Architecture Schools

[Globalist]

<p>Larationalist, no biggie. I’m just making sure the correct info is out there. Often times reputation does not equal reality. </p>

<p>Kelly128, actually, the University of Cincinnati is really good. The Design Futures Council recently ranked Architecture Schools in the US, and Cincinnati came in 2nd. (#1 was Harvard, and #3 was UVa). According to the following link… </p>

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The rankings are based on a survey of the nation’s leading employers in the fields of engineering, design and architecture. Respondents were asked to reflect on graduates that they have hired during the past five years and to consider ‘how prepared for real-world practice’ those graduates have been and then to indicate from which schools those best-prepared hires had graduate.

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<p><a href=“http://transcoder.usablenet.com/tt/http://www.virginia.edu/topnews/releases2006/20060120ArchitectureRanking.html[/url]”>http://transcoder.usablenet.com/tt/http://www.virginia.edu/topnews/releases2006/20060120ArchitectureRanking.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>By the way, I used a term incorrectly to describe UVA’s architecture program. I called UVA’s program “modernist”. Actually, I should have said Virginia’s program focuses on modern architecture. Modernism is a style of architecture from 19th century Barcelona. Its most famous buildings include Gaudi’s La Sagrada Familia Cathedral.</p>