One of the best, time tested methods of learning architecture is by taking students to places of architectural interest. Here the students are made to do measure-drawings of the existing structures and their details. Further they are made to photograph and sketch the buildings as well as the open spaces, plazas, courtyards in and around them. This is self-learning which gives students an idea of the scales, the patterns, the textures, the sense of symmetry vs asymmetry, balance, light and shade, material finishes etc., complete.