The short answer?

No.

You don’t need to be good at drawing to study architecture.

However – being good at drawing is only going to help you by giving you an advantage.

If you are not creative or artistic or good at drawing, don’t fret.

The idea behind architecture school is that you learn the necessary skills you need to be an architect along the way.

In fact, in Australia, there are no prerequisites to study architecture. No art courses, no hand-drawing courses, no software courses. Nothing.

Saying that, because there are no prerequisites, it’s assumed you know nothing. You don’t have to know how to make models or sketch and draw like an architect.

The key thing here is that – this means you’re EXPECTED to learn these skills along the way.

You don’t need any previous knowledge but having some is only going to be advantageous to you.

You don’t need to be good at drawing to study architecture, but you do need to be willing to learn the skill to become good at hand drawing.

I hope that helps 😊