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Placement of 2022 Grads
Our 2022 Cummings School of Architecture graduates found success in employment or in graduate school within 6 months of graduation.
Cummings School of Architecture
The Cummings School of Architecture provides a balanced education for students seeking to design and maintain our built and cultural environments.
About the school
RWU Announces Historic $20M Partnership with Cummings Foundation
In recognition of this transformative philanthropic partnership between RWU and Cummings Foundation, President Ioannis N. Miaoulis announced on April 6 that our School of Architecture, Art and Historic Preservation will be rededicated as the Cummings School of Architecture (Cummings School), along with the launch of the Cummings Institute for Real Estate, to honor a real estate trailblazer who will inspire RWU students pursuing similar career trajectories. This is one of the largest partnerships with Cummings Foundation outside of Massachusetts, where the Foundation is headquartered, and where Bill and Joyce Cummings have primarily focused their philanthropy.
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Academic Programs
The Cummings School of Architecture offers an array of undergraduate, graduate and professional degree, certificate and minor programs in Architecture, Art and Architectural History, Preservation Studies, Preservation Practices, Real Estate, and Urban and Regional Planning. Advisement for those interested in pursuing dual degrees, degree(s) + minor(s), and graduate degree + graduate certificate qualifications is widely available. Our Master of Architecture program is fully NAAB-accredited.
Student Work
Student work in design studios and coursework results from individual efforts as well as many kinds of collaboration. Included here are examples from all levels of study and programs, in a variety of work-in-progress, final projects, and semester portfolios.
News and Events
Keep up with the latest news and events coming from the Cummings School of Architecture. Learn about our current students, alumni, programs, upcoming lectures or exhibits, and more.
People
The Cummings School of Architecture is a community of students, faculty, industry experts and life-long learners. Learn more about the people who make up our school community.
Career Investment Program
The Cummings School of Architecture Career Investment Program is a recipient of an AIA/ACSA Practice and Leadership Award, and features support for paid internships and assistantships throughout the year, and Fall resume and portfolio preparation, and Spring Job Fair engagement with firms and organizations across the country.
Resources
Our facilities foster creativity, learning, and teamwork. We offer design studio space, gallery space, computer and materials labs, seminar and lecture rooms, a comprehensive architecture library, and many more resources our students can utilize.
The Cummings School offers a vision of balance—between creation and conservation, local and global issues, professional and liberal arts education, in classroom, studio and field experiences—among people from many places and backgrounds. We have established a great community here, with much interchange among students, faculty and visitors, and connections to many firms and organizations in the region and around the world.
Stephen White, AIA, Dean and Professor of Architecture
Cummings Institute for Real Estate
In a unique multidisciplinary Real Estate Program, RWU is combining architecture, preservation, construction management, engineering, business, law, public administration and leadership, humanities and science into a powerful new curriculum that prepares graduates with expansive skillsets and perspectives to meet the multi-faceted challenges of real estate.
Our Real Estate program will offer degrees, minors, and certificates, with graduate certificates coming for 2022 and undergraduate and graduate degree programs for 2023.
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Design and Detail: A Career in Architecture
Brigida Capicotto, RWU Class of 2017, 2018M Architecture (M.Arch)
Working as an Architectural Designer at KITE Architects, Capicotto makes her artistic visions come to life.
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Celebrating Excellence: Students Honor Professors for Going Above and Beyond
The Professor of the Semester Award honors six faculty members for their outstanding teaching and mentorship, with more than 100 student nominations highlighting their dedication to student success.
Summer Academy Introduces High School Students to Architecture and Design
The 28th annual academy offered students a comprehensive exploration of design principles and practices through immersive workshops, faculty mentorship, and collaborative projects.
Laramie and ACE Mentor Program
Associate Dean Greg Laramie, AIA, serves on the ACE Rhode Island Board of Directors
NCARB Leader Emily Anderson Meets with RWU Architecture Students
Emily Anderson, AIA, NOMA, NCARB, National Council for Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) visited the Cummings School of Architecture on September 11, for a meeting with Architecture students in the BS and M.Arch
Carranza offers Fall 2024 seminar at Columbia
Professor Luis Carranza is offering a Fall 2024 graduate seminar course “(Re) Inventing Living: Modern Experiments in Latin American Housing” at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Preservation and Planning (GSAPP)
