Tag: Architectural education
Designing hope: The role of architecture education in the climate crisis
What do students need to learn now in order to ameliorate the climate crisis and bring sustainable techniques to the profession in a radically different future.
First recipient of WSU’s $60k scholarship for women announced
Western Sydney University has named the inaugural recipient of a $60,000 scholarship for women studying architecture.
UNSW Faculty of Built Environment to merge; staff cuts loom
The University of NSW’s Faculty of Built Environment will merge with two other faculties as a response to financial hardship.
UQ introduces new urban design degree
The University of Queensland has introduced a new masters degree in urban development and design aimed at creating sustainable cities.
Is architectural education outmoded, overpriced and increasingly irrelevant?
Architectural educators are inventing and trialling new education models to meet the challenges brought on the ‘marketization’ of higher education.
‘Storytelling is a critical act of architecture’: Liam Young
In widening the scope of architecture beyond buildings alone, could architects design the next Hollywood blockbuster or video game landscape?
French architects appointed to lead University of Sydney design program
Lacaton and Vassal Architects have been appointed the inaugural Garry and Susan Rothwell Chair in Architectural Design Leadership at the University of Sydney.
Australian architecture schools slip in world university rankings
In the latest annual QS World University Rankings, Australian architecture schools have fallen slightly compared with the previous year.
QS releases annual ranking of world’s top architecture schools for 2019
Four Australian universities have been ranked among the worlds top 50 schools for architecture.
University of Notre Dame to offer Master of Architecture
The University of Notre Dame Australia, in Perth, will offer its first degree in architecture – a Master of Architecture – from next year.
Francesca Hughes to head UTS School of Architecture
English architect and academic Francesca Hughes has been appointed head of the UTS School of Architecture.
World’s top ranked architecture schools of 2018
Five Australian universities are ranked among the 50 best architecture schools according to the QS World University Rankings 2018.
Central Saint Martin’s Jeremy Till on being ‘brutalized’ by architectural education
“The culture of architecture school is preparing students for the exploitative culture of the workplace,” says architect and pro-vice-chancellor of London’s Central Saint Martins, Jeremy Till.
Access to architectural education threatened under proposed funding cuts
Sandra Kaji O’Grady argues the Australian government’s funding cuts to higher education risk harming the global esteem of Australian architects, academics and graduates.
Ivy League school offers free online architecture course
Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design will soon offer a free online architecture course titled The Architectural Imagination.
Fee-free, studio-free architecture school to open
Australian-American architect Peter Zellner will establish a tuition-free, “post-studio” architecture school based in Los Angeles in 2017.
