Building Science / Beginner
Everyday Building Science
Why concrete gets watered, walls turn damp and flat roofs leak
- Lessons
- 27
- Time
- 2h 45m
- Rating
- 4.9
- Learners
- 38.4K
Each course starts from a real problem in the studio or on site. Chapter 1 is always free, so you can judge before you pay.
26 courses
Building Science / Beginner
Why concrete gets watered, walls turn damp and flat roofs leak
Core Details / Beginner
Roof edges that stay dry, from the sheet to the site.
Cost Estimating / Beginner
From working drawings to a number you can defend in front of a client.
Reading Working Drawings / Beginner
Open a drawing set and know where to start.
Structures for Architects / Beginner
Enough structure to read it, discuss it and draw it right
Plumbing and MEP / Beginner
Clean water, drains, vents and rainwater, from why it smells to how to draw it.
Materials / Beginner
Block, render and tile, starting from what really goes wrong on site.
Building Science / Beginner
The name, job and order of every part of a house
Reading Working Drawings / Beginner
The grammar of a working drawing: lines, hatches, scale and numbers.
Core Details / Beginner
The one centimetre between a safe stair and a trip hazard.
Cost Estimating / Intermediate
Taking quantities off drawings in a way someone else can check.
Core Details / Intermediate
Bathrooms that do not drip onto the ceiling below.
Building Science / Beginner
Keep a house cool and dry without guessing
Plumbing and MEP / Intermediate
Read electrical drawings, understand earthing, and know when to call a certified installer.
Structures for Architects / Intermediate
From D19 notation to checking steel before the pour
Materials / Intermediate
Leaks rarely start mid-span. Learn roofing materials and where they are weakest.
Reading Working Drawings / Intermediate
Find your mistakes before the crew does.
Building Science / Intermediate
Find where the water comes from before talking fixes
Core Details / Intermediate
Windows and glass facades that stay dry, neat and safe.
Reading Working Drawings / Intermediate
Drawings alone are not enough. Read what binds them too.
Cost Estimating / Intermediate
From coefficients and shop prices to a unit rate that makes sense.
Plumbing and MEP / Advanced
So pipes, ducts, cables and lifts get their space before the concrete is poured.
Materials / Intermediate
The outermost layers of a building, and why how they are made decides how they are used.
Structures for Architects / Intermediate
Reading sections, bolts, welds and roof frames
Structures for Architects / Advanced
Reading soil, knowing foundations and understanding groundwater
Core Details / Advanced
Below-grade walls against water that never takes a day off.
Tracks put courses in the order a studio uses them, then close with an exam and a certificate.