore there is always a flow of professionally chosen projects.
Architects use websites like Pinterest and Flickr (fun fact one of the founders of Pinterest was a student architect). These websites are generic and contain limited information about the actual projects, architects might use these to find supporting images. But generally Architects will look at an inspirational project holistically, not just by one or two pretty pictures, so a detailed write up is necessary. These websites tend to also not have the variety found in targeted architectural websites.
We use LinkedIn to find jobs, and will frequent the local architectural society (riba, aia) for events etc.
Time is also spent finding stuff to put in images and 3d models. So we will look at sites like 3d warehouse, google images etc.
Overall I would say architects don't have a particularly sophisticated grasp of the Internet. But that is changing with time.
The websites I use the most are the city property information map, and the planning and building code reference sites. We also use Google Apps for our file management, email and calendars so those are technically "websites." We also use various sites for photo organizing (flickr, Google Photos) and we often collaborate with clients on Pinterest.
