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USC School of Architecture
We shape visionary architects and designers through a rigorous, interdisciplinary education.
Situated in the dynamic urban fabric of Los Angeles, we offer a diverse, inclusive environment where students engage with world-renowned faculty and industry leaders. Our commitment to sustainability and equity equips graduates to transform the built environment, impacting communities locally and globally.
Our PROGRAMS
Our interdisciplinary education fosters innovation and social responsibility through hands-on learning, multidisciplinary studies, and real-world projects. Students gain the skills to lead and transform the built environment.
Latest NEWS
11/25/2024ACLA 2X8 SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED TO STUDENTS ADRIAN ARANDA AND JUSTIN ZHU
At the ACLA 2x8 Awards, hosted at AIA’s new headquarters in the historic West Adams neighborhood, Adrian Aranda and Justin Zhu, both USC Architecture 5th year students, won a scholarship for their project "The Digester." Developed last year in a studio led by faculty Lawrence Scarpa, The Digester is an environmental center located on the strange and inhospitable site located in between the Marina Freeway and the Pacific Coast Highway. The project carves out the site in order to collect runoff water before it enters the Pacific Ocean via the adjacent Marina del Rey. By collecting this runoff water, The Digester...
11/11/2024USC Urban Trees Initiative expands green spaces in South Los Angeles neighborhoods
The first 27 of 250 new trees planned for South Los Angeles neighborhoods were planted to provide much-needed shade.By Stephen GeeUSC Urban Trees Initiative planted more than two dozen trees on Saturday in...
11/07/2024USC ARCHITECTURE FACULTY SWEEP UP WINS AT AIA LA DESIGN AWARDS 2024
Congratulations to all the USC Architecture faculty who have been named winners in the 2024 AIA|LA Design Awards and Next LA Awards! USC Architecture faculty continue to make bold impacts in the...
10/30/2024USC NOMAS & GRADUATE ARCHITECTURE HOST HAPPY HOUR AT THE 2024 NOMA CONFERENCE
USC NOMAS & USC Graduate Architecture hosted a busy happy hour at the NOMA 2024 Conference in Baltimore last week. Through the course of the evening nearly 100 guests and students from...
10/30/2024THIS DAY IN HISTORY USC SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE DEDICATES THE ROBERT H. TIMME ARCHITECTURAL RESEARCH CENTER
In a ceremony held on October 30, 2007, Co-Chairman of the USC School of Architecture Board of Counselors Carl McLarand, Dean Qingyun Ma, and President Steven B. Sample dedicate the USC School...
Recent News
10/29/2024
STUDIO SPOTLIGHT: STUDENTS IN ARCH 505A BUILD A FULL-SCALE INSTALLATION
10/24/2024STUDENTS AND ALUMNI RECEIVE NATIONAL AWARDS FROM THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS AND THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION
10/15/2024MENTORSHIP PROGRAM PAIRING PROFESSIONALS WITH STUDENTS KICKS OFF THIS FALL
10/09/2024‘WE HAVE TO GET MUCH BETTER AT SPEAKING TO WIDER AND WIDER AUDIENCES:’ A CONVERSATION WITH USC ARCHITECTURE DEAN BRETT STEELE
10/03/2024USC NOMAS TEAM’S COMMUNITY-CENTERED PROJECT WINS FIRST PLACE IN THE 2024 STUDENT SHOWCASE
9/23/2024NEW USC SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE DEAN HONORED AT INSTALLATION CEREMONY
Upcoming EVENTS
12/11/2024Portfolio Session II Architecture Transfer Applicants
1/25/2025DESIGN CHARRETTE 2024 LA28 OLYMPICS - CREATING WHAT'S NEXT
1/29/2025Malcom J. Rio
2/05/2025Film Screening (Director in Person Sven Blume) Lewerentz Divine Darkness (2024)
2/12/2025Frances Anderton
2/21/2025FIRM FAIR
2/26/2025Hadrian Predock
3/14/2025Frank Barkow Berlin Stories
Past Events
11/23/2024
Material Acts
11/23/2024GRADUATE OPEN HOUSE
11/22/2024Anupama Kundoo Rethinking Materiality: Natural resources and human resourcefulness
11/15/2024JESSE REISER Weaponized Craft
11/14/2024USC Graduate Landscape Architecture Portfolio Workshop
11/13/2024Portfolio Session for Prospective Transfer Applicants
Vibrant LIVES
Beyond design studios and other classes, there is much going on at the School, including student events, lectures, exhibitions, global travel opportunities and workshops. The School is a constant hive of activity and invention, and the closely knit architecture community progresses our ideals into the future built environment.
After researching the courses and faculty, USC seemed like the best choice, both because of its explicit focus on the urban environment, and because it would ground my practice in Southern California.
—Hannah Flynn ‘23
The best experience has been the journey, having met inspiring and talented people, pushing boundaries, and delving into the realms of what can and will be.
—Riffath Sultana Hidayathullah ‘24
This school is full of such a diversity of thoughts and ways of working, and I have enjoyed channeling each new idea I have learned into what I make..
—Quinn Wilbert ‘24
See Our PROJECTS
Discover student and faculty work that showcases our rigorous thinking process, creativity, and commitment to social responsibility. Be inspired by how we approach and solve complex architectural challenges.
Quick FACTS
STUDENTS
630
Full-time Students | 29 countries | 34 US States
27%
Of students are first generation
76%
Receive scholarships or financial aid
FACULTY
123
Faculty
6:1
Student to faculty ratio
+$1m
In research grants awarded to faculty in 2023/24
ALUMNI
6,632
Alumni living in 49 countries & the US
30
Alumni & Guild Events throughout the year
USC ARCHITECTURAL GUILD & PROFESSIONALS
67
Firms participated in our Spring Firm Fair
48%
Of students found a job through the Architecture Trojan Network
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