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Our studio courses form the core of a design education and are taught in spaces modeled after the collaborative workspaces of professional design firms. This is where you’ll spend most of your time, both in class and after hours, creating your projects alongside other students in your studio section.

Floors 3 to 9 of the Bauer Wurster Hall Tower are devoted to open-plan design studios illuminated by a wall of north-facing windows and with views out over the courtyard, campus, and the Golden Gate. If you’re enrolled in a studio course, you’ll have your own dedicated workspace with storage for the semester. Studio floors are supplied with computers and plotters, material recycling stations, pin-up walls, and meeting and classroom spaces — and at the back of the sixth floor you’ll find two spray booths. CED students enrolled in a studio course have 24-hour keycard access to their studio for the semester.

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Floor 9

Master of Architecture studio in progress with models on table
Graduate architecture students working at tables in studio
Empty architecture studio with open floor plan and wood tables
Several architecture students smiling and working at tables in light-filled studio with models on tables
Busy architecture studio with models and materials atop tables
Spacing: large

Floor 8

Architecture students working on model in studio
Open studio floor with rows of desks
Architecture student holds their model and compares to computer
Undergraduate student working on computer in studio
Spacing: large

Floor 7

Master of Architecture students gathered around work in studio
Master of Architecture students discussing their models with Rudy Pakravan
Open studio floor plan with rows of desks with chairs and bright colored dividers on top
Students working at computers in studio
Spacing: large

Floor 6

Model and sketches on table in studio
Spray booth
Open studio floor plan with rows of desks and cork board dividers
Master of Architecture student in studio working at computer with models and tracing paper on table
Spacing: large

Floor 5

Architecture studio with open floor plan and wood tables with models and work on them
Undergraduate architecture students in studio discussing their work with instructors
Open studio floor plan with rows of desks
Spacing: large

Floor 4

Master of Urban Design students working at tables in studio
Empty Master of Urban Design studio
Master of Urban Design students working and smiling in studio
Spacing: large

Floor 3

Landscape architecture students pictured through glass discussing work for reviews
Landscape architecture student lifting paper in studio
Chairs on top of tables in landscape architecture studio
Landscape architecture studio close-up of student drawing
Light-filled landscape architecture studio with three students discussing and working at their desks
MLA students collaborating in studio

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