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is a degree-granting institution, one of five divisions of Carnegie Mellon University's College of Fine Arts. It succeeds the Department of Architecture founded by Henry Hornbostle in 1906, the architect who designed the original campus. It continues to offer a five–year undergraduate first professional

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degree, and a two to three–year graduate

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first professional degree. The School of Architecture's slogan is 'Where Art and Technology Meet Practice', and the current head of the school is Omar Kahn.

Pedagogy

The undergraduate curriculum consists of three years of building studios and core requirements, followed by the student's choice of an Advanced Synthesis Option Studio (ASOS) and numerous electives from within the School of Architecture or the university at large.

Facilities

The School of Architecture's facilities are located on the second floor of the College of Fine Arts building and the second, third, and fourth floors of Margaret Morrison Carnegie Hall. These two buildings house Undergraduate and Master studios, PhD, administrative, and faculty offices, and several conference spaces as well as the Computational Design (CODE) Lab, a full Wood & Metal Shop, a (Digital Fabrication Lab) dFAB Lab, and the Robert L. Preger Intelligent Workplace, a sustainable "living laboratory" built atop Margaret Morrison Carnegie Hall.

Degrees Offered

The School of Architecture offers Undergraduate and Master's first professional degree programs; it also offers seven Master's programs and three Doctorate programs. Undergraduate Degrees *

(5-year professional degree program) Arch*Bachelor of Arts in Architecture (4-year non-professional program) *Minor in Architecture *Minor in Architectural History *Minor in Architectural Representation and Visualization *Minor in Architectural Technology *Minor in Building Science Graduate Degrees *Master of Advanced Architectural Design (2 year post professional degree program) AAD*

(2 to 3-year first-professional degree program) Arch*

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in Architecture-Engineering-Construction Management (with Civil and Environmental Engineering) SAECM or PhD-AECM*

in Computational Design SCD or PhD-CD*

in Building Performance and Diagnostics

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in Sustainable Design SSD*

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of Urban Design (with the

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) UD*

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in Architecture-Engineering-Construction Management *

in Building Performance and Diagnostics *

in Computational Design There are also research opportunities available through the undergraduate and graduate programs.

Acclaim

In 2015, two School of Architecture professors, Stephen Lee and John Folan, were recognized by Design Intelligence as members of the 30 Most Admired Educators.

References

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