Architectural Association School of Architecture
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Architectural Association School of Architecture |
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Motto | Design with Beauty, Build in Truth | |
Established | 1847 | |
Director | Brett Steele | |
Location | London, United Kingdom | |
Homepage | http://www.aaschool.ac.uk |
The Architectural Association (also known as AA School of Architecture) is the oldest independent school of architecture in the United Kingdom. It was founded by two dissatisfied young architects (Robert Kerr, 19, and Charles Grey, 24) in 1847 to provide a self-directed, independent education at a time when there was no formal training available. Its students were addressed by many eminent figures, including John Ruskin and George Gilbert Scott.
The School was formally established in 1890. In 1901, it moved premises to the former Royal Architectural Museum. In 1920, it moved again, to its current premises in Bedford Square, central London (it has since acquired additional London premises in John Street and a site at Hooke Park in Dorset). After 150 years, the AA attracts students from more than fifty countries worldwide.
Courses are divided into two main areas - undergraduate programmes, leading to the AA Diploma, and postgraduate programmes, which include specialised courses in landscape urbanism, housing and urbanism, energy and the environment, histories and theories, design research lab, as well as day-release course in building conservation, garden conservation, and environmental access. Since its foundation, the School has continued to draw its teaching staff from progressive international practices, and they are reappointed annually, allowing a continual renewal of the exploration of architecture.
The school is notable as existing outside the state-funded university system (as does the University of Buckingham), with tuition fees comparable to that of a private school, though some bursaries are available on merit. Since non-EU students are charged higher fees to attend state universities, however, the AA is competitively priced by comparison, therefore it is noted as having a higher proportion of overseas students enrolled than do many other UK architecture schools.
It also exists outside the UCAS application system; even at undergraduate/first degree level direct application is the norm. It is therefore not included in many books which guide potential undergraduates to choose appropriate courses, indeed many are unaware of its existence until they are studying architecture elsewhere. This may also account for the lower count of home-students enroled.
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[edit] Former students
- Will Alsop
- Herbert Baker
- Geoffrey Bawa
- Peter Blundell Jones
- David Chipperfield
- Peter Cook
- Sir Philip Dowson
- Robin Evans
- Kenneth Frampton
- John Frazer
- Piers Gough
- Sir Nicholas Grimshaw
- Zaha Hadid (Pritzker Prize, 2004)
- Thomas Hardy
- Christine Hawley
- Michael Hopkins
- Louisa Hutton
- Rem Koolhaas (Pritzker Prize, 2000)
- Denys Lasdun
- CJ Lim
- James MacLaren
- Mohsen Mostafavi
- John Pawson
- Cedric Price
- Peter Salter
- Matthias Sauerbruch
- Ole Scheeren
- Richard Rogers
- Michael Ventris
[edit] Former teachers
- Abalos&Herreros
- David Adjaye
- Will Alsop
- Wiel Arets
- Donald Bates
- Ben Van Berkel
- Raoul Bunschoten
- Reg Butler
- Mark Cousins
- Peter Davidson
- Robin Evans
- John Frazer
- Ranulph Glanville
- Zaha Hadid
- Christine Hawley
- Louisa Hutton
- Jeff Kipnis
- Rem Koolhaas
- Leon Krier
- George L Legendre
- Daniel Libeskind
- Stefano de Martino
- Mohsen Mostafavi
- Farshid Moussavi
- Ciro Najle
- Alejandro Zaera Polo
- Alberto Pérez-Gómez
- Cedric Price
- Matthias Sauerbruch
- Patrik Schumacher
- Dennis Sharp
- Peter Smithson
- Bernard Tschumi
- Dalibor Vesely
- Ken Yeang
- Elia Zenghelis
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