Judy Nitsch has been newly elected and installed as Chair of the Boston Architectural College (BAC) Board of Trustees, succeeding Richard Martini, B.Arch ’84. Marilyn Swartz-Lloyd was appointed Vice Chair. “Both Richard and Judy have been deeply committed to seeing the BAC evolve and... View full entry »
Renowned international architect, urban planner, educator, and Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate Balkrishna Doshi to receive an Honorary Doctorate and deliver The Boston Architectural College’s primary speech at its virtual commencement Friday, May 28. “It is an immense honor to have... View full entry »
The Boston Architectural College (BAC) is pleased to announce it has received a seven-figure bequest from Trustee Judy Nitsch in honor of her late husband and BAC alumnus, James "Tony" Magliozzi, B.Arch ’62. The gift augments The James A. Magliozzi, R.A. and Judith Nitsch, P.E. Endowed Fund, and... View full entry »
The Boston Architectural College (BAC) today announced the launching of its bold new vision through its 'BAC to the Future' strategic plan. Through this innovative plan, the BAC's focus will be transforming current programs and creating future-oriented design programs accessible to students in the... View full entry »
President Mahesh Daas shares an important update regarding BAC's decision for the spring semester and new exciting initiatives for 2021. View full entry »
The BAC is thrilled to announce we have started a new three-year partnership with the University of Baltistan, Skardu (UoBS) in Cultural Heritage Management and Economic Development, funded by the US Department of State, Embassy in Islamabad. This builds on the ongoing five year partnership... View full entry »
BAC Talks are deep level and forward-thinking discussions of relevant topics, rooted in our unique design perspectives and inspired by our global alumni leadership advisory network. Architect Thom Mayne to serve as keynote speaker of the day. Join The Boston Architectural College (BAC) on June... View full entry »
Based on the starting salary data from over 1.2 million students who graduated with a master's degree, GradReports has compiled the most comprehensive rankings of master's programs based on graduate salaries. Profiling 25 of the most popular majors and covering 35,000 programs in the US, the BAC... View full entry »
The Boston Architectural College's Board of Trustees has named Mahesh Daas, M. Arch, Ed.D., as the College's eighth president, effective July 12, 2019. He will succeed Glen LeRoy, FAIA, FAICP, who announced he would be retiring at the end of this academic year. Mahesh Daas is a designer, a... View full entry »
Jori Bercier, a Master of Design Studies student in Design for Human Health (MDS-DHH) from Lafayette, LA, is mission driven. In 2013 while an Interior Design student at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Jori went on a mission trip to Brazil with 20 others. The group worked at a foster... View full entry »
Visit included workshops in Boston and a trip to San Francisco for the PastForward conferenceThe Boston Architectural College (BAC) recently welcomed faculty from the National College of Arts (NCA) in Lahore, Pakistan, for a weeklong visit that included workshops at the BAC, a visit with... View full entry »
The Boston Architectural College (BAC) is proud to announce that Chinwendu Ibe, a third year Master of Interior Architecture student, was awarded a travel scholarship through Designers Lighting Forum of New England (DLF-NE) to attend LIGHTFAIR International in Philadelphia in May 2019. Each year... View full entry »
The Boston Architectural College (BAC) is pleased to announce that the Interior Architecture Collaborative (IAC) at the BAC won Best Student Entry at the IIDA (International Interior Design Association) of New England Fashion Show on October 18. The IAC at the BAC bested several colleges and... View full entry »
Stephanie Ireland, M.Arch '14 recently designed a new homeless shelter for The Kitchen, Inc. in Springfield, MO. Stephanie says: I'm very proud to have designed a new homeless shelter for The Kitchen, Inc. in my hometown of Springfield, MO. The ENTIRE design team donated most of the services... View full entry »
Stephanie Ireland, M.Arch ʼ14, knew she was destined to be an architect. Her father was a high school woodshop teacher and her mother was an Interior Design professor. She remembers working with her dad during the summer, assisting him on different jobs making ceiling fan blades, running a drill... View full entry »
The Boston Architectural College (BAC) is pleased to announce that it was once again ranked in the top 25 of DesignIntelligence's most admired undergraduate architecture programs in their annual America's Top Ranked Architecture & Design School survey. The schools are ranked by their... View full entry »
Kyle Ritchie, MDS-SD '17, LEED AP, was an undergraduate at Ball State University in Indiana when he realized he didn't want to be an architect. Originally enrolled in the school's architecture program, Kyle became interested in how the natural world can influence and facilitate high-performance... View full entry »
The weeklong visit included workshops, site visits, and discussions around resiliency and climate changeIn design, collaboration is key - collaboration with other designers, with community members, with policy and design makers, and with other countries. Climate change and resiliency are garnering... View full entry »
The Boston Architectural College (BAC) is pleased to announce its fall exhibition, The Landscape Architecture of Lawrence Halprin, a traveling photographic exhibition created by The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF). The exhibition will run from September 12- November 17, 2018. The Landscape... View full entry »
The Boston Architectural College (BAC) is pleased to announce that the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) has granted its maximum eight-year accreditation to the BAC's Bachelor of Architecture and Master of Architecture, online and onsite. The NAAB is the sole agency authorized to... View full entry »
Adrienne Ott, M.Arch '11, has only been a designer at world renowned architect Frank Gehry's firm, Gehry Partners, in Los Angeles, California, for nine months, but she was part of the team that worked on Facebook's New York City Instagram office. She was part of the team that did renovations for... View full entry »
The Boston Architectural College (BAC), led by Director of Historic Preservation Eleni Glekas, just returned from another trip to Pakistan. Not an area of the world that many have access to, the BAC representatives, which includes Eleni, Don Hunsicker, dean of the School of Design Studies, and Ian... View full entry »
Excerpted from the Summer 2018 issue of Practice Magazine.When Jeffrey L. Staats, '73, AIA, AICP, started his journey in architecture, he had no idea where it would take him or how he would get there. Thanks to the mentorship of two BAC alumni, Russel B. Brown, '66 and Ronald M. Wood, '66, and... View full entry »
Excerpted from the Summer 2018 issue of Practice Magazine.Open any daily newspaper or turn on the news, and there's a good chance you'll hear something bad happening in the Middle East: crackdowns in Egypt and Turkey, civil wars in Syria and Yemen, terrorist strikes in Afghanistan and Iraq. This... View full entry »
Excerpted from the Summer 2018 issue of Practice Magazine.The ability to visualize ideas has always been essential to successful design. Getting the proportions of a space right, choosing the best surface textures-these are basics designers face every day that require them to mentally put... View full entry »
Anya Wilczynski, BDS-HP '16, didn't know she wanted to pursue a design career when she applied to college. Originally from Ashburnham, MA, Anya began college at Fitchburg State University, studying Education for the first semester and Political Science for the second. It wasn't until a friend... View full entry »
Olivia Breytenbach, MDS-HP '18, came to The Boston Architectural College (BAC) by way of Alberta, Canada. Olivia earned her Bachelor of Science in Architecture in 2016 from Northeastern University, and then enrolled in the BAC's Master of Design Studies in Historic Preservation program. The BAC... View full entry »
The Nashville area has been steadily growing over the last five to 10 years. An historic city with a rich music history and scene, noteworthy Southern restaurants, and a growing meeting and convention market, Nashville is attracting young adults, families, business travelers, and tourists. Three... View full entry »
Internationally acclaimed Landscape Architect and Artist Martha Schwartz is The Boston Architectural College’s (BAC) commencement speaker. The ceremony will take place on Friday, May 25, at the Back Bay Events Center in John Hancock Hall at 180 Berkeley Street. As principal of Martha Schwartz... View full entry »
The Boston Architectural College (BAC) recently completed its first U.S. Department of State grant that funded a partnership between the College and the National College of the Arts (NCA) in Lahore, Pakistan. The BAC first started working with the NCA in 2013 when the State Department selected the... View full entry »
