https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/146-best-architecture-schools en-us RECORD ranks the top graduate and undergraduate architecture programs in this annual special feature.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14289 Tue, 01 Oct 2019 09:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14289-americas-top-architecture-schools-2020 A student is deep in thought at Harvard Graduate School of Design’s Frances Loeb Library. According to DesignIntelligence, the school is the most admired graduate architecture program. Photo © Justin Knight RECORD presents the annual rankings of the Top 10 undergraduate and graduate architecture programs in the U.S., compiled by DesignIntelligence, as well as a look at some key findings from DI’s research.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13611 Tue, 04 Sep 2018 09:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13611-top-architecture-schools-of-2019 Students and faculty gather for a final review of graduate student work at Princeton University School of Architecture. Photo © Graham Bessellieu Undergraduate students at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Photo © Jo Sittenfeld RECORD's annual ranking of undergraduate and graduate architecture programs provides meaningful metrics for those applying to schools.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12966 Fri, 01 Sep 2017 10:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12966-top-architecture-schools-of-2018 First-year B.Arch. students at Cornell had their final review last May in the school’s OMA-designed Milstein Hall. Photo © William Staffeld/Cornell College of Architecture, Art, and Planning Columbia’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation was ranked the second-best graduate program in the U.S. Here, a student shares models during an advanced-studio final review. Photo courtesy Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation **Programs with only a dash did not score in the top 20. RECORD presents the ratings of the top 10 undergraduate and graduate programs in the U.S., compiled by DesignIntelligence. We discuss some of the highlights.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11865 Thu, 01 Sep 2016 08:05:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11865-americas-top-architecture-schools-2017 1609-Celebrating-125-Years-Looking-Forward-Americas-Top-Architecture-Schools-2017-01.jpg Yale University, which ranked fifth on the top graduate schools list, routinely brings in renowned faculty, including Charles Gwathmey Professor in Practice Peter Eisenman, who teaches an advanced fall studio. Photo © John Jacobson *Where more than one school receives the same number of votes, one of the schools will show no numerical ranking. **Programs with only a dash either did not score in the top 20 or did not have an accredited program at that time. These charts reflect combined accredited B.Arch. and M.Arch. programs. RECORD presents the ratings of the top 10 undergraduate and graduate programs in U.S. schools, compiled by Design Intelligence.

]]> americas_best_architecture_schools-2016-1.asp Thu, 19 Nov 2015 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/10085-americas-top-architecture-schools-2016 With the soaring cost of education in the United States—for both private and public architecture schools—it’s little wonder that the focus on rankings is intense.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11339 Sat, 14 Nov 2015 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11339-top-architecture-schools-2016 In an interview accompanying the 2016 rankings, RECORD asked James P. Cramer, editor in chief of the publication DesignIntelligence (DI) and the chairman of the Design Futures Council, to address these and other changes he sees confronting architectural education today.

]]> interview-with-james-p-cramer.asp Sat, 14 Nov 2015 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/5942-interview-with-james-p-cramer-top-architecture-schools-of-2016 amale-andraos-speaks.asp Wed, 19 Nov 2014 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/5943-columbia-gsapps-new-dean-amale-andraos-speaks WORKac just completed offices in New York City for Weiden & Kennedy. Amale Andraos SpeaksWORKac just completed offices in New York City for Weiden & Kennedy.Photo © Bruce Damonte WORKac designed the Assembl'e Radieuse, a conference center under construction in Libreville, Gabon. Amale Andraos SpeaksWORKac designed the Assembl'e Radieuse, a conference center under construction in Libreville, Gabon.Photo: William Staffeld/Cornell University; The newly appointed dean of Columbia University's architecture school discusses the challenges ahead. Amale Andraos SpeaksThe newly appointed dean of Columbia University's architecture school discusses the challenges ahead.Photo: courtesy Columbia University RECORD presents this year's rankings compiled by Greenway Group, along with related findings of interest. James P. Cramer, chair of Greenway, offers additional insights and commentary.

]]> americas_best_architecture_schools-2015-1.asp Wed, 19 Nov 2014 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/5944-americas-top-architecture-schools-2015 the-dean-scene.asp Wed, 19 Nov 2014 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/5946-the-dean-scene-the-changing-landscape-of-architecture-education-leadership Wiel Arets   A prolific builder, Dutch architect Wiel Arets takes on the legacy of Mies at IIT.   Photo © UCLA Architecture and Urban Design Kent Kleinman   Since 2008, Kent Kleinman has led its College of Art, Architecture and Planning through a transformative period.   Photo © William Staffeld/Cornell University Qingyun Ma   A practitioner in his native China, Qingyun Ma wants architecture to propel global urbanism.   Photo © Christa Mae Evan Douglis   Evan Douglis sees architecture as a necessary combination of art and science.   Photo © Rensselaer/Mark McCarty Mohsen Mostafavi   Mohsen Mostafavi hopes to realize a truly interdisciplinary practice of design.   Photo © John Boehm Monica Ponce de Leon   For Monica Ponce de Leon, academia is a laboratory unencumbered by the contingencies of practice.   Photo courtesy University of Michigan Sarah Whiting   Sarah Whiting has led Rice's small but prestigious programs since 2010.   Photo © Richard Schulman Peter MacKeith   Peter MacKeith was installed this fall as the dean of the Fay Jones School of Architecture.   Photo © Wesley Hitt RECORD presents this year’s rankings—along with related findings about architecture education—compiled by Greenway Group and published by DesignIntelligence.

]]> americas_best_architecture_schools-2014-1.asp Tue, 19 Nov 2013 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/5939-americas-top-architecture-schools-2014 America's Top Architecture Schools 2014 The School of Architecture students at Yale university designed and built a colorful aluminum-paneled information center for an arts festival in New Haven in 2012. America's Top Architecture Schools 2014 Tom Bessai, M.S. 2013, presents his project for the final review of the Architecture/Material Systems program in June at the University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. Photo © Alex Jacque/Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning border-crossings.asp Tue, 19 Nov 2013 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/5941-border-crossings UCLA: Thom Mayne and graduate students visit an artists' collective in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, as part of a yearlong studio course at the university's Now Institute. Border CrossingsUCLA: Thom Mayne and graduate students visit an artists' collective in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, as part of a yearlong studio course at the university's Now Institute.Photo courtesy UCLA Architecture and Urban Design MIT: Students build a 50-foot-tall structure out of thousands of waterjet-cut aluminum pieces in a campus stairwell for an arts and science festival. Border CrossingsMIT: Students build a 50-foot-tall structure out of thousands of waterjet-cut aluminum pieces in a campus stairwell for an arts and science festival.Photo courtesy Arfa N. Aijazi Harvard: Toyo Ito's Tokyo office hosted students in 2012, who worked on tsunami relief projects. Border CrossingsHarvard: Toyo Ito's Tokyo office hosted students in 2012, who worked on tsunami relief projects.Photo courtesy John David Todd/Harvard GSD SCI-Arc: For the 2013 Solar Decathlon, students teamed up with Caltech to build a net zero, 600-square-foot house with an expandable interior. Border CrossingsSCI-Arc: For the 2013 Solar Decathlon, students teamed up with Caltech to build a net zero, 600-square-foot house with an expandable interior.Photo courtesy SCI-Arc In this special section, record presents the latest installment of its annual feature “America's Top Architecture Schools,” ranking the top 10 programs, both undergraduate and graduate

]]> americas-top-architecture-schools-2013-1.asp Mon, 19 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/5930-americas-top-architecture-schools-2013 Milstein Hall At the undergraduate level, Cornell University again scores in top place. Students now work in the new Milstein Hall (2011), designed by Rem Koolhaas/OMA . Photo © Brad Feinkopf Millstein-Hall-2.jpg Sci-Arc’s Kappe Library Sci-Arc’s Kappe Library (named for the school’s founder Ray Kappe) occupies the north end of the second floor of a former freight depot in downtown Los Angeles. Photo © Brad Feinkopf SCi-Arc-2.jpg As Marc Treib writes in an essay in Joan Ockman's Architecture School: Three Centuries of Educating Architects in North America, architecture-school buildings haven't changed much from their early-20th century design roots:

]]> architecture-of-architecture-schools.asp Mon, 19 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/5934-the-architecture-of-architecture-schools Gund Hall, Harvard University As a student at Harvard's Graduate School of Design in the late 1960s, Leland Cott helped design Gund Hall's original desks. The 7-foot-tall workstations clogged the dramatic tiered studio space but blocked some cigarette smoke and noise. In 2010, Cott, now of Bruner/Cott, devised shorter wood desks with translucent tack boards and model carts on wheels. (A forthcoming renovation will address notorious climate issues, although some retrofits have been made to the HVAC systems.) Students may miss ample pinup space and more elbow room, but they like the increased daylight and improved interaction. —Laura Raskin   Photo © Bruce T. Martin Gund Hall, Harvard University As a student at Harvard's Graduate School of Design in the late 1960s, Leland Cott helped design Gund Hall's original desks. The 7-foot-tall workstations clogged the dramatic tiered studio space but blocked some cigarette smoke and noise. In 2010, Cott, now of Bruner/Cott, devised shorter wood desks with translucent tack boards and model carts on wheels. (A forthcoming renovation will address notorious climate issues, although some retrofits have been made to the HVAC systems.) Students may miss ample pinup space and more elbow room, but they like the increased daylight and improved interaction. —Laura Raskin   Photo © Siim Tiisvelt Gund Hall, Harvard University As a student at Harvard's Graduate School of Design in the late 1960s, Leland Cott helped design Gund Hall's original desks. The 7-foot-tall workstations clogged the dramatic tiered studio space but blocked some cigarette smoke and noise. In 2010, Cott, now of Bruner/Cott, devised shorter wood desks with translucent tack boards and model carts on wheels. (A forthcoming renovation will address notorious climate issues, although some retrofits have been made to the HVAC systems.) Students may miss ample pinup space and more elbow room, but they like the increased daylight and improved interaction. —Laura Raskin   Photo © Richard Mandelkorn S.R. Crown Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology Mies van der Rohe's iconic jewelbox for the Illinois Institute of Technology's school of architecture was looking its age'49' when Krueck+Sexton Architects won a bid to renovate it in 2005. Crown Hall's steel frame was corroding, and its signature black, lead-based paint needed to be stripped and replaced, as did its glass panels. A steady stream of visitors and Mies fans means working in what can feel like a 'fishbowl,' says third-year M.Arch. candidate Lauren Kottis. It also means having to rein in workspace messiness to preserve Crown's pristinely minimal aesthetic for tour groups. But, Kottis is quick to add, the building is an excellent teaching tool and all-around asset, helping attract powerhouse lecturers to the school. —Asad Syrkett   Photo courtesy Krueck+Sexton Architects S.R. Crown Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology Mies van der Rohe's iconic jewelbox for the Illinois Institute of Technology's school of architecture was looking its age'49' when Krueck+Sexton Architects won a bid to renovate it in 2005. Crown Hall's steel frame was corroding, and its signature black, lead-based paint needed to be stripped and replaced, as did its glass panels. A steady stream of visitors and Mies fans means working in what can feel like a 'fishbowl,' says third-year M.Arch. candidate Lauren Kottis. It also means having to rein in workspace messiness to preserve Crown's pristinely minimal aesthetic for tour groups. But, Kottis is quick to add, the building is an excellent teaching tool and all-around asset, helping attract powerhouse lecturers to the school. —Asad Syrkett   Photo © Hedrich Blessing Milstein Hall, Cornell University OMA's 47,000-square-foot addition to Cornell's architecture school connects new to old by attaching a horizontal box to the existing Rand and Sibley halls. Milstein includes a two-story, domed crit space, an auditorium, and studios housed in an enormous 'plate.' M.Arch. candidate William Smith says that to appreciate Milstein, one has to have spent time in Rand. 'Rand was like a factory,' he says. 'Milstein is more like a corporate office where you don't want to make any dust.' Time will tell whether a more carefree attitude will take hold. Smith's favorite spot is the upper third of the lecture hall at sunset: 'It's a spectacular moment between inside and outside.' —Laura Raskin   Photo © Brad Feinknopf Milstein Hall, Cornell University OMA's 47,000-square-foot addition to Cornell's architecture school connects new to old by attaching a horizontal box to the existing Rand and Sibley halls. Milstein includes a two-story, domed crit space, an auditorium, and studios housed in an enormous 'plate.' M.Arch. candidate William Smith says that to appreciate Milstein, one has to have spent time in Rand. 'Rand was like a factory,' he says. 'Milstein is more like a corporate office where you don't want to make any dust.' Time will tell whether a more carefree attitude will take hold. Smith's favorite spot is the upper third of the lecture hall at sunset: 'It's a spectacular moment between inside and outside.' —Laura Raskin   Photo © Brad Feinknopf Southern California Institute of Architecture Los Angeles's Southern California Institute of Architecture, or SCI -Arc, is known for an educational approach that encourages experimentation and progressive thinking. But the self-contained school's quarter-mile-long, 61,000-square-foot building, a former freight depot renovated by SCI -Arc alum Gary Paige, has been criticized for being less than avantgarde and Paige's insertions too minimal. Some students don't mind the tabula rasa quality of the space: 'It's great that the building doesn't impose anything on you,' says first-year M.Arch. 2 candidate Solar Labrie. And the transparency of the long, skateboard-navigable space is 'exciting,' she adds. 'You don't miss anything that's going on.' —Asad Syrkett   Photo © Tom Bonner Southern California Institute of Architecture Los Angeles's Southern California Institute of Architecture, or SCI -Arc, is known for an educational approach that encourages experimentation and progressive thinking. But the self-contained school's quarter-mile-long, 61,000-square-foot building, a former freight depot renovated by SCI -Arc alum Gary Paige, has been criticized for being less than avantgarde and Paige's insertions too minimal. Some students don't mind the tabula rasa quality of the space: 'It's great that the building doesn't impose anything on you,' says first-year M.Arch. 2 candidate Solar Labrie. And the transparency of the long, skateboard-navigable space is 'exciting,' she adds. 'You don't miss anything that's going on.' —Asad Syrkett   Photo © Tom Bonner Paul Rudolph Hall (formerly Art and Architecture Building), Yale University When architect Paul Rudolph's Art and Architecture Building opened in 1963, Ada Louise Huxtable, then the architecture critic of the New York Times, lauded it as a 'spectacular tour de force,' but student reaction was decidedly less enthusiastic. Degree candidates complained that the building was forbidding, its ceilings too low, and the workspaces alternately too hot or too cold. After an extensive $126 million renovation (and an 87,000-square-foot addition) by Gwathmey Siegel & Associates in 2008, some minor problems persist, like a lack of pinup space, says Amrita Raja, a third-year M.Arch. student. But overall, Raja says, the building is 'really considerate' to students and provides pleasant workspaces. An open plan also means better sightlines and more daylight through the building, Raja explains. Her fellow third year student Altair Peterson concurs: 'When you're gone for the weekend or for the summer, you get back and remember how great the building is.' —Asad Syrkett   Photo © Peter Aaron/Esto Paul Rudolph Hall (formerly Art and Architecture Building), Yale University When architect Paul Rudolph's Art and Architecture Building opened in 1963, Ada Louise Huxtable, then the architecture critic of the New York Times, lauded it as a 'spectacular tour de force,' but student reaction was decidedly less enthusiastic. Degree candidates complained that the building was forbidding, its ceilings too low, and the workspaces alternately too hot or too cold. After an extensive $126 million renovation (and an 87,000-square-foot addition) by Gwathmey Siegel & Associates in 2008, some minor problems persist, like a lack of pinup space, says Amrita Raja, a third-year M.Arch. student. But overall, Raja says, the building is 'really considerate' to students and provides pleasant workspaces. An open plan also means better sightlines and more daylight through the building, Raja explains. Her fellow third year student Altair Peterson concurs: 'When you're gone for the weekend or for the summer, you get back and remember how great the building is.' —Asad Syrkett   Photo © Peter Aaron/Esto Hinman Research Building, Georgia Tech 'You'll never get an audience that is so much part of your medium as when you do a school of architecture,' says Nader Tehrani, principal and founder of NADAAA (formerly Office dA) and head of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's architecture department. NADAAA, with Lord, Aeck & Sargent (LA S), turned the Hinman Research Building into an annex for the College of Architecture. While LA S restored the exterior, NADAAA 'laid bare' the interior, with its 50-foot-high bay laboratory. The open plan of the ground floor is flexible studio space where students get to mix. A 'crib' hung from the ceiling creates second-floor studio space and a lounge. 'You see the meshing of older and newer technology and construction techniques and how they can really be in dialogue with each other. It's fantastic,' says Stefann Plishka, a third-year M.Arch. candidate. 'Being able to create really great environments without the same environmental costs is going to be a huge part of our profession. That's important to see.' —Laura Raskin   Photo © Jonathan Hillyer Photography Hinman Research Building, Georgia Tech 'You'll never get an audience that is so much part of your medium as when you do a school of architecture,' says Nader Tehrani, principal and founder of NADAAA (formerly Office dA) and head of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's architecture department. NADAAA, with Lord, Aeck & Sargent (LA S), turned the Hinman Research Building into an annex for the College of Architecture. While LA S restored the exterior, NADAAA 'laid bare' the interior, with its 50-foot-high bay laboratory. The open plan of the ground floor is flexible studio space where students get to mix. A 'crib' hung from the ceiling creates second-floor studio space and a lounge. 'You see the meshing of older and newer technology and construction techniques and how they can really be in dialogue with each other. It's fantastic,' says Stefann Plishka, a third-year M.Arch. candidate. 'Being able to create really great environments without the same environmental costs is going to be a huge part of our profession. That's important to see.' —Laura Raskin   Photo © Jonathan Hillyer Photography Hinman Research Building, Georgia Tech 'You'll never get an audience that is so much part of your medium as when you do a school of architecture,' says Nader Tehrani, principal and founder of NADAAA (formerly Office dA) and head of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's architecture department. NADAAA, with Lord, Aeck & Sargent (LAS), turned the Hinman Research Building into an annex for the College of Architecture. While LAS restored the exterior, NADAAA 'laid bare' the interior, with its 50-foot-high bay laboratory. The open plan of the ground floor is flexible studio space where students get to mix. A 'crib' hung from the ceiling creates second-floor studio space and a lounge. 'You see the meshing of older and newer technology and construction techniques and how they can really be in dialogue with each other. It's fantastic,' says Stefann Plishka, a third-year M.Arch. candidate. 'Being able to create really great environments without the same environmental costs is going to be a huge part of our profession. That's important to see.' —Laura Raskin   Photo © Jonathan Hillyer Photography Growing up in Miami, Candace Hoskins was always drawn to the arts. Her interest deepened at Design and Architecture Senior High School, a premier magnet school with a diverse student body. 

]]> diversity.asp Mon, 19 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/5935-why-the-lack-of-black-students Devanne Pena  Devanne Pena, 23, graduated with a B.Arch. from North Carolina State University in May 2012. She now teaches high school architecture and engineering-drafting classes, while completing an intern program for licensing. Photo courtesy Devanne Pena Maya Corin Madison Maya Corin Madison, 21, is in her fourth year at Syracuse University's five-year B.Arch. program. Photo courtesy Maya Corin Madison Namdi Alexander Namdi Alexander, is pursuing an M.Arch. at the University of Minnesota. He is also interning with the BKV Group in Minneapolis. Photo courtesy Namdi Alexander As we know, the nature of architectural practice is changing, and architecture education must keep up with the profession. Below are key points that I would suggest be considered by architecture schools, based on research undertaken by DesignIntelligence and the Design Futures Council.

]]> manifesto-to-improve-architecture-education.asp Mon, 19 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/5936-special-report-architecture-education-now Another DesignIntelligence research project compares the costs of architecture education (“Architecture School Tuition & Fee Report 2011–2012”) at different schools. 

]]> schools-3.asp Sat, 19 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/5937-americas-best-architecture-schools-2012 Top 10 Architecture Programs Undergraduate 2011 America's Best Architecture Schools Top 10 Architecture Programs UndergraduateInfographic design: Kiss Me I'm Polish LLC, New York Top 10 Architecture Programs Graduate 2011 America's Best Architecture Schools Top 10 Architecture Programs GraduateInfographic design: Kiss Me I'm Polish LLC, New York Top Architecture Schools Top Architecture Schools