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Prompt course · 9 lessons · 26 prompts · 1 hour · Beginner

AI for Architects

This prompt course shows architects how to use AI for concept ideas, site notes, space planning, code checks, materials, consultant coordination, permits, site visits, and client records. Each lesson gives you a prompt you can adapt to your own projects.

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What you'll learn

  • Concept and massing: Use AI to generate early design directions, massing options, and concept stories you can refine.
  • Site and climate: Turn site data, weather notes, and constraints into planning advice and short summaries.
  • Space planning: Translate client needs into room programs, adjacency ideas, and layout options.
  • Code and zoning: Summarize regulations, spot common compliance questions, and draft notes for your team.
  • Materials and specs: Compare materials, research products, and draft specification language for review.
  • Engineering coordination: Prepare agendas, requests for information, and summaries that keep consultants aligned.
  • Permits and documents: Assemble permit narratives and drawing checklists for submission.
  • Site visits and admin: Prepare field visits, interpret photos, write observation reports, and turn meetings into clear records.

What's inside

9 lessons · 26 prompts
  1. Before you start · framework course RISEN Prompt Framework: Multi-Step Work Done RightRISEN helps you structure multi-step work like a construction specification, turning client briefs into clear roles, steps, and expected outputs.
  2. Start here Priya's Wednesday, Two WaysA day in the life of an Architect, before and after these prompts.
  3. 01 Lesson 1 · 3 prompts Concept And Massing
  4. 02 Lesson 2 · 3 prompts Site And Climate
  5. 03 Lesson 3 · 3 prompts Space Planning And Programming
  6. 04 Lesson 4 · 3 prompts Code And Zoning Review
  7. 05 Lesson 5 · 3 prompts Materials And Specifications
  8. 06 Lesson 6 · 3 prompts Engineering Coordination
  9. 07 Lesson 7 · 2 prompts Permit And Construction Docs
  10. 08 Lesson 8 · 2 prompts Site Visits And Review
  11. 09 Lesson 9 · 4 prompts Client And Admin

About this course

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Prompts for Architects: From Concept to Client

Architecture is full of first drafts, checklists, and notes that need to be clear. This course teaches you how to use ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini to make those tasks faster while keeping your professional eye on the result.

You will work through nine short lessons, each tied to a real stage of an architect's project. Every lesson gives you a prompt pattern, examples, and a simple way to check the output.

  1. The lessons
    1. Concept And Massing: Use AI to generate and refine early design ideas, massing options, and concept narratives.
    2. Site And Climate: Use AI to interpret site data, climate conditions, and constraints into planning advice and summaries.
    3. Space Planning And Programming: Use AI to translate client needs into room programs, adjacency diagrams, and layout options.
    4. Code And Zoning Review: Use AI to summarize regulations, check common compliance issues, and draft notes for the team.
    5. Materials And Specifications: Use AI to compare materials, research products, and draft specification language.
    6. Engineering Coordination: Use AI to prepare coordination agendas, RFIs, and summaries that keep consultants aligned.
    7. Permit And Construction Docs: Use AI to assemble permit narratives and drawing checklists for submission.
    8. Site Visits And Review: Use AI to prepare field visits, interpret photos, and write observation reports.
    9. Client And Admin: Use AI to explain design choices and turn meetings into clear records for clients and the studio.
  2. What the course covers

    The course follows the work of a project from first concept to client closeout. You learn prompts for massing, site, space planning, code, materials, consultants, permits, site visits, and client notes.

  3. How the lessons connect

    Each lesson builds on the one before it. Concept ideas feed into site and space planning, then into code, materials, coordination, permits, site review, and client records.

  4. How to use prompts well

    Give the AI clear context: project type, size, location, client goals, and constraints. Ask for a short answer first, then request more detail or a different option.

  5. Who this course is for

    This course is for architects, design leads, and studio teams who want practical AI help without technical setup. It works for small practices and large firms.

  6. Safety and privacy at work

    Do not paste confidential client information, private addresses, or unredacted drawings into public AI tools. Follow your firm's rules, remove identifying details, and keep final decisions with a qualified architect.

  7. Your next step

    Pick one lesson that matches a task on your desk this week. Try the prompt, edit the result, and save what works for your studio.