For Architecture Students
Practical guides from a working architecture office – internships, portfolios, working drawings, thesis ideas and the building rules you will use every day.
Learn the Building Rules
What College Doesn't Always Teach
Drawings that get built
A working drawing is read by a contractor, not a jury. Learn to show every dimension once, keep levels and grid lines consistent, and coordinate the architectural, structural and plumbing drawings so they agree with each other.
The rules behind the design
FAR, ground coverage, setbacks, height limits and parking norms decide how big a building can be before the design even begins. In Delhi these come from the Master Plan and the Unified Building Bye-Laws – knowing them makes your schemes realistic.
Site experience
Visit sites at every stage – excavation, reinforcement before a slab is cast, brickwork, plumbing and finishing. Seeing how a detail is actually built teaches more than any textbook, and it shows in your drawings.
A portfolio that shows process
Offices look for clear thinking: a few strong projects with sketches, plans and the reasons behind decisions, plus one or two technical drawings. Keep it short, readable on a phone and under a few MB as a PDF.