Pratt Institute School of Architecture
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The Pratt Institute
Pratt Institute
Pratt Institute is a private art college in New York City located in Brooklyn, New York, with satellite campuses in Manhattan and Utica. Pratt is one of the leading undergraduate art schools in the United States and offers programs in Architecture, Graphic Design, History of Art and Design,...

 School of Architecture is ranked in the top ten best Architecture schools in the nation. Alumni include Pritzker Prize
Pritzker Prize
The Pritzker Architecture Prize is awarded annually by the Hyatt Foundation to honour "a living architect whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision and commitment, which has produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built...

 Winner Peter Zumthor
Peter Zumthor
Peter Zumthor is a Swiss architect and winner of the 2009 Pritzker Prize.-Early life:Zumthor was born in Basel, the son of a cabinet-maker...

. Within the Brooklyn campus, the school of architecture is located a block from the main campus in Higgins Hall (designed by Steven Holl
Steven Holl
Steven Holl is an American architect and watercolorist, perhaps best known for the 1998 Kiasma Contemporary Art Museum in Helsinki, Finland, the 2003 Simmons Hall at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the celebrated 2007 Bloch Building addition to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City,...

). The school offers the following degrees:

Undergraduate
  • Bachelor of Architecture (First-professional)
  • Bachelor of Science in Construction Management (Manhattan Campus)
  • Bachelor of Professional Studies in Construction Management (Manhattan Campus)


Graduate Degree
  • Master of Architecture (First-professional)
  • Master of Science in Architecture (Post-professional)
  • Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Design (Post-professional)
  • Master of Science in City and Regional Planning
  • Master of Science in Urban Environmental Systems Management
  • Master of Science in Historic Preservation (Manhattan Campus)
  • Master of Science in Facilities Management (Manhattan Campus)

Additional Resources

  • American Institute of Architecture Students
    American Institute of Architecture Students
    The American Institute of Architecture Students is an international organization for college-level students of architecture. It is the primary membership and advocacy organization for architecture students in the United States. It is modeled roughly on the professional association called the...

     Chapter
  • China Summer Program
  • Undergraduate Rome Program, sharing studio space with the University of Waterloo, School of Architecture
    University of Waterloo School of Architecture
    The School of Architecture is one of the professional schools of the University of Waterloo. It offers a professional program in architecture accredited by the Canadian Architectural Certification Board at the master's level . It is part of the Faculty of Engineering and is located on a satellite...

     in Piazza de Santa Maria in Trastevere
  • Yearly student work publication, inProcess
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