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Professional Practice
An architect is not only a designer but a registered professional, an agent of the client, a certifier of work and an officer of the law. This course is the business, law and ethics of practice. It begins with the profession itself — the architect's role in society, the Council of Architecture, the code of conduct, and the scale of fees that turns service into a livelihood. It then covers the legislation that governs every building, the tender and contract that turn a design into a built reality, the easements and arbitration that resolve disputes, and the architectural competitions that win the best work. Where the Project Cost & Contract Management elective looks at contracts from the manager's side, this course looks at practice from the architect's.
Course byAmogh N P· Architect & interior designer
The syllabus
5 units · 5 liveTranscribed from the official B.Arch syllabus. All 5 units are live as full interactive lessons, each with original diagrams, a self-assessment quiz and a studio task.
Unit 1 — Profession, Services & Fees
LiveThe architect's role in society and relationship with client and contractor; the Council of Architecture and the code of conduct; the management of an architect's office and elementary accountancy; the conditions of engagement; normal, additional, special and partial services; the scale of fees and the claiming of fees.
Unit 2 — Legislation
LiveThe Architects Act 1972 and recent regulations; development control rules (CMDA and Tamil Nadu); hill-area and coastal-area development and management (CRZ); the heritage framework — INTACH, ASI and the role of the urban arts commission; and approval from the authority for sanction of building plans and permits under the bye-laws, master plan and local-body Acts.
Unit 3 — Tender & Contract
LiveCalling for tenders and tender documents; open and closed tenders; item-rate, lump-sum, labour and demolition tenders; the conditions of tender, submission, scrutiny and recommendation; and the conditions of contract — the form of contract, the articles of agreement and the architect's certification of the contractor's bills.
Unit 4 — Easements & Arbitration
LiveEasements — definition, types, acquisition, extinction and protection; and arbitration in disputes — the arbitration agreement, the sole arbitrator and umpire, excepted matters and the award, under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996.
Unit 5 — Architectural Competitions
LiveOpen and closed competitions; the appointment and duties of assessors; instructions to participants; the rejection of entries and the award of premium; and the guidelines prescribed by the Council of Architecture (COA) and the Indian Institute of Architects (IIA) for the promotion and conduct of competitions.
Course outcomes
What you will be able to doGain knowledge of the role of professional and statutory bodies.
Become familiar with the process involved in an architectural project.
Gain knowledge of the scale of services and fees for an architect.
Understand the code of conduct and ethical values of the profession.
Apply knowledge of tender and contract.
Apply the rules of participation and award in an architectural competition.
The author
Amogh N P
Architect, interior designer, and creative polymath. Studio Matrx began in his notebooks — his vision of design made honest, useful, and open to everyone. Its Academy is written and taught in his memory, and free, forever.
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The profession and fees, legislation, tender and contract, arbitration and competitions. Read the five units, study the diagrams, then test yourself.
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