Urban Architecture Schools

Detailed profiles of schools for Urban Architecture from the EdRef college search portal.

Urban Architecture programs encourage students to engage with contemporary ideas of urbanism. Students explore the variety of factors that influence the landscape of the modern city. Large design projects are typically used as laboratories for study and discovery and as a vehicle for students to learn about challenging problems associated with urban architectural design. Students conduct research in an intensive studio environment. Professionals from a variety of disciplines usually contribute to or are involved with urban architecture programs.

Students learn about the history of architecture in the urban landscape in order to better understand how to apply theory in the contemporary world. Environmental design is a large component of many programs. New technologies are also covered in an in-depth way because they are so crucial to the advancement of the discipline. Urban architects become leaders in developing visions for what the future could hold for urban living.