Architecture (RIBA Part 1 Exemption) - BA (Hons)

Birmingham City University
4.8
6 reviews
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Bachelor's degree

In Billingham

£ 9,250 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Billingham

  • Duration

    3 Years

  • Start date

    September

The course goes beyond lectures and gives you great opportunities. Students from all years are offered places to attend events such as national building information modelling (BIM) events, which provide a forum for you to engage directly with practitioners and industry specialists, as well as informing you of changes in current practice.

You'll also benefit from the insight of guest speakers such as Professor CJ Lim and renowned American landscape architect Martha Schwartz, together with other practising architects from firms such as Foster and Partners, Make, Associated Architects, Invisible Studio, Mole Architects, Ash Sakula and various others. Film work also plays an important part in the perception of the city, and you’re encouraged to use this medium along with a wide variety of other creative outputs drawing upon our fantastic workshop facilities.

In your final year, you'll showcase your work at the Graduate Show, an event attended by practitioners where previous students have been headhunted by leading practices including Grimshaws, Hopkins Architects, Hawkins Brown and Glenn Howells Architects.

You will study in our state-of-the-art Parkside Building, which has been praised for its investment and facilities by RIBA. While based in Parkside, you will get sharpen your CAD and digital visual communication skills, prototyping and digital production, while also having access to a range of specialist software.

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Billingham (Cleveland)
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Start date

SeptemberEnrolment now open

About this course

With the diverse architecture of Birmingham as your initial inspiration, you'll focus on urban environment and look at neighbourhoods, cities, and regional and global networks.

Industry connections in your second and third years help you foster direct links and contacts within practice, helping you to find work experience. We also work closely with RIBA West Midlands, the Midlands Architecture Centre (MADE), and Birmingham City Council. From the first year onwards, you will begin to construct your own online webpage of work and projects, which can then be transformed into an online portfolio and/or CV.

Our recent RIBA Validation Board visit commended our links with professional practice and the supportive learning community we offer. We were also commended for our flexible approach to learning, with strong support for part-time students.

We're a boutique school, accepting only 65 students each year, creating an intimate learning environment and meaning you’ll get fantastic individual support.

You'll have the chance to be part of Co.LAB, a collaborative architecture and design initiative within the School working on live projects. This engagement with one-to-one scale interventions and real-world practice helps you in your learning journey to become a more rounded and responsive designer.

OpportUNIty: Student Jobs on Campus ensures that our students are given a first opportunity to fill many part-time temporary positions within the University. This allows you to work while you study with us, fitting the job around your course commitments. By taking part in the scheme, you will gain valuable experiences and employability skills, enhancing your prospects in the job market.

At the point of application, you must have GCSE at Grade C or above in English Language and Mathematics.

136 UCAS tariff points from A/AS Level with a minimum of 2 A Levels.

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Reviews

4.8
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  • I am glad I selected this place and everything about them is perfect and as expected, I had a nice learning experience in all. Thanks for everything. Uni was good in all.
    ← | →
  • Decent place and I would highly recommend this to all. Thanks for everything.
    ← | →
  • I am really happy that I am studying here. Everything is so cool and nice about it
    ← | →
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4.6
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Course rating

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Centre rating

Mag Urb

4.0
25/05/2019
About the course: I am glad I selected this place and everything about them is perfect and as expected, I had a nice learning experience in all. Thanks for everything. Uni was good in all.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Student Reviewer

5.0
25/05/2019
About the course: Decent place and I would highly recommend this to all. Thanks for everything.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Charmantzot

5.0
22/04/2019
About the course: I am really happy that I am studying here. Everything is so cool and nice about it
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Bethany

5.0
22/04/2019
About the course: They offered more services than expected, I've met amazing people and I would surely recommend the same to all.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Kimberley

5.0
20/04/2019
About the course: Amazing staff and I had a good time in all.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Maira khan

5.0
19/04/2019
About the course: I enjoyed my experience overall, tutors were suppotive and I don't have any regrets.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes
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2020

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Subjects

  • Design
  • CAD
  • Drawing
  • Industry
  • Communication Training
  • Architect
  • Architectural
  • Production
  • Architecture
  • Design Process
  • Digital Technologies
  • Cultural Architectural
  • Architectural Projects
  • Technical Integration
  • Architectural Theory
  • Praxis
  • Environmental Design Strategies
  • Design Resolution

Course programme

Year One

The core modules covered are Design Studio, Cultural Context and Technology. The Design Studio makes up 50 per cent of the course combining theory with practice. Our Collaborative Practice (Co.LAB) module involves you in live projects with external agencies. The Praxis module supports the delivery of key skills and experience of real-world practice.

In your first year, you'll be given a broad foundation in architecture and in the context of the ‘urbanised field’, as well as the physical and ideological relationship between them. The programme is organised around principles introducing you to a range of concepts which provide the basis for your architectural education.

You'll interpret the non-designed and designed environment, learning to understand the impact of environmental conditions and their relationship to construction and structural design. Digital teaching in a range of CAD, NURBS modelling and rendering packages is blended with workshops in hand drawing, presentation and graphics to enable a holistic competency in architectural communication. Blogs are used as a medium for facilitating an online collation of your work with a view to building your own online portfolio for use later.

History of Modern Architecture

15 credits

Environmental Design Strategies

15 credits

Design Principles

30 credits

History of Pre-Modern Architecture

15 credits

Structures and Materials

15 credits

Design Resolution 1

30 credits

Year Two

You’ll examine the role of policy in forming urban and architectural constructs, and the role of the architect in construction. A work placement gives you the chance to experience industry, with companies such as Glen Howells Architects, Green Planning Studios, Seymour Harris and Bournville Architects. You’ll have chance to work on elective programme (Co.LAB), enabling you to engage with design and production practices across the School and external clients.

Students on the architecture programme have worked with the ‘Friends of The Hayes’ to develop a bridge structure in the grounds of The Hayes – a Grade II-listed country house in Staffordshire – using timber sustainably sourced from surrounding woodland, and on a wide variety of other live projects. The theme of "process" in year two facilitates your exploration of the different forms of contemporary architecture and design practices, building on the understanding of principles achieved at year one.

Architectural Theory

15 credits

Praxis

15 credits

Design Process

30 credits

Collaborative Practice

15 credits

Technical Integration

15 credits

Design Resolution 2

30 credits

Year Three

Your final year considers the physical and cultural architectural context, focused on individual exploration of your own interests. You will look at 'dynamic cities' and the implications of new digital technologies, as well as developing and testing strategies in sustainable development and technology against architectural projects. You develop employability and entrepreneurial skills in special working seminars to prepare you for professional employment.

Critical Study in Architectrue

30 credits

Design Exploration

30 credits

Technical Investigation

15 credits

Design Resolution 3

45 credits

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  • Birmingham City University Undergraduate Degrees

Architecture (RIBA Part 1 Exemption) - BA (Hons)

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