Architecture
Architects and landscape architects play a critical role in engaging with some of the world’s most complex issues—from climate change to urban density, social and economic diversity to cultural preservation. The School of Architecture’s undergraduate and graduate programs aim to furnish each student with a deep understanding of the field’s fundamentals while developing a holistic perspective of architecture’s vast scope and impact. Our graduates leave ready to tackle the evolving challenges of society and our physical environment.
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Our School is focused on how architecture, landscape, and urban design negotiate the diverse concerns that are inherent to our urbanized context and ultimately shape how we live.
Dan Adams
Associate Professor and Chair, Architecture
Featured Student Work
Industrial Influence
Architecture
This proposal by Josie Cerbone, Jonathan Zoccoli & Bhavyasri Kattamudi explores the potential to use urban design to prevent the spread of contaminants in the case of a public health emergency.
Mapping the Past and Future of District 7
Architecture
Over the course of 2022-2023, Lily Song worked with community members of District 7 to show the stories of residents and how they grappled with gentrification and disrepair of public spaces.
Pioneer Valley Research and Engagement
Architecture
A collection of initial site research conducted throughout the Fall semester, in addition to graphical illustrations made throughout the whole year that represent that foundational knowledge for our thesis projects.
Aim Higher: Reconsidering Airport Security in the Post-9/11
Architecture
Reconsidering airport security in the post-9/11 era
Rebuilding schools in rural Ethiopian conflict zones
Architecture
In collaboration with the Ethiopian Association of Architects (AEA), architecture professor Alpha Arsano proposed designs for pre-K through high schools in areas of Ethiopia affected by conflict.
Aim Higher: Reconsidering Airport Security in the Post-9/11
Architecture
Reconsidering airport security in the post-9/11 era
Rebuilding schools in rural Ethiopian conflict zones
Architecture
In collaboration with the Ethiopian Association of Architects (AEA), architecture professor Alpha Arsano proposed designs for pre-K through high schools in areas of Ethiopia affected by conflict.
Industrial Influence
Architecture
This proposal by Josie Cerbone, Jonathan Zoccoli & Bhavyasri Kattamudi explores the potential to use urban design to prevent the spread of contaminants in the case of a public health emergency.
Mapping the Past and Future of District 7
Architecture
Over the course of 2022-2023, Lily Song worked with community members of District 7 to show the stories of residents and how they grappled with gentrification and disrepair of public spaces.
Pioneer Valley Research and Engagement
Architecture
A collection of initial site research conducted throughout the Fall semester, in addition to graphical illustrations made throughout the whole year that represent that foundational knowledge for our thesis projects.
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Rebuilding schools in rural Ethiopian conflict zones
Architecture
In collaboration with the Ethiopian Association of Architects (AEA), architecture professor Alpha Arsano proposed designs for pre-K through high schools in areas of Ethiopia affected by conflict.
Industrial Influence
Architecture
This proposal by Josie Cerbone, Jonathan Zoccoli & Bhavyasri Kattamudi explores the potential to use urban design to prevent the spread of contaminants in the case of a public health emergency.
Mapping the Past and Future of District 7
Architecture
Over the course of 2022-2023, Lily Song worked with community members of District 7 to show the stories of residents and how they grappled with gentrification and disrepair of public spaces.
Pioneer Valley Research and Engagement
Architecture
A collection of initial site research conducted throughout the Fall semester, in addition to graphical illustrations made throughout the whole year that represent that foundational knowledge for our thesis projects.
Aim Higher: Reconsidering Airport Security in the Post-9/11
Architecture
Reconsidering airport security in the post-9/11 era
Latest News in Architecture
Ritika Iyer selected for Metropolis FUTURE100 Award
Architecture undergraduate student Ritika Iyer was recently selected as one of Metropolis Future100 winners. This award is given to the top 100 architecture and design students from across North America.
May 1, 2024
"Architecture of Influence" makes Booklaunch shortlist
Amanda Lawrence's latest book, THE ARCHITECTURE OF INFLUENCE, was shortlisted for the 2024 Booklaunch Architecture Book Awards.
March 19, 2024
Architecture professor debuts new work honoring Black Panthers
Associate professor of Architecture Killion Mokwete recently completed a new art installation honoring the work and legacy of the Black Panthers in Roxbury.
June 20, 2023
Featured Courses
View All CoursesTaught by Professor George Thrush
The course will expose you to the world’s leading thinkers and designers in fields as varied as software, business, entertainment, branding, information design, and all manner of communication. Top designers and innovators will explain how they solve multiple challenges at once, and how design thinking brings so much value to the contemporary marketplace.
Focuses on site planning and design with an emphasis on parks and open-space systems in the adaptive reuse of urban sites. Projects focus on the creation and cultivation of public space, transformation of site conditions, and development of sustainable site materials. Emphasizes site analysis, development of an individual design process, and design communication strategies. This studio course introduces students to urban design precedents, site research, and remediation methods.
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NAAB Accreditation
The National Architectural Accrediting Board reviewed the Northeastern University School of Architecture in February 2018.
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