The Journey

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Exciting, captivating, creative, knowledgeable and passion-driven: that is how I would like to sum up my journey of some interesting years in architectural writing and journalism. During my final year in my Bachelors of Architecture, those six months when I took up architectural journalism as my elective were the decisive months that led me to be here. My undergraduate thesis also revolved around finding a new concept of architectural schools, which helped me dwell more into the roots of architecture and feel encouraged to write about it.

Architectural writing, an established profession in global markets, is now inching its way to becoming a mainstream profession in India, with publication houses, online portals, and design organisations seeking professionals skilled in architecture and writing.  From times of being unexplored and unknown, it has grown to have carved a special interest in the minds of professionals and students connected to the industry. In response to my articles on the subject, the response that I have been getting from all over the world has been exciting; there are practising architects (many of them working with reputed firms), real estate consultants, structural engineers, professionals and students from the media and design industry, who want to take up this field, but due to lack of knowledge and exposure to the subject, are scared to take the plunge. (Vox Populi)

The field is not easy, but if one has the yearning, it can be fascinating and arresting. Architecture as a field is huge, and there is an unrestrained charm in discovering the many thousands of themes one can write about in this field.

Writing is my undying passion in life. With my contributions, I hope to bring a little more visibility to the budding and relevant profession of architectural journalism and raise its pedestal in India. My views on the subject have been assimilated in my published articles and many conducted interviews and podcasts. Some of the links are as follows:

                                                                    Apurva Bose Dutta