Building Design Courses and Certifications

Career Certificate

Autodesk Forma: Site Design & Building Design + Board

Use Autodesk Forma to model sites, test building massing, and run performance analyses that support defensible early-stage design proposals.

• VDCI
• 30 hours
• Self-Paced
• $579.00

Autodesk Forma: Site Design & Building Design + Board Course Online (Self-Paced)

Learn to design commercial and mixed-use sites in Autodesk Forma using site automation, building masses, cloud analyses, and Forma Board PDF presentations.

• CourseHorse
• Self-Paced
• $579.00

Career Certificate

The Building Enclosure (Self-Paced)

Understand how the building envelope protects a structure and controls temperature and humidity, covering cold-formed steel stud systems, cladding, curtain walls, roofing, and glass window systems.

• Noble Desktop
• 10 hours
• Self-Paced
• $279.00

Career Certificate

Building Enclosure

30 ratings at VDCI

Learn about the building envelope, cold-formed steel stud systems, cladding systems, curtain walls, roofing systems and glass window systems. Learn how the building envelope keeps water out and controls temperature & humidity.

• VDCI
• 10 hours
• Self-Paced
• $279.00

Revit Tutorial for Beginners - Building Information Modeling [3D Design Course]

23 ratings

Beginner tutorial introducing Autodesk Revit for building information modeling and 3D design.

• freeCodeCamp
• 4 hours 40 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Architecture Studio: Building in Landscapes

Design buildings that belong to their setting: analyze site landscape and climate, then develop quarry and community space projects through drawings, models, pinups, and reviews.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

The Building Enclosure (Self-Paced)

Learn the building envelope, cold-formed steel stud systems, cladding systems, curtain walls, roofing systems, plus glass window systems.

• CourseHorse
• Self-Paced
• $279.00

Façade design and engineering: complexity made simple

39 ratings at edX

Understand the fundamental technology behind façade design and construction and the impact of the various components in facilitating the construction of sustainable, energy efficient, aesthetic and mo

• edX
• 6 weeks, 3-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Detailing Stick-System Façades: A Practical Approach

Master the standard details of a stick-system façade and learn to apply them in façade engineering design.

• edX
• 6 weeks, 3-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Building Architecture

Introduces civil building design from site and plans through facades, sections, foundations, and building components, with practice reading and drawing construction drawings.

• XuetangX
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Tall Building Architecture

Explore how architecture, structural systems, sustainability, construction materials, and building services converge in contemporary tall-building design.

• Swayam
• Available until Oct 9, 2026
• Free Online Course

Building Physics

Explores how heat, light, moisture, and sound shape building design through thermal engineering, daylighting, acoustics, and envelope performance.

• XuetangX
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Introduction to Building Architecture

An introduction to residential building design connecting architectural layouts, tropical and subtropical regional strategies, green building, and BIM.

• XuetangX
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Virtual Building Design for Engineers Using Autodesk Revit

1 rating

This course is a beginners guide to Autodesk Revit software. Students will learn the fundamentals of Autodesk Revit’s functionality and how Design Professionals and Project Teams use Autodesk Revit-ce

• edX
• 5 weeks, 2-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

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Window Design: Size, Position, and Shading Devices for Energy Efficiency - Part 2

Explore window design principles and shading solutions to optimize energy efficiency through practical case studies and technical guidelines for architectural applications.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video