Architecture Engineers Award

Architectural design analysis has traditionally relied on subjective interpretations, which often lead to inconsistencies and inefficiencies. To address this challenge, this study introduces Architectural Style Metrics (ASM), a methodology that leverages CLIP (Contrastive Language-Image Pre-training) to quantitatively assess the visual characteristics of architectural designs. By translating qualitative visual elements into measurable metrics, ASM provides a scalable, objective framework for systematic architectural evaluation. Methodology The ASM approach quantifies four critical visual features—curvature, saturation, transparency, and symmetry based on their relative positions between opposing states. The methodology calculates comprehensive statistics including mean values, standard deviations, and outliers for each feature. This enables researchers to capture subtle design variations while maintaining interpretability. ASM operates without additional training or strict image cons...