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Humber’s Architectural Technology advanced diploma program will train you to use your logical and critical thinking skills as you apply architectural technology to construction and building design.

You’ll learn from full-time, award-winning professors and licensed architects who bring real-life perspective and valuable industry contacts to you. The curriculum is designed with industry collaboration, ensuring you are learning current and relevant material. In the program, you will learn:

• computer-aided drawing, building methods and project management using the most current computer programs such as AutoCAD and Revit (Building Information Modelling)
• construction technologies for materials such as wood frame, steel, masonry and precast concrete, and project management skills
• hands-on skills including building code, building specifications, estimating, and structural and mechanical knowledge
• sustainable design skills needed in today’s eco-friendly architectural technology field.

Courses include instruction in freehand sketching, history of architecture, renovation and restoration, site planning, and technical communications. Architectural Technology electives include bath and kitchen, interior detailing, building code (legal), small building residential design and more.

Your Career

Build a strong future for yourself with a career in architectural technology.

Building construction is rapidly changing, and this new reality for the entire sector is emerging. New material technologies have transformed architectural technology into a promising career field combined with energy-affected design and building information modelling software, providing a need for new graduates to enter the architectural technology field.

Our graduates work:

as architectural team leaders, producing design and construction documents for architectural offices
as building inspectors, and plan and zoning examiners for municipalities
as licensed housing sustainable designers for design firms
as virtual reality (VR), immersive architecture designers
in building Information Monitoring (BIM), and parametric modeling for construction and architectural firms

The rapid growth in construction and building in Toronto and southern Ontario, combined with Humber’s strong reputation in the industry, provides graduates with strong employment opportunities.