Notre Dame School of Architecture
The University of Notre Dame School of Architecture was the first Catholic university in America to offer a degree in architecture, beginning in 1898. The School offers undergraduate and post-graduate architecture programs.
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Established | 1982 (1898 as a department in the College of Engineering) |
Academic affiliation | NAAB |
| Dean | Stefanos Polyzoides |
Academic staff | 41 |
| Undergraduates | 200 |
| Postgraduates | 30 |
| Location | , , U.S. 41.6951°N 86.2350°W |
| Website | architecture |
The School of Architecture has approximately 200 undergraduate students and 30 graduate students. The School has a library, which includes a rare book collection dedicated to the history of the study and practice of architecture in the United States. The School of Architecture is the smallest of the six major program divisions of the University (the others being the Mendoza College of Business, the College of Arts and Letters, the College of Engineering, the College of Science, and the Law School).
The School of Architecture is located in Walsh Family Hall of Architecture on the Notre Dame campus. It holds the architecture library, a hall of casts, offices, studios, classrooms, and a gallery.
The School teaches (pre-modernist) traditional architecture and urban planning (e.g. following the principles of New Urbanism and New Classical Architecture). It awards the annual Richard H. Driehaus Prize at Notre Dame School of Architecture for achievements in classical and traditional architecture and sustainable urbanism.