Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc)
Pratt Institute
University of Southern California (USC)
Tulane University
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Temple University
University of Oregon
Cranbrook Academy of Art
New York Institute of Technology (NYIT)
Kansas State University
Good, practical/technical M.Arch I programs?
Any suggestions on schools that provide a practical education and "produce" good architects? I'm not looking to teach later on or get into "starchitecture." I just want a program with good profs, a practice-oriented curriculum, and nice facilities.
Help, please :)
p.s. I'm thinking about Cincinnati, ASU, VT, NC State and Washington State so far. Maybe KU. Are these even the kinds of program I'm looking for?
A couple of my friends went to NC State, seems like it might be right up your ally.
Thanks! Do you know anything about the other programs, or have any other recommendations? It's not that I don't want any theory or design stuff in the programs I apply to, but I want to graduate with a solid portfolio and skills that firms find desirable.
Check out the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. Very mies-based school, lots of practicality happening. Everyone in my firm (except me) is an IIT grad and we're alive and kickin. Crown Hall is a pretty nice facility, built by the man himself (and renovated by my firm ^_^).
Investigate Clemson University.
I was interested in IIT but I visited and didn't like it. Be sure to visit the schools you are truly interested.
"Good, practical/technical M.Arch I programs"
Isn't that an oxymoron?
^true, but I don't think it's what most people want out of grad school either.
I didn't, but then again I had a really p/t school for undergrad... and I didn't go to THAT impractical of a grad school anyway.
...but I want to graduate with a solid portfolio and skills that firms find desirable.
I think you can get that from a lot of schools. I know plenty of people with very little "practical/technical" knowledge of architecture that got jobs at great firms. Architects are kinda funny like that...
Haha thanks for the help :P
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