Free ebookInterior Design for Architects: Materials, Lighting, and Detailing Basics

Course Description

Interior Design for Architects: Materials, Lighting, and Detailing Basics is a practical ebook course for designers who want interiors that look refined, coordinate smoothly, and perform well in real buildings. Created for the Design and Art category with a focus on architectural design, it helps you translate concept into decisions that hold up through documentation, coordination, and construction.

You will learn an interior design process tailored to architectural practice, clarifying scope, workflow, and performance criteria so every choice supports comfort, durability, maintenance, and buildability. The course shows how to build a coherent material and finish palette and coordinate finishes across floors, walls, and ceilings, including the transitions that often cause visual clutter or site issues. You will also strengthen your judgment for high use and wet areas by considering slip resistance, hygiene, and waterproofing so the design remains safe and resilient.

Lighting is approached as an architectural system, not an afterthought. You will connect lighting fundamentals such as layering, visual comfort, and control to reflected ceiling plans, and learn how to coordinate fixtures with structure and MEP constraints. Detailing guidance focuses on the junctions that define quality, including reveals, edges, tolerances, and interfaces between materials. You will also develop confidence designing millwork and built-ins with practical attention to layout, materials, hardware, and integration with the surrounding architecture.

To support real world delivery, the course explains how to document interior intent through drawings, schedules, and specifications, and how to run review and quality control using sample boards, mockups, and coordination checks. Start the course today and bring more clarity, consistency, and professional polish to your interior architectural design work.