![]() Of particular note are the broad appeal of Cornell, SCI-Arc, and Virginia Tech. This year, we ranked undergraduate architecture programs and graduate architecture programs across four categories of focus: design theory construction methods and materials sustainability and research. Undergraduate and graduate architecture programs were ranked together across 11 categories of focus for each program. Last year, DesignIntelligence provided a total list of 58 National Architecture Accrediting Board (NAAB) undergraduate architecture programs and 114 NAAB-accredited graduate programs for the rankings survey. But, nonetheless, we congratulate those highlighted above. It could have been the larger response rate we received. It could have been the difference in the question (i.e., “best” to “most admired”). The reasons for these shifts are, frankly, unknown. Rice University went from number 16 to number 7 Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) moved from number 13 to number 9 and University of Michigan advanced from number 11 last year to occupy the number 10 spot this year. Princeton jumped from number 22 last year to number 6 this year. Rice University rose from number 6 last year to number 2 this year.Īmong the graduate programs, four schools are new to the Top 10. In the undergraduate-program category, Cooper Union jumped from number 15 last year to number 5 this year. ![]() The movement across the Top 10 Most Admired Architecture Schools had some nice surprises. The second primary question we asked this year is, “From which schools have you hired the greatest number of (undergraduate or graduate) students in the last five years?” (The responses to this second question will be available on the DI Rankings website.) We made this move because we felt that “the most admired” was a broader question. Asking for “the best” assumed objectivity, while asking for “the most admired” is a mix of objectivity and the experiential factor. We moved away from asking for “the best” (i.e., “Which programs are best preparing students for a future in the profession?”) to asking for “the most admired” (i.e., “What schools do you most admire for a combination of faculty, programs, culture, and student preparation for the profession?”). But this year was markedly different: we had more than 4,500 valid responses, which may reflect the urgency of improving architectural education.įor 2018, we made a fundamental shift in rankings from one primary question to two. The number of valid responses from hiring managers of architecture and design-professional firms typically range between 2,600 and 3,200, year over year. It is our hope, backed by intentional effort and investment, to bring stakeholders into proper alignment.Įach year for the past 19 years, DesignIntelligence has conducted the same survey across the design industry regarding architecture-school rankings. ![]() Only then does a new landscape of intellectual contribution become possible. In reality, what the industry and the profession need today is a disciplined transformation with expansive intellectual leaps and a “Why not?” attitude to both invention and innovation.Īt DesignIntelligence, we envision the possibility of a new unity, but it will only occur when destructive patterns of entrenched thinking are challenged and old paradigms of entitlement are deemed irrelevant. These disruptors are growing in influence as traditional A/E/C firms maintain a status quo of slow, plodding, incremental improvement. Through its research and strategic advocacy, DesignIntelligence can help bridge that gap.Īs new players-from organizations as varied as WeWork and Katerra to venture capitalists or the big tech companies (FAANG)-move into the A/E/C industry, they are focused on disruption in hopes of capitalizing on the industry’s myopia. Within this growing gap, however, is the call from the architecture profession to the education community to move together toward a point of intersection to ensure the future relevance of both. Increasingly, our conversations with leaders in the field reveal the growing gap between the practice of architecture and the academy. ![]() In myriad discussions, the subject of design education has come to the forefront, usually coupled with the themes of relevance and convergence between the profession and the schools-or not. Over the past year, our company has directly engaged with leaders and decisionmakers of hundreds of architecture firms. DesignIntelligence (DI) is dedicated to the business success of architecture, engineering, construction, and design organizations. ![]()
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