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  • Interpretive project from the first-year studio of the undergraduate

    Interpretive project from the first-year studio of the undergraduate professional program (Carrie Henzie)

  • The School of Architecture is housed in the Macdonald-Harrington Building

    The School of Architecture is housed in the Macdonald-Harrington Building nestled within the Faculty of Engineering complex (Carrie Henzie)

  • Making the Edible Landscape, a project of Prof. Vikram Bhatt and the Minimum

    Making the Edible Landscape, a project of Prof. Vikram Bhatt and the Minimum Cost Housing Group (Carrie Henzie)

  • Thesis students Erin Halpin and Peter Moses in the Master's studio

    Thesis students Erin Halpin and Peter Moses in the Master's studio of the professional program (Carrie Henzie)

  • Macdonald-Harrington Building, home of the School of Architecture (Ricardo Vera)

    Macdonald-Harrington Building, home of the School of Architecture (Ricardo Vera)

  • Front door detail, School of Architecture (Ricardo Vera)

    Front door detail, School of Architecture (Ricardo Vera)

  • Freehand drawing studio on the top floor of the School (Ricardo Vera)

    Freehand drawing studio on the top floor of the School (Ricardo Vera)

  • Main entrance to the School of Architecture (Ricardo Vera)

    Main entrance to the School of Architecture (Ricardo Vera)

  • Stonework detail, front façade of the School of Architecture (Ricardo Vera)

    Stonework detail, front façade of the School of Architecture (Ricardo Vera)

  • First floor hallway, School of Architecture (Ricardo Vera)

    First floor hallway, School of Architecture (Ricardo Vera)

  • Stairway in School of Architecture (Ricardo Vera)

    Stairway in School of Architecture (Ricardo Vera)

  • Architecture studio work stations, view from outside (Ricardo Vera)

    Architecture studio work stations, view from outside (Ricardo Vera)

School of Architecture

The School of Architecture at McGill University was founded in 1896. Our mission is to educate professionals who will contribute to the socio-economic and cultural development of Quebec, Canada and the broader global community through responsible participation in the process of the design, construction and interpretation of the built environment.

The School offers professional programs, including B.Sc. (Arch.) and M.Arch. (Professional), and post-professional research programs, including M.Arch. (Post-professional) and Ph.D.

Please see the menu at the left for more information.

M.Arch. (Professional) Options

  • Design Studio option (3 terms, 45 credits) 
  • Design Studio Directed Research option (4 terms, 60 credits)

For details, please see here.


M.Arch. (Post-Professional) Concentrations

For details, please see here.


Gerald Sheff Visiting Professor

Andrew King (Winter-Summer 2012)

Please read the notice here.


Program information

Professional studies

  • Undergraduate: B.Sc. (Arch.)
  • M.Arch. (Professional)
  • Exchanges

Post-professional studies

  • M.Arch. (Post-professional)
  • Ph.D.

James McGill ice statue (on the right, beside a bronze cast of the original maquette by sculptor David Roper-Curzon), produced by robot in the lab of Prof. Pieter Sijpkes by Mechanical Engineering Ph.D. candidate Eric Barnett, as part of a SSHRC-funded research project with Prof. Jorge Angeles (Mechanical Engineering) into the architecture of phase change. Completed on 28 April 2010, the statue is 30 cm high, took 132 hours to build, is composed of 850 layers, and has approximately 24 million trajectory points.

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