Architecture, BA (Hons)

Learn through making on this RIBA and ARB Part 1 accredited course. You’ll work on live briefs in a studio environment to hone your design skills and gain hands-on experience of building real architectural projects.While supported by practising professionals, you’ll define your own agenda within a broad architectural context. You’ll discover how to design specifically for unique places, in harmony with challenging locations and in response to environmental issues. As you work, you’ll gain valuable industry skills in preparation to launch a successful career.You will:Explore environmental solutions through radical design challenges and proposals, working without concrete, petrochemical-derived insulation materials and non-renewable energy sources to heat and cool buildingsLearn in a collaborative, studio based environment that reflects real-life workspacesHave the opportunity to gain valuable experience through a professional placementWork on socially engaged live-build projects for clients such as the Eden Project and the National TrustAttend guest lectures from specialists across the industryAccess excellent technical facilities to explore your design projects through a range of analogue and digital fabrication processesThe course is ARB part 1 prescribed and RIBA part 1 validated.