Is architecture hard? Well, it's not easy. But how hard is studying architecture? How difficult is it to become an architect? Let’s find out.

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There seems to be this stigma around architecture being really difficult to study – but why?

If we break it down, there are a few things that come into play.

Firstly being – that it’s time consuming.

Architecture is perceived as being hard because of how time intensive it is – this heavy requirement of a student’s time and lack of experience managing their own time creates sleepless nights, long days in the studio and a horrific amount of homework. Because there is no end to the work you do – as in – an architect’s work is never finished. There’s always something you can add, subtract, implement or change to your design. The only thing that puts an official stop to your work is the deadline, or due date.

The second reason architecture is so hard is that it requires deep thinking and understanding. Architecture is very design heavy and problem-solving based. These things require deep thinking and critical thought. In a world filled with distractions it’s becoming harder and harder to put your head down and just work on deep-thinking tasks.

Lastly, it’s that architecture school is like going to a semester of construction school, a semester of art school, a semester of theory school, a semester of business school, a semester of history school and a semester of design school all at the same time. It’s this jack of all trades which requires you to learn a little bit about a lot. There’s so much involved in the world of architecture that it can become overwhelming – and that makes architecture difficult.