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The global event, curated by MIT’s Hashim Sarkis, queries how people can best live together at a time of uncertainty, crisis, and change.

Browse review books and websites from the Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 thesis reviews.

Despite our community being physically dispersed across the globe, we’ve found ways to come together, collaborate, and create in this time of extraordinary upheaval. Curated by open-source and out of frame, the Virtual End-of-Year Exhibition took advantage of the virtual format and the limitlessness of Miro space to feature work from across the School of Architecture and Planning.

Merging species conservation and architectural design, graduate student James Brice is studying the sustainable development of public spaces.

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.

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.

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.

A project by Chen Chu and Nynika Jhaveri from Mariana Ibanez’s Fall 2019 Architecture Design Option Studio, “EPISODE 5”

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

MIT’s design minor and major programs give rise to polymath students with design skills they can apply to any field.