The Manchester School of Architecture (MSA) is a

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, jointly administered by the

University of Manchester The University of Manchester is a public university, public research university in Manchester, England. The main campus is south of Manchester city centre, Manchester City Centre on Wilmslow Road, Oxford Road. The University of Manchester is c ...

and the

Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester Metropolitan University is located in the centre of Manchester, England. The university has 40,000 students and over 4,000 members of staff. It is home to four faculties (Arts and Humanities, Business and Law, Health and Education ...

in the city of

Manchester Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92&nbs ...

, England. The School was formed in 1996 with the merger of the architecture departments of the

(then

Victoria University of Manchester The Victoria University of Manchester, usually referred to as simply the University of Manchester, was a university in Manchester, England. It was founded in 1851 as Owens College. In 1880, the college joined the federal Victoria University. A ...

) and

. Students of MSA are classified as students of both universities and are issued with separate cards for each university, allowing them to use the resources and facilities of both institutions. Upon graduating the degree is awarded by both universities. The School covers three main aspects of architectural education. An undergraduate course (

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) which has exemption to the

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Part One exam; a professional postgraduate course (

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) offers exemption to the RIBA Part Two exams; and finally a range of postgraduate Masters and PhD courses.

School

Researchers from the Manchester Architectural Research Centre (MARC) input directly into the graduate teaching. MARC is a multidisciplinary research team based at the University of Manchester: its staff and postgraduates are researchers in a variety of affiliated fields of study, and offer an interdisciplinary context for architectural research at MSA. Graduation ceremonies of Manchester School of Architecture are held in turn annually at the

and at

. For example, graduates of 2013 attended the ceremony with fellow

students in the Whitworth Hall, while the 2014 graduation was held by

in an external rented venue.

Rankings

Since formation in 1996, of the 47 universities in the United Kingdom with RIBA accreditation, the school was often ranked in Top 10.

Kantorowich Building

The school occupies the Kantorowich Building (formerly known as the Architecture and Planning Building) which was opened in 1970. The architects were two professors of architecture, N. L. Hanson and R. H. Kantorowich. Though the exterior is plain there is an attractive courtyard inside with pools and formally displayed a Barbara Hepworth sculpture. Its neighbours are the Dental Hospital, the Business School and the Arthur Lewis Building. The B.15 Modelmaking Workshop was established within the basement of the building where it has served all architecture courses taught at the school since 1970.

Notable staff and alumni

Leslie Martin Sir John Leslie Martin (17 August 1908, in Manchester – 28 July 2000) was an English architect, and a leading advocate of the International Style. Martin's most famous building is the Royal Festival Hall. His work was especially influenced ...

KBE **

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(Grade I) *

Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank (born 1 June 1935) is an English architect. Closely associated with the development of high-tech architecture, Lord Foster is recognised as a key figure in British modernist architecture. Hi ...

(

Pritzker Prize The Pritzker Architecture Prize is an international award presented annually "to honor a living architect or architects whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision and commitment which has produced consisten ...

: 1999,

Stirling Prize The Royal Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize is a British prize for excellence in architecture. It is named after the architect James Stirling, organised and awarded annually by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). The ...

: 1998, 2004) ** Willis Building (Grade I), Reichstag dome, Millennium Bridge,

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, HSBC Hong Kong headquarters building) *

Stephen Hodder Stephen Hodder (born 1956) is an English architect who won the RIBA's Stirling Prize in 1996. He is also a partner at his own practice Hodder Associates which was founded in 1992 in Manchester. In 2012, Hodder was elected for a two-year term ...

(Stirling Prize 1996) ** 17 New Wakefield Street,

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* Dalibor Vesely (RIBA Annie Spink Award for Excellence in Architectural Education 2006) * Michael Starling (current Chairman of Architects Registration Board) *

Roland Paoletti Romano Roland Paoletti, CBE (23 April 1931 – 13 November 2013) was a British-Italian architect. He was best known for his work on the early stations for Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway, and for commissioning the award-winning designs of th ...

** Jubilee Line Extension, London Underground

Notes

References

External links

Manchester School of Architecture Website

MARC Website
{{Authority control Architecture schools in England

1996 establishments in England Educational institutions established in 1996