Catholic University School of Architecture and Planning

The Catholic University School of Architecture and Planning is one of the twelve schools at The Catholic University of America, located in Washington, D.C. (USA).[1]

School of Architecture and Planning
Parent institution
The Catholic University of America
AffiliationCatholic
DeanRandall Ott
Location
Washington D.C.
,
United States
Websitearchitecture.catholic.edu
Edward M. Crough Center for Architectural Studies.

History

Established as a department in 1911 by Frederick Vernon Murphy, a École des Beaux-Arts graduate, the department remained in McMahon Hall until after World War I, when Murphy was succeeded by Thomas H. Locraft in 1918 and the growing department moved into the Social Center on the top floor of the old gymnasium. In 1947, returning World War II veterans forced a second move to the Navy Barracks. In 1959, Dr. Paul A. Goettelmann became the third chair of the department, and in 1961 the department was moved to the third floor of Pangborn Hall, home of the School of Engineering, when the temporary Navy Barracks building was demolished. Next chairs were professors Forrest Wilson, Peter Blake and Stanley Hallet. The old gym was renovated in 1989 with John V. Yanik AIA as Associate Architect For Design and Vlastimil Koubek as the Architect of Record, for the conversion of the entire building into the Department of Architecture. In honor of the newly renovated building's major donor, the old gym was named the Edward M. Crough Center for Architectural Studies.

On May 19, 1992, the Board of Trustees voted to separate the architecture and planning program from the School of Engineering and establish the School of Architecture and Planning, effective September 1, 1992.[2]

Honor society

Tau Sigma Delta has a chapter at the school, Beta Phi Chapter.[3]

References
  1. "The Catholic University of America - Study Architecture | Architecture Schools and Student Information". studyarchitecture.com. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  2. "History - Architecture and Planning - Catholic University - Washington DC | CUA". architecture.catholic.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  3. "Beta Phi Chapter". Tau Sigma Delta Honor Society. Retrieved 2020-03-18.

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