Ucd Architecture

At UCD our aim is to continuously deepen understanding, extend capacities and broaden horizons in relation to architecture. UCD produces architects capable of addressing global and societal issues. The architecture design studios are hubs of creativity, capable of responding to contemporary issues and challenges including sustainability, urbanisation and technical innovation. Celebrating its centenary in 2011, UCD Architecture has long led the way for architecture in Ireland. Its undergraduate, graduate and research programmes cover all aspects of the practice of architecture as well as advanced areas of conservation, sustainability, history, urbanism and climate responsive design. Its staff include practitioners at the forefront of their field, as well as internationally-recognised researchers. Rooted in its context, UCD Architecture is global in its outlook. Uniquely in Ireland, its programmes are accredited by the RIAI, the RIBA and the NAAB. The majority of students at the school spend at least one semester on international Erasmus exchange with a network of over thirty leading architecture programmes in Europe, US, Australia and Asia. International students are increasingly attracted to the school’s undergraduate, graduate and research programmes. Our programmes are taught in unique facilities on UCD’s Richview campus including spacious design studios, a well-equipped workshop and building laboratory, the built environment laboratory, exhibition spaces and the most extensive architectural library in the country. The reality of cutting-edge practice feeds directly into the lecture theatre and design studio. At the same time, our academic staff are leading research in areas such as: sustainable development; environmental modelling; technological innovation; and, the history and theory of architecture, cities and landscapes.