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School of Architecture


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Director

Baird, David
  (2009), Professor; B.S., University of Illinois; B.Arch, University of Arizona; M.S., M.Arch., University of Arizona.
   

Graduate Coordinator

White, Janet R.
  (1999), Assistant Professor; A.B. Bryn Mawr College, 1976; M. Arch Columbia University 1980; PhD. Cornell University 2001.
   

Graduate Faculty

Al-Douri, Firas
  (2007), Assistant Professor; B.S., Baghdad University; M.S., Baghdad University; Ph.D. Texas A&M University.
Fernandez-Gonzalez, Alfredo
  (2003), Associate Professor; B.Arch., Universidad La Salle; Specialist, National Autonomous University of Mexico; M.Arch, University of Oregon.
Kemner, Kevin
  (2007), Assistant Professor; B.S., The Ohio State University; M.Arch., The Ohio State University.
Lawrence, Attila
 

(1988), Professor; B.L.A., Philadelphia College of Art; M.A., Pennsylvania State University.

Nowak, Glenn
  (2007) Assistant Professor; B.S. & B. Arch. Ball State University 2004; M. Arch II Cornell University 2006.
Ortega, Daniel
  (2000), Associate Professor; B.L.A., University of Nevada, Las Vegas; M.L.A., Rhode Island School of Design.
Stout, Randall
  (2011) Associate Professor; B. Arch. University of Tennessee 1981; M. Arch Rice University 1988.

The School of Architecture offers an NAAB accredited Master of Architecture professional degree (M. Arch). The M. Arch. program has the goals of developing students’ abilities to conceive and accurately represent environmentally sound and aesthetically fitting spaces at different scales and to provide a basis for understanding the consequences that these spaces have for their inhabitants, for society, and for the environment.

The School of Architecture capitalizes on the unique conditions provided by the city of Las Vegas and Southern Nevada. The School of Architecture current research emphasis areas are: 1. Sustainable desert climate architecture; 2. Solar and energy efficient building design; 3. Ecological land use planning; 4. Education and Research Facilities Design; 5. Environmental, historic, and socio-cultural contexts ranging from the city to the building site; and 6. Hospitality Designs.

Accreditation

In the United States, most state registration boards require a degree from an accredited professional degree program as a prerequisite for licensure. The National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB), which is the sole agency authorized to accredit U.S. professional degree programs in architecture, recognizes three types of degrees: the Bachelor of Architecture, the Master of Architecture, and the Doctor of Architecture. A program may be granted a 6-year, 3-year, or 2-year term of accreditation, depending on the extent of its conformance with established educational standards.

Doctor of Architecture and Master of Architecture degree programs may consist of a pre-professional undergraduate degree and a professional graduate degree that, when earned sequentially, constitute an accredited professional education. However, the pre-professional degree is not, by itself, recognized as an accredited degree.
The UNLV School of Architecture offers the following NAAB-accredited degree programs:

M. Arch. (pre-professional degree + 48 credits)
M. Arch. (non-pre-professional degree + 96 credits)

The next NAAB accreditation visit for both programs: 2017.

Program

 

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