<p>This is kind of a branch to the architecture thread. We’ll see if it catches on. Kind of like CSI: NY. Anyways…</p>
<p>I’ve been wondering, and have done some research, as to what different architecture schools specialize in. These are the ones I’ve found within the other architecture threads, and the ones I know myself.</p>
<p>What do the other 100+ schools specialize in, or do some schools try to be generalists?</p>
<p>I don’t think most schools try to have a focus (for example, GSD). They try to be open minded and allow any idea to flow through, even if you hate the idea, because having a focus would be too limiting. But of course, schools will typically have a leaning, primarily depending on the faculty and the dean. I think most schools change every 5 years…that’s one thing about architecture schools-they’re always in constant flux…changing in ideas as they constantly question and rethink concepts and philosophies. </p>
<p>Cornell-Theory/Design Oriented. Site, infrastructure, culture, etc all factor in.
Rice-Research/Design oriented? someone on CC might no better
Berekley-Sustainable Design
I’d say GSD (harvard), the Architecture Association, and Yale have similar leanings.
UCLA-blobitecture
Sci-Arc-Very conceptual…very form based?
RISD-Craft oriented</p>
<p>This is from my observation so I might be wrong. Please clarify</p>
<p>Here’s what New York has to say about the best place in the architecture world. Sounds like pretty much every type of thought, including classicism, blobitecture, sustainability, computer-aided morphology, etc., is represented at the very best programs. Obviously if you get to smaller programs they specialize more, such as Notre Dame which specializes only in classical architecture.</p>
<p>Robert A.M. Stern
Dean, Yale School of Architecture
There will never be another Philip Johnson, but the upper echelons of the architecture world still like a club. Lately, the best approximation has been the Yale School of Architecture, transformed by Stern into a place where Frank Gehry, Peter Eisenman, and Will Bruder teach alongside younger stars like Greg Lynn and Jeanne Gang. Cheerfully offering martinis, and successful enough not to care that few of his guests like his architectural work, Stern is a powerhouse host, one who has shifted the citys architectural center a little bit to the north.</p>