11 Best Building Design Courses on edX
Choosing a building design course on edX involves weighing the focus, tools and level of technical detail each offering provides. The list includes programmes that range from software‑focused training, such as Autodesk Revit for engineers, to broader sustainability topics like climate‑neutral building design and energy demand analysis. Prices vary from just under $100 to $740, reflecting differences in scope and the depth of specialised content. All courses are delivered through edX and are taught by institutions such as the University of Maryland, College Park and Delft University of Technology. This selection is ordered by our editorial ranking, which considers relevance to the building design field and the variety of skills covered, but it does not imply any absolute ranking of quality.
- Courses compared
- 11
- Price range
- $97.20 – $740.00
- Providers
- edX
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 11 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from edX, matched to "building design" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.
There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $97.20 to $740.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Virtual Building Design for Engineers Using Autodesk Revit
Offered by The University of Maryland, College Park
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-centric and BIM-centri...
$249.00listed price -
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Efficient HVAC Systems
Offered by Delft University of Technology
Learn how to decide on efficient combinations of energy conversion systems and how to distribute and control air and energy flows in buildings whilst minimizing carbon emissions and optimizing thermal comfort in close co...
$185.00listed price -
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Detailing Ventilated Façades: a Practical Approach
Offered by Delft University of Technology
Master the standard details of a ventilated façade with integrated windows and learn to apply them in façade engineering design.
$149.00listed price -
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Buildings as Sustainable Energy Systems
Offered by Delft University of Technology
This course explores the role of buildings as sustainable energy systems, focusing on how they can contribute to a lower carbon footprint and improved energy efficiency. Participants will look into various strategies and...
$740.00listed price -
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Designing Climate-Neutral Buildings and Transport
Offered by Delft University of Technology
Familiarize yourself with decarbonization measures in the building and transport sectors. Learn about trends in energy usage, carbon intensity, and potential of available alternatives to limit greenhouse gas (GHG) emissi...
$185.00listed price -
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Energy Demand in Buildings
Offered by Delft University of Technology
Discover how building design and occupancy determines the energy demand in buildings and learn how to (re)design low energy buildings.
$185.00listed price -
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Interdisciplinary Sustainable Architecture Assessment
Offered by Universitat Politècnica de València
The course examines the core principles and practices that make architecture sustainable, focusing on how environmental factors are woven into design decisions. It highlights interdisciplinary methods that help balance e...
$97.20listed price -
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Advanced Timber Plate Structural Design
Offered by École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
A trans-disciplinary approach in structural design and digital architecture of timber structures with advanced manufacturing workflow.
$169.00listed price -
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Detailing Stick-System Façades: A Practical Approach
Offered by Delft University of Technology
Master the standard details of a stick-system façade and learn to apply them in façade engineering design.
$165.00listed price -
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Revit for Structural Engineers
Offered by University of Maryland
Learn how to model basic building structural systems in Autodesk Revit.
$249.00listed price -
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Zero-Energy Design: an approach to make your building sustainable
Offered by Delft University of Technology
Learn how to get to a net zero energy use of an existing building.
$185.00listed price
Best Building Design Courses on edX compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
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| 1 | Virtual Building Design for Engineers Using Autodesk Revit | edX | The University of Maryland, College Park | $249.00 | View → |
| 2 | Efficient HVAC Systems | edX | Delft University of Technology | $185.00 | View → |
| 3 | Detailing Ventilated Façades: a Practical Approach | edX | Delft University of Technology | $149.00 | View → |
| 4 | Buildings as Sustainable Energy Systems | edX | Delft University of Technology | $740.00 | View → |
| 5 | Designing Climate-Neutral Buildings and Transport | edX | Delft University of Technology | $185.00 | View → |
| 6 | Energy Demand in Buildings | edX | Delft University of Technology | $185.00 | View → |
| 7 | Interdisciplinary Sustainable Architecture Assessment | edX | Universitat Politècnica de València | $97.20 | View → |
| 8 | Advanced Timber Plate Structural Design | edX | École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne | $169.00 | View → |
| 9 | Detailing Stick-System Façades: A Practical Approach | edX | Delft University of Technology | $165.00 | View → |
| 10 | Revit for Structural Engineers | edX | University of Maryland | $249.00 | View → |
| 11 | Zero-Energy Design: an approach to make your building sustainable | edX | Delft University of Technology | $185.00 | View → |
Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.
What the prices here tell you
The 11 priced courses on this page run from $97.20 to $740.00, with the middle of the range around $185.00 — a spread of $642.80. That is a wide gap for one subject. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.
Who is behind these courses
These courses come from edX. Everything on this page is sold on the one platform, so the buying experience is the same whichever you pick. 3 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including The University of Maryland, College Park, Delft University of Technology and University of Maryland — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
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