architecture schools
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- scarabin
i have a friend who's interested in coming to the states (from some island in the caribbean) to study in architecture.
what are some good schools here for her?
- scarabin0
thanks mimio
anyone have more?
i'm also interested in finding some good architecture portals and resources
- BonSeff0
shoot unfittoprint an email
arch is his bag
- Solid0
Archinect is probably the best portal out there:
- Solid0
Some other schools:
Columbia
Coopers Union
Sci-Arc
Harvard GSD
UPenn
IIT Chicago
Parsons
Cranbrook
Princeton
Yale.. but these are obviously so-called top schools, meaning $$$$$ as well as lots of competition ..
- Solid0
Ask ivan_cook and tkmeister as well ..
- digitalswarm0
I went to Carnegie Mellon. All of my friends in Architecture either transfered or switched majors.
So, either they're idiots, or this is a difficult school.*
* They're idiots.
- jeneraa0
SoCal Institute of Architecture
http://www.sciarc.edu/I've been considering going there. I'm such a perfectionist that I should truly be an architect.
- warheros20
cranbrook
Lawrence Tech
- td210
columbia.my brother is currently enrolled and he said it's a really good school...
- sparker0
if he wants to live in missouri..
wash u in st. louis.
ku in kansas city.
drury in springfield.i went to drury for architecture.
- scarabin0
thanks, everyone
- k770
waterloo in the Ontario
- tkmeister0
i'll pick Harvard out of all schools if i can get in. solid program with awesome professors, i wonder if peter zumthor or rem koolhaus is still teaching...
columbia, sci-arc.. those school are too trendy and doing lots of 3d stuff.
i don't know. depends on what she wants out of the program.
- canuck0
yeah canada eh, I hear waterwoo and univeristy of toronto are good.
- Mimio0
Consider shoping for schools that do both engineering and architecture really well, because the two fields are merging more. Kind of like graphic design and programming are merging more.
- scarabin0
she's finishing up secondary school and looking for a college to attend. not happy with the school system in st. maarten where she lives, and doesn't know much about architecture except that it fascinates her
so basically i'm just helping her gather info that will help her out
- sparker0
umr in rolla is an engineering/architecture program.
- tkmeister0
mimio, i am not sure if you wanna do both... it's the problem with this whole design industry where everyone is becoming a jack of all trades.
it'll be good to focus on one area where you feel really strong about. then also know the working knowledge of others. there are many super engineers like cecil balmond who can come up with amazing engineering solutions to your design needs.
- Mimio0
I'm not interested in studying architecture. My ex is studying arch at the University of Michigan, and that was sort of her rationale for going there. She makes a good point, people who design tensile structures etc. pretty much have to be engineers anyways. Some school's curriculums are already reflecting that.