EP 025314 April 2026 · 1 hr 13 min
How to Future Proof Your Architecture Career
1:12:38
How do you future proof an architecture career when BIM, computational design and AI are changing what practices value?
About this conversation
Stephen Drew speaks with Ami Nigam, Head of Design Technology at Benoy, about design technology, international career moves and how to build skills that still matter as the profession changes.
The conversation covers:
How Ami moved from architecture into design technology
Why BIM, computational design and AI are now career skills, not side interests
How large practices think about technology, design quality and delivery
Topics in this episode
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So we are here in an architectural practice. Now I know when we're studying we're all thinking, we're doing models, we're drawing, we're doing all that stuff.
There's a lot of processes that go into architecture and there's a lot of technology, especially in 2026. So I'm here in
Benoy projects
The work behind the conversation.
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Royalmount
An 86,000 square metre mixed-use brownfield destination in Montreal connecting public landscape, transport and existing streets.
View project →Singapore
Terminal 4, Changi Airport
A 225,000 square metre airport terminal uses a Central Galleria, greenery and skylight lanterns to organise passenger movement.
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Roles in this world
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