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
Phase 4.0: The Exquisite
Architecture
This project by students Carson Dallas and Bianca Rabbie strives to create a lasting structure that provides a forced irregularity through many iterations over the course of time.
Aim Higher: Reconsidering Airport Security in the Post-9/11
Architecture
Reconsidering airport security in the post-9/11 era
Hurricane Surges and Urban Layout
Architecture
This proposal, created by students Anastasia Leopold, Alex Bondi, Kalpana Bhandari explores land use and urban design while accounting for potential hurricane surges in a new environmental landscape.
The Food Village
Architecture
A transformative initiative aimed at addressing food security and housing in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts.
Hurricane Surges and Urban Layout
Architecture
This proposal, created by students Anastasia Leopold, Alex Bondi, Kalpana Bhandari explores land use and urban design while accounting for potential hurricane surges in a new environmental landscape.
The Food Village
Architecture
A transformative initiative aimed at addressing food security and housing in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts.
Phase 4.0: The Exquisite
Architecture
This project by students Carson Dallas and Bianca Rabbie strives to create a lasting structure that provides a forced irregularity through many iterations over the course of time.
Aim Higher: Reconsidering Airport Security in the Post-9/11
Architecture
Reconsidering airport security in the post-9/11 era
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The Food Village
Architecture
A transformative initiative aimed at addressing food security and housing in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts.
Phase 4.0: The Exquisite
Architecture
This project by students Carson Dallas and Bianca Rabbie strives to create a lasting structure that provides a forced irregularity through many iterations over the course of time.
Aim Higher: Reconsidering Airport Security in the Post-9/11
Architecture
Reconsidering airport security in the post-9/11 era
Hurricane Surges and Urban Layout
Architecture
This proposal, created by students Anastasia Leopold, Alex Bondi, Kalpana Bhandari explores land use and urban design while accounting for potential hurricane surges in a new environmental landscape.
Latest News in Architecture
Cara Michell selected for Boston Public Art Accelerator Cohort
Cara Michell, Assistant Professor of Architecture, was selected for the Boston Public Art Accelerator's 8th Cohort! She will develop a Public Art Installation for a Boston Neighborhood in 2026.
November 14, 2025
CEE faculty Push Frontier of Sustainable Structural Engineering
An ongoing multi-institutional research project is laying the groundwork at the forefront of structural engineering.
October 19, 2025
New England Home honors Architecture alum Julian Jalbert
Julien Jalbert earned both his Master of Architecture (2015) and Bachelor of Science in Architecture (2011) at Northeastern.
August 24, 2025
Lily Song leads anti-gentrification class in Chinatown
In ARCH5115: Anti-Displacement Studio, Lily Song’s students work with community leaders on ideas to keep the neighborhood’s longtime residents and small businesses in place amid development and gentrification.
January 28, 2025
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Introduces students to architecture, as understood through buildings, cities, and landscapes from antiquity to the present. Studies important monuments in the global history of architecture, as well as tools for analyzing the built environment. Considers buildings in relation to their political, social, economic, and cultural context, and as expressions of diversity in human societies and cultural perspectives.
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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