Friday, September 3, 2010

THEORY OF DESIGN

questions for interview with the architect....

1. Which year did you graduate from college and where?
2. What is your take on the traditional architecture of India in comparison to the contemporary architec ture?
3. What do you have to say about the designs of the latest CWG architecture?
4. What do you have to say about architecture by frank o’ gehry and Frank Lloyd Wright?
5. Where are your design ideas inspired from?
6. There are many definitions to contemporary architecture, what is contemporary according to you?
7. What is your inspiration in arriving at a design, anything specific?
8. Is a master’s degree of extreme importance after graduating from the architecture college?
9. Is extensive use of glass and steel in contemporary architecture advisable in the context of India?
10. Or do you think we should revert back to the traditional use of stone or bricks?
11. What do you think about the growing emphasis on sustainable architecture in India?
12. Could you share your experiences you had during your latest projects in NCR?
13. Are any of your projects more close to your heart as compared to others?
14. What is your advice for the budding architects?

swati goel
tanuj biyani