Pratt Institute School of Architecture

Pratt Institute School of Architecture
TypePrivate architecture school
Established1928
Location
New York City
,
New York
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United States
CampusUrban
Websitepratt.edu/architecture

The Pratt Institute School of Architecture is the architecture school of the Pratt Institute, a private university in New York City. In 2020, the program was ranked among the ten best architecture schools in the United States.[1]

Alumni include Pascale Sablan,[2] William Van Alen, Ralph Appelbaum Associates, Annabelle Selldorf, Richard Foster, George Ranalli, Carlos Zapata, and Pritzker Prize winner Peter Zumthor. The School was created in 1928 and by 1954 was recognized as being full degree-granting Undergraduate and Graduate program.[3] Undergraduate architecture is the largest program in both the School of Architecture and Pratt Institute at large with over 550 students.[4] Within the Brooklyn campus, the school of architecture is located a block south of the main campus in Higgins Hall, 61 St James Place (designed by Steven Holl).[5]

Higgins Hall
  1. ^ [1], accessed May 2022.
  2. ^ Romo, Vanessa (March 12, 2023). "Very few architects are Black. This woman is pushing to change that". NPR. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  3. ^ New York State AIA [2], accessed June 2014.
  4. ^ New York State AIA [3], accessed June 2014.
  5. ^ Holl, Steven. [4], accessed January 30,2011.