Teaching is based at our Stockwell Street Building in Heneghan Peng-designed galleries. Studio-based tutorial groups provide all the skills and knowledge you'll need via a range of approaches to architectural design.
You'll learn to use design software and gain visual and drawing skills. You will also study architectural practice, the history of architecture, sustainability, contemporary theory and technology. Successful graduates will gain exemption from the RIBA Part 1 examination.
What you should know about this course
- The BA Hons Architecture programme is a first step in a professional career in architecture
- Explore new technologies, emerging social conditions, contemporary cultural contexts, and theoretical / aesthetic concerns
- Explore visual and tactile world, learning visual and drawing skills and the use of computer software
- Visits to art galleries, museums and important buildings and lectures by eminent speakers.
- #2 in London for Student Satisfaction (Guardian 2020) and #3 for learning resources (National Survey 2019).
Year 1
Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
- Architectural Design 1: Investigation and Proposition (30 credits)
- Cultural Contexts of Architecture (15 credits)
- Architectural Design 1: Experimentation and Communication (30 credits)
- Architectural Design Technology 1 (15 credits)
- Introducing Architecture and Landscape Technology (15 credits)
- History of Architecture & Landscape 1 (15 credits)
Year 2
Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
- Contemporary Theories of Architecture (15 credits)
- Architectural Design 2: Exploration and Proposition (30 credits)
- Architectural Design 2: Resolution (30 credits)
- Introducing Architecture & Landscape Practice 2 (15 credits)
- Architecture Technology 2 (15 credits)
- History of Architecture and Landscape 2 (15 credits)
Year 3
Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
- Architecture Dissertation (30 credits)
- Architectural Design 3: Exploration and Proposition (30 credits)
- Architectural Design 3: Resolution (30 credits)
- Architecture Design Technology 3 (30 credits)