

Interior Design Students Sweep Top Awards at IIDA Design Competition
The College of Architecture and the Built Environment at PhilaU is dedicated to excellence in design with a focus on educating students for practice in the global market. Each of our programs emphasizes sustainable practice, collaboration and innovation. Sustainability is the key to the future of our environment. We are committed to ensuring that our graduates become—and remain—stewards of the natural and built environments.
Our lush, green campus in the historic Fairmount Park system is just minutes from Center City. We use Philadelphia as our urban lab, giving students collaborative, hands-on experience in a major metropolitan area with thriving design and construction industries. Our college partners with major corporations and nonprofit organizations providing students a professional, real-world experience and giving graduates a competitive advantage in their field. Our dynamic approach to education and our emphasis on collaborative learning, sustainability, and innovation prepares graduates to become future design professionals and leaders in sustainable integrated practice.


Students Receive Second-Place Prize in Light Design Competition


Interior Design Students Sweep Top Awards at IIDA Design Competition


Architecture Students Named Finalists in John Stewardson Memorial Competition


Interior Design Professor Lauren Baumbach Receives CIDA Innovation Award









The College of Architecture and the Built Environment at PhilaU is dedicated to excellence in design with a focus on educating students for practice in the global market. Each of our programs emphasizes sustainable practice, collaboration and innovation. Sustainability is the key to the future of our environment. We are committed to ensuring that our graduates become—and remain—stewards of the natural and built environments.
Our lush, green campus in the historic Fairmount Park system is just minutes from Center City. We use Philadelphia as our urban lab, giving students collaborative, hands-on experience in a major metropolitan area with thriving design and construction industries. Our college partners with major corporations and nonprofit organizations providing students a professional, real-world experience and giving graduates a competitive advantage in their field. Our dynamic approach to education and our emphasis on collaborative learning, sustainability, and innovation prepares graduates to become future design professionals and leaders in sustainable integrated practice.