architecture

industrial design

interior design

landscape architecture

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students

Resources for Incoming Fall 2019 Students

students

Frequently Asked Questions by Prospective Students

Cowgill Lobby: Collaborations of CAUS Students & Professionals

26 August 2019, 8:00AM
until 27 August 2019, 5:00PM
— Cowgill Lobby

2020 Spring Residency Interest Meeting

Study Abroad in Riva San Vitale, Switzerland

28 August 2019
12:00PM — Cowgill 300

Graduate Student Reception

All Graduate Students, Faculty, and Staff Invited!

28 August 2019
5:00PM — Behind Cowgill Hall, near the LumenHAUS

Cowgill Lobby: Welcome Back by the Dean

29 August 2019
8:00AM – 10:00AM — Cowgill Lobby

Sal Choudhury

Faculty Lecture: 2019 Fall

29 August 2019
2:00PM — Hancock 100

Paul Battaglia, AIA

Alumni Lecture: 2019 Fall

5 September 2019
2:00PM — Hancock 100

Calendar

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news

AIA|DC Thesis Showcase Features Four WAAC Alumni

21 August 2019

news

Architect of Careers

Virginia Tech Magazine

16 August 2019

B.Arch. '02 Grad, Barton Ross, Receives 2019 Young Architects Award

The American Institute of Architects

12 August 2019

Industrial designers and biomedical engineers team up to address unmet needs of wounded veterans

VT News

12 August 2019

How scientists are harvesting fog to secure the world's water supply

PBS News Hour (video)

5 August 2019

inside Architecture + Design: A Full Circle View

1 August 2019

prospective students

locations + facilities

degrees

faculty + staff

news

An Internal Transfer Student’s Path

26 July 2019

news

Tamela Gallimore named July 2019 Advisor of the Month

2 July 2019

news

ITDS Student Wins Award of Recognition in Light Fixture Design Competition

12 June 2019

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LAR Alumna to Present at 2019 LAF Innovation + Leadership Seminar

16 May 2019

about the
school of architecture + design
at virginia tech

The Virginia Tech School of Architecture + Design offers professionally-accredited degree programs in Architecture, Industrial Design, Interior Design, and Landscape Architecture. In addition, research-oriented graduate programs are offered, leading to masters and Ph.D. degrees.

The architecture and design programs at Virginia Tech strive to create an environment where each student’s unique abilities and capacities can be activated, while challenging them with the standards of excellence and achievement that are inherent in their chosen discipline and profession. Studios and courses in our academic programs are taught by faculty members who are deeply committed to each student’s education in architecture and design.

Learn More About the School…

Introduction to Architecture

Introduction to Industrial Design

Introduction to Interior Design

Introduction to Landscape Architecture

students

Taking Design Thinking from the Classroom to the Community | Michelle Pannone

Watch Video: Student Profile

research

Industrial Design Professor Bill Green explores the Braun Domino Lighter

Watch Video: Design Insights

research

Two Minutes With // RCR Arquitectes

2017 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureates

news

Landscape Architecture Student Selected as 2017 National Olmsted Scholar

28 April 2017

Architecture students design new chapter for African university

Watch Video: Mzuzu Library

Multidisciplinary student team designs web-based service to help isolated senior citizens

Watch Video: Student Project

A Student Perspective on the IDS Program | Richard Parks

Watch Video: Student Profile

Process Matters | Nathan King | TEDxVirginiaTech

Watch Video: Research Profile

Center for Design Research

FutureHAUS, Malawi Project, Impact Design, and more

International Archive of Women in Architecture

Documenting the History of Women's Contributions to the Built Environment

Building for the Future | Joe Wheeler | TEDxHerndon

Watch Video: FutureHAUS

Virginia Tech, City of Radford, and Glencoe Mansion partner to build New River Train Observatory

About the Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center

locations

Steger Center for International Scholarship

Semester-Long European Residency and Travel Program, based in Riva San Vitale, Switzerland

special programs

Guide to Study Abroad Programs

Europe Travel, Swiss Residency, International Exchange, and others

Undergraduate Admissions

Graduate Admissions

Scholarships, Awards + Financial Aid: a+d, CAUS, VT

Frequently Asked Questions by Prospective Students

Bachelor of Architecture

B. Arch, Five-Year Professional, NAAB-Accredited Degree, based on Main Campus

Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design

BS. IDS, Four-year Degree Program

Bachelor of Science in Interior Design

BS. ITDS, Four-Year Professional Degree

Bachelor of Landscape Architecture

BLA, Five-Year Professional LAAB-Accredited Degree Program, based at Main Campus

research + engagement + projects

about the school of architecture + design at virginia tech

about the
school of architecture + design
at virginia tech