Program Overview

Study this cutting-edge, research-led and career-focussed RIBA/ARB Part 2 architecture course, with added work experience.

• Participate in an innovative learning experience focussing on critical design, ecological attitudes and the role of architecture in society.
• Explore diverse, cutting-edge forms of architectural practice.
• Develop a local and global understanding of the subject.
• Engage in exciting projects alongside diverse communities, organisations and architects.

On this two-year course you will develop a sophisticated and progressive approach to architectural design. Teaching and design projects are centred on a set of priorities that include social and ethical architectural practice, user and community participation, environmental sustainability, ecological forms of construction, and innovative and alternative models of architectural practice. The course promotes and delivers excellence in building and urban design, and explores architecture as a complex, interdisciplinary and dynamic ecology. You’ll graduate not only with a Part 2 architecture qualification, but with a rigorously developed and creatively explored position within the discipline.

There is the option of taking a year of practical experience between year one and year two.

How you learn

All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.

On this course, you'll experience creative studio teaching culture, and develop critical skills for future career in architecture.

We use our extensive local, national and international networks of architects to inspire and inform your work — allowing you to explore the subject in all its diversity.

The course provides a friendly, supportive and yet challenging experience, to which your own input and expertise is essential. Based around principles of collaboration, the course has three main agendas: The Praxis of Architecture, Social and Political Design, and Ecological Architecture.

You learn through

• Design portfolio
• Lectures
• Workshop sessions
• Coursework
• Exhibitions
• Essays and reports
• Field trips and practice visits