Abstract In conducting a review of the current state-of-the-art of computer education in architecture, the paper seeks to identify those issues relevant to such a review and assembles them as a framework for a discussion of the effectiveness of current provision in this area of computer education and training. A discursive account of the relevant literature is complemented by information taken from a survey of computer courses in architectural schools in the British Isles. The paper concludes with proposals for a fresh approach to computer education for architects, an approach which acknowledges recent developments in both the technology of computing and an expanding range of applications in architectural practice.