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Integrating keywords from established architectural theories into AI text-to-image prompts produces more realistic images that better express design characteristics and symbolic meanings. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.METHODOLOGICAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To investigate whether generative AI tools authentically capture architectural principles and to develop a theory-driven semantic prompt framework for architectural text-to-image generation.

August 19, 2026ArchitectureOpen Access

Theory of Architecture as the Maestro Organising AI Text-to-Image Prompts

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MYMaged YoussefBeirut Arab University

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Experimental study demonstrates enhanced realism and symbolic expression in AI-generated designs using theory-based prompts, indicating that architectural theory improves generative authenticity.

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To investigate whether generative AI tools authentically capture architectural principles and to develop a theory-driven semantic prompt framework for architectural text-to-image generation.
Conducted a literature review analyzing prompt design gaps in generative architectural workflows.
Performed an experimental evaluation across three text-to-image AI platforms, injecting keywords from five core architectural theories into prompts to compare visual outputs before and after prompt structuring.
AI prompts structured with architectural theory keywords generated outputs with superior visual realism and clearer stylistic characteristics compared to baseline prompts.
Theory-infused prompts successfully translated authentic symbolic meanings and architectural principles rather than producing superficial stylistic imitations.

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Maged Youssef (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8562eb03308d306e2d5ea8 https://doi.org/10.3390/architecture6030140

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Experimental study demonstrates enhanced realism and symbolic expression in AI-generated designs using theory-based prompts, indicating that architectural theory improves generative authenticity.

Theory of Architecture as the Maestro Organising AI Text-to-Image Prompts

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