The

Pratt Institute Pratt Institute is a private university with its main campus in Brooklyn, New York (state), New York. It has a satellite campus in Manhattan and an extension campus in Utica, New York at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute. The school was ...

School of Architecture is located in

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with courses being taught at

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and

Manhattan Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...

campuses. In 2012 the journal 'DesignIntelligence' ranked it in the ten best architecture schools in the

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. Alumni include

William Van Alen William Van Alen (August 10, 1883 – May 24, 1954) was an American architect, best known as the architect in charge of designing New York City's Chrysler Building (1928–30). Life William Van Alen was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1883 to ...

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Annabelle Selldorf Annabelle Selldorf (born 1960) is a German-born architect and founding principal of Selldorf Architects, a New York City-based architecture practice. She is a fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA) and the recipient of the 2016 AIA ...

, Richard Foster, George Ranalli, Carlos Zapata, and

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winner

Peter Zumthor Peter Zumthor (; born 26 April 1943) is a Swiss architect whose work is frequently described as uncompromising and minimalist. Though managing a relatively small firm, he is the winner of the 2009 Pritzker Prize and 2013 RIBA Royal Gold Medal. E ...

. The School was created in 1928 and by 1954 was recognized as being full degree-granting Undergraduate and Graduate program. Undergraduate architecture is the largest program in both the School of Architecture and Pratt Institute at large with over 550 students. Within the Brooklyn campus, the school of architecture is located a block from the main campus in Higgins Hall (designed by

Steven Holl Steven Holl (born December 9, 1947) is a New York-based American architect and watercolorist. Among his most recognized works are the 2019 REACH expansion of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the 2019 Hunters Point Library in Q ...

Degrees and minors

The school offers the following degrees and minors: Undergraduate * Bachelor of Architecture (First-professional) * Bachelor of Science in Construction Management (Manhattan Campus) * Bachelor of Professional Studies in Construction Management (Manhattan Campus) * Associate of Applied Science in Building and Construction (Manhattan Campus) Undergraduate Minors: * Minor in Construction Management * Minor in Architectural Theory and Technology * Minor in Morphology Graduate * Master of Architecture (First-professional) * Master of Science in Architecture (Post-professional) * Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Design (Post-professional) * Master of Science in City and Regional Planning * Master of Science in Urban Environmental Systems Management * Master of Science in Historic Preservation (Manhattan Campus) * Master of Science in Facilities Management (Manhattan Campus) * Master of Science in Real Estate Practice (Manhattan Campus)

Alumni

* Joe Amisano (1917-2008) *

Charles Belfoure Charles Belfoure (born 19 February 1954) is an American writer, architect and historian specializing in historic preservation, author of several histories and fiction works, including ''The New York Times'' best-selling novel '' The Paris Archit ...

Guy Bolton Guy Reginald Bolton (23 November 1884 – 4 September 1979) was an Anglo-American playwright and writer of musical comedies. Born in England and educated in France and the US, he trained as an architect but turned to writing. Bolton preferred w ...

(1884-1979) * Elizabeth Crowley * Johannes Knoops (1962- ) * Henry F. Ludorf (1888-1968) *

Elisabeth Martini Elisabeth A. Martini (1886–1984) was an American architect who was a member of the second generation of women architects in Chicago. She was the first woman to be the sole owner of an architectural firm in Chicago, and she founded the Chicago D ...

(1886-1984) * Henry V. Murphy (1888-1960) * J. Gerald Phelan (1893-1981) * John M. Pierce (1886-1958) * George Ranalli (1946- ) *

* Carlos Zapata *

Additional resources

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Chapter * Berlin and China Summer Program * Undergraduate Rome Program, sharing studio space with the University of Waterloo, School of Architecture in Piazza de Santa Maria in Trastevere * Yearly student work publication, in Process

References

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