The Rice University School of Architecture is an undergraduate and graduate institution for the built environment at Rice University in Houston, Texas. Rice's graduate and undergraduate programs in architecture typically maintains an enrollment of around 200 students. Founded in 1912, the faculty consists of twenty architects, historians, and theoreticians, supplemented by visiting scholars and is led by Dean and Professor Sarah Whiting.
The school offers five types of degrees: a Bachelor of Arts (with a major in Architecture or Architectural studies), a Bachelor of Architecture or B.Arch. (an accredited professional degree), Master of Architecture or M.Arch., Master of Urban Design, and Doctor of Architecture.
There was a close relationship between the first president, Edgar Odell Lovett, and William Ward Watkin, who served as the representative of Cram Goodhue and Ferguson, the Boston firm retained to design the campus and the first collection of buildings. Watkin went on to lead the architectural program until his death in 1952.
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