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Heatherwick's 'Humanise' campaign inspires 'joyful' architecture degree at UK university

2024-05-15T18:01:00-04:00

The UK’s Loughborough University has accepted Thomas Heatherwick's challenge to ‘humanize’ and create ‘joyful’ architecture with a new academic offering: A master's degree aiming to give students the opportunity to take part in a burgeoning movement created to solve a global “urban crisis” over the next decade. The 115-year-old university will become the first to affiliate itself with the Humanise campaign academically with new supplementary course content exclusive to its new Master of Architecture & Design program.

Courses will leverage research into architecture, neuroscience, and human psychology in accord with Heatherwick’s philosophy of design, which was recently the subject of a new treatise of the same title. The program's official launch is slated for the fall of 2025 and includes a series of lectures and workshops exploring the idea of emotion as a function of design, an announcement from the university read Tuesday.

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The world's best architecture masters programs for 2023, according to BAM

2023-09-19T17:51:00-04:00

The 2023 edition of the Best Architecture Masters (BAM) rankings has just been released, featuring a slate of 19 graduate programs from across the world that were selected using an internal methodology by a 15-member “Expert Committee” of academics.

American Ivy League institutions once again dominated the top tier of the rankings, with Harvard GSD’s Master of Architecture II program taking home the first place spot for the fifth consecutive year. BAM says its list was influenced by other rankings guides, including the most recent QS World Universities Architecture / Built Environment subject list, in addition to its internal methodology, adding: “This approach allows us to make an international-comparative study, that reflects the best architecture master’s programs from almost all over the world.”

The Universidade de São Paulo, University of Manchester, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, and Tsinghua University were new additions to this year's list.

The full BAM rankings...

MIT’s Master of Real Estate Development Program Offers Scholarships for Students Interested in Sustainability, Finance & More

2022-11-15T09:00:00-05:00

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The MIT Master of Science in Real Estate Development (MSRED) offers an unparalleled education in real estate practice. Our groundbreaking MSRED degree presents a program that is rigorous, concentrated, multidisciplinary and geared toward direct application.

Candidates for the MSRED degree come to the Program with several years of experience within the built environment. The program offers students a chance to sharpen their skills by working with other professionals of exceptional promise. Building partnerships that will last long after graduation, MSRED students learn team building in an international context, applying research to real-world problems in a disciplined and intellectual framework.

Students listen during presentation at developer office in downtown Boston, October 2022. Image courtesy of MIT CRE.

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The best architecture masters programs of 2022, according to BAM

2022-08-16T14:11:00-04:00

The annual Best Architecture Masters (BAM) ranking has just been published for 2022. Featuring some of the world’s most prestigious and competitive graduate programs, the list has been historically dominated by American Ivy League schools as well as other premier British and European universities. The 2022 cohort is no exception, with Harvard GSD’s Master of Architecture II program taking the top billing for the fifth consecutive year.

BAM shares that its rankings are “aimed to help architects and students to get to know the best International Master’s programs available in the world, thanks to our transparent comparative system.”

Using its internal methodology, BAM’s 13-member “Expert Committee” of academics analyzed programs based on 10 educational-performance indicators and 45 sub-indicators.

Here is the list of BAM's top 17 architecture master’s degree programs in 2022:

1. Harvard GSD
Program: Master of Architecture II
Location: Cambridge, MA

2. Columbia University
Program: Maste...

BAM releases their 2021 rankings for top master of architecture programs

2021-08-23T12:14:00-04:00

Best Architecture Masters Ranking (BAM) has released their list of the top programs of 2021. Harvard GSD’s Master of Architecture II program ranks first for the fourth year in a row.

22 Master’s Degree programs from around the world were selected to be part of the list by BAM’s “Expert Committee”, which is formed by 15 professors from some of the best-ranked universities. Programs were compared and evaluated through their methodology, in which 11 educational-performance indicators and 42 sub-indicators are used to rank each school.

Below is a list of the top 16 architecture master’s degree programs in 2021:

1. Harvard GSD
Program: Master of Architecture II
Location: Cambridge, MA

2. Columbia University
Program: Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design
Location: New York, NY

3. Delft University of Technology (TUDelft)
Program: The Berlage Post-master in Architecture and Urban Design
Location: Delft, Netherlands

4. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid + ETH Zurich
Program: Master o...

UNC Charlotte School of Architecture names Sekou Cooke as new director of the Master of Urban Design program

2021-03-24T14:04:00-04:00

UNC Charlotte's School of Architecture welcomes Sekou Cooke to its faculty as the Director of the Master of Urban Design (MUD) program. Cooke is an acclaimed architect, educator, curator, and researcher whose work exemplifies a career in shaping design practice with social justice, sustainability, and public service through architecture and urban planning.

Before his transition as the new Director, Cooke is an assistant professor in the School of Architecture at Syracuse University. The Jamaican-born architect received his Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University and a Master of Architecture from Harvard University. His practice Sekou Cooke Studio "brings thoughtful processes and rigorous experimentation to a vast array of project types from public, non-profit, and residential works" in addition to "speculative developments locally and internationally."

As an educator and researcher, his latest work focuses on the fields of Hip-Hop Architecture. In 2018 Archinect spoke wi...

MIT's Master of Science in Real Estate Development program pushes for research-based education and application

2020-11-05T09:00:00-05:00

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The MIT Master of Science in Real Estate Development (MSRED) offers an unparalleled education in real estate practice. Our groundbreaking MSRED degree presents a program that is rigorous, concentrated, multidisciplinary and geared toward direct application.

Why earn an MSRED? MIT’s Master of Science in Real Estate Development (MSRED) is the most concentrated, science-based graduate degree in real estate available. Launched in 1984 by the MIT Center for Real Estate, the MSRED is the first one-year degree of its kind, fulfilling a need for specialized education beyond the scope of the traditional MBA. The MSRED prepares men and women to compete in the global market with superior qualifications — providing the research-based expertise necessary to solve complex problems in contemporary real estate.

MSRED graduates - #MIT2019 MIT Center for Real Estate. Photo by Lacey Cochran. Courtesy of MIT MSRED

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Apply now to MIT's Master of Science in Real Estate Development program

2020-10-05T15:13:00-04:00

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Why earn an MSRED?

MIT’s Master of Science in Real Estate Development (MSRED) is the most concentrated, science-based graduate degree in real estate available. Launched in 1984 by the MIT Center for Real Estate, the MSRED is the first one-year degree of its kind, fulfilling a need for specialized education beyond the scope of the traditional MBA. The MSRED prepares men and women to compete in the global market with superior qualifications — providing the research-based expertise necessary to solve complex problems in contemporary real estate.

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11-month program with a 16-month extended option
Typical class size 25-35 students per year
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USC Viterbi School of Engineering launches Advanced Design and Construction Technology masters program

2020-08-12T14:39:00-04:00

The Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California has launched a new master’s program in Advanced Design and Construction Technology (ADCT).

The program, according to a school website, will explore an "integrative approach to design, engineering and construction technology, and in developing expertise in core topics including sustainability, data analysis and visualization, computing, modeling, simulation, process engineering and manufacturing, leadership, design and innovation" in order to "next generation of innovators to not only harness the power of technological innovation, but to bridge the industry’s fragmentation in order to foster collaboration, catalyze change, and offer advanced and sustainable solutions to global problems."

Tuition for the 28-unit, four semester master’s program is set at roughly $60,000 plus housing and fees.

A press release announcing the program explains that students will have access to "experts in computer science, construc...

Kent State University's Master of Architecture program fosters project-based learning to shape future leaders in design

2019-01-07T10:45:00-05:00

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The Master of Architecture (M.Arch) program at Kent State University, College of Architecture and Environmental Design (CAED) prepares graduates to be progressive leaders in the field of architecture by developing technical skills, professional knowledge, and design creativity through the exploration of project-based learning. The program fosters the refinement of critical design skills and offers opportunities for inquiry in architecture and related disciplines through comprehensive research.

Facilitated with cutting-edge technologies dedicated to critical design thinking, fabrication and experimentation, Master of Architecture program—as part of CAED’s vision, focuses on diverse disciplinary and interdisciplinary topics such as design-practice, history and theory, urban design, computational design, creative robotics, and interactive/responsive spaces.

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UC Berkeley’s new Master of Real Estate Development & Design program puts innovative design and sustainability at the center of real estate

2018-11-01T13:08:00-04:00

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In June 2018, UC Berkeley's College of Environmental Design (CED) launched its unique 11-month Master’s program that revolves around a central mission: to build more sustainable, prosperous and equitable cities.

The inaugural class of 16 students bring wide-ranging national and international experience in development, architecture and planning practice, affordable housing, policy, and economics. Throughout the year, students build dynamic career networks and learn directly from distinguished developers, entrepreneurs, designers, and planners in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The program offers an especially competitive edge to students by providing a world-class education at one of the top research universities in the world. CED’s professional programs focused on the built environment ranked #1 among all public universities in the country, and Berkeley ranks #3 in the world in the area of architecture and the built e...