The School of Art, Design and Architecture offers high-quality, student-centred degrees, postgraduate programmes and research opportunities focused on adaptability and relevance to today’s cultural industries.
Learn from industry-leading experts in our state-of-the-art facilities. Get hands-on and practical experience from the leading minds of the business and immerse yourself in a vibrant creative community.
In a wide-ranging conversation, Professor Chris Bennewith and Professor Katharine Willis, discuss what inspired them to enter the creative arts, how our School of Art, Design and Architecture is nurturing graduates to make a difference in the real world, and the future of teaching in a post-pandemic digital space.
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/schools/school-of-art-design-and-architecture
BA (Hons) Architecture
Do you want to release your creative impulses and imagination, and nurture your intellectual drives whilst responding to real life design concerns? Studying BA (Hons) Architecture at the University of Plymouth will offer you an opportunity to do so! Our course – accredited by professional bodies (ARB and RIBA) – allows you to engage with current affairs and ever-changing global currents across multiple fields, whilst consciously being oriented towards proposing sensitive responses.
You will learn to think outside the box by engaging in multi-faceted and integrated processes of building design; covering subjects to do with architecture, urbanism and critical theories, to communications, sustainable systems and technologies. Doing this in a stimulating, dynamic and collegial environment will allow you to gain the confidence to ask questions, challenge inherited beliefs and gain skills employers value highly, whilst appreciating the built environment past, present and future.
Our course produces some of the top architects in the country – you may be a future champion!
Our past alumni include Alex de Rijke (dRMM) and Stephen Witherford (Witherford Watson Mann), both of whom are recent RIBA Stirling Prize winners.
Find out more: https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/ba-architecture
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BA (Hons) Architecture: University of Plymouth – Portfolio Tips
Our students talk about how they approached portfolio creation in preparation for BA (Hons) Architecture. Their background and skills ranged from architecture, product design to art, photography and fashion. Our teaching in Architecture, and campus facilities, will enable you to continue expanding your individual interests whilst learning how to masterplan, design buildings, joinery and construction details.
Your portfolio is a record of your creative potential. It is a chance for you to make an impression. We are interested in seeing the work that best showcases you.
How to put together a portfolio?
Demonstrate your creative abilities by including a range of work that shows evidence of diversity of skills, and an aptitude to use a wide range of materials and media. We are interested in seeing the process that led to the final product. This might include, but is not limited to (note - you are not required to show all of the following):
Drawings (analogue and digital); collages; paintings; graphic design; 3D work – models; pages from sketchbooks; photography; precedent studies of architects / artists; films; soundscapes / music compositions; creative writing; for example, poetry and stories.
How many pages?
Minimum 12 pages and maximum 20 pages.
How to submit?
Digital images only, taken from either original digitally-based work, scans of flat work, or photographs of 3D work.
Your portfolio (saved in PDF format) should have a cover page listing your name, UCAS number and a cover image produced by you.
Total portfolio filze size should be no more than 5MB.
Please email your portfolio to digitalportfolio@plymouth.ac.uk. The email should include your name (and UCAS number if you are a UK home student).
Portfolio queries
If you have any more questions regarding your portfolio or application please do not hesitate to contact us.
Email: nikolina.bobic@plymouth.ac.uk or admissions@plymouth.ac.uk
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Architecture at the University of Plymouth: Studio Community
Diversity is integral to everything that we do in Architecture at the University of Plymouth, from the way in which we teach to the rich presence of culturally different backgrounds of our staff and students. Studio Community is a collaborative, open-ended and energetic environment where we engage in exploring diverse models and approaches to architectural thinking, making and designing; there is no pre-set model, everything is open to discussion.
For all BA (Hons) Architecture admission enquiries, please get in touch with Dr Nikolina Bobic – nikolina.bobic@plymouth.ac.uk
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RLB Walk-through - Architecture
Architecture is taught in the Roland Levinsky Building. The virtual tour was produced by our Architecture student Corey Sutherland, and it shows the main atrium space, café and terrace on floor 1, floor 4 (BA 1st year studio), floor 6 (BA 2nd and 3rd year studio), and, the Fabrication Lab (where students have access to laser cutting, 3D printing, robotics, and CNC milling).
For any BA (Hons) Architecture enquiries, please email: nikolina.bobic@plymouth.ac.uk or admissions@plymouth.ac.uk
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Architecture at the University of Plymouth: Global Reach
Architecture at Plymouth is proud of its global reach, from students, staff to projects and partnerships. Our values are grounded in cross-cultural and multidisciplinary exchanges.
For all BA (Hons) Architecture admission enquiries, please get in touch with Dr Nikolina Bobic – nikolina.bobic@plymouth.ac.uk
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Architecture Open Day
If you want to learn more about our Architecture programs, please click this link:
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/schools/school-of-art-design-and-architecture/architecture
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BA (Hons) Architecture - George Davies
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Diversity in Architecture: Studio Community
Our Studio Community is a collaborative, open-ended and energetic environment where we engage in exploring diverse models and approaches to architectural thinking, making, and designing; there is no pre-set model, everything is open to discussion.
For all BA (Hons) Architecture admission enquiries, please get in touch with Dr Nikolina Bobic – nikolina.bobic@plymouth.ac.uk
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