How smart tech could give architecture a boost

Architects are waking up to a new way of working where artificial intelligence (AI) deals with many of the mundane tasks involved in building design. The profession faces a profound shift that will lead to new opportunities and the need for new skills, experts say. In October 2019, for instance, the New York-based Chilean design guru Sebastián Errázuriz said on Instagram that 90 percent of the work that architects do today could change. "You should be taking measures right now," he said. At present, he said, it takes two to three years for an architect to complete a project, so gaining experience is a slow process.