The School was formed in 1996 with the merger of the architecture departments of the University of Manchester (then Victoria University of Manchester) and Manchester Metropolitan University.[1] Students of MSA are classified as students of both universities and are issued with separate cards for each university, allowing them to use the resources and facilities of both institutions. Upon graduating the degree is awarded by both universities.
The School covers three main aspects of architectural education. An undergraduate course (BA Hons) which has exemption to the RIBA Part One exam; a professional postgraduate course (MArch) offers exemption to the RIBA Part Two exams; and finally a range of postgraduate Masters and PhD courses.
The Architecture and Planning Building, University of Manchester, Bridgeford Street, known as Kantorowich Building[Notes 1]
Researchers from the Manchester Architectural Research Centre (MARC) input directly into the graduate teaching. MARC is a multidisciplinary research team based at the University of Manchester: its staff and postgraduates are researchers in a variety of affiliated fields of study, and offer an interdisciplinary context for architectural research at MSA.
The school occupies the Kantorowich Building (formerly known as the Architecture and Planning Building) which was opened in 1970. The architects were two professors of architecture, N. L. Hanson and R. H. Kantorowich. Though the exterior is plain there is an attractive courtyard inside with pools and formally displayed a Barbara Hepworth sculpture.[7][8] Its neighbours are the Dental Hospital, the Business School and the Arthur Lewis Building.
The B.15 Modelmaking Workshop was established within the basement of the building where it has served all architecture courses taught at the school since 1970.[9]
↑It has been named after Roy Herman Kantorowich, formerly Professor of Architecture in the university; Kantorowich and his colleague Hanson designed the building.
↑Roy Kantorowich (1917–1996), an internationally acclaimed South African and British architect, town planner and educator.
↑Hartwell, C. (2001) Manchester. London: Penguin; pp. 116-17
↑"'B.15 Workshop'" Architectural Modelmaking, Design Development, Bespoke Design & Construction. Part of The University of Manchester (SEED School of Environment, Education and Development) & the Manchester School of Architecture
