At the School of Architecture, design thinking is central to all we do. We are committed to embracing creative potential, compelled by the imperative of sustainable design and dedicated to forwarding meaningful engagement with community issues. Recognizing the abiding cultural and social roles of architecture, preservation and real estate development, we apply the disciplinary knowledge of urban design to develop effective solutions for challenges facing our community.

By modernizing the building at the center of it all, Richardson Memorial Hall, we will help fulfill the School of Architecture’s mission of quality education, innovative research and civic engagement. The renovation of Richardson Memorial Hall is a critical part of a larger capital campaign to help address the school’s most vital needs.

Tulane School of Architecture is committed to providing opportunities to the largest possible number of students who deserve a chance to become architects at one of the world’s best institutions. A substantial scholarship program is essential for building a diverse class of talented students. In order to recruit a population that is socioeconomically, racially and culturally diverse, we need to be able to offer need-based scholarships. Despite the compelling educational and research opportunities that Tulane School of Architecture offers, the best students are often recruited by institutions that are able to offer better financial packages. Matching those financial packages would allow us to recruit leaders who would raise the bar for their peers and produce the top-level work that will help to recruit the next cohort. A main target for scholarships is incoming undergraduates with strong portfolios. The appreciation of their previous work has proved to be an important recruiting tool that brings talented visual thinkers to the school.

Only the Audacious is inspiring a new age of academic ambition and steering a future of learning and research. Listen and watch below as Dean Iñaki Alday discusses the School of Architecture and its role in empowering the audacious.

Being located in New Orleans, Water and Delta Urbanism is an area where the School of Architecture is poised to establish clear national and international leadership, in synergy with other departments at Tulane. In order to optimally harness the expertise of faculty and students already working in this field as well as to further develop new expertise requires a significant investment in labs, personnel, including postdoctoral fellows and research assistants, and physical infrastructure.

Advancing design research is a primary drive for all top-tier architecture schools. One of the most important vehicles for research is grants, which also serve as metrics for evaluation of the school and faculty. One of the nationally recognized strengths of Tulane School of Architecture is its substantial work with communities, mostly done through the Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design. These research and program grants will reinforce the school’s capacity to be a critical resource for New Orleans and the region and continue to pursue social justice in the built environment.

Perhaps no one knows more about the rich historical geography and distinctive landscape of New Orleans neighborhoods than Richard Campanella, a geographer with the Tulane School of Architecture. He is the author of 10 books and over 200 articles on the geography, history and culture of the New Orleans region and related topics. His work aims to gauge the city’s past in an effort to better understand the present.

To learn about the many other ways that your generosity can support the School of Architecture, please contact Christiane Walker, Director of Development, at 504.314.7278 or cwalker11@tulane.edu.