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Architecture Schools
"We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us."
~ Winston Churchill
Academy of Art University has one of the top architecture schools in the country. Very few
architecture schools provide all of the classes and support found at the Academy, and students
enjoy a unique educational experience not found at other architecture schools.
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. Unlike other architecture schools, 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 course descriptions and schedules
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
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