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Faculty of
Engineering & Technology
Department of Architecture
This department was established in
1964. Since its beginning as a constituent department in the
Engineering Faculty in the year 1965, only ‘Bachelor of
Architecture’ was the course that was offered for teaching. The
Master of Architecture course in "Housing & Urban Design" was
started from the year 1981.
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Meaning of
Architecture and Architect
Architecture is a very old profession practiced long back in
all civilized countries including India. In India many treatises on
architecture were discovered which clearly prove the existence of
this profession, practiced by “Sthapati” (architect), for at least
two thousand years. Many old edifices in India also carry proof for
this.
In modern days architecture is considered as one of the important
professions requiring both creative and rational abilities. Practice
of this profession, like few other professions, is controlled by
acts in many countries. In India we have “the Architects Act,
1972”.
“Architecture means the art and science of building design
and particularly the design of any structure for human use or
habitation. Architecture, further, is the art of applying human
values and aesthetic principles to the science and technology of
building methods, materials and engineering systems, required to
comprise a total building project with a coherent and comprehensive
unity of structure and site.”1
“Architect means an individual who through education,
training, and experience is skilled in the art and science of
building design”1. An architect is “one who possesses
with due regard to aesthetic as well as practical considerations,
adequate skill and knowledge to enable him (i) to originate, (ii) to
design and plan, (iii) to arrange for and supervise the erection of
such buildings or other works calling for skill in design and
planning as he might, in the course of his business, reasonably be
asked to carry out in respect of which he offers his services as a
specialist.”2 A suitable statutory authority of a country
must of course, register an architect. In India architect
means a person whose name is for the time being entered in the
resister of architects maintained by the Council of Architecture.3
Architects normally design buildings like residential, assembly,
business, education, health, factory, industrial, mercantile,
storage, utility etc. He can diversify his specialization to become
an urban designer, urban planner, building project manager, building
financial advisor, landscape architect, interior designer, etc. The
normal duties of an architect employed in a building project cover a
range of tasks: surveying the site, producing drawings to express
the design, advising on building regulations, selecting materials,
supervising the works, issuing certificates, etc. “The Architect
needs to possess sufficient knowledge about all aspects of modern
building technology, to be able to design for various functions
under different contexts and to direct and coordinate the work of
all the specialists involved in the building process.”4
It is obvious from the above that a country requires good architects
for its development. India also depends upon architects for its
development. Architects’ ability, sincerity, hard work and love for
the nation will be an impetus for fast forward development of our
country.
1 New Jersey State Statute, Title 45, Chapter 3,
Clause 1.1
2 defined in UK by the Divisional Court
3 Council of Architecture is a statutory
body constituted under Architects Act 1972 of India by the Govt of
India.
4 ‘Goals of Architectural Education’
published by the Council of Architecture of India (Page A-53,
“Handbook of PROFESSIONAL DOCUMENTS”)
TOP updated
on June, 2005
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