Architectural design refers to the design of a building to meet certain construction purposes (including people's requirements for its use of functionality, the requirements of its visual perception), which makes the specific material materials in the technical, economic and other aspects of the feasibility of the conditions to form a product that can become an aesthetic object.
In a broad sense, it includes the formation of the building's design.
By the depth of design, there are architectural program design, preliminary architectural design, architectural construction drawing design.
By design content, there are building structure design, building physical design (building acoustic design, building optical design, building thermal design), building equipment design (building water supply and drainage design, building heating, ventilation, air conditioning design, building electrical design).
In a narrow sense, it refers to the program design, preliminary design and construction drawing design of the building.
Architectural design, as an important part of the construction industry, has given rise to companies specializing in architectural design, such as: SOM, KPF, Shanghai Modern Architecture Design Company Limited, Architectural Design Institute of Tongji University
Some famous designers both at home and abroad: Shalinen, Mies, Wright, Tadao Ando, Paul. Andrews, Koolhaas, Qi Kang, Zhang Jinqiu and so on.