The University of Arizona School of Architecture is devoted to professional education with a sensibility to place, climate, and sustainability honed in the Sonoran Desert.
Our principles Critical practice: We nurture a critical, reflective, creative, and professional culture.
Extreme climate design: We value design that is climate responsive.
Sustainability: We embrace our responsibility as architects to positively contribute toward environmental as well as economic and social sustainability. We integrate sustainability, in its broadest terms, throughout the curriculum.
Hands-on learning: We value experiential, as well as intellectual, learning.
Settlement: We address the needs of our community, through teaching, research, and service.
Our NAAB accredited professional degrees—the Bachelor of Architecture (BArch) and Master of Architecture (MArch) Degrees—prepare graduates for leadership and disciplinary innovation as well as professional registration.
The Master of Science in Architecture (MSArch) is a post-professional research degree devoted to applied research in the built environment.
Our world-class Materials Laboratories allows students to explore, model, fabricate, and test their work.