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Boston Architectural College


Boston Architectural College

Boston Architectural College

Boston Architectural College is a private institution that was founded in 1889. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 635, its setting is urban, and the campus size is 1 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar.

Boston Architectural College is New England's largest independent college of spatial design. It offers first-professional bachelors and master's degrees in architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, and design studies (non-professional). The college offers continuing education credits and certificates through the BAC Continuing Education (CE) Program, The Landscape Institute (LI) at the BAC (formerly affiliated with Arnold Arboretum), and The Sustainable Design Institute (SDI) at the BAC (online graduate-level courses). It also hosts the BAC Summer Academy (for high school students) as well as a variety of other ways for the general public to explore spatial design. It exhibits student work in its McCormick Gallery and frequently hosts conferences and symposia on spatial design.

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The BAC is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB), Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA, formerly FIDER) and the Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board (LAAB, candidacy status; review in 2010). The BAC is a member of the ProArts Consortium.

Notable Alumni:

  • Louis Skidmore | Club Member, c.1920 |, co-founder of Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill and recipient of the AIA Gold Medal.
  • Edward Durell Stone | Club Member, c.1920 |, prominent twentieth century American architect.
  • ArcangeloCascieri | Club Member, c.1922-1926; Head of the BAC[lub], 1937-1943; Dean of the BAC[enter], 1943-? |, influential sculptor
  • Glenn Gissler | attended c.1978-80 |, award-winning American interior designer,and president of Glenn Gissler Design, Inc.
  • Stewart Wurtz | attended c.1980 |, well-known studio furniture maker based in Seattle.
  • Gianfranco Zaccai IDSA/ADI, D.F.A. (Hon.) | B.Arch '78 |, Chairman, President and Chief Design Officer at Design Continuum
  • Carole Wedge FAIA, LEED, AP | B.Arch '90 |, President of Shepley Bulfinch

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