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"We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us."
     ~ Winston Churchill

  

Architecture Class Descriptions and Schedules

Architecture classes in:

Architectural Design Studios focusing on: Case Studies and Ordering Principles, Meaning and Making, Sensory Systems, Programming and Site Influences, Structural and Environmental Systems, Comprehensive Project incorporating all of the above.  Research and innovation in sustainable building design is stressed in all studio projects.

Support and Technical Classes: Spatial Composition, Environmental Controls and Sustainability, Structures, Architectural History, Materials and Methods of Construction, Digitally Generated Morphology, Professional Practice, Perspective, Design Process and Graphic Representation and more.

Thesis Projects set in, and meeting regulations of, the urban context of San Francisco or in an international student’s home country.

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Architecture Career Opportunities

Architectural Principals, Studio Directors, Lead Designers, Architectural Detailers, Job Captains, Graphic Renderers, Urban Designers, and more!

Architecture Firms Hiring Our Grads Include:

Anshen + Allen, Architecture International, Babey Moulton Jue & Booth, Backen Gillam Architects, Brayton Hughes Design Studios, Crate & Barrel, Ellerbe Becket, Inc., FME Architecture + Design, Hart Howerton, Hirsch Bedner Associates, Kishimoto Gordon Dalaya PC, Architecture Planning Interiors, KWID, Masco Contractor Services, LLC, MBH Architects, Paul Jones Architects Ltd., Saida + Sullivan Design Partners, Walter E. Smithe Custom Furniture, Your Space Interiors

Architecture Degree Programs

Master of Architecture (M.Arch)

The School of Graduate Architecture offers a 63 unit M. Arch for qualified applicants holding an undergraduate degree in architecture and an 87 unit M. Arch for applicants with an undergraduate degree in a field other than architecture.  Both the 63 and 87 unit degree programs are accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB).

Master of Architecture (M. Arch) 63
Master of Architecture (M. Arch) 87
Master of Architecture (M. Arch) Program Learning Outcomes

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At the Academy of Art University’s architecture school, we guide our students through the landscape of architecture, from ancient themes through to the post-modern vision of architecture in 2006. Our architecture school students graduate with the best sense of what it takes to become a truly top architect in the challenging and competitive world of architecture.

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