The School of Architecture is situated in 45,000 square feet in two historic buildings designed by Henry Hornbostel. The main administrative offices, fourth and fifth year studios, crit spaces, a computer lab, the Woodshop, and two faculty offices are located on the second floor of the College of Fine Arts building, along with 4 university classrooms used extensively by the School. First, second, and third, year studios as well as 10 faculty offices, a computer lab, and crit spaces are located on the 2nd and 3rd floor of Margaret Morrison Carnegie Hall. The Graduate program is housed on the fourth floor of Margaret Morrison Carnegie Hall, including administrative and faculty offices, the Master's studio, Ph.D. offices, the Intelligent Workplace and the Graduate Computer Lab.

With an enrollment of 280 full time undergraduate students, the studio, critique, and exhibition space is approximately 100 square feet per student. Each student has their own desk and the first year students are provided with storage space for their tools and materials.

The School now has two dedicated meeting and conference spaces - Margaret Morrison 203 which is located in the main office in the College of Fine Arts building as well as the newly renovated Henry Hornbostel room in Margaret Morrison Carnegie Hall. In addition reconfigurable meeting and project spaces are available in the Intelligent Workplace on the 4th floor of Margaret Morrison Carnegie Hall.

COMPUTER LABS

It comes as no surprise that Computer Tools are integrated with educational activities in the School of Architecture. The "Cluster" has become an important component of the academic life of our students. In addition to the world-class facilities maintained by the University (public clusters) and the College of Fine Arts (the high-end visualization lab), three clusters provide service exclusively to our students: two undergraduate labs with a total of 22 pcs and 6 macs; and one for Graduate use (the CadLab with 10 Intel P3 PCs). Every three years, ten new machines are introduced in each cluster (one cluster every year). The School of Architecture supports hardware and software for every full-time faculty member as well as every full time staff and researcher, either PC or Mac. There is extensive wireless networking that supports student owned machines throughout the campus. Carnegie Mellon University has been ranked the "most wired" university in the United States, partially due to their state-of-the-art wireless network, that provides high-speed network connectivity in ALL university spaces.

WOODSHOP

The School of Architecture has a long tradition of merging shop and early design. The woodshop provides a setting for each member of the Department of Architecture to explore the process of designing and creating handmade objects. The newly renovated wood shop is nearly 3,800 square feet in size with a large machine and assembly room, tool and material storage areas, a project storage area, offices and a library, and an adjacent pin-up area for design review. The shop is equipped with a surfacer, 2 jointers, 2 table saws, a radial arm saw, 2 wood band saws, a metal band saw, metal and wood lathes, a milling machine, a table top router, 4 drill presses, vertical and horizontal belt sanders, 2 disc sanders, 2 jig saws, and a plethora of other power and hand tools.

THE INTELLIGENT WORKPLACE

With the support of major building industries and federal agencies, the School of Architecture's Center for Building Performance & Diagnostics completed the Intelligent Workplace in 1997. This is an unprecedented "living laboratory" of innovations in enclosure, HVAC, lighting, telecommunications and interior systems for professional education and research. Daylight is the major light source, windows are operable to encourage natural ventilation, and window mullions filled with hot or cold water in order to heat or cool the space. All students have access to the Intelligent Workplace and it is used as a learning tool in both the graduate and undergraduate programs.

LIBRARY

The Carnegie Mellon University Libraries provides research and information resources for School of Architecture students and faculty. The Libraries hold collections of more than one million volumes, subscribes to thousands of journals and electronic databases, and is a leader in the movement toward the digital library.

Architecture collections include more than 50,000 volumes representing architecture and related fields, nearly 100 subscriptions to journals and electronic databases, an image collection, and the Carnegie Mellon University Architecture Archives, a regional collection of architectural drawings and other records. The core collections in architecture are located in the Hunt Library, an arts, humanities, and social sciences library. Additional materials relevant to architectural study are housed in the Engineering and Science Library in Wean Hall. The Architecture Research Guide web page is an important point of access to architectural research and information resources.

The Architecture Librarian and Archivist Martin Aurand (email:maurand@andrew.cmu.edu) teaches information literacy skills in the School of Architecture, and provides reference and research consultation services.