5 Things That Might Change How You Think of Architects

When we think of architects in the Philippines, we immediately think that they design houses, make big money out of designing houses, and are really good mathematicians because architecture is almost like engineering, right? Well, not exactly. Albeit some of the stereotypes we know about architects aren’t exactly untrue, not all of them are completely accurate.

Architects know more History than Math

Math is an important part of architecture but only in as much as it is also an important part of most other courses. What’s more important to architects is history, specifically in the context of archaeology and classic and historical man made wonders and structures. These serve as cases for an architect to study in his endeavor to create his own lasting design.

They don’t just Design Buildings

When we say home design, we immediately think of architects. The same goes with designing building and other structures. But architects can specialize in many things like masterfully laying out plumbing, waterways, and even water works. Some, like Arne Jacobsen and Ian Ritchie, specialize in designing furniture

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There’re So Much Software to Learn

In the new age of digitized media, the pressure of becoming an architect is also raised. More and more sophisticated software are being developed to make home design more comprehensive. This means that it should be easier for architects in the Philippines to come up with mock up and walkthroughs but it also means that they have to learn a new software or relearn new version of previous applications.

They have No Sleep

If you’ve seen the movie Click (2006), the protagonist there played by Adam Sandler is a workaholic architect who fast-forwards his life towards a future where he becomes rich but misses out on a lot of things in life. It isn’t accurate but architects do miss out on sleep. One university in the Philippines even has its College of Architecture monikered as “The College that Never Sleeps.”

Architects Bloom Late

And we don’t mean they hit puberty way later in life but architects generally don’t make big money until about they’re 40-50 years old. It will be around late 30s to early 40s when an architect will make his first major big break and then start independently designing from then on.



Architects in the Philippines can’t just be summarized with “home/building design” and “big fat paycheck.” It’s a hard specialization to study and more so a hard industry to thrive in. What other things about architects do you think are interestingly different or hilariously accurate from the stereotype?