Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts in Architecture
We offer a rigorous architecture program within a dynamic, cross-disciplinary campus.
Our courses engage real-world sites and tackle complex social, cultural, and environmental challenges. You’ll graduate with the tools to design beautiful, innovative, and sustainable architectural environments.
Course of Study
We believe that you learn by doing. Whether you pursue a BS or BA degree in architecture, our program provides numerous opportunities for hands-on, real-world engagement, both in the St. Louis community and beyond.
Our program is centered around the design studio, which emphasizes craft and making. You’ll work collaboratively with your peers and faculty on projects.
What types of work do architecture students produce?
Our students explore a wide array of media and techniques in their design work, from freehand drawing to emerging digital technology. Check out a selection of recent work to get a sense of the range of projects undertaken.
Faculty
Our faculty are nationally and internationally recognized in their fields—and they are deeply committed to teaching each and every student.
Student and Alumni Spotlights
Joni P. Gordon’s multidisciplinary work confronts displacement, colorism, her ancestry, and racial identity through screen printing, paint, thread, wool, brown paper, and more.
Mad Green’s thesis project, “Queer Fight Club,” explores exclusion and rage through the social practice work of building a kickboxing community.
Sarah Moon, MFA-VA ‘24 brings us into her surreal dreamscape world of bright colors and playfulness.
Samantha Neu’s thesis work, Homesick, asks us to bring awareness to our bodies’ presence, inviting us to consider how we could climb or slide on the sculpture she’s created.
Hidden webcams, deepfakes, virtual bodies. Emily Elhoffer hopes her sculpture poses “a sense of uncanny othering… of being out-of-place.”
Lynne Smith hopes viewers of her work will arrive as they are, opening themselves to connection and expanding perspective.
Micah Mickles confronts the 20th anniversary of his father’s sudden passing by rebuilding the family archive and creating an assemblage, “Rayfield,” infused with tradition and preciousness.
Hatzikos’ thesis explores water, motion, our sense of time and place. “I decided that what really mattered was exploring the longing and distance from a place I’m no longer able to access.”
Jordan Geiger’s thesis work is incredibly subtle, using white thread on white fabric. “I hope the blankness draws the viewer in and that they feel a sense of discovery as the image becomes apparent.”
