The presentation describes the beginning of architecture education from the early stage to current trends of architecture education followed by universities.

1. REVIEW OF
ARCHITECTURE
EDUCATION
Ar.Trapti Gupta

2. A BRIEF HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE EDUCATION IN INDIA.
INTRODUCTION & AIM:
 In late nineteenth century, formal Architecture Education was introduced by British in India.
 The aim of starting the architectural education in India was to produce assistants in the
established British Architectural firms in India. Therefore the course content of architectural
education was framed accordingly.
EVOLUTION IN LAST DACADE:
 In the last decade there was a great surge in the number of architecture schools and many of
them came up during the last 10 years. Today, India has more than 450 schools of architecture,
but the RIBA does not recognize even a single school in the country due to the fact that the
standards of education comparing to global scenario has diminished to such a level that we
can only boast of numbers by adding schools every year but not the expected academic
standards.
 Through pedagogy, research and educational approaches its evolution has been started.
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3. ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION:
 Aim of any education is to inculcate and preserve culture.
 Sidney Hook defines education as “assimilation of the culture of any society, and its
transmission from one generation to another, it perpetuates and gives continuity to society.”
 It was analysed that Architecture is neither a branch of arts nor of engineering it require a
separate identity as a full-fledged discipline in itself. It encompasses not only arts and
engineering but social science, humanities, life sciences and all disciplines affecting the built
environment.
 Architectural Education is the sub part of the whole education system and has to perform the
similar function as that of the education at large but in a different manner.
 Quality of architectural education should have direct impact on the architectural product of
that society.
 Education pattern introduced by British was not in confirmation with the broader aims of
academic system.
 The uniform pattern of architectural education that was introduced by British is the basis of
modern education system in India.
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4. HISTORY:
 Architectural education in India has a long history and been practiced for centuries.
 In 1947, the year of the Indian partition, there were 3 schools of architecture in India and one
in (west) Pakistan.
 Architecture programs were modeled after those in Britain and the United States.
 Architecture history courses were based on how the British ‘Discovered ‘ the Art and
Architecture of South Asia.
 In 1913, Sir JJ School of Architecture got separated from the Bombay School of Art. It was the
only school in India who offered GD Arch Diploma recognized by the Royal Institute of British
Architects (RIBA).
 Architecture education was responsibility of master craftsmen that time and passed along one
generation to another.
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Bombay School of Art 1857- Sir JJ School of Art
1913
School of Baroda (affiliated in
1949)
Delhi Polytechnic- School of
Planning & Architecture 1941
IIT Kharagpur
School of Architecture,
Ahemdabad 1962
Architects Act 1972
COA
AICTE

6. REFERENCES:
 https://www.ijraset.com/fileserve.php?FID=8714
 https://architexturez.net/doc/az-cf-21231
 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303821350_Architecture_Education_in_Indi
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