School of Architecture

FAU鈥檚 School of Architecture stands out for its hands-on, collaborative approach. You鈥檒l study in the heart of downtown Fort Lauderdale, using the city as your living laboratory. The curriculum connects you with real-world projects, research in emerging fields like AI and environmental resilience, and opportunities to work alongside professionals, artists and community leaders. International study options and travel programs broaden your perspective, while the MetroLAB gallery and FabLab give you space to experiment and showcase your work.

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Degrees Offered at Florida Atlantic

Undergraduate

  • Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.), NAAB-accredited (5-year professional degree)
  • Foundation Pre-Architecture Program (first two years, leads to B.Arch.)

Graduate

  • Ph.D. in Architecture (see program site for details)

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Educational Objectives & Student Outcomes

1. Develop a strong foundation in design thinking, technical skills and ethical responsibility.
2. Prepare students to lead and collaborate on projects that improve the built environment.
3. Foster the ability to engage with diverse communities and address real-world challenges.
4. Encourage lifelong learning and adaptability in a rapidly changing profession.

1. Demonstrate creative and technical proficiency in architectural design.
2. Communicate ideas effectively through drawings, models and presentations.
3. Apply knowledge of history, theory, materials and environmental systems.
4. Work collaboratively and independently in studio and professional settings.
5. Exhibit ethical judgment and a commitment to improving quality of life through design.

Frequently Asked Questions

Students who are entering 麻豆精品视频 (FAU) as: (1) a freshman or (2) a transfer without the Foundation Architecture program courses. These students must begin their studies with ARC1301 Architecture Design 1. For students who have completed the first two years of architecture courses please refer to the profesional architecture program requirements for entry.

Apply to 麻豆精品视频as soon as possible and send all necessary transcripts. You may fill out the university application and submit it . Please visit FAU鈥檚 Office of Undergraduate Admissions. If you plan to live on campus be sure to submit your application for housing as soon as possible.

In order to enter into ARC 1301 - Architectural Design 1 at FAU, students must first be accepted into the Foundation Architecture program.

Students' qualifications are evaluated by the Office of Admissions and are ranked based on Grade Point Average, standardized test scores, and math achievement. Once the School of Architecture has completed a review of qualifications, letters will be sent to all applicants. Some students who were not accepted in the first round may be placed on a waiting list. If a student who was accepted into the program decides that they will not be attending 麻豆精品视频then the next person on the waiting list will be notified.

Once you are notified that you have been accepted, you will need to attend freshman orientation. You must attend an orientation in May, June, or July so that all holds can be removed and you can be enrolled into your classes. If you are accepted and you do not attend an orientation in one of these months you may lose your seat in Design 1 at FAU.

Students should consider other majors at 麻豆精品视频such as the Urban and Regional Planning major through 麻豆精品视频College of Science or Interdiciplinary Studies in the College of Arts and Letters, both majors can prepare a student to apply to a Masters program in Architecutre at any Florida State Instituion.

For more information about Admissions please visit: /about/admissions/


For more information about Advising please contact an Academic Advisor for the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters through our Success Network: /successnetwork/

Students, who have completed the Architecture pre-requisite courses, completed an AA degree in Architecture, completed a four year Bachelor of Architecture degree, or someone who has completed the pre-requisites and Professiona Architecture program courses without completing a degree. This also applies to Out of State and International students.

The following pre-requisites must be completed before you start design courses in Professional Architecture program.

ARC1301- Architectural Design 1
ARC1302- Architectural Design 2
ARC2303- Architectural Design 3
ARC2304- Architectural Design 4
ARC1701- Survey of Architectural History or ARC2208- Culture and Architecture/Master Builder
ARC2201- Architectural Theory
ARC2580- Structures 1
ARC2461- Materials & Methods of Construction
MAC2233- Calculus or MAC2311- Calculus with Analytical Geometry
PHY2053- General Physics or higher.
We do not accept Architectural Drafting or PHY1001- Applied Physics.

Apply to 麻豆精品视频at www.fau.edu/admissions as soon as possible (October, November is better), send all necessary transcripts, and pay the $30 application fee. This must be completed by the last Friday in January, but late applications are accepted up to the portfolio deadline. When applying, the major you will choose is Pre-Architecture. If you are a 2nd Bachelors student, you will be applying as a transfer student.

The School of Architecture is located on the Fort Lauderdale campus, 30 miles south of Boca Raton. The address is 111 E Las Olas Blvd, HE607, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301.

Please be aware that this is a day program. If you are planning to be a part-time student, please meet with the Academic Advisor to help plan your schedule.

There are no dorms on the Fort Lauderdale campus; they are located on the Boca Raton campus. If you plan to live on campus, please contact the Housing Department at 561-297-2880. If you plan to live off campus, please visit to assist you with off-campus housing. Students usually find housing in the communities near the campus.

Applicants must submit:

an application to the University
an application to the School of Architecture
a portfolio
unofficial transcripts (Official transcripts must also be sent directly to the University)
The portfolio and unofficial transcripts are due each year on the last Friday of February. No late submissions are accepted.The submissions guidelines are found here. The submissions portal for your application, portfolio, essay and unofficial transcripts may be found here:

Portfolios should demonstrate your best work from your design courses (Design 1 through Design 4 for students applying for placement in Design 5). If you are applying for advenced standing (Design 6, 7, 8 or 9), submit portfolio work for the highest design studio level you have completed. Students who are professionals, who have completed an Architecture program or who have completed some upper division program and want to return to school to complete their degree are encouraged to apply. Please submit work from school or creative projects that are not job related.

In addition to the portfolio and SOA application, you have to submit course descriptions and syllabi of all your Architecture, Math and Science courses. This can be emailed to the advisor.

Once the School of Architecture has completed a review of all submission, an email with the acceptance letter will be sent to all of the applicants. Some students, who are not accepted in the first round, may be placed on a waiting list. If a student who is accepted decides that they will not be attending FAU, then the next person on the waiting list will be notified. Please be aware that the department has the right to place you in the design studio level that they determine to be appropriate, based on the knowledge and skills you display in the portfolio. All decisions are final; there is no appeal for this decision.

If you are not accepted into Professional Architecture program but still want to attend FAU, please speak to an advisor about your options.

For more information about admission to the University, please visit: /admissions/.

For more information about admission to the Bachelor of Architecture program, portfolio requirements or advising please contact the School at architecture@fau.edu or schedule an appointment with an academic advisor at the following link: /successnetwork/

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Architecture Programs Overview

The 麻豆精品视频School of architecture offers the five year, first professional degree, the Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.) which is accredited by the . The School is an institution of shared learning, an operative organization within the ”laboratory” of the City of Fort Lauderdale, South Florida, and the Florida-Caribbean and Latin American regions. Through projects and programs that are interdisciplinary and internationally relevant, students and faculty actively learn with communities, allied professionals, artists, builders, developers, manufacturers, and governmental agencies.

The School of Architecture prepares students for the profession of architecture by developing an understanding of design as an interpretive process, where students will acquire a broadened capacity to recognize societal responsibilities and exercise ethical judgment in improving the quality of our physical environment, and with it, our quality of life.

Students graduating with a Bachelor of Architecture degree may choose to study at the Dessau Institute in Germany. This program which began in the 1920’s after World War I was known originally as the Bauhaus. Walter Gropius, and colleagues such as Paul Klee and Kandinsky moved the Art School at Weimar to Dessau in 1925 where it rapidly became known as one of the great centers of the International Modern movement. Disbanded by the Nazis in 1933 the school is now relocated to its original home and offers a Master of Architecture degree. Close to Berlin by train this school offers a three semester in residence program in the center of dynamic architectural growth in the area that was formerly East Germany.

The School of Architecture periodically offers opportunities to students to travel to other countries to broaden their architectural education experience. Courses have been offered for study in Salamanca, Spain, Cartagena, Columbia, The Netherland, London, England, and Mexico City, Mexico. Recent study abroad programs have included: Dessau, Berlin, and Rosenheim, Germany; Thailand; and various cities in Italy.

The School of Architecture also offers opportunities to students to travel to other cities within the US and US Territories to broaden their architectural education experience. Opportunities have been offered for study in San Juan, Puerto Rico; New York, NY; Savannah, GA; Chicago, IL; San Diego, CA; Charleston, NC; Boston, MA.

Each summer a two week architecture intensive program is offered to high school students giving them the opportunity to explore the world of architecture at the 麻豆精品视频Boca campus. Participants have the opportunity to create models and drawings, attend topical lectures, and experience life in the architecture studio. The program is facilitated by 麻豆精品视频School of Architecture Professors and student teaching assistants. The program is open to rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors in high school; recent high school graduates; and students in the first two years of college. Current 麻豆精品视频architecture students can apply to be a mentor in this program assisting in curriculum development and guiding participants through the design process.

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Anthony Abbate, NCARB, AIA, LEED AP

Professor

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters

Architecture

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Daniel Bolojan

Associate Professor & Director of The Creative AI Lab

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters

Architecture

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Jean Martin Caldieron, Ph.D

Professor

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters

Architecture

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Fort Lauderdale Campus | HE 812

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Diego Camargo

Instructor and Fab Lab Coordinator

Architecture

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Boca Raton Campus

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Joseph Choma, Ph.D

Professor | Director of Foldable Structures & Materials Lab | DAA Committee

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters

Architecture | Comparative Studies

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Boca Raton Campus

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John Clark, AIA, NCARB

Director of the Institute for Design and Construction & Assistant Professor of Practice

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters

Architecture

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Boca Raton Campus

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Jeffrey E. Huber, FAIA, ASLA, NCARB, LEEDap, WEDG

Professor

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters

Architecture

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Fort Lauderdale Campus | HE 810

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Heather Ligler, Ph.D., AIA

Assistant Professor & Foundations Coordinator

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters

Architecture

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Boca Raton Campus

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Francis E. Lyn, Ph.D

Associate Director and Associate Professor

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters

Architecture

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Fort Lauderdale Campus | HE 607A

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Laura Maria Gonzalez

Assistant Professor & Director of the Microbial Assemblies Lab

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters

Architecture

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Boca Raton Campus

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Luis Arturo Pacheco

Assistant Professor & Director of the Interactive Machines Lab

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters

Architecture

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Boca Raton Campus

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John Sandell

Associate Professor

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters

Architecture

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Fort Lauderdale Campus | HE 711

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Carlos Sarmiento, AIA, LEED AP

Assistant Professor

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters

Architecture

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Boca Raton Campus

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Richard Shusterman, Ph.D.

Eminent Scholar in the Humanities; Academic Head, DAA Program

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters

Philosophy | English

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Boca Raton Campus | SO 286 / 287

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Emmanouil Vermisso

Associate Professor

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters

Architecture

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Fort Lauderdale Campus | HE 709

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Dustin White

Assistant Professor | Director, Architecture Products Lab

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters

Architecture

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Boca Raton Campus

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Krista Wise

VISITING INSTRUCTOR

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters

Architecture

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