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Florida Southern College to launch new School of Architecture on historic Frank Lloyd Wright campus

2024-07-24T17:41:00-04:00

A new academic program in architecture is coming to Central Florida: The newly established Florida Southern College School of Architecture will begin instructing the first students enrolled in its undergraduate program in 2025, with a master’s course to follow beginning in the 2028 academic year.

The future school boasts a unique learning experience thanks to its setting in the Ordway Building, which is one of 16 structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for the Lakeland campus between 1938 and 1958. According to the college, that makes it the largest single-site collection of Wright's architecture in the world.

Rendering of the future Florida Southern College School of Architecture building. Image: The Lunz Group/FSC SoA

"We are blessed that this next stage of educational excellence is being funded through a generous benefactor who will ensure that Florida Southern makes a profound impact on the architecture profession and thus on our lives as we live and work in the structures our...

Woodbury School of Architecture to launch three new programs in Fall 2022

2021-11-12T17:26:00-05:00

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Woodbury School of Architecture is accepting applications for three new degree programs set to launch in Fall 2022: Bachelor of Science in Construction Management, Bachelor of Arts in Sustainable Practices, and Bachelor of Science in Design Computation.

The Bachelor of Science in Construction Management program teaches students to transform the built environment by building sustainably. Students will integrate design, technology, and business analytics with sustainability and the liberal arts, using hands-on, studio-based learning. Coursework will explore human-centered design principles; how to apply business models, ranging from organizational management to strategic thinking to construction management; and investigations in Building Information Modeling (BIM) coupled with other construction-related technologies.

The Bachelor of Arts in Sustainable Practices program takes an interdisciplinary approach, combining knowle...

North Dakota State University combines departments to ‘disrupt current design education’

2020-11-30T19:22:00-05:00

On November 24th, North Dakota State University announced its newest school, The School of Design, Architecture, and Art (SODAA). NDSU combined its architecture, landscape architecture, and visual arts departments into one school, hoping to diversify the learning outcomes students and faculty would gain as each field of study interacts with one another under one roof.

According to their school paper "The Spectrum," Anne Kesler reports, "NDSU is the only school in the state that offers architecture and landscape programs, and with the opening of the new school, the university will further its field of study for design and art education."

Previously covered on Archinect: The top-ranked schools with architecture departments, according to Times Higher Education World. Image courtesy of Image © Tamer Shabani

While students and professionals continue to navigate a trying time within the industry, the need for multidisciplinary approaches to architecture and design has grown. As professiona...

Architecture apprenticeship model launching next month between UK schools and firms

2018-08-23T14:58:00-04:00

The first group of architectural apprentices will start at leading practices such as AHMM, Hawkins\Brown and PRP next month as a major new sector initiative gets underway. Practices AtelierWest, GPA (Get Planning and Architecture), Ingleton Wood, and To-Do Design are also pioneering two types of apprenticeships as a route into the profession in collaboration with London South Bank University.

Following the architecture apprenticeship initiative led by Foster + Partners, the first group entering the ‘earn while you learn’ program will begin next month in the UK. This approach will offer both professional experience and tuition-free academic training, while also providing a salary to apprentices.

Charles Egbu, dean of London Southbank’s School of Architecture and the Built Environment stated, "These apprenticeship courses will provide an alternative, more cost-effective route to ARB registration, while diversifying the profession and strengthening ties between the architectural industry and academia."

London Southbank’s School of Architecture will be the only one to offer Level 6 apprenticeship. Participating schools also include De Montford, Northumbria, Oxford Brookes, and Portsmouth offering Level 7 qualification.

Firms with wage bills of more than $3.8 million a year have been charged 0.5% of their total wage bill to fund these new apprenticeships. Smaller firms outsi...

AIAS selects students to participate in CRIT Scholar fellowship program

2018-01-17T15:21:00-05:00

The American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) announced the students selected to participate in this year's CRIT Scholar fellowship program. The fellowship program is supported by the AIA and in partnership with several prominent architecture firms. Recipients receive a $1,000 grant for their research project and are matched with a mentor involved in conducting research at an architectural firm.

The students selected to participate are as follows:

Megha Dubey, University of Cincinnati
Sinan Goral, Carnegie Mellon University
Kristen Hoover, Morgan State University
Chelsey Luiz, University of Oregon
Kevin Park, University of Texas at Arlington
Samantha Pires, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Evan Wermers, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

The program aims to support student research and provide a practical perspective through mentor guidance. Each student's final project will be presented at next year's CRIT Live Research Symposia.

University of Chicago, "where fun comes to die," to get its first ever undergraduate architecture program

2015-10-06T18:18:00-04:00

The art history department recently announced a new minor program in architectural studies, enabling students to pursue a program of study dedicated specifically to architecture for the first time ever. [...] The architectural studies program is currently being offered only as a minor. “We would like to set up a dedicated major, perhaps even an interdisciplinary one, in the future,” Taylor said, but an option to major specifically in architectural studies is not yet available.