In view of the existing shortcomings that architecture students emphasize art rather than technology lacking deep structural concept, this paper reforms and integrates the basic structural theory and typical engineering cases in architecture majors teaching by taking into account the teaching practice and research foundation of Chongqing University under the background of emerging engineering education. The necessity and importance of the course of building structure and selection for architecture students was analyzed, and the teaching reform research of strengthening the basic structural theory and typical case study through the innovation of teaching methods and expansion of teaching mode was proposed. The research systematically integrates the basic structural theory and building structure practice into the architectural curriculum system to establish a link between them and makes an innovative demonstration and discussion of teaching methods in combination with teaching practice activities. It provides a basis for training innovative talent with theoretical literacy and cutting-edge technology. The results show that the research provides a teaching resource platform based on theoretical concepts of building structures and structural analysis ability, adheres to the teaching exploration foundation of emerging engineering education combining theory and practice, strengthens the correlation between typical engineering applications and basic structural theories, and enhances the interest and comprehensibility of teaching contents. It can cultivate students’ ability to understand, analyze and solve problems in structural concepts and structural selection, enhance the ability to evaluate engineering, which is of great significance to the cultivation of innovative talents in architecture of emerging engineering education.