Department of Architecture

Department of Architecture

Architecture is concerned with the design and construction of buildings in their sociological, technical and environmental contexts. There is increasing recognition of architecture as one of the top intellectual disciplines, an art form, and a technical profession intimately linked with the single largest sector of investment in the economy. Architects are called upon to design and execute building projects and resolve other issues related to the manmade environment in a variety of settings. Bachelor of Architecture programme aims at attaining a high level of contextual excellence in architectural design. Both theory and studio exercises are viewed as the core of the programme with crucial inputs being provided by experts specializing in the fields of arts, humanities, engineering and technology, and professional practice of architecture. A strong foundation of multi-disciplinary enabling skills related to space, construction environments and aesthetics are offered to the students. Among others, these skills include drawing, architectural presentation, research and writing, computer applications, technical and managerial aptitudes in problem definition and solution seeking. Architecture Campus has an excellent collection of books and journals in its library containing over 30,000 books. The Department has a state of the art computer center

Other Departments at School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi

• Bullet Department of Housing
• Bullet Department of Industrial Design
• Bullet Department of Landscape Architecture
• Bullet Department of Physical Planning
• Bullet Department of Regional Planning
• Bullet Department of Transport Planning
• Bullet Department of Urban Design
• Bullet Department of Urban Planning
• Bullet Departments of Building Engineering and Management
• Bullet Departments of Environment Planning
• Department of Architectural Conservation
• Department of Architecture