50 Claude Use Cases for Architects

A field guide for practising architects, by June Chow and Tianyu Xu.

50 Claude Use Cases for Architects is a practical field guide that shows practising architects how to put Anthropic's Claude AI to work across every stage of practice: site-visit reports, client communications, fee proposals, zoning and market research, design and visualisation, image and video generation, 3D modelling, documentation, code compliance, and running the studio. Written by June Chow and Tianyu Xu.

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The authors

June Chow

Registered Architect · AI for Architects

A registered architect with 20+ years across Malaysia and a generative-AI practitioner. She trains architects internationally, Visiting Lecturer at China Academy of Art (NACAA) and Taylor’s University, and directs the AI for Architects programme at Lighthouse AI Academy. HRD Corp Certified Trainer, author of Generative AI for Architects, and an Architizer Vision Awards juror.

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Tianyu Xu

Creative & AI Specialist · Singapore

A creative and AI expert based in Singapore. He co-produced two bestselling AI-image courses on Udemy and partners with major AI labs and creative-AI companies. Claude has been his main creative engine since early 2026, he has built hundreds of Claude Skills used in practice and training. Co-author of Will ChatGPT Take My Job.

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The fifty use cases (table of contents)

  1. 01. Site-visit reports from photos
  2. 02. Client emails & status reports
  3. 03. Translation & plain-English simplification
  4. 04. Pitch decks & presentations
  5. 05. Fee proposals
  6. 06. Zoning & planning research, end-to-end
  7. 07. Industry & market intelligence
  8. 08. Historical and theoretical study
  9. 09. Materials and technology comparison
  10. 10. Heritage & adaptive-reuse analysis
  11. 11. Drawing-file intelligence
  12. 12. CAD-to-brief intelligence
  13. 13. The emotional brief, translated
  14. 14. Style and typology analysis with vision
  15. 15. The anti-reference generator
  16. 16. Process-driven space planning
  17. 17. Moodboard as a Midjourney control system
  18. 18. The 9+7 Anchor Matrix
  19. 19. The Midjourney Control Room
  20. 20. Façade material studies
  21. 21. Generating images and video, without leaving Claude
  22. 22. From sketch to photoreal render, in one window
  23. 23. Floor-plan exploration through MCP
  24. 24. Exterior to interior: a system-prompt workflow
  25. 25. AI-generated visuals, dropped straight into the design
  26. 26. The LoRA dataset readiness checker
  27. 27. AI image studio review, after the generation
  28. 28. Render Polish: a workaround for image enhancement
  29. 29. Architectural walkthroughs with Seedance 2.0
  30. 30. Accurate time-lapse construction videos
  31. 31. From image to 3D model, via the Blender MCP
  32. 32. Natural-language geometry in Rhino
  33. 33. Meeting minutes from recordings
  34. 34. Project setup automation
  35. 35. The project memory ledger
  36. 36. Gantt & programme generation
  37. 37. Cost estimation at concept stage
  38. 38. Submission package preparation
  39. 39. Code-compliance pre-check
  40. 40. The Universal Design Experience Audit
  41. 41. Invoice & timesheet processing
  42. 42. The instant Autodesk manual
  43. 43. Your practice website, built with Claude
  44. 44. Social media and newsletter writing
  45. 45. Awards submissions that don’t sound generic
  46. 46. Job seeking and recruitment: both sides of the table
  47. 47. AI safety, ethics & ISO 42001 in practice
  48. 48. Skill, spec-writer
  49. 49. Skill, mj-prompter (v8.1)
  50. 50. Claude Code for batch file processing
A Field Guide for Practising Architects

50 Claude Use Cases for Architects

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