Fear about AI replacing architects is loud, but the reality is more nuanced and far more useful. We sit down with architect Micah Ricards to map where AI makes the work better—clearer emails, cleaner briefs, sharper questions—and where it hits a hard wall, like carrying responsibility for design decisions that affect how people live day to day. From first contact to final plan, we unpack the line between speed and stewardship.Micah walks us through how he actually starts a home: not with a prompt, but with training, precedent, and the lived experience of walking cities and studying how real rooms work. We talk candidly about feeding floor plans to AI to surface blind spots, then stress-test those ideas against site constraints, codes, structure, and the messy truth of budgets. The key theme is judgment. A model can suggest a layout; a professional stands by it when the dishwasher blocks a drawer or a beam clashes with services.We also dig into visualisation. Static 3D images and simple walkthroughs help clients understand space early, when changes are cheap. VR can add immersion, but even a slick 4D tour won’t tell you how winter sun hits a breakfast table or whether two cooks can dance around a kitchen island. Used well, these tools build confidence and reduce risk; used blindly, they create false certainty. Along the way, we share prompt hygiene tips, laugh about bots with attitude, and underline why accountability and the human touch still anchor the design process.If you care about architecture, homebuilding, and responsible use of AI in design, this conversation offers practical tactics and a clear-eyed view of what to automate and what to hold close. Subscribe, share this with a friend planning a build, and leave a review with your biggest question about AI in the design process.Send us a text Support the showBuy your first home in NZ Weekly Webinars You thought it's not possible or the dream is too far away? Come to my webinar and I will show you, you are much closer to your dream, than you think you are! Join Here - https://bit.ly/4m9SL72

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