SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
BE INNOVATIVE.
DESIGN
A T ILLINOIS.
The Illinois School of Architecture promises a world-class design education, one that impacts both your future and the future of the profession. Here, you will learn to design buildings that: • Improve our stewardship of natural resources. • Enhance how we live and work together. • Continue to amaze as they endure over time. Creating this world of beauty and responsibility requires mastery of the art and the science of architectural design. That’s a world-class design education: a promise we’ve been delivering on for over 140 years.
Design to morro w no w. RECEIVE A WORLD-CLASS EDUCATION.
We have educated tens of thousands of architects since our founding. And we have done it by balancing a traditional appreciation for structural integrity with research-driven design innovation. Today our graduates use that balanced approach as they practice actively throughout the U.S. and abroad. And when they see an Illinois architecture graduate coming, they know that with that diploma comes a talent for design excellence fired by technical virtuosity.
Build strong connections. BENEFIT FROM OUR WORLDWIDE ALUMNI NETWORK.
Stand OuT. OUR COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM GOES BEYOND DESIGN. Design excellence fired by technical virtuosity. What does that mean? Simply put, Illinois architecture graduates know how to put together buildings. That’s why our grads are in such demand. Our curriculum breaks down the complexity of architectural design, so you end up knowing building design from the inside out and the outside in. Coursework covers everything from drawing to structures to systems to history to practice. It all comes together in studio, where the art and science of architectural design are put to the test. It’s where your creative vision begins teaching the world to see its built environment in new— startlingly new—ways.
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DIVERSE DISCIPLINES AND EXCEPTIONAL FACULTY CREATE OPPORTUNITY.
Our comprehensive design curriculum provides the foundation you need to meet tomorrow’s design challenges. Plus, we offer an edge. At Illinois, you are part of the College of Fine + Applied Arts. This means you have the advantage of small classes in subjects as diverse as urban planning; graphic and industrial design; and set, sound, and lighting design. Taking classes in these and other arts disciplines allows you to step out on the very cutting edge of architectural design. What’s more, classes across campus—in psychology, information science, and applied health, for example—expose you to the latest research you need to understand how people can thrive in the spaces you make for them.
Find solutions
together.
SOLVE REAL PROBLEMS WITH REAL PEOPLE.
In practice, you cannot solve every design problem all by yourself. It takes teamwork. And as an architecture student at Illinois, you will learn to work on teams. As part of a team, you will always be learning how to reconcile your unique creative vision with the diverse perspectives of students and faculty from around the state, the country, and the world. It’s excellent preparation for the real world of practice where clients and colleagues have myriad ways of achieving what everyone wants—a better world.
For architects, designing a better world starts with a bigger worldview. At Illinois, you will have unmatched opportunities to study architecture abroad. Our principal study-abroad center is located in Barcelona, Spain, where our students spend a year in residence exploring European architectural traditions dating back centuries. You will move seamlessly in and out of the Barcelona experience, just as other students have done through our Europe study-abroad program since 1970. Don’t want to be away from campus for a full academic year? The campus Study Abroad office offers shorter-term options that span the globe.
Broaden your
Worldview.
Imagine the possibilities. FACILITIES MAKE THE DIFFERENCE.
We give you the space and tools you’ll need to research, refine, and realize your architectural imaginings. For Designing • Architecture Building, with historic studios bathed in natural light • Temple Hoyne Buell Hall, designed by award-winning alumnus Ralph Johnson, FAIA, of Perkins+Will • Temple Buell Architecture Gallery, a breathtaking space for exhibiting student boards and models • Ricker Art and Architecture Library, with its unparalleled collection of architecture books, images, and digital resources For Making • Woodshop • Fabrication Laboratory • Digital Modeling Lab These facilities provide access to both traditional woodworking equipment and state-of-the-art digital fabrication equipment, including a three-axis CNC router, a six-axis robotic arm, a vacuum former, lasercutters, and 3D printers. For Computing • Three labs, equipped with computers with industry-standard software for 3D modeling, rendering, photo manipulation, and page layout • Two state-of-the-art print labs, with nine large-format plotters, including one photo plotter and one large-format scanner, as well as laser printers • Template studios that house large-scale, individual-use, Wacom pen tablets
Since 1999, Dina Griffin has been president of Interactive Design Architects. Under her leadership, Interactive Design has built a list of clients that includes the Art Institute of Chicago, the Lincoln Park Zoo, the U.S. General Services Administration, the City of Chicago, and the University of Chicago. Her firm was recently selected as a partner in the design of the Obama Presidential Library in Chicago. She credits the education and mentorship she received in the Illinois School of Architecture as critical to her success as an architect and a business leader. For Griffin and thousands more, success in the architecture profession and many related fields
M a ke YOU’RE IN WINNING COMPANY.
the most of the opportunity.
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began at Illinois. Your success starts here, too.
With a degree from the Illinois School of Architecture, you will have access to exceptional career opportunities that draw top salaries because our program has earned a reputation for excellence through the work of our faculty and our alumni around the world. Illinois graduates are well prepared, highly recruited, and generously compensated. Career Fields
Firms
• Architects
• Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill
• Architectural Writers/Critics
Architecture
• Architecture Faculty
• BIG–Bjarke Ingels Group
• Construction Managers
• BLDD Architects
• Corporate Architects
• CannonDesign
• Exhibit Designers
• Gensler
• Furniture Designers
• OKW Architects
• Graphic Designers
• Perkins+Will
• Interior Designers
• PGAV Destinations
• Lighting Designers
• Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
• Production Designers
• Space Architects + Planners
• Public Architects
• Thornton Tomasetti
• Structural Engineers
• VOA
• University Architects
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Attention to yourself. PUT OUR EXCEPTIONAL REPUTATION TO WORK FOR YOU.
Buildon tradition at Illinois. Be innovative. Be challenged. Be extraordinary. Choose the Illinois School of Architecture for a world-class education and get ready to change the world by design.
217.333.6061 + faa-uaa@illinois.edu + go.illinois.edu/FAAinfo arch.illinois.edu + architecture@illinois.edu 足足足足 Front: Aqua Tower, Jeanne Gang (BS Architectural Studies, 1986), Studio Gang. Image by Denise Czuprynski. Back: Front entrance, Architecture Building, Charles Platt, 1925.