Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture

Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Type	Public
Established	2009
Location	Edinburgh, Scotland
Campus	Lauriston Place and Chambers Street
Affiliations	Edinburgh College of Art University of Edinburgh
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The Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (ESALA) is a school of the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. It is the result of the merging of the ECA schools of architecture and landscape architecture, and the university department of architecture, and is part of an academic federation between the two institutions.^[1] The school was ranked 5th in the UK in the 2013 Guardian University Guide and 4th in the Complete University Guide, for architecture.

History

ESALA opened in September 2009.

Curriculum

ESALA's curriculum is based on the current programmes of its two components schools, with the aim of satisfying the Architects Registration Board's professional criteria. The MA architecture programme is awaiting RIBA accreditation, while the BA one has recently received the accreditation.

Notable alumni and academics

Edinburgh College of Art

Robert Rowand Anderson, architect
Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, architect, president of the Royal Academy
Sir Robert Matthew, architect
Patrick Nuttgens, architect and academic
Sir Basil Spence, architect
Sir William Kininmonth, architect
Sir James Dunbar-Nasmith, conservation architect and former head of the Department of Architecture (1978-1988)
Rab and Denise Bennetts, architects, founders of Bennetts Associates

University of Edinburgh, Architecture school

Robert Adam, architect
A. R. Hye, architect
Sir Robert Lorimer, architect
Sir Robert Matthew, architect
Isi Metzstein, architect
Richard Murphy, architect

References

↑ "The College and the University of Edinburgh". Edinburgh College of Art. Retrieved 2009-08-03.

External links

University of Edinburgh

Governance

History

People

Academic
Divisions

College of Humanities and Social Science	School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (ESALA) Business School Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) School of Economics New College, Edinburgh (School of Divinity) School of Health in Social Science School of Law School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences Moray House School of Education School of Social and Political Sciences

College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine	School of Biomedical Sciences School of Clinical Sciences and Community Health Medical School Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies

College of Science and Engineering	School of Biological Sciences School of Chemistry School of GeoSciences School of Engineering School of Informatics School of Mathematics School of Physics and Astronomy

Facilities

Students

Architecture schools in the United Kingdom

Architecture schools

England	Architectural Association School of Architecture UCL Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment Birmingham School of Architecture Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge Canterbury School of Architecture Coventry University Department of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Building Leicester School of Architecture, De Montfort University Lincoln School of Architecture, University of Lincoln University of Liverpool School of Architecture Manchester School of Architecture Nottingham Trent University School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment Sheffield School of Architecture School of Architecture, Oxford Brookes University Plymouth University School of Architecture, Design and Environment

Scotland	Dundee School of Architecture Edinburgh College of Art Edinburgh School of Architecture Mackintosh School of Architecture Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment

Wales	Welsh School of Architecture

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