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Photo by Kenny Lass / Tulane University.
Tulane University has revealed a name change for the new Tulane School of Architecture and Built Environment at the end of a major renovation that added 17,000 square feet of education and research spaces to its longtime home in Richardson Memorial Hall.
The LEED Silver targeting expansion serves students in seven degree programs with enhanced fabrication facilities, renovated offices and studios, portfolio review spaces, new seminar rooms, a graduate student lounge, and a dedicated art gallery. Third-year undergraduate Alexa Trapani says: “The renovation offers a space for students to finally feel united again.”
“Architecture will continue to expand into a multidisciplinary approach to improve how we live in and engage with the environment around us. After several years of brainstorming and action in this direction, we have aligned our name with the current and future reality of an evolving industry and how our school has grown to support it,” Dean Iñaki Alday said. “Tulane School of Architecture and Built Environment is emerging as the place to be—the place for top students and scholars of all backgrounds to practice collective stewardship of the challenges and ideas that shape the planet we inhabit.”
A new dual degree Master of Landscape Architecture and Engineering is among the school’s many recently added programs. Over the last decade, its enrollment has grown from just 280 students in the fall of 2018 to more than 800 in the fall of 2024, with faculty and staff likewise doubling. The four-year, $24 million renovation was executed by Trapolin-Peer Architects with design input from faculty and students.
Tulane will celebrate the grand re-opening of its home building and the name expansion as part of the public Richardson Memorial Hall Dedication ceremony on April 24th. Learn more about the event and renovation on Tulane’s website here.
The school’s Director of Architecture Emilie Taylor Welty spoke with Archinect about their approach to architectural pedagogy in 2022. A closer look at Tulane’s graduate degree program offerings from 2020 can be found here.