PROGRAM 1 — WRITING ARCHITECTURE
Writing Architecture is a 9-week online course, designed for young professionals of multidisciplinary backgrounds interested in venturing into non-academic architectural writing. The course aims to grant the participants exposure to contemporary writers and editors while helping them develop their own work through consistent assessment and support. Participants will have the opportunity to cultivate their writing skills without interrupting their professional endeavours by attending online lectures and concise sessions with the tutors. The larger aim of the tutors is to promote a more open and widespread culture of architectural thought and theorisation, accessible to larger audiences, and that can be part of the public discourse.
Program Lead:
Sohini Chattopadhyay
Writer, Editor, National Award-winning film critic and the author of the book The Day I Became a Runner.
Associate Professor, CEPT University
Shabeeh Rahat
Doctorate in English Literature and specialises in Postcolonial Studies with reference to India.
Assistant Professor, CEPT University
Program Structure:
The structure of the course rests upon two main parallel components. The first one consists of an interactive, dialogic engagement with eminent writers (and their writings) on architecture, as a way to learn from their experience and insight. The second will concentrate on the ability to think about the makings of a good writing piece from varied perspectives, while understanding how to make choices that, over time, shape one’s own work in conversation with the tutors and distinguished editors.
Module 1: Dialogues
The participants will engage with and interview (in an online format) architecture journalists, critics, and other kinds of writers whose interest lies in paying close attention to texts developed alongside architectural developments. Participants will acquire a nuanced insight into processes, reflections and underlying conditions of writing, which they can use to fine-tune their own work, that being either in research or design realms.
Module 2: Writing
The course will employ a writing workshop model of individual work, collective discussion, sharing work, and rigorous feedback. This will allow for the identification of individual strengths and focus on aspects of structure, internal logic, register, style, and flow, as a way to develop techniques that can strengthen the writer’s intention.
ADMISSIONS AND APPLICATIONS
Who Should Attend?
The program is designed for early- to mid-career professionals who hold an undergraduate or graduate diploma and have at least one year of relevant professional experience. While the course is primarily oriented towards young architects, it is also open to individuals from allied creative fields such as art, journalism, design, and related disciplines who are interested in exploring writing within their practice. Applicants should be able to demonstrate their interest and capability through a sample of authored writing and will be required to submit a 500-word abstract outlining their proposed work prior to the course start.
Date: 01 November 2025 – 09 January 2026 | 9 Weeks – Online
Program Fee: ₹24,500 + GST
Discounts:
- Early Bird Discount: INR 4,500/- (Apply by 03 October 2025)
- Discount for CEPT faculty members and alumni: INR 4,000/-
- For group discount, please email us at cpp@cept.ac.in
For more details, please visit the Program Page.
For queries, please contact: Ishita Rampal (Email: cpp@cept.ac.in & Phone: +91 79 6831 0000)
PROGRAM 2 — WRITING ARCHITECTURE
CEPT Professional Programs (CPP) has developed a unique professional development program for architecture and urban design practitioners at the expansive archaeological site of Hampi. Occupied by humans from at least 2500 BCE, Hampi became Vijayanagara when it was the capital of three different dynasties ruling from the 14th through the 16th centuries CE.
Hampi is a vast archaeological site, approximately 42 square kilometres in size, and contains over 1600 monuments. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986, and since then, it has been at the centre of the Vijayanagara Research Project, a major endeavour to do cadastral mapping of the entire site, and this original research allows us now to see water systems, astronomical alignments, and game boards as part of designed urban and mythic landscapes. These, along with monumental temples, palaces, and other structures, demonstrate the ways in which architects worked with the environment and its abundance of rock and water to produce culture from nature. This program focuses on all this and more.
The program is led by an art historian who has worked for 20+ years on Vijayanagara and Nayaka art and architecture. Each day of the program takes participants into the site’s monumental and everyday built environment. We will walk and immerse ourselves in one of the world’s most spectacular settings to discuss how architects, stonemasons, patrons and religious specialists created culture from nature and transformed time, materials and society.
The program will include:
- Daily guided walks, on-site lectures, and evening discussions in one of the world’s most spectacular settings.
- Explore Hampi, a UNESCO World Heritage Site with over 1,600 monuments spread across 42 sq. km.
- Learn from original research on Vijayanagara’s water systems, alignments, and designed landscapes.
- Led by an art historian with 20+ years of expertise on Vijayanagara and Nayaka art and architecture.
Program Lead:
Dr. Annapurna Garimella
Architectural Historian
Founder, Art, Resources and Teaching Trust, India
Program Structure:
The structure of the course rests upon two main parallel components. The first one consists of an interactive, dialogic engagement with eminent writers (and their writings) on architecture, as a way to learn from their experience and insight. The second will concentrate on the ability to think about the makings of a good writing piece from varied perspectives, while understanding how to make choices that, over time, shape one’s own work in conversation with the tutors and distinguished editors.
- Explore Hampi’s temples, bazaars & royal complexes through guided walks
- Gain insights via on-site lectures by experts
- Participate in interactive discussions on heritage, architecture & urbanism
- Learn from the confluence of design, craft & patronage that shaped the Vijayanagara Empire
ADMISSIONS AND APPLICATIONS
Who Should Attend?
The program is designed for practising architects, teachers, researchers, and history enthusiasts interested in architectural conservation, heritage management, architecture, and design.
Applications are open. The deadline for this program is indicative. All applications will be considered as they are received, and seats will be allotted on a first-come, first-served basis. Admissions will be closed once all seats are full. Participants will receive a certificate from CEPT University on successful completion of the program.
Program Dates: 20 – 23 November 2025
Mode: Hampi, Karnatak | On-Site
Last date to apply 20 October 2025
Program Fee: ₹29,000 + GST
Discounts:
- Early Bird Discount: INR 4,000/- (Apply by 20 October 2025)
- Discount for CEPT faculty members and alumni: INR 4,000/-
- For group discount, please email us at cpp@cept.ac.in
For more details, please visit the Program Page.
For queries, please contact: Ishita Rampal (Email: cpp@cept.ac.in & Phone: +91 79 6831 0000)
