The basic concepts of situational teaching are introduced in this paper,and some exploratory thinking that situational teaching method is applied to the building architecture curricula in civil engineering is discussed.In the implementation process of situational teaching,teachers should flexibly create teaching scene so that students learning enthusiasm and initiative can be stimulated.At the same time,students’ participation to the teaching can be effectively established and the education situation that students are passively accepted knowledge can be improved.The teaching effects show that teachers introduce the situational teaching method into building architecture curricula in civil engineering can help to the study of professional theory knowledge of students and can help to cultivation of humanistic quality of students.It is very important to improve the quality of teaching and develop the comprehensive quality of students.