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Catch up on recorded Spring 2021 lectures and events on the MIT Department of Architecture Youtube.

Watch the 2021 Spring Lectures online

Students design face masks that uncover personal and collective experiences from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Out of frame is a student-edited platform supported by MIT Architecture. Ana McIntosh (M.Arch 2022) shares a letter with the MIT SA+P community to wrap-up her term as the out of frame Editor for 2020-21.

out of frame: end of year updates

Deborah Garcia Fellow discusses her practice, her own path to becoming an architect, and how she envisions the future of architectural education.

3Q: Deborah Garcia

Doctoral student ElDante Winston explores the difference between history and memory in Renaissance architecture.

If these walls could talk

Over MIT’s Independent Activities Period (IAP), students are able to engage and experiment in workshops that differ from the typical curriculums. This year's IAP workshops reflected the design challenges and opportunities that come with remote work. Learn more about the courses that were offered this year, and the work that came out of them.

Highlights from IAP 2021 Workshops

A new educational model for a post-pandemic world, developed in collaboration with ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne

Here and There

On Monday, October 26, 2020, the Department hosted a series of online information sessions to enable prospective Master of Architecture (MArch) and Master of Science (Architecture Studies, SMArchS; Art, Culture and Technology, SMACT; Building Technology, SMBT) students to learn about admissions, programs, school culture, and research at MIT.

Watch recordings of our Fall 2020 Open House Info Sessions

A project by Olivier Faber from Brandon Clifford’s Fall 2019 Architecture Design Core Studio I

Learn about our Core studios

MIT has been named the top university in the world for “Architecture/Built Environment” in the subject rankings from QS World University Rankings for 2020. In “Art and Design,” the Institute ranked No. 5 globally. This year, MIT ranked No. 1 in 12 of 48 disciplines.

MIT named No. 1 university worldwide for architecture/built environment, No. 5 for art/design

As a part of it’s Spotlight on 2020 Thesis Projects, Architect has featured the thesis projects of Angeline Jacques, Alexandre Beaudouin-Mackay + Sarah Wagner, and Kevin Marblestone + Emily Whitbeck from the M.Arch class of 2020.

Archinect features M.Arch Class of 2020 Thesis Projects