Program Overview

Programs

The Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University offers a range of programs for students interested in pursuing a career in architecture, urban planning, preservation, and real estate development.

Architecture

• Master of Architecture
• M.S. Advanced Architectural Design
• M.S. Computational Design Practices
• M.S. Critical, Curatorial & Conceptual Practices
• Ph.D. Architecture
• New York/Paris
• Intro Program

Urbanism

• M.S. Architecture and Urban Design
• M.S. Urban Planning
• Ph.D. Urban Planning

Preservation

• M.S. Historic Preservation
• Ph.D. Historic Preservation

Real Estate

• M.S. Real Estate Development

Course Details

The course "The Long History of Architectural Technologies" is offered as part of the Master of Architecture program. This course addresses the long history of architectural design, from the earliest known shelters to digital fabrication, and asks how technology has permeated building cultures, and how changes in the history of science and technology have motivated—or not—transformations in architecture as cultural form.

Course Goals

The course goals include:

• Developing a working knowledge of architecture informed by basic science
• Pushing against linear narratives that constrain the designer’s hand and the historian’s pen
• Undermining the dominant attitude to technology in architecture that consists of “designing to code”

Course Details

• Location & Time: 412 AVERY, TU 11 AM - 1 PM
• Session & Points: FULL SEMESTER, 3 Points
• Sequence: History & Theory, Building Science & Technology Elective, Pre-1800, N/W, Post-1800
• Call Number: 14562
• Programs: M.S. Real Estate Development, Master of Architecture, M.S. Advanced Architectural Design, New York / Paris, M.S. Urban Planning, M.S. Architecture and Urban Design, M.S. Computational Design Practices, M.S. Historic Preservation

University Information

Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, is located at 1172 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, New York 10027.