architecture

industrial design

interior design

landscape architecture

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Discover our approach to design education

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WAAC Introduction

About the Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center

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news

2018-19 DesignIntelligence Rankings

30 January 2019

students

Frequently Asked Questions by Prospective Students

events

Panel Discussion: Reimagining Housing for the 21st+ Century

17 October 2019
7:00PM — 601 Prince Street, 3rd Floor

events

ASLA Park(ing) Day

18 October 2019
8:00AM – 8:00PM — Squires Parking Lot

Undergraduate Information Session and Tour

ARCH Only

14 October 2019
12:00PM — Cowgill 201

Cowgill Lobby: 4th Year Industrial Design Research Findings

14 October 2019
12:00PM – 5:00PM — Cowgill Lobby

Cowgill Lobby: Material

15 October 2019, 8:00AM
until 16 October 2019, 5:00PM
— Cowgill Lobby

Aging and Place

Intersections: Cross-Disciplinary Conversations about Social Justice in the Built Environment

16 October 2019
4:00PM — Art + Architecture Library, 100 Cowgill Hall

Winter 2019/2020 Travel Program Interest Meeting

16 October 2019
5:00PM — Cowgill 304

Walter Angonese - References Images Concepts

17 October 2019
11:00AM — villa maderni, riva san vitale, switzerland

Grzes Kosmal, AIA, IIDA, LEED AP

Alumni Lecture: 2019 Fall

17 October 2019
2:00PM — Hancock 100

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news

A.J. (Jack) Davis honored with emeritus status

VT News

10 October 2019

news

Scholarship recognizes design student’s integration of technology, learning, and sustainability

VT News

10 October 2019

Interior Design Students Recognized

9 October 2019

Humberto Rodríguez-Camilloni honored with emeritus status

8 October 2019

Learn Fusion 360 with Bradley Turner

4 October 2019

Samantha ‘Sam’ Synder receives the VA ASLA Award for Excellence in Landscape Architecture

3 October 2019

Pritchett Foundation Lab

New River Train Observatory

Opening Reception

October 2019

GEHL Studio at the WAAC

locations + facilities

degrees

faculty + staff

news

Professor Michael Ermann + Alumnus David Keith to be Awarded by AIA Virginia

AIA Virginia

26 September 2019

news

Industrial Design Student Spotlight: Kai Mulligan

30 September 2019

news

ITDS Student Wins Award of Recognition in Light Fixture Design Competition

12 June 2019

news

The most important profession fighting sea-level rise you’ve never heard of

Virginia Mercury

2 October 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