In today’s development situation, the foreign architectural history as a basic theory class in architecture specialty, the teaching methods must be updated, advancing with the times. The object of the teaching reform is how to improve the teaching method, combine the study with application, and enhance the students’ thinking ability. With the teaching practice, the author summarized some explorations, such as parallel to the horizontal comparison, diversification teaching methods, and increase in practical links and so on, to improve the teaching methods of architecture history course.