Building Design Online

Building Design Online is an online school which focuses on educating new students and existing professionals in a range of creative workshops and short courses related to the building design industry.

To launch our business we are running an industry workshop visiting local suppliers. We call this day “walk in the shoes of a designer….”

A bit about us

About a year ago a group design teachers started brain storming all the fun ways that can help students learn.  Bringing a variety of subjects to students online was a start. We know that so many regional areas do not have design classes. And doing a full design course can be very expensive. Often all that is required is to update skills to ensure they are industry current. 

We started thinking about the subjects that can be delivered on their own, subjects such as creating concepts, running a business, and the minefield that is sustainable design. This information is poorly covered in design courses and often students benefit from revisiting these subjects during the course of their careers. 

Our staff background crosses a number of disciples including architecture, building design, interior design and film production. We realised that we could borrow ideas from all these disciples in order to best approach each subject. No other school has tackled education in this way. It is simple and smart, and makes a lot of sense.

What lies ahead

Future workshops and short courses we are currently working on include:

-          - ArchiCad - Introductory course

-         - AutoCAD - Introductory course

-         - Developing a concept

-         - Lighting Design

-         - Styling

-         - Running a Design Business

-         - Costing your Design projects

-        -  Sustainability in residential projects

-        -  Sustainability in interior design

-         - Manual drafting
      
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