School of Architecture
About the School of Architecture
Florida Southern's campus holds thirteen Wright-designed structures, the largest single-site collection of his work anywhere, and the whole of it is a National Historic Landmark. The School of Architecture is housed inside one of them.
That is not a backdrop. Students here study Wright's principles from inside the rooms where he tested them, then work outward into the broader history of architecture, and they learn preservation and adaptive reuse as a working skill rather than a specialization. A campus that must be maintained to landmark standard teaches things a lecture cannot.
By the Numbers
One degree, five years, and a campus that is also the curriculum.
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13 Wright Structures
The largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world, and a National Historic Landmark.
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5 Year Professional Degree
The Bachelor of Architecture is a professional degree, not a pre-professional one, so licensure doesn't require a master's.
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162 Credit Hours
Including 34 hours of WRIGHT Foundations and a year-three study abroad experience.
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1.5 Miles of Esplanades
Wright's covered walkways connect most of the campus, and students study them as examples of built work.
Where You Study
Class meets in the Lucius Pond Ordway Building, one of Wright's originals. Around it sit the Annie Pfeiffer Chapel, the Danforth Chapel, the Water Dome, and the Usonian House, completed in 2013 from Wright's original plans.
Students learn hand drawing and drafting as a foundation before moving quickly to the tools of the profession today: three-dimensional modeling and rendering, LiDAR laser scanning, drone-based data capture, 3D printing, and CNC fabrication. Documenting a historic Wright building is one integration of learning these tools in our immersive learning environment.
Wright's Favorite, Our Home
Completed in 1952, the Ordway Building hosts FSC’s School of Architecture. Wright considered the building his personal favorite on campus, for its simplicity and practicality.
Where the Work Happens
Built originally for courses in carpentry, metalworking, and other hands-on trades, Ordway still does what Wright designed it for: it is where students make things, now drawings and models under his signature clerestory windows.
The Heart of Child of the Sun
The largest water feature Wright ever designed, the Water Dome sits at elevation zero on his master plan, with every other elevation on campus measured above or below it. Partially completed in 1949, it was fully restored to Wright's original plans in 2007.
Meet the Faculty
Faculty include architects in residence who bring active practice into the studio, with expertise spanning design, campus planning, and historic preservation.
Brad Lunz
Architect-in-Residence
Amy Marie Blankenstein-Moog
Architecture / Adjunct Instructor
The Bachelor of Architecture
The School of Architecture offers one degree. The program page carries curriculum, admission requirements, coursework, careers, student life, and the full NAAB and accreditation documents
Accreditation Status
The Bachelor of Architecture is a candidate for accreditation with the National Architectural Accrediting Board, the sole agency authorized to accredit professional architecture degrees in the United States. NAAB grants candidacy to new programs with a viable plan for initial accreditation.
Florida Southern's NAAB-approved plan projects initial accreditation in Spring 2031. Because NAAB accreditation applies to degrees awarded up to two years before it is granted, the first class covered is expected to be the Class of 2030.
Get in Touch
Questions about the program, the campus, or accreditation? The dean's office can point you to the right person.
Go Beyond the Blueprint
Five years, one professional degree, and a campus that is also the syllabus. Start with a visit, a question, or an application.