Message from the Dean
College Mission Statement
Programs
Welcome to the College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture at the University of Arizona.
Our College provides a unique environment where we prepare students to be leaders in a world of professional practice that is increasingly global and interdisciplinary. Our setting in the unique Sonoran Desert offers students and faculty inspiration and guidance in the study of diverse and delicate ecologies worldwide.
Programs across the College emphasize integrative studies that join knowledge and skill through innovative application. It is an education that considers the worth of traditional values and simultaneously assesses new realities through a continuing exploration of the ethical, technical, and visionary responsibilities of reflective professional practice.
The College’s faculty and students work collaboratively to explore the changing nature of community building and the consequent opportunities for improving the human condition. We are collectively engaged in learning and discovery in a spirit of experimentation and inquiry. Our foundation of excellence has been fashioned from our respect for the characteristics of place and our involvement with the professions and communities of which we are a part. Teaching, research, and service are fully integrated into the life of the College.
We are very proud of our college, its faculty, staff, students, alumni, and the numerous programs we have to offer. Take some time to review this website and discover the many ways that the College is providing opportunities for interdisciplinary education, research, and outreach to students, the profession and the community.
Charles Albanese, FAIA
Dean
Programs
The College is comprised of two professional programs focused on the development and application of the theoretical and practical knowledge necessary for the effective evolution of human settlements. The College offers an accredited five‑year program leading to the professional degree, Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch). A post‑professional master's program (M.Arch) is also offered by the School of Architecture and an accredited graduate program in Landscape Architecture (MLA) is offered by the School of Landscape Architecture.
The College also offers an interdisciplinary “umbrella” graduate curricular program in Preservation Studies that resides at the College level, drawing students from both schools of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, as well as other units on campus – Planning, Art History, Geography, History, Materials Sciences, Anthropology, and Archaeology.
The Roy P. Drachman Institute of Land and Regional Development Studies is the research and public service unit of the College and conducts projects of relevance to Arizona communities. The Technical Assistance Program, formerly the Community Planning and Design Workshop, is intended to bring the skills and knowledge of the students, faculty, and staff of CALA to communities in need throughout Tucson, Pima County, and the State of Arizona. The Program helps to fulfill the Land Grant Mission of the University of Arizona by making its resources available to meet the needs of neighborhoods, community groups, non-profit corporations, cities, towns, and rural areas. Contained within the Drachman Institute are two other entities: the Drachman Design-Build Coalition, Inc., a 501(c)(3), non-profit corporation, design-build licensed general contractor associated with the College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture and established for the purpose of service-learning development and construction; and Water CASA, a water conservation research center formerly part of the Water Resources Center and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.