“Technology is the white rabbit of our industry,” declared Martha Tsigkari from Foster + Partners, addressing a packed Barbican Hall last summer. “Like Alice in Wonderland, we can either choose to ignore it or we can go down the rabbit hole.”

Picture this: instead of spending weeks sketching design options, an architect types a few words and watches dozens of building concepts materialise on screen. Rather than waiting days for structural calculations, answers appear in seconds.

Welcome to architecture’s AI revolution – a transformation that is already reshaping how the world’s most prestigious practices design, build and think.

The Architecture Foundation’s Architecture on Stage event last summer brought together representatives from three global powerhouses to reveal just how deep they have tumbled into this technological warren. What emerged was a tale of three very different journeys into the future of building design.