How architecture students study 'business' in school - introduction
From Talk Architecture by Naziaty Mohd Yaacob
May 27, 2026 · 22 min · Season 20 · Episode 24
About this episode
Naziaty discusses the importance of business education in architecture schools and its impact on graduates entering the profession.
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Talk Architecture, host Naziaty tackles a question that's been making the rounds on Threads: should architecture schools teach business and financial literacy? After six years of study, many graduates step out into practice with no real sense of how to run a firm, price a project, or negotiate a contract — and the conversation online has struck a nerve. Naziaty pushes back on the idea that business education is only about money, arguing that it sits much cl...
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Host: Naziaty Mohd Yaacob
Topics covered
- architecture education
- business literacy
- financial literacy
- firm management
- project pricing
- contract negotiation
Keywords
- architecture
- business education
- financial literacy
- contract negotiation
- project pricing
- architecture students
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