Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) is the

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America's Top Architecture Schools 2016, referencing "Design Intelligence" as reported by "Architectural Record." Retrieved 11 March 2016. It is also home to the Masters of Science program in Advanced Architectural Design,

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The school's resources include the

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, the United States' largest architectural library and home to some of the first books published on architecture, as well as the origin of the Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals. Recent deans of the school have included architect James Stewart Polshek (1972-1987),

Bernard Tschumi Bernard Tschumi (born 25 January 1944 in Lausanne, Switzerland) is an architect, writer, and educator, commonly associated with deconstructivism. Son of the well-known Swiss architect Jean Tschumi and a French mother, Tschumi is a dual French-S ...

(1988-2003), Mark Wigley (2004-2014), Amale Andraos (2014–2021), Weiping Wu (Interim Dean, 2022), and Andrés Jaque (2022-).

History

The Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation (GSAPP) has evolved over more than a century. It was transformed from a department within the Columbia School of Mines into a formal School of Architecture by William Robert Ware in 1881—making it one of the first such professional programs in the country. While the number of specialized programs being offered by the school has multiplied over the years, architecture remains the intellectual core of the school.

Rankings

Columbia GSAPP has been ranked #2 among the Top Architecture Graduate Programs five times over the past ten years on ''DesignIntelligence's'' ranking of programs accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board, including the 2020 rankings.

Notable faculty

Current faculty

* Amale Andraos – Founder of WORKac Architects and former Dean (2014–2021) *

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– Former Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design,

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*Patrice Derrington – Director of GSAPP's Real Estate Development Program * Andrew Dolkart – James Marston Fitch Professor of Historic Preservation. Former Director of the Historic Preservation Program (2008–2016) *

Kenneth Frampton Kenneth Brian Frampton (born 20 November 1930) is a British architect, critic and historian. He is the Ware Professor of Architecture at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at Columbia University, New York. He has b ...

– Ware Professor of Architecture Emeritus * Mario Gooden – Interim Director of GSAPP's Master of Architecture Program *

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– Founder of Abalos & Herreros *

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– Founder and Principal of Steven Holl Architects * Andrés Jaque – Dean of GSAPP, Director of its Advanced Architectural Design Program, Founder and Principal of Office for Political Innovation * Laura Kurgan – Director of GSAPP's Computational Design Program and Director of the Center for Spatial Research *

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– Ada Tolla and Giuseppe Lignano * Reinhold Martin – Former Director of the Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture *

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– Director of GSAPP's Architecture and Urban Design Program, Founder and Principal of SCAPE * Jorge Otero-Pailos – Director of GSAPP's Historic Preservation Program * Richard Plunz – Director of Urban Design Lab at the Earth Institute and Former Director of GSAPP's Architecture and Urban Design Program *Alexandra Quantrill * Michael Rock – Founder of 2 x 4, Director of Graphical Arch Studies * Karla Maria Rothstein – Director of Columbia University's DeathLAB; co-founder o
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* Hilary Sample – Founder and Principal of MOS Architects *Felicity Scott – Co-director of GSAPP's Critical, Curatorial, and Conceptual Practices in Architecture Program * Galia Solomonoff – architect of Dia:Beacon museum and founding creative director of Solomonoff Architecture Studio *

– designed Alfred Lerner Hall, Columbia's student center, former Dean (1988 to 2003) * Marc Tsurumaki * Mary McLeod – Co-curator of the exhibition Charlotte Perriand: Interior Equipment, *Mark Wasiuta – Co-director of GSAPP's Critical, Curatorial, and Conceptual Practices in Architecture Program * Mark Wigley – directed the exhibition "Deconstructivist Architecture" at

with Philip Johnson, former Dean (2004–2014) *

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* Weiping Wu – Director of GSAPP's Urban Planning Program and former Interim Dean

Former faculty

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* Stan Allen – Former Dean of Princeton School of Architecture * Tatiana Bilbao *

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* Peter Cook – Member of Archigram * Harvey Wiley Corbett * Mark Cousins – Director of the History/ Theory Department at the AA London *

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(1895), notable early 20th century architect in Seattle, Washington *

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(1931) – 1961 Rome Prize; designed Avery Fisher Hall at

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complex, and the Assembly Hall * David Aldrich, artist and architect * Grosvenor Atterbury (1884) – worked for Columbia campus architects

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* Turpin Bannister (M.S. 1928) – was one of the leading American architectural historians of his generation * Donn Barber (post-graduate architectural courses) – architect *

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* Temple Hoyne Buell – designed over 300 buildings in Colorado; designed the first ever shopping mall * Paul Byard (M.S.) – a lawyer and an architect * Rosario Candela (B.A. 1915) – was an Italian American architect; achieved renown through his apartment building designs in

* Eric Cantor (M.S. 1989) – Congressman from

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* Minsuk Cho – Founder of Mass Studies * Brad Cloepfil – architect, educator *Angela Co (MA, 2005) – 2011 Rome Prize * Jonas Coersmeier – award-winning architect and designer; a finalist and first runner-up in the World Trade Center Memorial Competition *Lonn Combs (MsAAD, 2001) – 2011 Rome Prize *

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(1896) – architect, partner with Chester Holmes Aldrich in the firm of Delano & Aldrich * Andrew Dolkart (M.S. 1977) – authority on the preservation of historically significant architecture *

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(Ph. B. 1887) – Beaux-Arts architect who designed The Grand Madison * Alden B. Dow (B.A. 1931) – architect; known for his prolific architectural design * Boris Dramov (M.Arch. 1970) – architect, urban designer, and President of ROMA Design Group *

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(1960) – designed the

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(M.Arch. 1970) – architect and urban planner * Romaldo (Aldo) Giurgola (M.Arch) – Italian-American-Australian academic architect, professor, and author. * Nabil Gholam (M.S. in Urban Planning 1988) – architect, founder of award-winning architecture firms in

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* Philip L. Goodwin (1912) – co-designer of the original

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(1953) – designed the original

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* Eric Gugler (1911) – designed the West Wing of the

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(M.S.) – architect who has served on juries for design awards and chaired the 1999

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Committee on Design * Michael Hansmeyer (M.S.) – post-modern architect; utilizes algorithmic architecture techniques, generative art mentalities, and CAD software to generate complex structures *

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(1902) – co-designed

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, father-in-law of inventor

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* Henry Hornbostel (Ph. B. 1891) – American architect who designed the campus for

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* John Ike – architect and partner of Ike Kligerman Barkley architectural firm *

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* Rockwell Kent (1902) – painter * Robert Kohn (1890) – designed Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York, the world's largest synagogue * Joseph Kosinski (1999) – directed '' Tron: Legacy''; best known for his computer graphics and computer generated imagery work *

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– a leading figure in contemporary architectural history, theory, and criticism * V. Everit Macy (1893) – industrialist and philanthropist; benefactor to

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* Henry C. Pelton (1889) – co-designed

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in New York * Geeta Mehta – Indian-American social entrepreneur, urban designer, architect and author * Lewis F. Pilcher (1895) – State Architect of New York in the 1910s * Campion A. Platt (B.S. Arch) – architect; included in '' Architectural Digest'' (2010) as one of Top 100 Architects and Designers in the world * John Russell Pope (1894) – Rome Prize; designed the National Archives and the Jefferson Memorial in

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* Antoine Predock (B. Arch.) – architect, Rome Prize (1985); AIA Gold Medal (2006),

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(2007) *

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, Lower Manhattan Plan, and UN-sponsored master plan for Dodoma, Tanzania *

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(M. Arch. 1961) – Austrian–American architect; Rome Prize; National World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C. * Ashley Schafer (1998) – founding editor of PRAXIS journal and curator of the US Pavilion at the 2014

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* Sy Schulman (1954) – civil engineer and urban planner, Mayor of White Plains (1993–1997) * Ricardo Scofidio (1960) – founder, principal of Diller Scofidio + Renfro, first architects to win a

"genius grant"; Royal Institute of British Architects * SHoP Architects (each of the six founding partners has a M.Arch. from GSAPP) – 2009 National Design Award for Architecture Design; firm's work in permanent collection,

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architect; Rome Prize * Lawrence L. Shenfield (B. Arch. 1914) –

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during the 1920s and 30s; prominent philatelist, collector of Confederate postage stamps * Norma Merrick Sklarek (M.Arch 1950) –

architect who accomplished many firsts for black women in architecture * Galia Solomonoff (M.Arch 1994) – architect, founder of Solomonoff Architecture Studio * Laurinda Hope Spear (M.S. Arch 1975) – architect and landscape architect; Rome Prize; one of the founders of Arquitectonica * Gustave E. Steinback (B.S. 1900) – architect; particularly known as designer of Roman Catholic schools and churches * Chauncey Stillman – American heir, grandson of James Stillman * Arthur Alexander Stoughton (Ph. B. 1888) – partner of Stoughton and Stoughton; founded the architecture department at the

University of Manitoba The University of Manitoba (U of M, UManitoba, or UM) is a Canadian public research university in the province of Manitoba.Max W. Strang (M.Arch 1988) –

Miami Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a coastal metropolis and the county seat of Miami-Dade County in South Florida, United States. With a population of 442,241 at ...

based architect known for his Regional Modernist design; founding principal of Strang Design and recipient of Medal of Honor from Florida AIA * Sharon Sutton (M.Arch 1983) – professor, architecture and urban design; first

woman to become a full professor in accredited architectural degree program * Alexander Tzannes (M.S. Arch & Urban Design) – Australian architect; founder of high-profile, multi-award-winning architectural practice Tzannes Associates * Samuel Breck Parkman Trowbridge (1883), partner of

Trowbridge & Livingston Trowbridge & Livingston was an architectural practice based in New York City in the early 20th-century. The firm's partners were Samuel Beck Parkman Trowbridge and Goodhue Livingston. Often commissioned by well-heeled clients, much of the firm ...

; designed the

St. Regis Hotel St. Regis Hotels & Resorts is a luxury hotel chain owned and managed by Marriott International. History In 1904, John Jacob Astor built the St. Regis New York as a sister property to his part-owned Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Exhibiting luxury and ...

American Red Cross National Headquarters The American Red Cross National Headquarters is located at 430 17th Street NW in Washington, D.C. Built between 1915 and 1917, it serves both as a memorial to women who served in the American Civil War and as the headquarters building for the Ame ...

, and

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* UrbanLab (both founders,

Martin Felsen Martin Felsen (born 1968) is an American architect and Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA). He directs UrbanLab, a Chicago-based architecture and urban design firm. Felsen's projects range in scale from houses such as the He ...

and Sarah Dunn, graduated in 1994) – 2009 Latrobe Prize from the

College of Fellows * Franklin B. Ware (B.S. Arch) – American architect best known for serving as the State architect of New York (1907–1912) *

Whitney Warren Whitney Warren (January 29, 1864 – January 24, 1943) was an American Beaux-Arts architect who founded, with Charles Delevan Wetmore, Warren and Wetmore in New York City, one of the most prolific and successful architectural practices in the U ...

(attended 1883–1884), founder of

Warren and Wetmore Warren and Wetmore was an architecture firm in New York City which was a partnership between Whitney Warren (1864–1943) and Charles Delevan Wetmore (June 10, 1866 – May 8, 1941), that had one of the most extensive practices of its time and w ...

that designed New York City's

* Alexander McMillan Welch (1890), American architect who designed the Benjamin N. Duke House * Jan V. White (1952) –

communication design Communication design is a mixed discipline between design and information-development which is concerned with how media communicate with people. A communication design approach is not only concerned with developing the message in addition to th ...

er, educator and writer

Research Centers

Center for Spatial Research

The Spatial Research Center was established in 2015 as a center for urban research that combines design, architecture, urbanism, humanities and data science. It sponsors research and curricular activities built around new technologies of mapping, data visualization, data collection and data analysis.

Center for Urban Real Estate

The Center for Urban Real Estate was founded in 2011 in order to address the challenges of a rapidly urbanizing world and the most complex problems of the real estate industry. From the concerns of inequitable socio-economic outcomes in the urban environment, through the spectacular revitalization of urban centers, such as Lower Manhattan, after the devastation of terrorism, natural disaster, and deteriorating infrastructure, to creating technological systems for optimized investment decisions, the Center serves as a forum for robust discussions and rigorous analysis by real estate professionals and scholars. A major current focus of the Center is the development of advanced applied technology that can be achieved by bridging the gap between the compelling needs of the real estate industry and the advanced research and resources in technology within the extensive Columbia University ecosystem.

Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture

The Buell Center was founded in 1982. Its mission is to advance the interdisciplinary study of American architecture, urbanism, and landscape. In recent years, the Center has convened issue-oriented conversations around matters of public concern, such as housing, that are addressed to overlapping constituencies including academics, students, professionals, and members of the general public. The Center's research and programming articulate facts and frameworks that modify key assumptions governing the architectural public sphere—that is, the arena in which informed public analysis and debate about architecture and urbanism takes place. The center is located in

Buell Hall Buell Hall is an academic building on the Morningside Heights campus of Columbia University in New York City. Built in 1885 as Macy Villa, it is the oldest building on Columbia's campus, and the last remaining building at Columbia which dates bac ...

Columbia Laboratory for Architectural Broadcasting

Columbia Laboratory for Architectural Broadcasting (also known as C-Lab) was founded in 2005 by Jeffrey Inaba. It is an experimental research unit which investigates how cities would evolve and studies urban and architecture issues related to new technologies.

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