The Design Gesture

Category: Careers in Architecture

10 Best Architecture Firms in Ahmedabad
Introduction
A one-stop guide for students hunting for the best architecture firms in Ahmedabad to pursue an internship or clients looking for the best architects to realize their dreams. This article highlights 10 renowned architecture firms in Ahmedabad, listed in no particular order, to provide a diverse range of options for both students and clients.
INI Design Studio – Architecture Firms in Ahmedabad
Founders: Mr. Jayesh Hariyani and Mrs.Bindu Hariyani from Burthill
Founding year (Burthill in India): 2007
Rebranding (Restructuring Burthill to INI Design studio) year: 2016
Scope of Works: Urban planning, Architecture, Engineering, Design & Build Services
Aquatics Gallery at Science City Ahmedabad_INI Design Studio
The history of the founding of this firm is as interesting as their projects. In 2007 Mr. Jayesh Hariyani, a partner and member of the Board of Directors in Burthill, USA, and his wife Mrs.Bindu Hariyani as the Director of operations established a Burt Hill in India, which in 2010-2011 merged with another international brand Stantec and upon further growth the organization ownership and operation was restructured and a new brand INI Design Studio was developed in 2016.
Whats INI? Understanding INI will introduce one to the core philosophy that INI Design Studio was founded on and operates today. The first I in INI denotes ‘Ideas’, while N indicates ‘number of’, and the last I stands for Inquiry, Imagination, Innovation, Inspiration, Integration, Inclusiveness, and many more I’s. To sum up, INI indicates multidisciplinary practice founded on collaboration and integration and supported by research, sustainability guidelines, and integrated design delivery process.
Some of the remarkable projects of INI Design Studio include Shiv Nadar University at Greater Noida, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Campus at Hyderabad, Gujarat Technological University, High-rise Private Hospital Campus in South Mumbai, Aquatics Gallery at Science City in Ahmedabad, Belvedere Country Club at Shantigram, Nasik Airport, Signature City at Bangalore, Rajkot Smart Green City Master Plan, Kedarnath Redevelopment Master Plan and Badrinath Redevelopment Master Plan.
The firm has bagged several awards for its projects and practice including the MUSE Design Award for the Regional Science Center at Rajkot, The Geevees Award for Aquatic Gallery at Science City, the World Architecture Award (in the 47th cycle) for Aalloa Hills Residence, 2023 GREEN GOOD design award and many more.
More information is available at https://www.inidesignstudio.com/about-us/
HCP
Paritosh Building_hcp
Founder: Architect Hasmukh C. Patel
Managing Director: Architect Bimal Patel
Founding year: 1960
Scope of works: Architecture, Urban planning, Urban Design, Engineering, Interior design, Communication, Project management, Construction Management
HCP is one of the top architecture firms in Ahmedabad that has thrived for over half a century and evolved in all aspects throughout its journey. HCP was established as a small office in Ahmedabad in 1960, however today it has developed into an enormous multidisciplinary practice with over 300 employees stationed in HCP offices spread across major Indian cities including Ahmedabad, Pune, and Delhi. HCP operates on a simple yet elegant motto that design is all about problem-solving and hence they come up with context-specific, project-specific practical solutions.
Currently, HCP is located within the Paritosh building situated on the banks of river Sabarmati. The inception of the Paritosh building was followed by Hasmukh Patel’s longing for his own office for HCP. Hasmukh Patel joined hands with his accountant and engineer to design and build Paritosh Building which accommodates the offices of the trio. The Design of the office building in line with the company’s philosophy makes the maximum out of its scenic location, on the river banks with its terraces and backyard.
Since its establishment, HCP has taken up significant projects including Newman Hall (Premal Jyothi) and St. Xavier’s Primary School in the 1960s, the Reserve Bank of India building in Ahmedabad and Chinubhai Centre and Patang Hotel in Ahmedabad in the 1970s, and refurbishment of Eden gardens stadium and the Entrepreneurship Development Institute in the 1980s which fetched them the Aga Kan award in 1992.
Further, in the Department of Urban Design, Redevelopment, and Planning, the C G road redevelopment project undertaken by HCP was remarkable and grabbed the United Nations Center for Human Settlement Award for excellence. The extension for IIM, Ahmedabad was awarded to HCP for their excellent proposal. Though HCP, the founder, and the director have bagged many awards previously, they still continue to impress the architectural knowledge society with meaningful pragmatic designs.
More information is available at https://hcp.co.in/about/
Vastu Shilpa Sangath LLP| Studio Sangath
Principal Architect: B.V. Doshi
Founding year:1954-1955
Scope of Projects: Residential, Institutional, Urban Design/Planning, Mass Housing, Competition proposals, Research
Vastu Shilpa Sangath, one of the best architecture firms in Ahmedabad, was founded by the notorious Architect, renowned as the father of Indian Modern Architecture, Sir B. V. Doshi, inspired by Modern Architecture pioneers, Le Corbusier and Louis Khan but deeply rooted in Indian spirits. The Sangath studio itself is a serene symphony designed by B.V. Doshi completed in 1981, which embodies his design philosophy. The Sangath studio and its unique design has garnered attention from everywhere and is considered one of the finest works of the architect even today.
Studio Sangath_Nicholas Iyadurai
The Sangath studio handles various scopes of work and has received numerous national and international accolades including its latest award for the Smritivan Earthquake Memorial And Museum, the prestigious Global Architecture Design Award. In all their projects be it residential or public, small-scale or large scale a sense of intimacy and an extended focus on the space not form is felt throughout the project.
For instance, 079 Stories Centre for Arts, Ahmedabad built in 2018 is a cube from the outside but upon entering there is an interplay of outside and inside due to the porosity, the voids that puncture the cube which are carefully orchestrated. It is certain that even after Sir B.V. Doshi’s demise the Sangath studio takes his legacy forward and establishes a separate place for itself in the industry with its unique design philosophy and approach.
More information is available at https://www.sangath.org/
Footprints E.A.R.T.H.
Principal Architect: Architect Yatin Pandya
Scope of works: Residential, Commercial, Mass Housing, Institution, Interior Design, Graphic design, Product design, Conservation, Research, Sustainability, Academic training
Footprints E.A.R.T.H. is a firm founded and run by Principal Architect Yatin Pandya, who is also an author, activist, academician, as well as a researcher. Yatin Pandya was the associate director at Vastu Shilpa Foundation for Studies and Research in Environmental Design for almost 25 years, besides serving as a visiting faculty at prestigious institutions in India including the National Institute of Design and CEPT University at Ahmedabad.
Founder Yatin Pandya in conversation_footprintsearth
Footprints E.A.R.T.H., takes a holistic approach towards research and design, building solutions that are sustainable, responsive to sensitive Indian socio-cultural aspects, and innovative yet rooted in traditions such that they lift the communities and leave the environment undisturbed. Some of their notable projects pioneering sustainable architecture and environment-friendly design inspired by vernacular architecture include Gandhi Gyan Parab, Gandhinagar School, Global Mission School, and Environmental Sanitation Institute.
With their noble mission, philosophy, and intention, Footprints E.A.R.T.H not only executes their philosophy and findings in their projects but also propagates and preaches them through their publications and short-term design studios and training programs for students, both beyond and within borders, cultivating a rich learning environment facilitating international exchange of knowledge.
More information is available at https://footprintsearth.com/
Saransh Architects
Founders: Ar. Manish Doshi, Ar. Malini Doshi, and alumni of CEPT University
Year: 1994
Scope of works: Residential, Commercial, Public, Institution, Offices, Spiritual
Saransh is one of the Architecture firms in Ahmedabad on the rise, gradually evolving and tackling design challenges with their unique ethos. Currently, Saransh employs only twenty Architects and works in collaboration with other consultants and firms from related fields. However, Saransh in the long run has decided to expand, to accommodate the needs of the growing client base and tackle urban-scale environmental and other issues.
Saransh Studio Partners_Saransh studio
Saransh Architects works with an ethos that ideal designs stand on solid concepts and solid concepts are born out of circumstantial responses hence though Saransh works on similar project typologies the final outcome of such projects is quite unique due to differences in client needs and contextual scenarios.
The projects developed by Saransh Architects have been nominated for many awards. For instance, Trends Excellence Awards, 2019 for NP Pavilion. The firm has also bagged several awards including the Iconic Booth Award at AceTech Grand Stand in 2019 for NP Pavilion, the Zonal IIID Excellence Award in 2020 for MD Apartment, the Asia Young Designer Award in 2020 for Dacha in the City, and many more.
More information is available at https://studiosaransh.com/private/
The Grid Architects
Founders: Designers Snehal Suthar and Bhadri Suthar
Founding Year: 2002
Scope of work: Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape, Green Building and Green Interiors
The Grid Architects announced as the International Dezeen Design Studio of the year 2021_The Grid Architects
The Grid Architects is one of the architecture firms in Ahmedabad established in 2002 by Mr. Snehal and Mrs. Bhadri. The Grid Architects operates with an ethos that efficiency, functionality, and sustainability is the key to developing contextually responsive projects with local materials and vernacular craftsmanship.
The founding partners, Mr. Snehal with a Master’s in Sustainable Architecture Design, and Mrs. Bhadri, an Interior Designer from APIED Gujarat India, come from humble backgrounds. The founders are forward-looking professionals propagating their ideas by assuming visiting faculty roles at NID, NIFT, and various other educational institutions and becoming members of jury panels at both National and International Competitions respectively.
This humble practice has been the recipient of several awards, over a hundred national and international awards within a short time frame since its establishment. Dezeen has recognized Grid Architects as the International Dezeen Interior Design Studio of the Year 2021, International Dezeen Architecture Studio of the Year 2021, and International Dezeen Design Studio of the Year 2021. The firm was announced as the Supreme winner of the Surface Design Award London for Tarang in 2024.
More information is available at https://thegrid-arch.com/about-us/
Modo Designs
Founder: Architect Arpan Shah
Founding Year: 2002
Scope of works: Residential, Institutional, and Corporate projects
Modo Designs is one of the Architecture firms in Ahmedabad founded by Architect Arpan Shah in 2002. The firm name is derived from the Latin word ‘Modo’ which means ‘of its time’ indicating the progressiveness in their designs. Ar. Arpan Shah believes that design fundamentally involves participatory approaches and is a means of research, exploration, and innovation, and hence the projects dealt with by Modo Designs reflect the same.
The House of Courtyards, Ahmedabad completed in 2019 by Modo Designs_Modo Designs
The firm has received several accolades including the Rashtriya Udyog Ratna Award in 2012, the Indian Achievers Award in Construction and Design in 2012, the NDTV Design and Architecture Award in 2016, the Trends Awards in 2016, and the ICI Ultratech Outstanding Structure Award in 2020. Architectural Digest recognized Modo Designs as the most influential designer in the subcontinent in the year 2018.
More information is available at https://www.mododesigns.co.in/projects/explorations/
Aakruti Architects
Founder: Architect Dilip Patel
Founding year: 1980
Scope of works: Architecture, Interior Design, Restoration, Homes, Residential, Commercial, Public, Office, Industrial, Exhibition design, Furniture design, Design and Build, Just Build, Turnkey projects, Institutional Design, Management, Master planning
Aakruti Architects is a collaborative architecture firm in Ahmedabad, established in 1980 by Dilip Patel, an architect who graduated from the School of Architecture, CEPT, Ahmedabad. Aakruti Architects works with a design philosophy of blending the knowledge acquired from vernacular architecture and local methods of construction with the latest available innovations in the industry, creating detailed intricate solutions.
Aakruti Architects featured in Design Essentia_Aakruti Architects
Architect Dilip Patel, the founder, has been serving as a visiting faculty at the CEPT University in Ahmedabad, and has also been the campus architect at the same university since 2012. The projects of the firm and the firm itself have been featured on established websites like Buildofy, Design Essentia, Houzz, Archello, and Elle Decor.
More details available at https://www.aakrutiarchitects.com/about
Designer’s circle
Founder: Architect Rajesh Seth
Founding Year: 1987
Scope of works: Residential, Retail, Hospitality (Five-star hotels), Corporate projects, Architecture, and Landscape design
Designers Circle is one of the top architecture firms in Ahmedabad known for its high-end luxurious projects. It was set up by Architect Rajesh Seth, again an alumnus of CEPT University, Ahmedabad. The firm believes that it is the client’s needs and the site-specific problems that drive the design towards a unique direction. The founder expresses his understanding of Architecture as more than just a shelter. He finds an opportunity to emotionally touch the habitants via the design of elegant spaces and the firm follows his footsteps.
Mr. Rajesh Sheth, founder of Designer’s Circle_Designer’s Circle
The firm, its founder, and their projects have to made to magazines including Elle Decor, Architectural Digest, Office Snapshots, Trends Magazine, Good Homes magazine, The Decor Journal, Love that Design Magazines, etc, many times. Isquare, Parkview, Jasmine Beauty Parlor, Hi-Tech Commerce House Canteen, Contemporary Oasis, Casa Opulence, and Gala Aqua are some of the luxurious pages of the company portfolio.
More details available on https://www.designerscircle.co.in/studio/
Groundwork Architecture
Founder: Architect Brijesh Bhatha
Founding Year: 2010
Scope of Work: Urban research and design, Public spaces, Residential, Hospitals, Mass Housing, Master plans, Corporate office buildings, Industrial buildings, and Institutions
Groundwork Architecture in Ahmedabad is an architecture and urban design firm founded in 2010 by Brijesh Bhatha, again an alumnus of CEPT University, Ahmedabad. The firm’s design ethos aligns with the famous architectural quote and philosophy ‘form follows function’. The firm in this direction, proposes projects with simple functional plans but pays careful attention to other time, budgetary, coordination, and management concerns.
Dalal Residence_Groundwork Architecture
Architect Brijesh Bhatha graduated with an undergraduate degree in Architecture from CEPT University, Ahmedabad, and later pursued a Master of Urban Design degree at the University of California, Berkeley. The projects of the firm including Dalal House, Prudent Corporate House, K & Y Residence, Mehu Patel Residence, and Shaila Patel House are featured on Archdaily, Archello, and Volume Zero.
More information is available at https://groundwork.in/
October 29, 2024
Architectural Photography: 10 Essential Tips to Follow
Architectural photography is the subgenre of the photography discipline where the primary emphasis is made on capturing photographs of buildings and similar architectural structures that are both aesthetically pleasing and accurate in terms of representations of their subjects.
Therefore, architectural photography is beyond capturing photographs of buildings. It is an art in itself about seizing not only the design and accurate representation of a building but having the photographs be aesthetically pleasing to the spectator’s eye. Architectural photographers should be skilled with the use of specialized techniques and cameras to capture the essence of an architectural structure, from the use of perspective control to capture void or non-void spaces and to know where and when to find such specialized shots. Because architectural photographers are meant to create a photograph, not to only capture one. Architectural photography is indeed the art of capturing the details and moods that make the space and the materials come together.
Architectural photography types
Interior Architectural Photography
This refers to photographs of a building’s or structure’s interior. Interiors are often more challenging to capture due to the ambient light available through windows or skylights is often limited, and sometimes filtered through the colorful stained glass windows. Supplemental lighting like a flash helps to capture interiors accurately.
INTERIOR ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY_©digital-photography-school.com
Exterior Architectural Photography
This refers to capturing the outside of a structure. The wealth of natural light advantages exterior photographs to be captured easily. Depending on the whims of nature, exteriors may also yield wildly different and dramatic results.
EXTERIOR ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY
One should follow up on some prime factors not only to improve the visual potential of their photography skill but also to carry the stories along with the photographs in order to communicate the relationship of context, space, and time with the architectural structures.
1. Getting friendly with the weather: Architectural photography is very much dependent upon weather and different times of the day. Because a beautiful sunrise, sunset, or even rain, snow, cloud, or fog, all can bring architecture and nature together making the space feel magical.
Capturing a series of photographs during different times of the day, or in various weather conditions, helps to create a fuller story of the building’s relationship with its environment.
USING DIFFERENT TIME OF A DAY AS THE BACKGROUND
1. Arrangement of good lighting: Good lighting should always be prioritized, mostly in the case of interior architectural photography. Appropriate lighting helps to emphasize a specific space, or structure. It plays a big role in shaping the understanding of what is important in that specific architectural project.
USING NATURAL LIGHT
1. Looking out for a unique angle: Perspective, in architectural photography, plays a very rewarding role. Taking time to find a distinct angle through which a photograph can expose an abstraction of a building’s detail to give rise to another level of beauty and appreciation for its form.
USING UNIQUE ANGLE
1. Include or exclude people: Architecture does not exist without people. The presence of life in architectural photography has always been debated. However, the interconnection between people and buildings is an essential attribute of the artistic side of architectural photography.
PHOTOGRAPH HAVING PEOPLE IN IT
1. Attention to detail: Shooting with a wide-angle lens is the smartest thing to do in architectural photography. But as the buildings contain hundreds of intricate details that are lost when an entire facade or room is shot in one frame, exploring details closely, in that case, could disclose something new and interesting about the building’s history or construction.
FOCUSING IN DETAIL_©adorama.com
1. Use of post-processing: Post-processing a photograph, having a certain goal in mind, could convey the story of an architectural structure with a more reliable and convincing stand. It is a standard part of architectural photography. Software like Photoshop and Lightroom are quite easy to use with their wide variety of advanced functions.
POST-PROCESSED PHOTOGRAPH_©mymove.com
1. Use of appropriate photography equipment: One should invest in proper equipment in order to get started with high-quality architectural photography. The use of a tripod or polarizing filter could be an exciting way to achieve a perfect frame.
PHOTOGRAPHY EQUIPMENTS_©expertphotography.com
1. Understanding camera mechanism: It is imperative to choose the right camera settings to capture all the details of a space. Understanding the shutter speed and aperture can help to hold control of the motion blur or focus point of a photograph.
USE OF SHUTTER SPPED AND APERTURE_©adorama.com
1. Creating compositing: Composition is all about arranging the visual elements within their frame. In architectural photography, it is very important to record the complete spatial context of the building by leaving no clutter within it. Composition encompasses the ways to frame a building in a standalone image to make it more captivating and interesting.
CREATING COMPOSITION_©pixpa.com
1. Research about the particular project: Researching and knowing about the history and context of an architectural site before visiting is an indispensable resource that, without a doubt, can help to focus on a relevant story or idea to capture the essence of a building. Sometimes architecture can be so inspiring that one can get caught up in the moment and immediately want to capture the space instead of taking it all in. Themes and design intent are major elements in architectural photography.
Architectural photography allows people to obtain a visual understanding of buildings by creating a valuable resource that allows them to expand their architectural vocabulary. However, one must stay critical of the disadvantages of photography when it comes to architecture. Jeremy Till, the author of ‘Architecture Depends’, stated, ‘The photograph allows us to forget what has come before (the pain of extended labor to achieve the delivery of the fully formed building) and what is to come after (the affront of time as dirt, users, change, and weather move in).’
October 29, 2024
70+ Visions of the Future of Architecture: How Architecture is Evolving
Door Designs
Elevation Designs
Wardrobe Designs
Gate Designs
Kitchen Designs
False Ceiling Designs
Bedroom Designs
Pooja Room Designs
Living Room Designs
Balcony Designs
70+ Outstanding Overviews Future of Architecture
Future of Architecture, the field of architecture is always changing responding to new technological advancements societal demands and environmental issues. Trends that prioritize smart technology integration sustainable design and creative thinking will influence the direction of architecture in the future
Future of Architecture
Flexible Buildings the Future of Architecture
Future architecture innovation
Emerging Architectural Technologies
Building design and construction are being completely transformed by technological innovations like virtual reality (VR) 3D printing and artificial intelligence (AI). Enabling more accurate and productive building procedures customized blueprints and captivating visual aids are all made possible by these technologies.
Emerging Architectural Technologies
Virtual reality in architecture
Augmented reality in architecture
Sustainable Architecture Future
One of the main priorities for architecture in the future is sustainability. Its becoming commonplace to see green buildings environmentally friendly materials and energy-efficient designs. In an effort to lessen their carbon footprint architects are incorporating renewable energy sources—like solar and wind power—into their designs more and more.
Sustainable architecture future
Future architecture software
Trends in futuristic architecture
Smart Buildings Future
The notion of smart buildings furnished with sophisticated automation mechanisms and Internet of Things (IoT) gadgets is revolutionizing the way areas are occupied and interacted with. These structures provide occupants with increased convenience increased security and improved energy efficiency.
Smart buildings future
Future of building automation
Smart cities architecture
AI in Architecture
AI is transforming design workflows forecasting structural performance and automating repetitive tasks—all of which will be critical to the future of architecture. Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered technologies are able to evaluate enormous volumes of data in order to produce creative design solutions and increase construction efficiency.
AI in architecture
Architecture and artificial intelligence
AI-driven architectural design
Architecture 3D Printing
Complex architectural components can be precisely and quickly created thanks to 3D printing technology. Creating customized elements cutting waste and shortening construction schedules are three areas where this technology excels.
Architecture 3D printing
Renewable energy in architecture
Future of passive house design
Future Architectural Design Concepts
Designers are investigating novel ideas that put an emphasis on spaces that are user-centered flexible and adaptable. Approaches that enable scalable and adaptable building solutions include parametric design and modular construction.
Future architectural design concepts
Future trends in interior architecture
Architectural advancements in smart homes
Future Urban Planning
Urban planning is changing to meet the demands of resource management climate change and expanding populations. To improve livability green spaces smart infrastructure and sustainability are being prioritized in the design of future cities.
Future urban planning
Architecture and climate change
Future architecture and human experience
Future Architecture Materials
Novel materials are being created to enhance the environmental impact durability and aesthetics of buildings like bio-based composites transparent aluminum and self-healing concrete. These materials provide fresh opportunities for sustainable and creative architecture.
Future architecture materials
Future of architectural aesthetics
Aesthetics of Buildings
Biophilic Design Future
In order to foster wellbeing and a sense of connectedness with nature biophilic design incorporates natural elements into constructed environments. This method is becoming more and more well-liked because it improves productivity mental health and general quality of life.
Biophilic design future
Improves Productivity
design incorporates
Future of Green Buildings
Eco-friendly structures aim to reduce their negative effects on the environment and optimize the use of resources. Cutting-edge technologies like water recycling and intelligent energy management systems will be incorporated into future green buildings to increase their sustainability.
Future of green buildings
Cutting-edge technologies
Eco-friendly structures
Parametric Design Future
Complex and adaptive forms are created through parametric design which makes use of computational techniques and algorithms. Using this method architects can experiment with novel geometries and maximize the performance of buildings according to different criteria.
Parametric design future
The Future of Architecture
Computational Techniques
Future of Modular Construction
Building components are prefabricated off-site and assembled on-site in a modular construction project. Reduced construction time financial savings and enhanced quality control are just a few advantages of this approach.
The Future of Architecture PDF
Future of modular construction
Future of prefabricated buildings
Future of Eco-Friendly Architecture
The goal of eco-friendly architecture is to reduce its negative effects on the environment by using renewable resources energy-efficient systems and sustainable design techniques. In order to combat climate change and encourage environmental stewardship this strategy is crucial.
Future of eco-friendly architecture
Future Office Architecture
Energy-Efficient Systems
Architecture in 2050
It is likely that highly technologically advanced adaptable and sustainable designs will define architecture by 2050. In urban settings green areas intelligent infrastructure and sturdy structures will take precedence in order to adapt to expanding populations and shifting weather patterns.
Architecture in 2050
Architecture by 2050
Intelligent Infrastructure
Future of Architectural Education
With the introduction of new technologies interdisciplinary methods and a stronger focus on sustainability architectural education is changing. It will be taught to future architects how to use sophisticated tools work across disciplines and use creative design to solve global problems.
The Future of Architectural Education
Future of architectural education
New technologies interdisciplinary
Future of Architecture Profession in India
India is one of the fastest-growing architectural professions in the world thanks to increased urbanization economic expansion and demand for environmentally friendly structures. In order to design durable and environmentally friendly buildings Indian architects are progressively incorporating contemporary methods and technology.
Future of Architecture Profession in India
Urbanization Economic
Environmentally Friendly Buildings
Importance of Conserving Architectural Heritage for Future Generations
Maintaining cultural identity history and knowledge all depend on protecting architectural heritage. Heritage structures provide insightful perspectives into historical architectural styles and act as a source of motivation for upcoming generations.
Importance of Conserving Architectural Heritage for Future Generation
Future architectural styles
Heritage structures
Future of Architecture Jobs
Technological developments environmental programs and changing client demands will all influence the nature of architecture jobs in the future. In addition to learning new techniques and technologies architects will need to come up with creative design solutions to tackle difficult global issues.
Future of Architecture Jobs
Technological developments
Nature of Architecture Jobs
Future of Architecture Students
Future architects will need to possess a wide range of abilities such as knowledge of digital tools an understanding of sustainability and the ability to collaborate across disciplines. To succeed in a field that is changing quickly educational programs must give students the knowledge and abilities they need.
Future of Architecture Students
Future architects
Collaborate across Discipline
Internet of Things: A Vision for Architectural Elements and Future Directions
Prospects and Future Directions for Architectural Elements Buildings can now gather and process data for optimal performance thanks to the Internet of Things (IoT) which is redefining architecture. IoT devices can improve occupant comfort security and energy efficiency opening the door to more intelligent and responsive architectural environments.
Internet of things a Vision Architectural Elements and Future Directions
Prospects and Future Direction
Architectural Environments
Future Space Architecture
The field of space architecture is a young one centered on the design of infrastructure and habitats for extraterrestrial environments. The development of new technologies in this field is essential for both possible planet colonization and upcoming space missions.
Future Space Architecture
Future of space architecture
Extraterrestrial Environments
The Future of Architecture Since 1889
Architecture has changed significantly since the late 19th century due to advances in technology cultural changes and environmental consciousness. These bases will be further developed in the future as new innovations and solutions to global issues are incorporated.
The Future of Architecture Since 1889
Technology Cultural
Environmental Consciousness
Future 3 Architecture
Future 3 architecture is the term used to describe the next wave of architectural design that prioritizes technology sustainability and areas that are focused on people. This method aims to create surroundings that are efficient flexible and in balance with the natural world.
Future 3 Architecture
Technology Sustainability
Architectural Design
Future of the Architecture Profession
With an increased emphasis on sustainability technology integration and interdisciplinary collaboration the architecture profession will only continue to change. It will be up to architects to tackle global issues and create built environments that are resilient and prepared for the future.
Future of the Architecture Profession
Sustainability Technology
Architecture Profession
Bachelor of Architecture and Future Environments
Courses on advanced technologies interdisciplinary approaches and sustainable design will be included in more and more Bachelor of Architecture programs. The built environments of the future will benefit from the expertise of graduates in addressing intricate design problems.
Bachelor of Architecture and Future Environments
Bachelor of Architecture
Future Landscape Architects of America
Flexible Buildings: The Future of Architecture
Flexible Structures Long-term needs and uses can be accommodated by flexible building designs. By using this method structures become more functional and long-lasting and they become more resistant to changes in the environment society and economy.
Flexible Structures
Flexible Building Design
Environment Society
Future of Computer Architecture
Enhancing processing power energy efficiency and integration with AI and IoT systems will be the main areas of focus for computer architecture as it moves forward. Building management and architectural design will be significantly impacted by these developments.
Future of Computer Architecture
AI and IoT Systems
Computer Architecture
Future Architecture Consultants
In the future architects will provide knowledge of smart technology integration sustainable design and creative problem solving. Their guidance will be essential in helping projects adapt to the needs of a built environment that is changing quickly.
Future Architecture Consultants
Future Architects
Integration Sustainable Design
Future Architecture Competition
Competitions for architecture will keep innovating by pushing designers to produce forward-thinking designs that tackle modern problems. Creative thinking teamwork and the investigation of novel concepts are encouraged by these contests.
Future Architecture Competition
Forward-Thinking Designs
Investigation of Novel Concepts
Future City Architecture
Sustainable development intelligent infrastructure and human-centered design will be given top priority in future city architecture. Urban environments will be planned with resilience a lower environmental impact and an improved quality of life in mind.
Future City Architecture
Urban Environments
Intelligent Infrastructure
Future CPU Architecture
In order to support the creation of sophisticated architectural design tools and intelligent building systems advancements in CPU architecture will make computing more potent and effective.
Future CPU Architecture
Intelligent Building systems
CPU architecture
Future of Data Architecture
Data architecture will play a crucial role in managing and analyzing the vast amounts of data generated by smart buildings and urban systems. Effective data architecture will enable more informed decision-making and optimized building performance.
Future of Data Architecture
Smart Buildings
Urban Systems
Future Architecture Drawing
Future architecture drawing will leverage digital tools and technologies to create precise, detailed, and interactive representations of design concepts. These drawings will facilitate better communication and collaboration among project stakeholders.
Future Architecture Drawing
Digital architecture future
Leverage Digital Tools
Future Architecture Engineering Consultancy
Engineering consultancy will evolve to address the complexities of modern architectural projects, offering expertise in areas such as sustainability, smart technologies, and innovative materials.
Future Architecture Engineering Consultancy
Future of architectural engineering
Modern Architectural Project
Future Architectural Glass Photos
Innovations in architectural glass will enable the creation of energy-efficient, aesthetically pleasing, and functional building facades. Future architectural glass will incorporate advanced technologies such as dynamic tinting and integrated solar panels.
Future Architectural Glass Photos
Aesthetically Pleasing
Integrated Solar Panels
Future Architectural Glass LLC Ras Al Khaimah and Dubai
Companies like Future Architectural Glass LLC in Ras Al Khaimah and Dubai are at the forefront of developing cutting-edge glass solutions that enhance building performance and aesthetics. These innovations will play a significant role in the future of architectural design.
Future Architectural glass LLC Ras al Khaimah
Future Architectural Glass LLC Dubai
LLC Ras Al Khaimah and Dubai
Future House Architecture
Future house architecture will focus on creating smart, sustainable, and adaptable homes that meet the needs of modern lifestyles. These homes will incorporate advanced technologies and design principles to enhance comfort and efficiency.
Future House Architecture
Incorporate Advanced Technologie
Enhance Comfort and Efficiency
Future Imagery Architecture
Future imagery architecture will utilize advanced visualization tools such as VR and AR to create immersive representations of design concepts. These tools will enhance the design process and improve stakeholder engagement.
Future Imagery Architecture
Utilize advanced visualization
Representations of Design
Future in Architecture as a Career
A career in architecture will offer diverse opportunities, driven by advancements in technology, sustainability, and innovative design. Architects will be at the forefront of shaping the built environment to meet future challenges.
Future in Architecture as a Career
Future Architectural Careers
Advancements in Technology
Future Architectural Lighting
Innovations in architectural lighting will focus on energy efficiency, smart control systems, and human-centric design. Future lighting solutions will enhance both the functionality and aesthetics of architectural spaces.
Future Architectural Lighting
Human-centric design
Future lighting solutions
Future LEGO Architecture Sets
LEGO architecture sets will continue to inspire creativity and interest in architectural design among enthusiasts of all ages. Future sets may incorporate new themes and advanced building techniques.
Future Lego Architecture Sets
Advanced Building Technique
LEGO Architecture Sets
Future Living Architecture
Future living architecture will prioritize sustainable, smart, and adaptable living environments that promote well-being and resilience. These designs will respond to changing lifestyles and environmental conditions.
Future Living Architecture
Living Environments
Prioritize Sustainable
Future Architecture Magazine
Publications like Future Architecture Magazine will showcase cutting-edge projects, trends, and innovations in the field. These magazines will serve as valuable resources for architects, students and enthusiasts.
Future Architecture Magazine
Architecture Magazine
Valuable Resources for Architect
The Future of Modular Architecture
Modular architecture will play a significant role in addressing housing shortages, reducing construction times, and promoting sustainability. Modular designs offer flexibility, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.
The Future of Modular Architecture
Modular Architecture
Promoting Sustainability
The Future of Modular Architecture PDF
Comprehensive resources, such as PDFs on the future of modular architecture, will provide in-depth insights and case studies on this growing trend. These documents will be valuable for architects, developers, and researchers.
The Future of Modular Architecture PDF
In-Depth Insights
Growing Trend
Future of Architecture
The future of architecture will be shaped by sustainability, technology, and innovation. Architects will need to adapt to new tools, materials, and design approaches to create resilient and forward-thinking built environments.
Shaped by Sustainability
Adapt to New Tool
Forward-Thinking Built Environment
Future of Architecture Trends
Emerging trends in architecture will include sustainable design, smart technologies, and innovative materials. These trends will drive the evolution of architectural practices and the built environment.
Future of Architecture Trends
Smart Technology
Innovative Material
Future of Architectural Visualization
Advanced visualization tools, such as VR and AR, will revolutionize the way architects present and refine their designs. These technologies will enhance communication, collaboration, and decision-making.
Future architecture visualization
Future of Architectural Visualization
Advanced visualization tools
Future of Sustainable Urbanism
Sustainable urbanism will focus on creating resilient, efficient, and livable cities. This approach will integrate green spaces, smart infrastructure, and sustainable building practices.
Future of sustainable urbanism
Creating Resilient
Green Space
Future Trends in Landscape Architecture
Future landscape architecture will emphasize sustainability, biodiversity, and climate resilience. Innovative designs will enhance urban green spaces and promote environmental health.
Future trends in landscape architecture
Climate Resilience
Innovative designs
Future of Adaptive Reuse in Architecture
Adaptive reuse will become increasingly important as a sustainable approach to repurposing existing buildings. This practice will preserve cultural heritage and reduce the environmental impact of new construction.
Future of Adaptive reuse in architecture
Preserve Cultural Heritage
Sustainable Approach
Architecture and Blockchain Technology
Blockchain technology will offer new possibilities for project management, data security, and transparency in architecture. This technology could streamline processes and enhance collaboration.
Architecture and blockchain technology
Blockchain technology
Project Management
Future Architecture Conferences
Symposiums devoted to the future of architecture will offer forums for exchanging ideas developments and studies. Professional cooperation and knowledge sharing will be encouraged by these gatherings.
Future architecture conferences
Professional cooperation
Ideas Development
Future of Healthcare Architecture
The sustainability adaptability and well-being of patients will be given top priority in future healthcare architecture. To create healing environments designs will combine cutting-edge technologies with research-proven methods.
Future of healthcare architecture
Sustainability Adaptability
Healthcare Architecture
Future of Educational Architecture
New learning approaches technology integration and sustainability will all be supported by evolving educational architecture. Future designs will provide learning environments that are adaptable interesting and healthful.
Future of educational architecture
Technology Integration
New learning approach
Future of Hospitality Architecture
The goal of hospitality architecture will be to provide experiences that are sustainable remarkable and enhanced by technology. Convenience economy and environmental consciousness will be given top priority in future designs.
Future of hospitality architecture
Environmental Consciousness
Convenience Economy
Future of Cultural Architecture
The evolution of cultural architecture will persist mirroring a multitude of identities and histories. Spaces that honor cultural heritage and encourage community involvement will be designed in the future.
Future of cultural architecture
Community Involvement
Evolution of Cultural Architecture
Future of Transportation Architecture
Creating accessible effective and sustainable transit networks will heavily rely on transportation architecture. Future designs will put the user experience first and incorporate smart technologies.
Future of transportation architecture
Creating accessible effective
Transportation Architecture
Architecture and the Internet of Things (IoT)
The ability of buildings to communicate and perform at their best thanks to IoT will change architecture. Energy economy security and occupant comfort will all be improved by this technology.
Architecture and the Internet of Things (IoT)
Energy economy security
Ability of Building
Future of Energy-Efficient Buildings
Buildings that use cutting-edge technologies and sustainable design principles to lower energy use and their environmental impact will become the norm.
Future of energy-efficient buildings
Cutting-Edge Technology
Lower Energy Use
Future of Architectural Regulations
In order to promote sustainability safety and innovation in the built environment architectural regulations will change to meet new challenges and technological advancements.
Future of architectural regulations
Promote Sustainability Safety
Technological Advancement
Future of Architecture Firms
The needs of clients evolving technology and environmental challenges will all require architecture firms to adapt. Innovation sustainability and interdisciplinary teamwork will be the main priorities of future businesses.
Future of architecture firms
Firms to Adapt
Innovation sustainability
Future Architecture Projects
Innovative architecture projects will highlight sustainable practices technology integration and state-of-the-art design. These projects are going to raise the bar for the sector.
Future architecture projects
Innovative architecture projects
Practices Technology Integration
Architecture and Environmental Impact
Future architecture will place a high priority on reducing its negative effects on the environment through energy-efficient techniques sustainable material selection and design.
Architecture and environmental impact
Reducing its Negative Effects on the Environment
Material Selection and Design
Future of Design Thinking in Architecture
When tackling difficult problems and coming up with solutions that put the needs of the user first design thinking will be essential. Architects of the future will apply this method to create novel and enhanced built environments.
Future of design thinking in architecture
Built Environment
Method to Create Novel
Predictive Analytics in Architecture
By predicting future trends and offering data-driven insights predictive analytics will improve planning and architectural design. The choices made and the results of projects will be enhanced by this technology.
Predictive analytics in architecture
Predicting Future Trend
Architectural Design
Climate-Responsive Architecture
Architecture that responds to climate change will use resilient materials and passive design techniques to maintain sustainability and comfort.
Climate-responsive architecture
Passive Design Technique
Use Resilient Material
Future of Architectural Sustainability
Future architectural practices will be centered around sustainability which will propel innovation in design materials and construction techniques to produce durable and environmentally friendly structures.
Future of architectural sustainability
Propel Innovation
Construction Technique
Future Architecture and Urban Design
Resilient livable and sustainable cities will be the result of evolving urban planning. Green areas intelligent infrastructure and community-centered planning will all be incorporated into future strategies.
Resilient architecture future
Future of urban infrastructure
Future architecture and urban design
Future of Mixed-Use Developments
The growing popularity of mixed-use developments is expected to result from their ability to provide integrated spaces that accommodate residential commercial and recreational functions.
Future residential architecture
Future commercial architecture
Future of mixed-use developments
Innovations in Architectural Planning
In order to promote energy independence and sustainability renewable energy integration will be a major focus in architectural design in the future.
Innovations in architectural planning
Promote Energy Independence
Sustainability renewable energy
Future of Global Architecture Trends
Technology developments cross-cultural interactions and sustainability efforts will drive innovation and diversity in design and influence global architectural trends.
Future of global architecture trends
Technology development
Drive Innovation
Impact of Technology on Architecture
Architecture will be significantly impacted by technology as it opens up new design possibilities boosts productivity and solves environmental issues. Architecture has a promising and bright future ahead of it. Architects will create environments that are resilient adaptable and environmentally harmonious by embracing sustainability technology and innovative design. These developments will guarantee that architecture is a vital and dynamic field by influencing the built environment for future generations.
Impact of technology on architecture
Embracing Sustainability Technology
Impacted by Technology
In Conclusion
Innovation sustainability and major technological advancements will define architecture in the future. Architects have the ability to design human-centered flexible and resilient environments that tackle global issues like urbanization and climate change. The architectural profession will continue to develop providing new opportunities and solutions for a better built environment with an emphasis on eco-friendly materials smart technologies and interdisciplinary collaboration. In the future the incorporation of AI IoT and sustainable practices will transform the way we experience and design spaces guaranteeing the continued relevance and forward-thinking nature of architecture.
FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
What are the major themes influencing architecture in the future?
The use of 3D printing modular construction AI integration smart building technologies and sustainability are some of the major trends. The goal of these trends is to design buildings that are efficient flexible and environmentally friendly.
What effects will AI have on architects?
By streamlining design procedures forecasting structural performance and automating repetitive tasks artificial intelligence will completely transform the architectural field. AI-driven technologies will help architects create original ideas and increase the effectiveness of building projects.
What part will environmentally friendly building methods play in the architectural future?
Energy-efficient designs renewable energy sources and green building materials will all be widely used in architecture of the future due to the importance of sustainable practices. Both long-term resilience and environmental impact reduction are the goals of these practices.
What impact will the Internet of Things (IoT) have on architectural design?
By enabling buildings to gather and analyze data for optimal performance IoT will improve architectural design. Smarter and more responsive environments will result from the increased energy efficiency security and occupant comfort brought about by IoT devices.
What opportunities exist for future architecture students in terms of employment?
Future architecture students will have a wide range of career options due to changes in client needs sustainability initiatives and technological advancements. To succeed in a sector that is changing quickly they will need a skill set that encompasses knowledge of digital tools interdisciplinary teamwork and sustainability principles.
October 29, 2024
Art Set Designing: A Trendy New Venture for an Architect
Overview
A set designer is a person who designs and creates sets for movies, television, and theatre. Set designers use various aids to create scenes: visual script, thumbnail sketches, detailed sketches, and scene models.
The crossover of Set design and Architecture
Common traits
Both architects and set designers use flat two-dimensional construction drawings to convey the content of the three-dimensional structure. Set designing has a similar ability, which can trigger specific emotions and create a mood through the use of perspective, space, proportions, light, color, details, and proportions. It helps define the role and promote the ideas of the playwright.
The Differences
Unlike architecture, set designers must consciously create a short-term, mobile, and non-rigorous architectural environment, and usually only observe from one direction. Theater sets do not need to have complete integrity in the structure they represent. The set designing and lighting create a three-dimensional illusion, which can manipulate time and place. The public will not go through the room to experience the quality, proportion, mood, and emotion created by their space. The set designer developed a world for the play, and the world became a real construction project, finally presenting the world they imagined to the audience.
How to proceed?
Research
The first step in starting any career should be research and brainstorming. Before embarking on any profession, it is important to understand its pros and cons. Creative careers like set design and architecture require a lot of effort and time. It’s even more difficult to change specialization. Therefore, it is important to conduct a thorough investigation and consult with the people associated with these occupations.
Strengthen the skill set
Every profession requires a set of skills. It is very important to list them and work harder to take up a successful career. Here are some of the skills that are preferable in set designing:
- Artistic knowledge
- Design skills and knowledge
- Deep and meticulous, attention to detail
- Ability to use initiative
- Ability to cooperate with others
- Accepting criticism and working under pressure
- Excellent oral communication
- Skilled in computers and knowledge of working in major software packages with confidence
Institutions that offer related courses
Ramesh Sippi Academy of Cinema and Entertainment, Mumbai
Film and Television Institute of India, Pune
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
Gain professional experience
You can start with a set designer’s assistant, an intern in the art department, a prop maker, or a runner in film or television, and then gradually improve. You need to find practical experience and build your portfolio of design work to show off to potential employers. You can gain relevant experience by participating in the following activities:
- Theater or cinema for students
- Local or community theater for amateurs
- Independent low-cost cinema
Renowned Set Designers
Sabu Cyril
A part of the set from Om Shanti
Sabu Cyril is an Indian film art director and production designer, mainly engaged in Hindi film work. He has also worked in Malayalam, Telugu, and Tamil films. He won the Best Production Designer category at the National Film Awards for his films “Enthiran”, “Om Shanti”, “Kaalapani” and “Yuva”. He also won several Filmfare Awards for Best Art Direction for his films Anniyan and Hey Ram.
Bahubali set
Nitin Desai
Nitin Chandrakant Desai has raised the art direction and set design standards for the Indian entertainment industry. His career began when he helped the famous art director Nitish Roy star in the soap opera “Tamas” (1987). It was released under the direction of Vidhu Vinod Chopra, 1942: Love Story. He is widely regarded as a master of setting scenes for period dramas. He has won the National Film Art Director Award in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999), Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar (2000), Lagaan (2001), Devdas (2002), admirals of Filmfare, IIFA, and Screen Awards, including the Maharashtra Film Award for Harishchandrachi Factory (2009).
Jodha Akbar set
His other famous works are Akele Hum Akele Tum (1995), Vijeta, Maachis (1996), Pyaar Toh Hona Hi Tha (1998), Mission Kashmir (2000), The Legend of Bhagat Singh (2002), Munnabhai MBBS (2003) ), Mangal Pandey: The Rising (2005), Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006), Gandhi, My Father (2007), Jodhaa Akbar, Fashion (2008) and Once in Mumbai (2009). These 2018 projects include Farzand’s Digip Lanjekar, a drama based on the life of Kondaji Farzand.
Devdas set
Sharmishta Roy
Sharmishta Roy is an art director and set designer who has won a three-time Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction. The super talented art director also has a national award in her award-winning repertoire; won the award for his work on Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities (2003).
Kabhie Khushi Kabhie Gham set
After her debut as a freelance art director, Yeh Dillagi (1994) has appeared in more than 30 movies over the years. Some of her famous works as an artistic director include Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), Dil To Pagal Hai (1997), Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), Mohabbatein (2000), Koi Mil Gaya (2003), Ta Ra Rum Pum (2007) and Ok Kanmani (2015). In addition to the art direction, Sharmishta Roy has also served as a production designer for many films and has performed in Meenaxi: Tale of 3 Cities (2004) and Bunty Aur Babli (2005).
David Rockwell
photo credit: Blondeno
American architect and designer David Rockwell is the planner of adult playgrounds. His creations cover high-end restaurants, luxury hotels, penthouses, cultural institutions, and dazzling theatrical setting designs, which have a clear hedonistic nature and cater to hedonists from all over the world.
Frank Gehry
The architect Frank Gehry used 80 rolls of paper to transform a place that is not suitable for theatrical performances. Architect Frank Gehry filled the stage with crumpled paper for Mozart’s opera “Don Juan” recently produced. The performance was held at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, which was designed by Gehry and opened in 2003. Scattered among the crumpled papers, the white platform can be moved, forming a massive staircase in the center of the room of the concert stage.
Signature centre
The orchestra surrounds the performance from behind rather than in front, drawing the audience closer to the action. Architect Frank Gehry inserted a theater at the bottom of a tower in New York City.
Third performance stage
The architectural set design in Indian cinema
Bajirao Mastani
Set of Bajirao Mastani
Set in the 17th century, the love story of Bajirao and Mastani in Marata has an impact on the architectural set design. A set designer for the film Sujeet Sawant spoke about the hard work behind the huge set. He told the basic task given was to create the magnificence of Maratha. The series has been studied for 89 years and a total of 23 ensembles have been created. The most difficult task is to create Shaniwaar Wada in Pune that no longer exists.
Now it is just a ruined room, and we must extract from the ruined room how it looked in the 17th century. They created this complete wada in the movie city of Mumbai to shoot 3 courtyards.”
Set design of Deewani Mastani track
Discussing the set design work, Sujeet told that there were 500-600 people working every day 45 days per stage.
The Great Gatsby
The architectural set design of this movie is inspired by Art-deco. The design of the house is based on the great houses of the early 20th century on the north shore of Long Island-Oheka Castle, La Selva, and the lighthouse. The design of the residence is based on the great houses of the early 20th century on Long Island’s North Coast: places like Oheka Castle, La Selva, and the lighthouse.
Art deco set design
Although Gatsby’s bedroom has traditional arched windows, the decor is the latest 1920s charm, with polished wood, harlequin silk wallpaper intertwined with wood ribbons, and Martin-designed gray and gold Art Deco rugs. The magnificence of Gatsby’s mansion is in stark contrast with Nick’s neighboring residence, which is considered a cozy country house.
Secret Stopaway
Outside, a porch with an Adirondack swing overlooks flower beds and small lawns, while Stickleyesque furniture, quarter-cut oak beams, and moss-green tiles evoke an atmosphere of art and craftsmanship inside. “This is to find what we think is the typical pattern of Long Island,” Martin explained and materials that reflect Nick’s innocent nature. Then there is a Georgian red-brick mansion, where Nick’s cousin Daisy and Gatsby’s obsessive Daisy lives with her unfaithful husband Tom.
Tom and Daisy’s sitting room
Partly inspired by the Old Westbury Gardens on Long Island, this home (its exterior was built in a recording studio and added digital enhancements) immediately conveys the state of establishment. Martin said that the luxurious Hollywood Regency and decontamination furniture in the living room, contemporary art, and formal gardens are designed to “contrast Daisy with the new money fantasy Gatsby.” The details and craftsmanship are awe-inspiring.
Bahubali
Bahubali Mahishmati Interior
Sabu Cyril talks about the hard work and details of creating SS Rajamouli’s fantasy epic. The film has a heavyweight Telugu cast and extensive use of CGI, but one of the most compelling aspects is the evocative scenes of Cyril. They include waterfalls that reach into the clouds, the kingdom of Mahishmati, and exquisite weapons and accessories. Waterfall dominates the opening shots of the film, featuring the character of Bahubali, trying to conquer the water wall and the water source mountain.
Entrance of The ‘Mahishmati Palace’ from the Movie Bahubali
When Baahubali balances with one hand next to the rock and dances on the rock like a goat, the question arises as to how much of the rock surface is real and how much is the result of a computer-generated illusion that extends its height. “We photographed the waterfall in Kerala, and 30 meters is real,” Cyril revealed. “We recreated 8 slices at Ramoji Cinema City and combined these slices with actual waterfalls.” Fibers were used to simulate rocks, and a huge water tank deployed five high-pressure pumps to make water flow over and over again. The water is recycled throughout the shooting process.
There were other wonders beyond the waterfall, such as valleys full of flowers and frost. Cyril told they imported 6 million rupees worth of artificial flowers from China. Another key part was the Mahishmati Kingdom and its palace, which features penis statues and multi-layered structures with subtle but intricate carvings. The production design was extended to accessories such as thrones, weapons, and armors. For example, the metal inlay on the throne emphasizes its robustness, while the lines of the armor are simple and bold to highlight its liveliness.
October 29, 2024
Product Designing: A Great Career Option After Architecture
After doing 5 years of architecture, you need a break from designing, sit back and relax. During the course of 5 long years, all-nighters, lots of redos, and coffee breaks you have developed a unique skill set of softwares, creativity, visual understanding, and psychology.
Providing architectural services trains you for a user interface experience, analyzing the needs of clients, and creating their dream into reality is your forte. This is a similar kind of problem-solving and designing innovation required for the product designing process.
What is Industrial Designing?
Industrial designing is professionally designing the products, objects, appliances with the prime focus of appearance, functionality, and manufacturing. The products that one encounters daily are a part of this and have undergone an extended process of research, design making, manufacturing, and finishing to finally reach the consumer to make their life easy with this well-designed product.
Difference Between Product Designing and Industrial Designing
Product Design and Development – it is considered as a subpart of Industrial designing. The production process is personalized and is done for a small quantity and does not require any CAD software. It is about creating artistic and aesthetic products. This is about creating solutions.

Industrial Designing- it is a mass production process and requires a knowledge of softwares with experience in manufacturing business models. This takes into consideration from start till end manufacturing account. Some examples are Dyson cyclone vacuum, KitchenAid stand mixer
Another sub-category under Industrial designing is Furniture designing
Furniture Designing
Architecture and Furniture designing have a lot in common, the main link is understanding the client’s behavior and requirements. In architecture, the scale of projects is large while in furniture designing the scale is small but at the end of the day what matters is that it is comfortable to the users. While designing a house or a table, research, anatomy, designing, specifications, and execution the process is the same, it’s just a matter of scale and proportion.
Photo by Ben Kolde on Unsplash
The architecture or product designing process is both a constituent of designing according to functionality and trend. Both have to imagine interiors or exteriors keeping in mind the client requirement, materials, anatomy, and sustainability. Designers have an eye for grids and patterns, an understanding of layout, plot drawings and plans, good communication and listening skills, and spatial design skills as they relate to dimension and structure.
Skills Required for Product Design and Development
There are some transferable skills from architecture to product designing.
User Understanding
Having empathy, i.e to understand and adapt to other person feelings and experiences, and bring that into designing the products. The habit of observing our surroundings as an Architect helps to perceive the thought process of the user.
Architects have not only trained themselves to understand the psychology of other people but also to grasp the surroundings, vegetation, site analysis, and climate and accordingly derive concepts, so this knowledge makes an Architect the jack of all trades.
Redo has taught a lot
After getting a lot of redos, Architects develop a shield from which in turn helps them to give up on an idea or concept and move on to another fresh one real fast.
This is really helpful in the product designing process, fast learning through repetitive trying is an essential requirement
Research! Research! Research!
A skill mastered by all architects is the art of research. The initial level is researching typology, then site, climate, sustainable techniques, or user anatomy. The various methods of researching are also explored through surveys, interviews, the internet, or books.
This is a great advantage for product designing as it generates a sense of initiation and develops a proper, systematic procedure before beginning product design and development.
Photo by Scott Graham on Unsplash
Visual treat
The habit of romanticizing a concept, or picturing a piece of barren land to a multistoried building is a commendable factor and this increases the visualization horizon and takes it to a higher level.
Similarly, in product designing the key role is to visualize a problem and find a solution to it at the same time making it look aesthetically pleasing and treat to the eyes. The solution should also be presented or communicated to the client at the beginning stage. So, at the same time presentation and communication of visual ideas which are in the designers head should be explained to the end-user which brings us to the next – technical skills
Technical skills
Architects are comfortable with digital drawing and animation softwares for 3D views or walkthroughs, also are well versed with systematic thinking, and can simultaneously think about both smaller or bigger pictures i.e work on both intricate details and planning processes.
This is effective for the product designing process. For designing the products the softwares which is used works on the same principle. Apart from this sketching also helps in the transformation.
Some of the softwares are
- Adobe illustrator
- Adobe photoshop
- Autocad
- Blender
- 3ds max
- Grasshopper
Photo by Maxim Tolchinskiy on Unsplash
Architects that Work in Product Designing in India.
Gomaads
The firm started in 2013 that works on lifestyle product design and development made out of concrete and is started by Gopendra Singh and Malavika Singh Gupta coming from architecture backgrounds.
Their ideology is that concrete is a versatile material that can take many forms and can blend with the surroundings. Their firm is Noida-based.
Studio Wood
They are a collaborative design studio, who aims for product designing in India. The firm has three co-founders- architect (Sahej Bhatia), interior designer (Navya Aggarwal), and product designer (Vrinda Mathur) and together they create amazing furniture designs. The services are for residential as well as commercial.
Saif Faisal Design Workshop (SFDW)
This is a Bangalore-based interdisciplinary industrial design studio started in 2014. The studio not only works in furniture but also in Lighting, crafts, Urban Farming (Aquaponics), Architecture & Interiors, Brand Identity, Design Development, Creative Direction, Motorcycle design, Automotive racing & Jewelry Design. The founder Saif Faisal did architecture and works on the ideology of ‘essentialism.’
UI/UX Design
What is a UI/UX Designing?
An UXer will work to ease the work of the user and improve the accessibility of the product.
The product designers work on the requirements of the business compared to the UX designers who care about users’ needs.
There are a few overlapping similarities between a UX designer and a product designer. To begin with, both designers will go through the design thinking process and maintain a human-centered approach when it comes to design. Both have a market-driven approach to their job. Also, both use the same type of software. Nowadays, both can be used interchangeably.
Photo by UX Store on Unsplash
Conclusion
Architecture teaches us many design skills which can be transferred to many other design disciplines. It might seem difficult to give it all up but it is better to discover your true potential and take the leap. The core purpose of product designing is to solve problems and this is a quality mastered in 5 years of academic practice.
October 29, 2024
11 Incredible Alternate Careers in Architecture You’ll Wish You Discovered Sooner
“Architecture is a way of thinking about the world very similar in structure to writing a book, since both disciplines represent the same field and domain” – Rem Koolhaas
The term ‘Architect’ can be open to interpretation, much like the reverence of an artist. However, the recognized definition of role is as a building designer and planner, and as a key figure in building construction. Architecture as a profession emerges as a very versatile profession. It is art and science in every sense and provides insights into a wide range of topics that can be applied to distinct efforts.
Architecture students are often constrained by these short-sighted ideas and are often offered the rigorous path that architects must follow in a particular direction to succeed in this area. Indeed, it is interesting to look at the tremendous opportunities and alternate careers that arise when given the opportunity to diversify.
Artists work from reality to abstraction, while architects need to work from abstraction to reality. Despite all the technical, safety, functional, climatic and economic limitations, architecture awakens us with designs in space and light achieved in the abstract.
PR and Communications Specialist
As a designer, architects need to convey their ideas to school professors and later to investors, clients, city officials, and contractors. Communication skills can have a significant impact on how a particular project is perceived. This can be a good foundation for a career in public relations and communication in architecture. This job requires building credible relationships of trust with media representatives, architects, and many other industry players.
Tech-Founder
Another type of product that architects can develop is digital products. It includes eBooks, online courses, and software and applications that have the potential to revolutionize the AEC industry. There are many examples of architects creating successful Software as a Service (SaaS) companies and app start-ups. For example, Steve Burns of FAIA, the developer of ArchiOffice, an office and project management software. Stephen created the original version of the software to implement his own architectural practices, eventually joined the BQE software to continue developing the tools and is now Chief Creative Officer.
Culinary Arts
Presentations are an important element of fine dining, and these trends are coming and going. In fact, these days, our food slowly recedes to the surface of the plate, often appearing to be randomly scattered, and sometimes even ignores the traditional depictions of the edges. But the true “architecture” of cooking is not the look or visual structure, but the “architecture of taste”, a way of mixing elements to create a visually pleasing framework of taste and texture.
Modern chefs consider many factors, including materials, technology, aesthetics, and perceptual issues. Modern cooking seems to be an interface between technology and philosophy. Like the construction of a project in Switzerland that fully reflected this debate, the goal was to create an indefinite “structure” of water vapor. It is interesting and important that both areas question themselves. Is the building without walls still a building? Was it just the ate or better?
No matter how well the two or more elements are combined, each must be able to stand on its own. Attention is also paid to the structure itself, the way we eat and experience food. The thought process as guests approach the plate of food reflects how the architect imagines the space being navigated by its inhabitants. Cooking from an architectural point of view goes beyond making attractive dishes. Careful layering of flavours and textures will help refine your approach. We use technology to best express the quality of our ingredients. Consider how consumers will ultimately experience our final products.
Architecture and food serve a practical purpose, but buildings enhance a practical form into a work of art with the aim of maximizing the experience.
Film
Have you ever watched a movie and noticed that you were pondering the settings long after the credits were rolled back? Architecture establishes aesthetics like movies, Blade Runner (1982) and Black Panther (2018), narrates scenes like Baby Driver (2017) and Playtime (1967), or parasites (2019). Or a feature film action like Knives Out (2019).
Both film and architecture are forms of art born from the collaboration of an extensive team of artists, merchants and professionals. In either case, the feature is not mistakenly present, but it has been carefully considered and placed for a specific purpose. Therefore, it is not surprising that the two art disciplines are so intertwined. It is undeniable that the film had a clear influence on modern architecture. Contemporary architecture brings its artistic side to the cinema. Modern architecture not only offers a set of movies but also stamps the staging to get out of the frame.
Parasite
Park’s house in the wonderful Korean movie “Parasitic” that won the Academy Award. The villa was a symbolic figure who was very helpful in telling stories and expressing thoughts and feelings. The real mastermind behind the mansion designed by a fictional architect named Namkoong Hyunja was movie production designer Lee Hajun. Given the central role of architecture in the film, Lee sought to approach the set more like an architect than a designer. He then decided to physically build the ground floor and garden of the mansion to give it a more authentic rental feel.
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Although not a single building, Feliz loves how Chicago was suddenly painted one morning. The town seems to have a unique character throughout the film, enabling and contributing to Ferris and Co’s “holiday”. It’s a lot of fun to look at the city nearly 40 years ago and see what has changed and what typically remains “Chicago.” Millennium Park and Bean did not exist when Feliz Buehler was filmed, but landmarks like Willis Tower stand out in the city skyline today, as they did in the 80’s.
All About My Mother
Photo from Festival de Cannes
Pedro Almodóvar’s films, his narration, music, performing arts and costumes. Everything harmonizes well and supports the story. The interiors he creates are vibrant, full of patterns, colors, textures and details that enhance the cinematic experience. A good example is All About My Mother, which uses an improved set design to sell soap operas to the audience.
Virtual World Designer
Every aspect of today’s society is becoming more and more digital. Our interoperability and the speed of information retrieval and transmission mean that technology has become accustomed to exploring new ways in which it can affect our lives. In recent years, the rise of Bitcoin, blockchain, and now the Metaverse have led architects and designers to rethink the concept of physical and virtual space.
But beyond that, there is a “middle” of space designed to support the technical escape provided by the Metaverse and Web3. While these virtual worlds are on the verge of digitizing everything, architects play a major role in designing the physical space of the real world that they can support.
One of the recent concepts of how our physical space can support highly digitized activities was the dawn of the esports arena. The design of these arenas stems from the growing popularity of online sports, both professional and amateur, and requires a large venue for hosting events. These venues are often equipped with high-speed internet, advanced technology structures, large spectator scenes, and powerful mechanical space to make the fan and player experience seamless.
Esports arenas are often remodelled buildings such as large retail stores and concert halls that had to be remodelled during the COVID-19 outbreak, and the rise of the digital world is a new type of physical space. It shows that it is rapidly creating the need for.
Stage/Set Designer
In architecture, the idea of a stage set may seem insulting, evoking a link to the flashy facade of Potemkin Village and the Archetypal Old West cities. But the spectacular and solid, the difference between performance and reality is in Guy Debord’s spectacle society in the 1960s, and to Las Vegas as a genuine expression of Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown’s popular culture. It collapsed in the reaction. If Las Vegas was genuine, the Liberace and Beyonce celebration sets were certainly a part of the norms of modern culture.
Like architecture, the design of the set stands out and works in a limited capacity while evoking a strong sense of place. The two fields also work within the same constraints of budget, program requirements, and site specificity. Just as acting is a simple representation of real life, a theatre set is a representation of a part of the architectural and building environment.
Deutschunde – Design by Bettina Pommer
Thalia Theatre, Hamburg, Germany
Deutschunde is an adaptation of a well-known book by Siegfried Lenz, which talks about National Socialism in Germany and how people coped with dramatic change after the war. The designer reduced the stage to three walls, all shifting and balancing on one corner – the floors become walls, and vice versa. The protagonists are left with no place to hide and have to fight against the space to prevent stumbling and disappearing.
Photo from Bettina Pommer Buhnenbild
Event Planner
Spatial design has reached new heights in the last two decades and inevitably shapes the event industry. From concept visualization to space design to project construction, the process can take months to come to fruition. Creativity also depends on the venue and cultural conditions. The architectural aspect is just as complex. It’s no longer just about events, it’s about creating different experiences in every project. Architectural aspects are integrated into the entire design process, whether its city planning or landscaping for a park or wedding in the center of the city.
Event Planner Bryan Rafanelli Designs
Photo from Pinterest
Bryan Rafanelli of Rafanelli Events is recognized as one of the leading event planners in the United States, with full-service offices in Boston, New York City and Palm Beach, requiring CIA-level obfuscation.
Mint & Mogra
Sagarika Kaimal is a co-founder of the bespoke luxury event company Mint & Mogra. Growing up in London, her main goal as a designer with Indian roots is to successfully blend Western aesthetics with Indian traditions. On the business side, she aims to make her company the number one wedding consultant in London and Mumbai.
Fashion Designer
The world of fashion and architecture is full of design similarities. Both focus on building ideas; on very different topics, but prioritize form and occupant comfort. As Coco Chanel once said, “Fashion is architecture, it’s a matter of proportions.” As craftsmen, they try to translate their vision through textures, colors and shapes. The ultimate goal is beauty and durability, the results of which are constantly evolving and challenging the status quo.
Architecture and fashion belong to the realm of creative art and form a give-and-take relationship. Architectural identity is adopted by fashion in its affinity for experimental transformations. Architecture, on the other hand, is a collection of social morphological forces inspired by the open design of the fashion landscape.
Viktoria Lytra, Form Follows Fashion
Greek architect Victoria Reitla created a series of images exploring the relationship and interaction between architecture and fashion. FormFollowsFashion explores the common purpose of architectural fashion to protect the human body and positions aesthetics as a common element of a novel approach to garment and building design.
Lytra’s series spans a variety of movements and styles that take advantage of common geometric features such as folklore, creases, curves, prints, and twists, such as minimalism, deconstructivism, and postmodernism.
Tour Operator and Guide
Travel is arguably the best way to learn and grow. Knowing about cultures, people, food and architecture in different places helps to generate fresh ideas, new perspectives and broaden your knowledge. Architecture and travel are almost inextricably linked.
If travel is your dream / passion and you are wondering if you can achieve it without quitting your job, looking for a job that will enable you to travel, or doing all the work related to travel. There are many opportunities that you are looking for.
Sharing your love of travel with those who appreciate it is not a bad idea at first. If you are interested in architectural history and are good at communicating and managing large numbers of people, this may be just your career. Extensive knowledge of the location is essential. Many large companies hire tour guides to carry out travel programs along with local work.
Political Architect
The inertia of politics and governance, and in the event of an important social change of high-speed paces, and when there is dissatisfaction with the decision process, it is for the behavior, activities, and brave efforts when they are dissatisfied with the decision process. There is a space. Considering many examples of social activism, architects have tools for making their own stands.
All architectures have political dimensions in the sense that they represent a series of values. Building is political through situations and activities that encourage it. Architects take over complex diagnostics and start discussions, and suggest a scenario to express solutions to press questions. Recognizing the important role of the profession in shaping the building environment and urban life, some architects are willing to double their efforts and not only defend change, but also promote social progress through their activities.
Textile Designer
Modern architecture has rediscovered and further developed the principle of tents as an architectural form of permanent buildings as well as temporary buildings. Highly durable fabrics allow for large areas, using highly specialized sectors within the construction industry. At the same time, certain static requirements for textiles due to wind loads, weathering, twisting, and static factors such as the installation and tension of these textile elements require advanced engineering know-how.
The production of fabrics of a certain length and their cutting are based on complex patterns, and thanks to the latest computer technology, it is also possible to integrate structurally related elements.
Geometric patterns fabric collection by Dedar
Italian textile maker Dedar has unveiled a collection of fabrics that combine graphics and textiles. The collection of geometric patterns features abstract lines and colorful geometric shapes on fabrics suitable for furniture and curtains.
October 29, 2024
Architecture School: 10 Interesting Things You Must Know Before Joining
The difference in Work Pre and Post Architecture School
A lot of your school work will include design as a major aspect of everyday work. It requires you to research, or work on designs for a couple of weeks. Office work requires more of a management aspect. Talking to clients, contractors, and consultants, and coordinating with the other members of your team, will be a big part of your job description.
Professional work might require you to work on construction documents, detailing of a wall, entrance gate, schematic designs, and concept level sketches for a longer period than you expected. You might not get to experience a creative boost of work in your daily work as an architect the way you did back in architecture school, where you had a different design aspect and different changes in every studio. In school, everything is compressed together in one semester, which is why in professional life, everything might seem like I really stretched it out and time-consuming.
Projects in Architecture School
The scale and complexity of the building designs vary tremendously while working in an office. Since there are always new construction materials and technologies coming up, one has to be updated about the upgrades in the construction industry. Along with that, architects have to coordinate with consultants to ensure that the building is sound in terms of all technical aspects including but not limited to water supply, drainage, electricity, fire safety, mechanical, etc.
Real-life projects are much more pragmatic and have more constraints. The project brief is prepared by the developer or client and not the architect. Spaces designed are more functional and pragmatic. The return on investment is also considered while designing spaces. For example, open public spaces might not generate any income. In such cases, the focus is on designing a structure that serves people and is functionally sound. Along with that, the design is subjected to changes to fit into the budget for the project.
Photo by Architecture Lab
Architecture Mindset
Architecture schools train you to view things from a different perspective. Once that happens, you cannot go back. Irrespective of their simplicity or complexity, the way you look at things after becoming an architect is very different from what you did earlier. An architecture course affects your personality in the long term. It becomes a part of who you are. You start noticing the surrounding things much more than before. You develop an eye for details and become more observational to the things related to architecture and design.
Photo by Pinterest
Pay Scale
If you’re in it for the money, think twice about it. If your inspiration for architecture comes from some movie architects who are living in a high-end villa and designing skyscrapers before they could even turn 30, the reality check is tremendously going to bum you out. As opposed to the misconception, it is unlikely for an architecture job to make you rich.
A lot of students realize later that the architecture salaries go way below a decent pay scale. One assumes that since the course lasts for 5 years, it’ll all be worth it at the other end of this incredibly long, difficult endeavor. More often than not, there is no big reward waiting at the end of it all. Anyone who is remotely associated with the field of architecture or knows at least one architect is aware of the fact that the work doesn’t pay well enough.
Most architecture colleges do not have the facility of campus placements, which results in a lot of students struggling to find a good job after graduating. While there are some countries like the US, Dubai, etc. that have a decent pay scale to sustain a living, they certainly won’t make you ‘wealthy’. Even if one does make it, it is after years and years of struggle and establishing yourself as a brand.
It’s not ‘All Drawings’. Be Prepared to Slog.
Anybody who even remotely knows architecture will tell you that the course is excruciating. There are a lot of people who went into the field thinking that it was something completely different. An ample amount of people are quick to misinterpret an ‘architect’ for an ‘artist’. A larger number of parents assume their kids should be an architect solely because they have a flair for drawing, painting, or sketching. Architecture is much more technical than someone who doesn’t belong to an architecture community would think. It requires multiple levels of understanding, starting from ‘analysis of site context’, construction materials, and technologies used for construction.
Photo by AIA
Human behavior, psychology, history, surveying of land, humanities, codes, and regulations for the execution of building processes, etc. are all an integral part of architecture education. There is usual debate about how important math skills are for an architect. While architects may not be using a higher level of math for their work, it is always advisable to have a good math score since some universities will require you to have remarkable math scores for admission to architecture school. Being weak in math might hinder your performance in certain courses throughout your architectural education.
Throughout architectural education or after graduating from architecture school, if you find yourself having the desire to yell ‘Why’d I do this?’ or ‘What was I even thinking?’, just know that you aren’t alone. This is a common situation for countless architects or students. Every architecture student is well aware of the concept of ‘RE-DOs’ as a standard practice for the improvement of a particular design. There is a possibility of you not being able to bury your work under the carpet, thinking it’s done and dusted. One design might take longer to get finalized than expected.
$D:\SHREEYA\Shreeya\10 things\images\shutterstock_246019015 (1).jpg$
Photo by SAPP Design Architects
Brain Draining Working Hours
As an outsider, the bigger picture of an architect’s work might be fun to look at, but more often than not, an architect’s job can get pretty tedious. A lot of architects’ work lies in the details which can get time-consuming. Making sure each and every line and measurement is correct is the basic foundation of architectural drawings.
Whereas, detailing them in terms of furniture, flooring, electricity, HVAC, plumbing, fire safety, etc. is an integral part of the execution process. It takes a tremendous amount of determination and willingness to voluntarily opt for a job that starts before 9 am and ends way after 5 pm.
The Devastating Five-Year Course Might Not Be Enough to Make It
The educational aspect pleads to be repeated. Surviving as an architect requires a lifelong commitment to work and learning. It requires the willingness to educate and adapt you to the ever-changing face of the AEC industry. Getting an architecture degree alone might not be enough to sustain a career as an architect.
Skills Required as an Architect
Architecture is a profession where science meets Art. Creativity is one major skill that architecture demands. This does not mean a person has to be good at paintings or sketches. As an architect, you might have the responsibility of putting out fires at all times on site. Creative problem solving is one skill that will help you go a long way. Designing projects requires architects to identify the problematic areas and come up with creative solutions for them while keeping the aesthetics in mind.
One should be willing to put in long hours and perpetual efforts. Since design is a matter of subjective opinions, it might lead you to people having different viewpoints than yours. All the tiring hours being put in often result in criticism which one should be open to. Juries can be soul-crushing at times.
You Might Have To Fling Your Health Aside
There are ample amount of reasons for the deterioration of health during architectural education. The long working hours are responsible for the majority of the issues faced by people. A lot of people complain about back pain, strained neck, and posture at a very young age due to having to draft sheets for hours at a time.
The long screen time can cause health issues, including but not limited to strain on the eyes and migraines. Most students get used to a screwed-up sleep schedule and unhealthy or imbalanced diet patterns because of the overwhelming amount of work. The less food and sleep are worn as a badge of honor among students since they treat it as a matter of pride which is just a peek at the toxic work culture of architects.
You Might Lack Entrepreneurial Knowledge
An architecture course differs from other courses to a great extent. Architecture is one of the professions that are more focused on human needs and comfort in their daily life. Some professions are service-oriented and some professions are businesses. Architecture falls in the former category.
Architecture is more of a community. The curriculum of architecture schools often focuses on artistic architectural designs, construction techniques, building services, humanities, history, etc. This might often lead to architects graduating without appropriately understanding the concept of money and how it moves around, the terminologies used, or how the rest of the world functions concerning finance, economics, law, etc. The architecture curriculum is in dire need of introducing subjects that help students develop entrepreneurial capacity.
October 29, 2024
Gap between Architectural Profession And Academics: A Fascinating Revelation of Architectural Truth
Introduction
The mid- 18th century was defined as an industrialization period. Where because of an increase in mass production, iron, steel, and glass was produced in a bulk and it then became the architectural language for a much longer time in the Architectural Profession. These global, as well as local changes, forced India to combine its culture and education. Hence, schools of thought, such as NID (National Institute of Design), Sir JJ School of Architecture along with many more were born, where the pedagogy was to integrate craftsmanship into education by doing a combination of art and technology.
Towards The Current Education Scenario
Many schools of thought have similar pedagogy of learning by doing, and this seems clear in many institutes and design schools. Although the intent of these schools and institutes was relevant in the past, it does not fit properly in today’s rapidly changing, uncertain precedent times.
Lately, the imbalance in the economy, climate change, and the rise of technology through Artificial intelligence has forced professions like Architecture to take a pause, observe, analyze and redefine the profession in the practice and also in its education. Both this professional practice and its education go hand in hand. For the education of such a profession and the preparedness of the students who would be thrown into uncertain times like this, it is the right time to act and bring the change for betterment.
The current education of architecture in India is mainly focusing on design development and solving or fulfilling the programmatic needs and integrating philosophical pillars to support the design concept. Along with this subject, like history, building materials and construction, Structure, workshops, Environmental Studies, and a brief introduction to Professional Practices are also taught.
It is mandatory to teach and indulge the students in the process of design development, but it is also important for them to view the world from a different perspective. Just introducing the professional practice subject and 6 months internship would not give a student an understanding of the process of design to execution.
Alterations In The Education Methodology
The world is in a state where resilience is more needed than ever. The resilience toward building sustainability, circular economy, redefinition of public spaces, community, business models, and multidisciplinary approach to develop more creative, innovative, and participatory solutions.
Thus, keeping these criteria in mind, both architectural practices and education need to upgrade themselves. Including the subjects such as business, philosophy, physiology, sociology, and programming, should be introduced along with the periodical discussion and forums with multidisciplinary subjects and people to enhance and keep updated with the latest technology and advances to rationally solve the problem in a more indigenous manner.
Some universities have taken such initiation and have proposed courses such as ‘ Architecture, Computational technologies by New York Institute of Technology’ ‘Master in Design for Emergent Futures’ Masters in Robotics and Advance Construction’ and many more such courses offered by Institue of Advance Architecture of Catalonia’ Online Masters of Science in Biomimicry Degree by Arizona State University ‘ where they amalgamate the core architectural design solving through the tools such as fabrication technology, Biomimicry, Material Research and many more.
Neri Oxman,Monocoque,2, 2007 Arts center for arts, science and technology, MIT
Implementation Of Advanced Courses
Examples of illustrating the practical use of these courses are :
Category: Sustainability Award from the James Dyson Foundation
The student Carvey Ehren Maigue is an engineer who invented AuREUS where he created the material made from food waste that captures the sun’s UV rays and converts them into renewable energy.
This could provide a solution to Climate Change as Maigue says “increase solar energy harvesting density tenfold and opens the way for any building to become its own solar power farm by using AuREUS solar panels as its window”. This could provide a solution to the Circular Economy
New material captures UV rays to power solar panels James Dyson Foundation via Euronews
Category: Passive Ventilation – Eastgate Center, Zimbabwe
Architect – Mick Pearce in collaboration with Arup Engineers
It is the country’s largest office and shopping complex, which uses the principle of Biomimicry. This building does not have an HVAC system in it but then also stays regulated during the year with less energy consumption. The building acts as a self-cooling mound.
The biomimicry principle was inspired by the termite mound in Africa, which uses the stack effect method hot air is lifted and cool air is below, giving it a natural ventilation system. This was then applied to the building form, resulting in declining use of energy.
Eastgate Building INHABITAT
Category: Digital Fabrication, Metropol Parasol, Seville, Spain
Architect- J Mayor H. Architects
The structure is a waffle-like crown structure that mainly comprises concrete, steel, and timber, whereas the exterior is mainly of timber and granite. It is the largest wooden structure. Such a type of structure with geometrical play and material play is possible because of the digital technologies available. The architect said “The form of this building was inspired by the vaults of Seville’s expansion cathedral- I wanted to create a ‘ Cathedral without walls’ that would be “democratic” and also by handsome trees already in the square”
Metropol Parasol Yatzer
Studios Practising Such Advanced Courses
Examples illustrating the unique approach for their design development
Tonkin Liu Architects
London, England
The firm provides services such as architecture, landscape, and art. It solves the need of clients through the search for optimal design solutions, which are carefully looked at and crafted through its place, people, and nature.
They have a unique approach to solving a design problem. Its main inspiration and lesson are learned from nature. Along with the art of storytelling through its distinct characteristics, which would be long-lasting. The last pillar of their practice is technological Innovation, where they have minimum material waste and also embraces the power and technology of computer and new construction method, and new materials to deliver designs that reflect the current era.
Hence, Nature, Storytelling, and Technological Innovation stand as the main pillar principles for this studio. Below are a few of their projects:
1. Rain Domes
Location: Weybridge, London
Size: 150m2
Engineer: Arup
Hydrology: Hydra
It is an energy-efficient, low-carbon timber building that is situated in between the forest. The form of the building celebrates the rain which travels through the curvature seams and to the central courtyard eventually becoming the reflective pool. The design is proposed in such a way that it embraces the rain and its pattern and the form amalgamates beautifully into the topography.
Rain Dome Graphical Representation Tonkin Liu Architects
1. Shell Lace Stent
Use: Medical Device
It is tracheal stents that act as a supportive transplant of the trachea and treat collapsed airways. The design is self-expandable, flexed, and inverted. The main design inspiration and principle was from the flower of Calla Lilly petals where they had analyzed the geometric principles of the flower. The stent opens up similarly to the flower does. Thus providing an innovative solution to the medical field.
Shell Lace Stent Tonkin Liu Architects
Studio RAP
Architecture firm in Rotterdam, Netherlands
The studio’s main focus of the design development is through experimentation and use of computational design methods and digital fabrication where they amalgamate the use of robotic fabrication and innovative design strategy.
1. The Float
Location: Leiden, NL
Year: 2021
Structural Design: Summum Engineering
This floating home where was an opportunity to provide a more sustainable home compared to traditional housing, where the crisis of housing shortage is rising.
The materials used were CLT (Cross Laminated Timber) and it was then cladded with cork. They mainly used biobased materials to minimize the environmental impact and also generate a healthy interior climate.
The Float Studio RAP
Conclusion
As we live in unprecedented times, it is necessary for us to continuously grow, adapt, change, differ, rebel, and take action to make the world a better place.
Architecture is a beautiful profession where init allows us to experiment, learn and relearn everything to our needs and changes required. Hence, working together with academia and professionals, we can bring a positive change in architectural education courses and practices of it in the real world.
It is also important to note that all these technological advancements and experimental design approaches are still difficult in India because of many reasons few being, a lack of awareness amongst the designers and hence local people, perhaps not all architects and designers find it helpful and are not willing to change, the major reason could be of funding and support from our government in both education sector and also professionally and hence students who are curious and willing to experiment somewhere end their research partially due to lack of funding.
But despite all these challenges and difficulties, there is still some ray of hope from our architectural community and our government and our people.
This ends with a quote, “Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” – John F. Kennedy
October 29, 2024
A Career in Architecture: 9 Important Things to Know Before Starting
As a kid, the structures and spaces around me always fascinated me. Everything in my surrounding intrigued me, be it a fancy restaurant or a friend’s garden. It was amusing to see how people interpreted spaces in their own unique manner.
I was only 13 years old when I came across architecture as a profession. And that was it. I have wanted to become an architect ever since.
But was it enough?
Here are a few things I wish I was aware of before signing up for a career in architecture.
Architecture is Not Just Designing
Yes.
Design is, most definitely, the most visible part of architecture. But Architecture is more than just designing.
As much as it is about aesthetics, it is also about creating habitable spaces which are in rhythm with the surrounding. Environmental conditions, construction techniques, client requirements, functionalities of the structure, and human psychology play an integral part in developing spaces.
With that said, not everyone wants to design after they have graduated. To find your calling, you have to be open to the ideas of working and exploring all the opportunities for having a career in architecture.
Be Passionate
If you are just choosing a career in architecture just because you are good at sketching and painting, you are in it for the wrong reasons, my friend.
Architects can make their client’s dreams become a reality.
Look at the Time Management Benefits
There are a lot of time management benefits that we, as students, neglect. When a project begins, most of the students get involved so much in the designing, concepts, and ideas that it leaves them with a less amount of time to execute their thoughts into drawings and models.
Because of this, pulling an all-nighter seems like the only option to complete the submission on time. This is not at all healthy for our system, however, cool it might sound.
Don’t keep everything for the last minute
Image by silviarita from Pixabay
A simple way to prevent those last-minute mishaps is by not procrastinating. Having a perfectly timed schedule always helps to keep work, studies, and health intact.
Strategic time distribution and planning is the key to keep all the tasks on track. This will also help in reducing this stress and meeting all the deadlines with no sleepless nights.
Be Healthy to be Productive
Photo by Total Shape
Prioritizing your mental and physical health over the deadlines is necessary. You don’t have to get overly invested in any concept at the cost of your health. Overdoing anything is risky.
Try to maintain the balance between your studies and your health. Keep a healthy diet. Having a schedule and planning is important so that you can take breaks from time to time to keep your mind focus on your ideas.
Communication is the Key
Keep on discussing your project
Creative blocks are very common for every architecture student. It’s okay. Just ask for some guidance from your faculty. Discussing designing principles and ideas with your colleagues and getting their feedback is a very helpful process.
By asking someone for their opinion, they simply introduced you to alternative approaches for the same situation.
Architecture is a very collaborative process. (I cannot emphasize this enough). The more you discuss, the more are your chances of improving your design.
Apart from my friends, my trick was to discuss my project ideas with my mom. She has been my best critique throughout. There were two reasons for this. One, I would get an idea of how a non-architectural background person would see my design. And two, no filter whatsoever.
Thanks, Mom!
Be Open to Criticism
A little heads-up! There are going to be countless presentations with a lot of criticizing.
While we welcome constructive criticism, understand that it differs from just criticism.
Architecture is very subjective. Everyone might have very conflicting opinions. So, accept the criticism and take it into consideration while keeping your designing principles the same.
Photo by Antenna on Unsplash
Defend Your Work
Everyone will criticize your work from time to time, stand up and defend what you firmly believe in. If you want to grow and become a better designer, you’ll have to learn where to draw a line.
For the longest time, I would listen to the criticism and just accept what the jurors had to say (even if I didn’t agree with them). And when I realized and started defending my work, they found something else to criticize.
You just have to make peace with the fact that not everyone is going to be happy with your designing principles and your design approach.
Self-learning
To have a career in architecture, one must realize that classroom knowledge should be a supplemental learning experience. The more you learn about architecture on your own, the more knowledgeable you will be.
Make it a point to learn all the important software beforehand. Even if you join a tutor for these softwares, YouTube and Google will be your best teachers.
Reading books will give up inspiration for great design ideas and for having your own designing principles which you can workaround.
Research more
Research is one of the most vital parts of a project. Before initializing the work, keep in mind to have clarity of the program, site, and client specifications mentioned.
Keep on Learning
As an architect, you get to learn something new every day. To keep up with the latest trends and techniques, you must be updated with your knowledge.
Even after your education is over.
KEEP ON LEARNING!
Observation is your Guide
As an architect, you have to be a good listener and observer.
Spend Wisely on Stationery
Photo by Camille San Vicente on Unsplash
Architecture in India is an expensive course. And, on top of that, you get to use all those fancy architecture supplies.
Most of the items listed on a page, given to me at my orientation, weren’t essential at all. I had to be very mindful while spending on stationery. Spending on these supplies is what we are all guilty of. With that said, they might come across as very useful while purchasing, but mind you, they are costly and most of the time, unnecessary.
Document and Backup Everything
Keep a photographic record of EVERYTHING. The process models, the process sheets, every trial sketch, and every other drawing that seems useless at that point in time. This helps in knowing how far you have come in your project. And in the long run, the documentation will help in your portfolio building.
The software we use for 3D modeling crashes if the files become very heavy. And as fate might have it, more often than not, the file is most like to crash the night before your jury.
These last-minute experiences are traumatic and make you miserable. The best solution is to keep on backing up all the data from time to time.
Goodbye Social Life
I don’t remember attending a single event in the 5 years of my course.
With the amount of workload, having a social life or meeting friends was not possible. This might get overwhelming sometimes.
But if I look back, I didn’t mind the struggle.
Music is your soulmate
The connection between music and architecture is very ancient. Music will always help through those designing phases when you don’t want any distractions. It also used to make me focus more on my details while I was drafting.
Internships are The Best Guides
Even if your curriculum suggests only 6–12 months of internships, try to have more on-site experience. This is the best way to understand the reality of construction. Your fundamentals are very clear if you have worked and experienced the on-site working process.
The internships will help you understand the functioning of different architecture firms. This will give you a rational idea of what you would like to pursue after your schooling.
No Easy Rewards for a career in architecture
If you are choosing a career in architecture for money, again a wrong reason.
Architecture in India is a very undervalued profession.
Many people just assume that Architects make loads of money. (How I wish that was true!) You have to be patient and trust the process with your hard work.
As in any other profession, even in architecture, you have to struggle to become a brand name. There is no shortcut to success.

That said I’ve learned a lot in these 5 years of my architecture journey. However, time-consuming and painstaking the process was, I wouldn’t have had it any other way.
Being a successful Architect in India is a very tedious affair, but now, I am ready for the journey.
October 29, 2024
Architectural Photography: The Ultimate Guide to Excellent Architectural Photography
What Is The Best Way to Explain Architecture Photography?
Architectural photography is a sub-discipline of photography that focuses on capturing photos of buildings and other architectural structures that are both visually beautiful and accurate in terms of depictions of their topic. Architecture photography is not as dynamic as other types of photography. Architectural photographers are usually well-versed in the usage of specific techniques and devices for capturing such imagery.
Generali Tower, Milan, Italy by Zaha Hadid Photographer: Marco Tagliarino
Architectural photographers are professionals who photograph buildings and other constructed structures. Their images are frequently used for commercial objectives, such as for the developer to distribute online, in brochures, or for the project team’s portfolios. Since the invention of photography, one of the most popular topics has been architecture.
The earliest surviving photograph is Nicéphore Niépce’s ‘View from the Window at Le Gras,’ which was taken in 1826 or 1827 and shows building rooftops. In architecture photography, you must pay close attention to composition rules. A structure may appear stunning in person, but if you don’t know how to photograph it properly, it will appear mediocre in photographs.
Photo enthusiast capturing a building’s beauty and magnanimity
Buildings were especially well-suited to early photography processes, which needed lengthy exposure times and stationary objects.
The early architectural pictures, on the other hand, were mostly shot as record images with no artistic effort. At the turn of the century, photographers like Frederick Evans began to create more sophisticated, stylized photographs, portraying the particular character of their constructed objects.
Paris Boulevard du Temple (1839). Photo by Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre
Architecture photography gradually got increasingly creative over the twentieth century, becoming a component of the period’s stylistic reporting and appearing in art, architectural, and lifestyle publications, as well as photographic and architectural books. William Henry Fox Talbot photographed architecture, including a Latticed window in Lacock Abbey in 1835. With often dramatic photos showcasing attractive structures, typically filmed from odd angles, it became a significant way to present the latest ideas in style, architecture, and technology.
Architectural structures, such as buildings, have been prized photographic subjects throughout the history of photography, reflecting society’s admiration for architecture and its cultural significance. Architectural photography established itself as a visual medium in the 1860s.
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris (1841). Photo by Joseph Philibert Girault de Prangey
Architectural Photography has been monumental in recording the evolution of architecture in different countries and through different time periods.
What characteristics distinguish an excellent architectural photograph?
Some of the greatest architectural pictures contain blurred humans with the structure itself in focus, generally made using long exposure and giving depth and intrigue to the final product while reducing any distraction from the building.
Architectural photography evolved over time in the same way that building designs altered and blended with conventional forms. Architects began engaging more photographers for commissioned work in the early 1950s, resulting in architectural photography being recognised as more of an art form than it had previously been.
Architectural photography grew increasingly creative in the early to mid-twentieth century, as photographers experimented with new methods such as using diagonal lines and dramatic shadows in their compositions.
Types of Architectural Photography
Architectural photography is a type of photography that focuses on photographing structures or buildings. As a result, it also entails documenting the interiors and exteriors of constructions, bridges, and cityscapes.
Architecture Photography can be broadly categorized into exterior and Interior Architecture Photography.
Exterior vs Interior Architecture Photography
Exterior architecture photography can make use of natural or ambient light, but interior photography frequently necessitates the use of supplemental lighting, such as electronic flash strobes or incandescent ‘hot lights.’ This may take longer to set up, but it is ultimately more controlled than outside lighting, where shadows shift, people and cars pass by, and so on.
One may say, Interior Architecture Photography is tougher than exterior Architecture Photography for the same reasons mentioned above, and they are not wrong.
Duomo guarding Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, Italy
The outside framework of a building is captured via exterior architecture photography. The exteriors of a building are very straightforward to shoot since they receive a lot of natural light. The current weather conditions have an impact on this sort of photography, which might result in a dynamic image.
Simply said, this is the process of shooting the outside of buildings. This is the most common style of architectural photography, owing to the fact that it does not need entering a structure.
Exterior Architecture Photography
In all but the darkest settings, exterior architecture photography takes use of available light during the day, or employs ambient light from nearby street lights, landscape lighting, external building lights, moonlight, and even twilight present in the sky at night. Landscape around a structure is often crucial to the overall composition of a shot, and even necessary to express the building’s aesthetic harmony with its surroundings.
Ambient light from windows and skylights, as well as interior lighting equipment, may be used to photograph interior architectural spaces. Architectural photographers, on the other hand, frequently employ auxiliary lighting to increase the lighting within a structure.
The interiors of a structure are captured via interior architecture photography. Because there is little light available within the confines of a structure, this type of photography can be difficult. As a result, extra illumination is necessary to adequately portray the interiors.
Interior Architecture Photography
What Makes a Great Photograph?
Weather or Climate
Weather plays an integral role when it comes to Exterior Architecture Photograph. Enough sunlight intake into the lens is an assured, beautiful click. You may want to pick the correct time of the day or pick the correct time of the year for your travel to get that perfect shot.
Time of the day
The time of the day is a variable many people can depend on. I’ve personally seen photographers pitch a tent near their desired Photography spot in hopes of a better factor or lighting for a photograph.
Lighting
Propably one of the most crucial factors in capturing a good Architecture Photograph, be it exterior or interior, is lighting. It can make or break a photo. It also sets the tone for how the photographer views or rather envisions the site.
Following the natural silhouette
It is very important for a photographer to follow the lines that are repetitive in the structure. What I mean by this is you wouldn’t want to photograph a structure that has parallel lines in 45degrees.
Human inclusion
Many photographers shy away from including human anatomy into their photographs in the worry of it taking the attention away from the structure. I argue that the inclusion of human subjects brings character to the space. Many photographers have included blurred, hazy human silhouettes in their photographs to add that ump in a still.
Focus on a particular peculiar feature
Focusing on a certain peculiar feature will set you apart from many other photographers who have stood before you. It also brings light to the structure in which it was not viewed as before.
(Last but not the least) Don’t shy away from post processing tools
The current trend of #nofilter has taken social media by a storm. However, a little bit of post photography processing enhances the photo double-fold. It also sometimes helps you view a discarded photograph in a new light.
https://www.archdaily.com/804685/10-tips-to-perfect-your-architectural-photography
https://www.format.com/magazine/resources/photography/architecture-photography
https://www.creativelive.com/blog/8-architecture-photography-tips-to-master-the-art-of-photographing-structures/
Career Roadmap to Become a Successful Architectural Photographer

Architectural photographers have a diverse set of talents and expertise, as well as a college diploma in many cases.
Learn to Operate Camera Equipment
Those interested in a career in architectural photography must be able to operate camera equipment, particularly digital camera equipment. Even if a student intends to pursue a formal education in the profession, he or she must be able to use a camera effectively before enrolling. Take beginner photography classes by established phtographers. Architectural photographers can practise shooting images of buildings and other structures in their towns to improve fundamental photography abilities.
Earn yourself a Bachelor’s Degree
A Bachelor’s Degree is a great way to start your career. While a four-year degree in photography is not necessary to enter the sector, the BLS notes that companies may prefer individuals who have one. Composition components, shooting methods, and darkroom operations are all included in a bachelor’s degree programme. Studio lighting, photojournalism, digital imaging, and photography history are all possible courses. Students may also opt to pursue a minor in architecture or take architecture-related courses.
Internships are a great way to learn new skills
Before graduating, several bachelor’s degree programmes require students to do an internship. Internships with professional photographers or professional photographic organisations may be beneficial to aspiring architecture photographers. Students and recent graduates of a four-year degree programme can apply for mentorship and internships through the Young Photographers Alliance.
Create a Portfolio
To start a career as an architectural photographer, an artist must have a portfolio of their greatest images. Architectural photographers should start establishing their portfolios while still in school and keep them updated throughout their careers. Published images, as well as outstanding works from college and an internship programme, should be included in a portfolio. Having an internet portfolio allows a photographer’s work to be seen by a larger audience.
Become a member of a professional organisation
Beginning and expert photographers both can benefit from professional photographic groups’ clients and work prospects. A photographer must join one of these organisations to benefit from their services, which includes an annual fee and a review by the membership board.
Work as a Photographer’s Assistant to gain experience
Working as an assistant to a photographer might help aspiring architectural photographers obtain professional experience. An assistant may be responsible for mundane activities, such as discovering business prospects for the employer, in addition to developing technical and business skills. Look for assistant roles on job boards and through local photographers.
Maintain your education. Architectural photographers can benefit from continuing education options throughout their careers, even if it is not mandated. Continuing education may assist architectural photographers to keep up to date on commercial photography legislation as well as industry-changing technologies.
Although many businesses prefer individuals with a bachelor’s degree in photography, architectural photographers rely on their innate creative aptitude and expertise in handling camera equipment. Membership in professional organisations that provide photographer finding services, as well as a portfolio and associated expertise as a photographer’s assistant, can increase work opportunities and career progression.
Extraordinaire Photographers (Architectural Photographers to Follow)
Architectural photographers are professionals who photograph buildings and other constructed structures. Architectural photographers might be skilled photographers who have specialized in architecture throughout the course of their careers, or they could have a background in architecture or a similar field. Their images are frequently used for commercial objectives, such as for the developer to distribute online or in brochures, or for the project team’s portfolios. Because potential buyers and customers are often lured to homes by their appearance, it’s critical to have appealing images accessible, and the appropriate photographs may be quite useful to those who hire them.
When commissioning architectural photography, there are a few things to keep in mind. Photographers have a variety of techniques and ideologies, so it’s crucial to do your homework before committing to one. It’s also crucial to spell out the commission’s purpose in writing to avoid any misunderstandings or disagreements about what’s expected and what usage rights are allowed.
It’s critical to figure out whether the customer wants photographs for archival purposes, for sales, or for the photographer’s artistic flair.
The photographer may opt to show some of the building’s surroundings, as well as unusual angles and views. Controlled viewpoints with a focus on non-converging and parallel vertical lines are frequently employed.
Here are a list of world renowned Architecture Photgraphers who revolutionzed the field with their work. Their work has laid important paths that many Architecture Photgraphers follow today.
Eugène Atget
Eugène Atget
“Documents pour artistes”
James Austin
James Austin By Pauline Austin
Jeckyll Lodge 04
Jack Boucher
Jack Boucher
Racquet-club by Jack Boucher
Frederick H. Evans
By Gertrude Käsebier –Public Domain
June 24, 1943, London, United Kingdom
Lucien Hervé
Lucien Hervé with Le Corbusier
Lucien Hervé Brutalist Photograph
Eric de Maré
Eric de Maré- Self Portrait
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, Number 3 bridge, Liverpool
Lucia Moholy
Lucia Moholy- Self-Portrait
Photograph of a Study in Balance, from László Moholy-Nagy’s Preliminary Course
Wolfgang Sievers
By Romy Sai Zunde – Self-photographed
Wolfgang Sievers: A Life
Ezra Stoller
Ezra Stoller
Ezra Stoller
1. Tekla Evelina Severin
Architectural Photographer Tekla Evelina Severin
Tekla Evelina Severin
October 29, 2024