Architects set the stage for the drama of human and civic life. In order to create buildings, architects must consider how public and private life interact, how cities should reflect the culture for which they are built, and how technology affects the way we life and work.

Buildings meet both our individual need for shelter and our shared need for cultural meaning. True to its home in an urban university, Northeastern’s curriculum places architectural problem solving in the context of contemporary cities. Students learn the fundamentals of building construction and technology and how the choice of material, structure, and form reflect the surrounding culture and give it a voice.

The dynamic city of Boston is your laboratory where you will learn to identify opportunities for civic representation, urban development, and neighborhood design. And, because our program is offered in the context of a university, there are great opportunities in urban-oriented research and creative work in areas such as mapping, urban economics and development, race and social division, spatial and visual communication, and public policy.