Spring 2027

Architectural Design

Introduction to building design methods, tools, and processes. Covers integrated building systems, sustainability, energy efficiency, and LEED standards for comfortable, low-impact projects.

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.56 GPA, 75.0% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.79 GPA, 94.7% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.90 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify the social, formal and spatial context of buildings and urban sites and how they are used to configure building design solutions.

  • Use architectural precedent (formal, spatial, organizational, typological and historical) for design direction on current project.

  • Identify a building’s integrated system of components, assemblies and sub-systems, including: structure, enclosure, internal finishing and furnishing, circulation and conveyance and environmental control and servicing.

  • Identify and incorporate in design projects, critical health and life safety concerns and as exemplified in (building and zoning) codes, including; egress / exiting, accessibility, construction type, fire resistance and separation / isolation.

  • Apply appropriate software to the architectural design process to develop, assemble, dimension and annotate a comprehensive set of architectural design documents in conventional formats.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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Student experience

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.56 GPA, 75.0% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.79 GPA, 94.7% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.90 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Integrated building systems: structure, enclosure, finishes, circulation, conveyance, and mechanical systems
  • Sustainable design: fenestration, daylighting, passive heating/cooling, and LEED standards
  • Health, life safety, and building/zoning codes: egress, accessibility, fire resistance, and separation

Skills

  • Building design methods, tools, and processes; interfacing with other professionals
  • Analyzing buildings as integrated systems of components, assemblies, and sub-systems
  • Applying sustainable, energy-efficient, and comfortable design elements per LEED standards
  • Using software to develop, assemble, dimension, and annotate architectural design documents

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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