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Creativity, culture and the future of design define the spirit of USC Architecture. The ideas that shape our program emerge from the perspectives our community brings into the studio and the values they choose to explore.

Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Architecture Alvin Huang @synthesisdna , Associate Professor Doris Sung @dosustudio, Adjunct Assistant Professor Kevin Sherrod @sh3rrod, and M.Arch student Morgan Lewis @morganlewiiss reflect a shared belief that architecture moves forward when diverse voices and ways of thinking intersect. Their insights resonate across the work produced in our studios, where experimentation, cultural awareness, and emerging technologies drive discovery.

What sets our program apart is a culture that empowers students to challenge convention and imagine futures that expand the possibilities of design.

#USCArchitecture #USCArchGrad #CreativityAndCulture #FutureOfDesign #StudyArchitecture
#ArchitectureSchool #GradSchoolSearch #DesignYourFuture #ApplyToArchitectureSchool
#MastersInArchitecture #ArchitecturePrograms #DesignEducation #ArchitecturePortfolio
#ArchitectureAdmissions #ProspectiveArchitects #FutureArchitects #ArchitectureStudents
#StudioCulture #ArchitecturalDesign #ArchitecturalResearch #DesignFutures #critday #itscritday #koozarch #portfoliomentor taken in USC School of Architecture by @uscgradarchitecture

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8 months ago

For some people, the process is simply a means to an end. To others, the journey means just as much as the destination.

At USC graduate architecture, we see design as a process. It is a process of mastering a wide range of design skills and representational techniques. It is a process of leveraging technology and enabling innovation. It is a process of embracing craft through making, prototyping, and fabricating. It is a process of advocating for communities and working with them, not for them. It is a process of thinking critically about the world around us, of challenging convention and speculating about what could be.

At USC graduate architecture, the process is the product.

We offer the following graduate architecture degrees:
Master of Architecture (3 years)
Master of Architecture w/ advanced standing (2 years)
Master of Advanced Architectural Research Studies (1 year)
City Design + Housing
Master of Advanced Architectural Research Studies (1 year)
M.AARS Performative Design + Technology

Featuring @uscgradarchitecture students @_quise_ @arch.aerial @alex_go.t.a @modular.sq @zoser95 @sethcalmes @feeramez @arch.iza @officialetulan @_richiegram_ @mi.losa @brando.r.smith @ward.brianna @hmreyesayala @jud.hsieh

#theprocessistheproduct #theprocess #critday #imadethat #architectureschool #architecturestudent #architecturestudentlife #uscarchitecture #uscgradarchitecture #archinect #thearchiologist #nexttoparchitects #superarchitects #architecturestudent #architecturemodel #architectureschool #gradschool #masterofarchitecture #graduateschool #graduatestudent #usc #usctrojans taken in USC School of Architecture by @uscgradarchitecture

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4 years ago

¡Ven y descubre estos dos lugares de Xochimilco!
Por @tania_castg

Agradecemos a la comunidad de @uscarchitecture @uscgradarchitecture @synthesisdna de University of Southern California por acompañarnos en esta visita especial para redescubrir el ecosistema, la historia y la arquitectura moderna de Xochimilco.

Fue un gusto compartir con ustedes el valor de las chinampas tradicionales junto a @olintlalli y la genialidad estructural de Félix Candela en Los Manantiales con el Arq. Andrés López García.

#arquitectura #paisaje #experiencia #xochimiclo #cdmx by @uscgradarchitecture

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2 months ago

Our Maymester 2026 Field Studies Program is underway in Mexico City, where graduate students are exploring the city’s architectural, urban, and cultural landscapes. This week’s sold-out Architecture After Hours: USC x CDMX at LAGUNA brought together architects, designers, artists, educators, alumni, faculty, and students from Los Angeles and Mexico City for an evening of presentations, dialogue, and networking. The event highlighted emerging ideas in architecture, design, fabrication, and cultural exchange while strengthening connections between USC Architecture and Mexico’s vibrant creative community.

Learn more here: https://buff.ly/qkZlBMO by @uscgradarchitecture

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2 months ago

Join us for Architecture After Hours: USC x CDMX, a casual Pecha Kucha-style evening bringing together architects, designers, artists, educators, alumni, faculty, and students from Los Angeles and Mexico City for presentations, conversation, and networking centered around contemporary architecture and design culture in CDMX. RSVP link in bio.

Hosted by the USC School of Architecture as part of the ARCH580 Mexico City Field Studies program, the event is free and open to the public and aims to foster dialogue and creative exchange between the design communities of Los Angeles and Mexico City. Drinks and light nibbles will be provided.

Thursday, May 21, 2026
6:00pm–10:00pm
LAGUNA
Doctor Lucio 181, Doctores, CDMX

Confirmed speakers include:

Michel Rojkind, Founder + Principal, Rojkind Arquitectos

Isaac Michan, Founder + Principal, Michan Architecture

Rolando Rodriguez-Leal, Founder + Principal, AIDIA Studio

Emanuel Ramírez, Partner, Estudio MMX

Norma Maldonado (USC MAAS 2013), Founder + Designer, TANA KAREI

Rodrigo Shiordia Lopez (USC MAAS 2013), Innovation Coordinator, Universidad Anáhuac México

Eric Omar Camarena (USC MAAS 2013), Senior Associate Professor, UDLAP

Alejandro Medina (USC BArch 2018), Interdisciplinary Artist / Architect

Marcos Sánchez, Faculty, USC School of Architecture

Alvin Huang, Director of Graduate & Post-Professional Architecture, USC School of Architecture

Brett Steele, Dean, USC School of Architecture taken in Mexico City by @uscgradarchitecture

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3 months ago

Now that NCAA hoops is over, the real tournament begins.

Sweet Sixteen launches this Wednesday.
A faculty debate series where one building meets two competing readings.

Opening match:
Michelle Chang @ja_ja_co × Jimenez Lai @0super @_bureauspectacular
on De Vylder Vinck Taillieu / Jo Taillieu — L-berg

30 minutes. Two arguments. No consensus.

Wednesday 4/8
USC Architecture
2pm.

Come for the project. Stay for the disagreement.

#USCArchitecture #ArchitectureDebate #DesignDiscourse taken in USC School of Architecture by @uscgradarchitecture

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4 months ago

RSVP Now. Graduate Architecture Open Studio — a second chance to experience USC Architecture (link in bio).

If you couldn’t make our recent Open House, join us on Wednesday, April 8 for a more focused, behind-the-scenes look at our M.Arch +3, M.Arch +2, and MAARS (CDH & PDT) programs.

Tour our spaces. See the 2026 Graduate Projects Exhibition. Talk directly with faculty and students. Get a clearer sense of the work, culture, and trajectory of the program.

Schedule
1:45 PM — Check-in (Watt Courtyard)
2:00 PM — Welcome + Tours + Exhibition + Conversations

Program discussion with Alvin Huang

RSVP at the link in bio

#USCArchitecture #GradSchool #ArchitectureSchool #architecturestudent taken in USC School of Architecture by @uscgradarchitecture

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4 months ago

A look inside the USC Graduate Spring Break Externship program…

A conversation on Los Angeles as a global design laboratory, the role of mentorship in shaping careers, and the impact of immersive practice.

Featuring:
Mark Lee, Principal, Johnston Marklee (USC alum)
Marc Guberman, Principal, Foster + Partners
Nicole Betances, Designer, Foster + Partners (USC alum)
Mark Motonaga, Creative Director & Partner, RIOS (USC alum & USC Architectural Guild Board Member)

With student externs:
Evelyn Rivera (Foster + Partners)
Anna Camodeca (RIOS)

One week. Lasting impact.

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Participating Firms + Externs (2026)
Arup — Aina Endo, Angel Opare-Ameyaw, Judy Althagafi, Preet Kumar, Vanshika Thawani
Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) — Mildred Dimas
Brooks Scarpa Huber — Nupur Rajiv Gandhi
CannonDesign — Angelina Ludena
CO Architects — Htet Oo Wai Yan
Donaldson+Partners — Garrit Wilson
Foster + Partners — Zenayah Cortez
Gensler — Danrui Xiang
Good Project Company — Pedro Medina
HansonLA — Kaleel Van Voorhees
HGA — Shoon (Emily) Thu, Vanessa Tsuji
HKS Architects — Kristal Sarman, Long Yin Chiu
HLW — Aachal Venkatesh Katwa, Ella Kaller, Minh Anh Nguyen, Quang Vu Nguyen
JFAK — Kellie Dinh
Johnston Marklee — Evelyn Rivera
KAA Design — Daisy Maldonado
KFA — Blake Arrendell
Lehrer Architects — Ian Zitney, Lindsay Onofre
LOHA — Alyssa Ha, Pawel Pietryka
Meyer Davis — Jacqueline Au, Rae Qi
Michael Maltzan Architecture — Samantha Massey
NBBJ — Jack Zhao
OFFICEUNTITLED — Shelby Rajski
Omgivning — Michael McDonald, Patricia Estaris
RIOS — Anna Camodeca
Safdie Architects — Melissa Lexa, Sean Flaherty
TIGHE Architecture — Anant Mohan, Takis Miller

#USCArchitecture #USCGradArchitecture #architectureschool #architecturestudent by @uscgradarchitecture

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4 months ago

What does Anna have to say about her externship at RIOS? #uscarchitecture by @uscgradarchitecture

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4 months ago

Precision. Clarity. Range.

Anjing (AJ) @anjing_tang Tang’s work demonstrates a rare mastery of architectural representation across scales, media, and intentions. From conceptual drawings to technical documentation, and from projected geometries to constructed assemblies, her work consistently translates abstract ideas into legible, rigorous, and buildable architectures.

Her portfolio moves fluidly between theoretical structures, comprehensive building proposals, geometric explorations, architectural installations, and furniture design, each executed with a high level of precision and graphic sophistication. What distinguishes AJ is her ability to use representation not just as a tool of communication, but as a method of design thinking, revealing relationships between form, structure, and material with clarity and intent.

As a Metropolis @metropolismag Future100 winner, AJ exemplifies the power of drawing and making as both analytical and generative acts.

Nominator: Alvin Huang @synthesisdna and Lawrence Scarpa @scarbusier University of Southern California

Alvin Huang:
“She brings an advanced intellectual framework and global perspective to her work, elevating discussions within studio and contributing significantly to our academic culture. A.J. is one of the most consistently outstanding students we have.”

#USCArchitecture #Future100 #MetropolisFuture100 #architectureschool #architecturestudent taken in USC School of Architecture by @uscgradarchitecture

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4 months ago

From first moves to final mastery.

Kaiji Luo’s @kaiji_luo trajectory traces a clear evolution of design intelligence and craft, moving from abstract compositional studies in ARCH505a, to embedded landform architecture in ARCH505b, to collective housing in ARCH605a, and into a comprehensive CLT (Cross-Laminated Timber) building solution in ARCH605b, before advancing into research on passive cooling façade systems in ARCH705.

Across each stage, what stands out is the precision and ambition of his physical model making paired with an increasingly sophisticated digitally enabled workflow. From early formal explorations to highly resolved tectonic systems, his work demonstrates a rare ability to translate ideas into material, spatial, and performative outcomes.

As a Metropolis @metropolismag Future100 winner, Kaiji exemplifies the kind of designer who is equally fluent in concept, computation, and craft.

We can’t wait to see what his final thesis model looks like.

Nominator: Alvin Huang @synthesisdna Associate Professor and Director of Graduate and Post-Professional Architecture, USC School of Architecture

“Kaiji brings together rare innate design talent with exceptional technical skill, deep curiosity, and remarkable motivation. His portfolio demonstrates an ability to manipulate form, space, pattern, and material with clarity, dexterity, and conceptual rigor.”

#USCArchitecture #Future100 #MetropolisFuture100 #ArchitectureStudent #architectureschool taken in USC School of Architecture by @uscgradarchitecture

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4 months ago

More than a visit.

An open studio, a working culture, and a network in motion. Admitted students experienced USC Architecture through the people who define it.

The work matters, but so does the culture behind it. Conversations, mentorship, and shared ambition shaping an environment that extends well beyond the classroom.

This is what you step into.

#USCArchitecture #uscgradarchitecture #architectureschool #architecturestudent taken in USC School of Architecture by @uscgradarchitecture

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