FAU School of Architecture

FAU School of Architecture The school promotes integrative and innovative design in preparation for architectural practice.

The mission of the Florida Atlantic University School of Architecture is to advance education, research, and design solutions that enhance the quality of built environments. The program is situated within South Florida’s dynamic coastal and urban environment, providing a laboratory for investigating new tools and methods of design in an era of disruption. Students develop critical thinking skills

and knowledge through exposure to historical and theoretical foundations, emerging technologies, interdisciplinary research, community engagement, and ethical responsibilities of design, all within an environment that fosters equity and inclusion.

[Student   Work] | Professor Willa Granger |   Modern Architectural History | Fall 2025In the fall of 2025, students in...
03/06/2026

[Student   Work] | Professor Willa Granger |   Modern Architectural History | Fall 2025

In the fall of 2025, students in Professor Willa Granger’s Modern Architectural History course learned to study the vernacular American landscape through the work of artist Ed Ruscha. Working across multiple media, Ruscha famously produced a series of photobooks in the 1960s and 1970s that focused on the “everyday” built environment—gas stations, apartment complexes, parking lots—using a serialized approach. By photographing the same architectural forms repeatedly across different sites and contexts, Ruscha revealed both the patterns and the particularities of features often dismissed as “forgettable,” elevating mundane spaces into subjects of formal inquiry.

Drawing on this method, FAU students were asked to identify a “common” feature of the built environment and to document its recurrence across South Florida through serialized photography. Projects ranged in scale from entire building typologies to individual fasteners. Through this exercise, students came to understand how ordinary architectural forms can offer insights into social and cultural conditions comparable to those provided by monumental architecture.

Image Credits

Images 1 - 4: Kolos Jeli’s study of “What Bolts See” (2025)
Images 5 - 7: Anthony Callahan’s study of auto body and mechanic shops (2025)
Images 8 - 10: Alice Kovalevsky’s study of thresholds and portal ways (2025)
Images 11 - 13: Stanley Araujo-Ortega’s study of barber shops (2025)
Images 14 - 17: Ed Ruscha’s selected works Twentysix Gasoline Stations (1963) + Thirtyfour Parking Lots in Los Angeles (1967) 

 
 

 

The FAU School of Architecture is excited to announce that Madeline Gannon, researcher, artist, and “robot whisperer,” w...
10/28/2025

The FAU School of Architecture is excited to announce that Madeline Gannon, researcher, artist, and “robot whisperer,” will present in our annual lecture series on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, at 3 PM in the MetroLAB on the FAU Fort Lauderdale campus.

Madeline Gannon is internationally recognized for pioneering new models of human-machine communication and for her captivating performances, installations, and research which explore natural and intuitive connections with intelligent machines. Drawing on her groundbreaking projects at ATONATON, Gannon invents custom hardware and software to create direct, playful, and expressive interactions between humans and robots.

Assistant Professor Willa Granger’s ( ) article, “Consuming Care: The Americana Corporation and the Advent of the Moder...
09/26/2025

Assistant Professor Willa Granger’s ( ) article, “Consuming Care: The Americana Corporation and the Advent of the Modern Nursing Home,” was just published in the September 2025 volume of the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians (JSAH) . In this research, Willa explores the forces that shifted nursing home architecture from a mom-and-pop model of adaptive reuse to the medicalized design more commonly associated with it today. This project took Willa from urban Chicago to rural Illinois as she traced the history of one nursing home business in particular, “The Americana.” The JSAH is one of the leading journals in the field of architectural history. She produced this article with support from a Tyson Scholarship at the Crystal Bridges Museum

Read the article: “Consuming Care: The Americana Corporation and the Advent of the Modern Nursing Home”
Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians
September 2025, Volume 84, Issue 3
https://online.ucpress.edu/jsah/issue/84/3
FREE ACCESS THROUGH OCT 22,2025

Looking to upskill and boost your construction career? Get certified fully online at FAU’s Institute for Design and Cons...
09/24/2025

Looking to upskill and boost your construction career? Get certified fully online at FAU’s Institute for Design and Construction (IDaC) with the Construction Management Certificate Program (CMCP).

Develop expertise in business management, safety & risk, project management, finance, strategic planning, and contract documentation… everything needed to run a successful construction business. Courses can be taken as a complete certificate program or individually to fit your goals and schedule.

Registration is open for Fall 2025, Spring 2026, and Summer 2026, with flexible class dates and courses that are taught online.

Whether you’re new or advancing in the field, you’ll learn practical business skills from industry experts with skills you can apply right away. The Construction Management Certificate Program (CMCP) is perfect for busy professionals wanting to study from anywhere.

Ready to level up? Email [email protected] or visit https://www.fau.edu/artsandletters/idac/technology/cpc/cpac/ for details.



Get certified online in Construction Administration at FAU’s Institute for Design and Construction (IDaC)! Learn how to ...
09/23/2025

Get certified online in Construction Administration at FAU’s Institute for Design and Construction (IDaC)!

Learn how to read blueprints, master construction math, and become an estimating pro with FAU IDaC’s comprehensive, online Construction Administration Certificate Program (CACP) for Fall 2025 – Spring 2026. Classes are taught via online modules, so you can learn from anywhere which is perfect for busy professionals and career-changers.

Complete all seven courses for certification or pick those that fit your needs. Special topics include residential and commercial blueprint reading, digital literacy for construction, and advanced estimating using professional tools.

Sign up today and invest in your future. Registration is now open! For details, email [email protected] or visit https://www.fau.edu/artsandletters/idac/technology/cpc/cpac/



Dr. Willa Granger was honored with the AIA Fort Lauderdale Educator of the Year Award for 2024 for her exemplary contrib...
12/19/2024

Dr. Willa Granger was honored with the AIA Fort Lauderdale Educator of the Year Award for 2024 for her exemplary contributions to architectural education. As the sole architectural historian at FAU SOA since 2022, Dr. Granger has transformed how undergraduate architects engage with design history. Through immersive field-based studies and cultural explorations across South Florida, she highlights how socio-cultural history, and the humanities are essential tools for future designers. Her teaching emphasizes the role of empathy in design and how lessons from the past can inspire solutions for the future, earning her recognition from students and peers alike. 

Congratulations on this incredible achievement!

Join us for an engaging lecture featuring Zackery Belanger, an acclaimed acoustic designer, consultant, and researcher, ...
11/06/2024

Join us for an engaging lecture featuring Zackery Belanger, an acclaimed acoustic designer, consultant, and researcher, with a unique focus on the intersection of physics, architecture, and sound. Belanger’s work bridges the technical and creative aspects of acoustical design, offering new insights into how sound environments can be optimized within architectural spaces.

Date: Thursday, November 7, 2024

Time: 3 PM

Location: HE 131 - MetroLAB on the FAU Ft. Lauderdale Campus

[Student Work] Director Joseph Choma | Design 2 | Spring 2024This design studio is a first introduction to designing an...
10/21/2024

[Student Work] Director Joseph Choma | Design 2 | Spring 2024

This design studio is a first introduction to designing an actual building. In the previous semester, students created a series of artifacts-to-think-with through four pedagogical exercises (making with rules, shapes carving shapes, plane surface volume, and curves with lines). In this semester, the students further developed one of those “spatial curiosities” into a building. Students were introduced to site analysis, program organization, structural systems, means and methods of construction, and architectural drawing conventions. The project was a design proposal for a new Shark Valley Visitor Center at the Everglades National Park (). 

Image Credits

Image 1: Nina Moubarak
Image 2: Jillian Elias
Image 3: Amy Niketic
Image 4: Emma Soucy
Image 5: Esperanza France
Image 6: Anthony Buchanan

Join FAU School of Architecture tomorrow at 12PM in the MetroLAB for a panel discussion on how Innovative Collaboration ...
10/21/2024

Join FAU School of Architecture tomorrow at 12PM in the MetroLAB for a panel discussion on how Innovative Collaboration Shows Adaptive Reuse Can Ease Homelessness as FAU students, Glavovic Studio architects, and AHF’s Housing Division present a joint project highlighting a faster, less expensive way to create more truly affordable housing.

Featuring:
Joseph Choma, PhD, Director, FAU’s School of Architecture (moderator)
Jeff Huber, Professor at FAU and Principal, Brooks+Scarpa
Yuji Kitamura, FAU Alumnus '24 and Graduate Student, Cornell University
Margi Glavovic Nothard, Principal, Glavovic Studio
Ebonni Chrispin, Legislative Affairs and Community Engagement Director, AHF and Healthy Housing Foundation

Join us today at 3PM for an enlightening lecture featuring Andrew Witt, a prominent figure in the field of architecture ...
10/17/2024

Join us today at 3PM for an enlightening lecture featuring Andrew Witt, a prominent figure in the field of architecture and technology. Known for his innovative approach to design and computational techniques, Witt will delve into the intersections of architecture, computation, and cultural context.

DANCING COLUMNS: Equation-Based Robotic FabricationAn exploration of robotic 3D printed objects generated from mathemati...
10/17/2024

DANCING COLUMNS: Equation-Based Robotic Fabrication

An exploration of robotic 3D printed objects generated from mathematical equations, created by Joseph Choma ( ) and Luis Pacheco ( ), with fabrication support from the RDF Lab at FIU (). The featured objects are derived from a family of morphed toruses, where altering the parameters of the equations leads to captivating and unexpected geometric features. The forms emerge from a complex interplay of sine and cosine functions, as seen in the provided equations, where variables are manipulated to create intricate, undulating surfaces. This collaboration bridges the gap between digital design and physical manifestation, emphasizing the artistic potential of mathematical equations in creating dynamic forms. A deeper study of these geometric mutations can be found in the book, “Morphing: A Guide to Mathematical Transformations for Architects and Designers” by Joseph Choma, which delves into the processes and theories behind these transformations.

The opening reception for this exhibition is scheduled for Thursday, October 17th, 6:00-9:00pm at the PHASE Gallery in Miami Beach, FL ().

PHASE Gallery at Moonlighter FabLab
1661 Pennsylvania Ave.
Miami Beach, Fl. 33139

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