Let's face it, an architecture portfolio is your most important document to get that coveted internship position, or that first job. It is the basis of your selection into a good firm, the single document based on which 90% of decisions are made.  Almost all architects make their decisions based on the quality of your portfolio. Most of the time, one doesn't get an opportunity to present your work directly. Thus, the value of a good portfolio can't be stressed enough. Today, there is immense competition to get into the good firms of architecture for internships. Let me give you some num ..read more

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Choosing the right firm for your architecture internship can make all the difference!  It can be life changing ..read more

A Good Internship will change your life forever!  Prepare well in advance for your internships to get into that dream architecture firm ..read more

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Internships are a crucial part of a student architect's life. Presently, the period of internship is for a whole year. It is very important that you get into a good architecture firm for your training, as that will have a huge influence on your future career. One learns a lot more during the internship than from the college, especially the practical aspects of the profession. So it is crucial to get into a good firm for gaining great exposure.  I did my internship with Ar.Gurjit Singh in Matharoo Associates in Ahmedabad, which is a very professional firm doing some really excellent work ..read more

Refer good architecture daily - one only learns when one has a very good exposure to good design. Today, it is extremely easy to see good design and architecture, especially with some really wonderful websites and blogs on each and every topic. I often wonder at the musicians who practice daily to fine tune their art, even the dancers who spent an enormous amount of time perfecting their craft. But we architects don't do anything remotely close to that. Most of us think that once we get out of architecture school, we are masters , with everything at our fingertips. However, if one were to loo ..read more

B.V.Doshi has won the prestigious Pritzker prize, becoming the first Indian to do so. This is a much awaited recognition, one that was long overdue. Somehow, all these years,  Pritzker juries have never turned their attention to the wonderful body of work done in India, especially by Doshi and also others, including his contemporaries like Charles Correa. I was especially surprised by Alejandro Aravena's selection a couple of years back for his social housing initiatives, when architects like Doshi and Correa had done much more refined socially conscious incremental housing projects ..read more

I think it's always a great idea to participate in architecture competitions, especially when they are free. One tends to gain a lot while doing a competition. Sure, it's a  lot of extra effort, but hey, it's totally worth it! You will start pushing yourself a lots the process, learn new things and widen your horizon. Participating as a team makes it all the more fun and will help you learn working in teams and collaborating, which is highly essential today's offices. Architecture competitions are also opportunities to let go and freak out with your design. Remember those wild ideas yo ..read more

That is always a very interesting question. When is the right time to apply for training ? The genuine answer to that question is that there is no definite time period for application which will grant you an internship in a good architecture firm for certain. In today's age, when there are so many architectural colleges and so many students competing for those few internship opportunities, it becomes highly important to apply early enough so that your portfolio will be reviewed properly. Most of the firms, especially the really good ones, usually finalise their selection of candidates for inte ..read more