STUDIO FIRST Online Open House WHEN: Monday, February 12, 2024, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. ET WHAT: Join instructors and alumni to learn about STUDIO FIRST 2024 and ask questions. HOW: Email studiofirst@cunet.carleton.ca to register. Strengthen your application to Master of Architecture programs, explore architecture as a potential career, and experience architectural studies. Learn how the five-week online STUDIO FIRST program can help you achieve your goals this summer. No previous design experience is required. Details here. Student work from STUDIO FIRST 2023 ..read more

Going back to school with life experience “has been the best gift that I could give myself,” says Keegan Metheringham, who is pursuing a long-standing interest in architecture at Carleton University. “It gives me a sense of purpose and a sense of wonder — ‘where can I go with this? where can it take me?’ It motivates me every day. It’s like a force I’ve never really felt.” Keegan dropped out of high school more than 20 years ago. After working in the bike industry and construction, he completed a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies in 2023 at Vancouver Island University. He went on to apply to ..read more

While studying geography at the University of British Columbia, Daphne Stams found herself drawn to both cartography and research about urban space organization. “Although I was able to interact with these fields through quantitative and qualitative research, geography lacked creative visual analysis and often focused on sweeping geographic scales,” she recalls. “I gravitated toward architecture because it combined my interests by visually addressing physical and social spaces on more intimate scales.” Curious about architecture and unsure of what direction to take after graduation, Daphne too ..read more

ALL IMAGES: Courtesy of Filipe Costa Filipe Costa Filipe Costa completed an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies at the University of Toronto in 2020, with a specialization in technology and a minor in Visual Studies. He has also worked as a design intern, printmaker, and art handler. In September 2023, he started the three-year Master of Architecture program at Carleton University, having also received offers from the University of British Columbia and the University of Calgary. Costa’s portfolio showcases various projects he worked on during his undergraduate studies and past ..read more

Mu Qu Jennifer Liu graduated from the University of Manitoba in 2023 with a Bachelor of Environmental Design in Architecture. The portfolio images below showcase work that won her acceptance to both of the master’s programs for which she applied, the University of Manitoba and Carleton University. “I like to work in a hybrid mode, transitioning between analog and digital processes,” says Liu, who is currently in her first year of the three-year Master of Architecture program at Carleton University. “As a true believer in thinking through making and drawing, I engage extensively in hands-on wor ..read more

Date: Saturday, November 25, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Venue: Architecture Building, Carleton University Program: Lunch, presentations, application and portfolio workshop, tours Interested in the Master of Architecture program at Carleton University? The Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism offers professional, accredited Master of Architecture programs that are designed both for students with pre-professional degrees in architecture as well as students with degrees in any undergraduate discipline. We invite you to attend our Open House on Saturday, November 25 to learn about ..read more

Course dates: May 14 to June 18, 2024 — Online June 25 to July 30, 2024 — Online Learn more here Who is STUDIO FIRST FOR? 1. You have a four-year undergraduate degree in any field, but wonder whether architecture and design is the career for you. Carleton and three other Canadian universities have professional architecture degree programs for people with a first degree in another subject, as do many American schools. 2. Students already in architecture, environmental design, conservation, or urban design, who are applying to graduate programs to gain a professional degree. You may need to imp ..read more

During his undergraduate years, Josh Wallace studied theatre set design, psychology, anthropology, and geology. He also had a background in music and woodworking. “I considered majoring in each as I enjoyed them all very much,” he recalls. Discovering that architecture combined all his interests in one practice, Wallace decided architecture would be the next step. After earning a Bachelor of Environmental Design Studies at Dalhousie University in 2014, he first worked at his brother’s butcher shop in Ottawa and then travelled and worked in Vietnam. Joshua Wallace Josh Wallace holds a Bachelor ..read more

Sarah Fahmy knew early in her life that she wanted to design. Discovering where and how to direct her talent and energy has prompted a journey through interior design, environmental design, and finally architecture. Growing up in the United Arab Emirates and then Burlington, ON, Fahmy enjoyed re-imagining spaces in the home. “Once I found out interior design existed as a job, my mind was set.” She completed an Advanced Diploma Interior Design at Sheridan College in 2010.  Sarah Fahmy Sarah Fahmy has an Advanced Diploma in Interior Design from Sheridan College and a Bachelor of ..read more

"I found architecture in sort of a roundabout way," says Emma Rath. "I was never gifted in math, so from an early age, I assumed architecture was off the table for me." Emma, 24, had been pursuing her interdisciplinary interests in multiple ways. In 2020, she obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a major in Interdisciplinary Art and a minor in Print, Paper, and Book from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University (NSCAD). She has exhibited her artwork and was a guide at Canadian Pavilion during the 2017 Venice Biennale in Art. She also has a certificate in Managing Digital Archives f ..read more