Architecture Internships in Bangalore: Where to Look and What to Expect

To find a good architecture internship in Bangalore, start with the kind of work you want to learn, not a list of famous names. The city's offices broadly split into homes, workplaces and institutions, and each one teaches a different semester. This guide explains those three kinds of practice, lists the COA-verified architects on MOA who are based in Bengaluru, and covers what the metro, the sites and the money mean for your choice.

It is the Bangalore companion to our national guide. For the Council of Architecture rules, the application timeline, how to raise the stipend question and a cold email template, read Architecture Internships in India (2026) first. We will not repeat it here.

What Bengaluru builds, and what each kind of office teaches

The Council of Architecture's Minimum Standards of Architectural Education Regulations, 2020 describe practical training as following a project from concept to working drawings, tendering and site supervision. How much of that you see depends on the office's work. In Bengaluru, three kinds of practice are worth telling apart.

Residential: houses on small plots and apartment projects

Residential offices work on independent houses, villas and apartment blocks. On a house for a compact city plot, you are likely to learn how setbacks and floor area shape a plan on a tight plot. Our guide to what you can build on a 30x40 or 30x50 plot is useful reading before the interview.

Approvals are where Bengaluru has changed recently, and it is worth asking about. In September 2024 the city's then civic body, the BBMP, extended its online "Nambike Nakshe" approval route to all eight zones. It covers independent houses on plots of less than 50x80 feet, and the plan has to be vetted by an empanelled engineer or architect, Deccan Herald reported. A year later, the Karnataka government notified five city corporations under the Greater Bengaluru Governance Act, 2024, to replace the BBMP, PTI reported. So ask the office how it files plans today, and whether you will see one through.

Some Bengaluru members on MOA have published residential work you can study before you write. On Dinesh Kumar S's profile, SENSCAPE architects describes Alaya Villament as a 1,60,000 sq ft residential development on 2 acres in a developing IT corridor, with units of 22 by 60 feet set around the edge of the site to leave open space in the middle. Sheetal's profile, for ICARUS ARCHITECTS, describes a Bengaluru home for an elderly couple that puts accessibility, comfort and natural light first.

Workplace: offices and tech campuses

This is the work that most sets Bengaluru apart. The city led India's office market in 2025 with 20.2 million sq ft of gross absorption, according to Savills India, as reported by IANS. Across India, IT and business process companies took 33 per cent of that leasing and flexible workspace operators 15 per cent, with global capability centres a key source of new demand.

For an intern, that means office fit-outs, from a single floor to a campus: space plans, furniture layouts, ceilings and services drawings, revised as the client's needs change. You learn how a large drawing set is managed and how consultants work together. The risk is a semester of test-fits with little design, so ask what you will actually draw. If a project is going for a green rating, ask to see how the paperwork is prepared. Our guide to IGBC, GRIHA and LEED explains what those ratings involve.

None of the projects that the Bengaluru architects in our table have published on MOA so far is an office. If workplace design is what you want, check a studio's own portfolio for it before you apply.

Institutional: schools, colleges and hospitals

Institutional buildings are slower. They are often built in phases, involve committees and several consultants, and need careful code and accessibility checks. You may not see a building finished, but you will likely work on a bigger drawing set than a house needs. Ask which stage the project is at.

The same COA regulations also allow training in "an organization operating in an allied field of practice or research", if your institution approves it and an architect with at least five years of experience mentors you. If urban research or planning interests you more than a studio, confirm both conditions with your college before you accept.

COA-verified Bengaluru architects on MOA

On MOA's architects page you can filter by city. Each profile shows the member's cities, services, COA verification and published projects. These fifteen architects give Bengaluru, Bangalore Urban or Bangalore Rural as their base and show the COA Verified badge. The table only describes what each profile shows. It is not a ranking, and being listed does not mean a studio takes interns.

Architect	Studio on profile	Cities on profile	Services listed
Dinesh Kumar S	SENSCAPE architects	Bangalore Urban	Interior design, design consultancy. Two projects on MOA.
Rahul R	Brick and MoRa	Bengaluru	Interior design, design consultancy, construction drawings, plan approvals, 3D rendering. One project on MOA.
Sheetal	ICARUS ARCHITECTS	Bengaluru	Interior design, construction drawings, design consultancy, 3D rendering. One project on MOA.
Sandilya Chowdary	School serv (India) solutions Pvt Ltd	Bangalore Urban	Interior design, design consultancy, construction drawings, plan approvals, 3D rendering. Two projects on MOA, in Vijayawada and Hyderabad.
Gayathri Shetty	Gayathri & Namith Architects	Bengaluru	Interior design, design consultancy, construction drawings, plan approvals, turnkey
Rahul J	JJA	Bengaluru, Chennai, Mangaluru, Vellore	Design consultancy, turnkey, construction drawings, plan approvals, interior design
Ashiqa Abdul Muneer	Ashiqas Design Studio	Bangalore Urban, Kozhikode, Kannur, Kasaragod District	Interior design, design consultancy, plan approvals, 3D rendering, construction drawings
Prajwal Kambalimath	IDEA Centre Architects Pvt. Ltd, Richmond Town	Bengaluru	Design consultancy, 3D rendering, construction drawings, interior design
Rakshit Salunke	Collective Overlap	Bangalore Urban	Design consultancy, interior design, turnkey, 3D rendering, construction drawings
Ramya H. G.	YellowAntNest Studios	Bangalore Urban, Hyderabad	Interior design, furniture design, construction drawings, design consultancy, 3D rendering
Sunaina Jainitha	InForm Architects	Bangalore Urban	Interior design, turnkey, design consultancy, construction drawings, 3D rendering
Bushra Zaidi	Studio Gsha	Bangalore Rural, Bangalore Urban	Interior design, design consultancy, turnkey
Nithish Kumar M	Nithish Kumar M	Bangalore Urban	Interior design, design consultancy, construction drawings, 3D rendering, turnkey
Priyanka N Nair	Freelance	Bangalore Urban	Interior design, furniture design, 3D rendering, construction drawings
Sreenidhi Parasuram Iyer	Sreenidhi Parasuram Iyer	Bangalore Urban	Design consultancy, 3D rendering, turnkey

Read the services column as a clue. Five of the fifteen list plan approvals, which points towards approval drawings. Twelve list construction drawings, which points towards working drawing sets. Fourteen list interior design, so expect interiors to be part of the semester in most of these offices. Profiles also show a completed-projects count, which runs from 1 to 100 among these fifteen. It is the member's own figure, but it hints at how busy an office is.

Then open the projects. Brick and MoRa's profile shows Golden Grand Apt, a Bengaluru apartment of 2,200 sq ft built-up, published as design renders. That is a useful project to ask about in an interview: which drawings came after the renders, and who went to site.

A few other verified architects list Bengaluru alongside a base elsewhere, such as Pune or Ahmedabad: ask them where you would actually sit. MOA also lists interior designers in Bengaluru, but an interior office counts for practical training only with your college's approval and a qualifying architect as mentor.

Other ways to find a Bengaluru office

• Your college. Ask your training coordinator where past batches went. Bengaluru colleges also hear from firms directly: the placement page of BMS College of Architecture, for example, says it holds placement sessions each year by inviting firms, though those are for graduates rather than interns.
• The MOA jobs board. Studios on MOA post roles on the jobs board, and you apply with your profile, so the studio sees your work rather than only a CV.

Plan the commute around the metro and the sites

Before accepting, ask for the office address and the current site locations, then do a trial run at the hour you would really travel.

• The Yellow Line reaches Electronic City. The Prime Minister opened the over 19 km Yellow Line from RV Road to Bommasandra on 10 August 2025, with 16 stations including Electronic City, taking the city's operational metro network to over 96 km, PTI reported. Trains ran every 25 minutes at opening, so check the current timetable.
• Sites can be anywhere. A house might be on the edge of the city and an office fit-out inside a tech park. Ask how often interns go to site, how they get there, and whether the studio pays for that travel.

Stipend and living costs: do your own sum

We found no credible published Bangalore stipend or rent figure, so do your own sum. List your monthly costs before the interview: rent and deposit, any brokerage, the commute, food, printing and software. Then ask for three things in writing: the stipend, the working days and hours, and whether site travel is reimbursed. If you are moving to the city for the semester, an office near your metro line can be worth more than a slightly higher stipend across town.

Questions to ask a Bengaluru studio before you say yes

1. Which projects will I work on, and are they homes, workplaces or institutions?
2. Will I see a plan go for approval, and how does the office file plans now?
3. Will I go to site, and how often?
4. Who will mentor me, and do they have at least five years of experience, as the Council requires?
5. Which of my drawings may I show in my portfolio afterwards, and how should I credit the studio?

Take a portfolio that shows how you draw, not only how you render. Our architecture portfolio examples show what strong Indian portfolios put first.

Frequently asked questions

How do I find architecture firms for an internship in Bangalore?

Decide whether you want residential, workplace or institutional work. Then use the Bengaluru filter on MOA's architects page, your college's training coordinator and the MOA jobs board, and check each studio's projects before you write.

Do architecture interns get paid in Bangalore?

Often, but the Council's 2020 regulations set no minimum stipend, and we found no published Bangalore stipend survey. Ask before you accept, in writing, and compare the offer with your real monthly costs, including travel.

Is an internship in an office fit-out firm good for B.Arch practical training?

It can be, if a qualifying architect mentors you and your college approves the office. Ask whether you will see drawings through to site.

Looking for a studio in the city? See architects in Bengaluru on MOA, and put your portfolio on MOA, free.

Sources

• Council of Architecture: Minimum Standards of Architectural Education Regulations, 2020 (accessed 16 Oct 2026)
• IANS: Office leasing in India steady at 75.2 million sq ft in 2025, Bengaluru leads (Savills India) (accessed 16 Oct 2026)
• Deccan Herald: Bengaluru: 'Nambike Nakshe' rolled out across city (2024) (accessed 16 Oct 2026)
• The Week (PTI): Karnataka govt notifies formation of five city corporations in Bengaluru (accessed 16 Oct 2026)
• The Week (PTI): PM Modi inaugurates Yellow line of Bangalore Metro Rail (accessed 16 Oct 2026)
• BMS College of Architecture: Placements (accessed 16 Oct 2026)