Comments on: What is the best college for architecture on the east coast? http://architecturelife.com/2008/09/22/what-is-the-best-college-for-architecture-on-the-east-coast/ Fri, 18 May 2012 01:27:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Heidi P http://architecturelife.com/2008/09/22/what-is-the-best-college-for-architecture-on-the-east-coast/#comment-116 Heidi P Sat, 27 Sep 2008 11:24:22 +0000 http://architecturelife.com/2008/09/22/what-is-the-best-college-for-architecture-on-the-east-coast/#comment-116 The best nationally-known architecture schools in the South and Southeast are Georgia Tech, University of North Carolina, University of Virginia, and Virginia Tech. If you are willing to go a bit farther away, University of Texas at Austin, and Rice University have excellent architecture programs. Even farther afield, there are M.I.T., Harvard, Yale, Syracuse, Carnegie-Mellon and Princeton. The program at University of Florida is also very good, but I would place these other schools a notch higher than UFla. A lot depends on what type of education you want to get. If you are into esoteric design, Harvard is the best in the East; if you are more nuts-and-bolts practical, a school like the Boston Architectural Center is excellent. The other schools that I have listed fall between these two extremes. Of the people who have worked for me, I have found the graduates of Syracuse and Carnegie-Mellon to be the best architects...good balance of design ability and practical knowledge of how to put a building together. The B.A.C., North Carolina, U.T. Austin, Rice and Virginia Tech are the schools that I would place at the top also. However, if you are interested in the more esoteric side of architecture, I would recommend Harvard or Georgia Tech. You should also read this: The best nationally-known architecture schools in the South and Southeast are Georgia Tech, University of North Carolina, University of Virginia, and Virginia Tech. If you are willing to go a bit farther away, University of Texas at Austin, and Rice University have excellent architecture programs. Even farther afield, there are M.I.T., Harvard, Yale, Syracuse, Carnegie-Mellon and Princeton. The program at University of Florida is also very good, but I would place these other schools a notch higher than UFla.

A lot depends on what type of education you want to get. If you are into esoteric design, Harvard is the best in the East; if you are more nuts-and-bolts practical, a school like the Boston Architectural Center is excellent. The other schools that I have listed fall between these two extremes.

Of the people who have worked for me, I have found the graduates of Syracuse and Carnegie-Mellon to be the best architects…good balance of design ability and practical knowledge of how to put a building together. The B.A.C., North Carolina, U.T. Austin, Rice and Virginia Tech are the schools that I would place at the top also. However, if you are interested in the more esoteric side of architecture, I would recommend Harvard or Georgia Tech.

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Hope that helps

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If you live in florida and qualify for a bright futures scholarship, take advantage of that. You can go to school for free if you stay in the state!!

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