This stream is available for Semester 1 and Semester 2 intakes.
In order to be considered for entry applicants must meet the following criteria:
An undergraduate degree in architecture with a weighted average mark (WAM) of at least 65% (University of Melbourne equivalent); and
A Personal Statement of up to 500 words; and
A Design Portfolio;
For English language tests, we require documentary evidence of having obtained the minimum scores within the previous 24 months.
IELTS: 6.5 (with no band less than 6.0)
TOEFL (paper test): 577 with TWE 4.5
TOEFL (internet): 79 with Writing 21, Speaking 18, Reading 13, Listening 13
Pearson Test of English (Academic): 58-64 inclusive and no communicative skill below 50
The Master of Architecture aims to provide you with:
Highly developed skills to manage an architectural practice and lead or work within cross-discipline project teams
A sustainable outlook with the ability to use new materials and technologies to create environmentally sustainable buildings
A grounding in architectural history, theory and technology that leads to the creation of innovative architecture.
Students undertake a sequence of intensive design studios culminating in a research thesis. In the studios, students cover architectural design in the context of the creative invention of architectural futures, integrating aesthetic, technological, programmatic, environmental and social issues in the production of buildings. Students can take elective subjects in areas such as digital architecture, history and conservation, production, practice and sustainability, and society and culture.
CRICOS Code: 061224A
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Core
250 points of core subjects (including the capstone subject: ABPL90169 Design Thesis).
Master of Architecture Studio A
Master of Architecture Studio B
Construction Methods A
Architectural Technology
Architectural Cultures 1: Modernism
Architectural Cultures 2:After Modernism
Introduction to High-Performance Design
Twenty-first Century Architecture
Architectural Practice
Design Thesis
Applied Architectural Technology
Master of Architecture Studio C
Master of Architecture Studio D
Master of Architecture Studio E
Elective
25 points of architecture electives (below) and 25 points of multidisciplinary electives.
Urban Design Theory
Measured Drawings & Digital Heritage
Urban and Landscape Heritage
Australian Architecture
Building Sustainability
Building Sustainability
Compositional Analysis
Advanced Computational Design
The Architecture of Wishful Thinking
The Architecture of Wishful Thinking
Contemporary Digital Practice
Popular Architecture and Design
Complex Building Energy Modelling
Design Approaches and Methods (PG)
Design Approaches and Methods (PG)
Professional Practice Investigation
Regenerative Sustainability
Principles of Heritage and Conservation
Flexible Urban Modelling
Construction Industry and Environment
Building the Brief: People Process Place
Robin Boyd Studio
Issues and Techniques in Global Heritage
Ex_Lab: Experimental Furniture Futures
Critical&Curatorial Practices in Design
Architecture and Media
Architecture as Spectacle
Design Management
Innovative Spaces and Pedagogy
Bushfire Urban Planning
Building Behaviour in Bushfires
Architectural Conservation in East Asia
The Shaping of Urban Design
Forms and Politics in Architecture
Façade Design and Construction
F_Lab: Bespoke Furnitures
Polemic Design in China Japan Korea
Applied Heritage Conservation Techniques
Environmental Systems
Complex Building Energy Modelling
Design Research
Design for Ageing
ZEMCH Sustainable Design Workshop
AA Visiting School Graduate
Bower Studio - Community Development
Design Activism
Design Activism
Digital: Craft, Design and Make
Representing and Remembering Place (PG)
Patterns and Processes of Landscape Fire
Human Environments Relations
Wooden Furniture Workshop
Craft in Traditional Asian Architecture
Design Futures
Venice Studio
Some of the firms our graduates work for are:
Architecture
Architectus
Bates Smart
Billard Leece Partnership
CHT Architects
ClarkeHopkinsClarke
Cox Architecture
DKO Architecture
Elenberg Fraser
Fender Katsalidis Architects
Grimshaw Architects
HASSELL
Hayball
Jackson Clements Burrows Architects
John Wardle Architects
MGS Architects
NH Architecture
Plus Architecture
Six Degrees Architects
SJB
Woods Bagot
Our graduates work as:
Architect
Graduate Architect
Studio Director
Project Lead
BIM Manager
Associate
Design Leader
Design Strategist
Project Architect
Architecture Visualiser
Project Architect and Urban Designer
Senior Design Architect
Parametric Designer
Technical Director
Heritage Consultant
Interior Designer
Interior Architect
Computational Designer
OSHC: 530$ per year
