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. University of Virginia 5.DesignIntelligence (DI) is dedicated to the business success of architecture, engineering, construction, and design organizations. Sustainable design practices and principlesġ. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 4. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 3. California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo 1. California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispoġ.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 5. University of California, Berkeley, Calif.ġ.
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Blacksburg, Va. University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif.ġ. Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, R.I. Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kans.
Virginia Polytechnic institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va. California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Calif. Top 10 Undergraduate Architecture Schoolsġ. Read the complete rankings after the break. This may be a great tool for architecture students when looking for a school and useful also for architecture firms when deciding on who to employ. The rankings include the top 10 undergraduate architecture schools and the top 10 graduate schools.Īlso, there are different skills rankings, like “analysis and planning”, “communication”, “computer applications”, “construction methods and materials”, “design”, “research and theory” and “sustainable design practices and principles”. Every year, the Greenway Group led by James Cramer (chief executive of the AIA from 1988 to 1994) assembles the architecture-schools rankings.
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