Masters of Architecture - Sustainable Architecture Concentration

The Graduate Concentration in Sustainable Architecture at Lawrence Tech offers the Master of Architecture (M.Arch) degree to students who complete a 36 credit hour program. Admission requirements include a B.S. degree in architecture with a minimum 3.0 GPA, a portfolio, and three letters of recommendation. Lawrence Tech has one of the largest architecture schools in the U.S. Students who receive this professional degree are eligible to take state administered exams and to become licensed architects. 

The Lawrence Tech NAAB Accredited Master's in Architecture may be completed online with the exception of the Master Class studio. This studio can either be completed during an on campus 10 week summer semester or on 4 weekends plus a field trip. The Master Class is a studio led by a firm engaged in critical practice. The 2008 Master Class firm was WORKac and the principals, Dan Wood and Amale Andraos took students on a New York field trip to the installation of their urban garden project that won the 2008 Young Architects Program at the P.S. 1 competition. 

Students completing the Master's in Architecture degree online are required to prepare a research-oriented thesis on a specialized subject of the student's choice. The thesis requires weekly contact with the student's committee chair, as well as one on-site meeting with his or her thesis committee per semester.  

The Sustainable Architecture concentration is intended to prepare students to enter the practice of architecture with the technical and ethical framework to make sound design and practice decisions with respect to the relationship between the natural, built, and human environments. We emphasize the acquisition of critical design skills and readiness to assume positions in environmentally-focused leadership of design practices in our community and nationally. The ethics of architectural practice is at the forefront of our attitude toward the profession as we recognize the motto of Lawrence Technological University, "Theory and Practice." 

Sustainability Core Courses

ARC 6103  Master Class (summer studio)
ARC 5623  Current Issues in Architecture
ARC 5012  Research Methods
ARC 5643  Design Theory
ARC 6514  Thesis 1 or ARC 5594 Sustainable Architecture Studio 1
ARC 6524  Thesis 2 or ARCTBD Sustainable Architecture Studio 2
ARC 5913  Professional Practice 1
ARC 5922  Professional Practice 2
ARC 5422  Environmental Issues
ARC 5952  Construction Management or ARC 5992 Cost Management in the Built Environment
ARC 6112  Thesis Praxis  or ARC 6532 Comprehensive Sustainability Exam 2

Approved Concentration Electives

ARC 5832  Preservation Issues
ARC 6833  Research Preservation Existing Structures
ARC 5592  Sustainable Architecture and Building Systems
ARC 5582  LEED Standards and Evaluation
ARC 5432  Energy Management
ARC 6002  High Performance Building Evaluation

For more information on the program, the please contact

Edward M. Orlowski, AIA; LEED AP
Coordinator, Graduate Concentration in Sustainable Architecture
College of Architecture and Design, Lawrence Technological University
248-204-2850
orlowski@ltu.edu.