The built environment requires thoughtful, well-trained leaders to shape and sustain the communities around us. As infrastructure evolves and environmental pressures intensify, architects, designers, planners and preservationists play an essential role in addressing today's challenges and preparing for the future.
The School of Architecture and Built Environment is redefining architectural education through an interdisciplinary approach that integrates architecture, design, preservation, real estate, landscape architecture and engineering, preparing students to think broadly and act effectively.
Fundraising Priorities
Your gift to the Annual Fund helps deliver immediate impact by supporting hands-on research, expanding career opportunities and ensuring students have the experiences they need to succeed.
Your gift to the Tulane University School of Architecture and Built Environment Scholarship Fund helps expand access to the school, strengthens representation within the profession, and enables talented students to pursue a Tulane education and launch their careers without the burden of financial barriers.
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Advance hands-on, community-driven solutions through the Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design and URBANbuild, where students design, build, and collaborate with local partners to strengthen resilient neighborhoods.
Your gift to the URBANbuild/DESIGNbuild program empowers students to gain hands-on experience designing and constructing homes in New Orleans while partnering with local communities to create thoughtful, affordable housing that responds to real needs.
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A gift supporting The Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design helps support students applying their skills through partnerships with New Orleans nonprofits and community groups, gaining hands-on experience at the intersection of design and civic engagement.
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Additional Programs
Support the Tulane School of Architecture and Built Environment as it advances innovative learning, sustainable communities and impactful solutions for the future of the built environment.
The Real Estate Development program prepares students to lead at the intersection of finance, development, economics, design, planning and policy. Coursework and experiential learning opportunities are offered at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
The curriculum emphasizes the interconnected impacts of development, encouraging students to consider social outcomes, environmental sustainability and economic returns. This perspective helps future leaders understand how development decisions shape communities well beyond individual projects.
Support the Real Estate Development program to help provide students with the interdisciplinary knowledge, real-world experience and industry insight needed to lead the future of responsible and sustainable development.
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The Historic Preservation Program embraces the power of heritage — both tangible and intangible — as a force for strengthening communities across time. Students and faculty confront real-world challenges in disaster recovery, urban revitalization and tourism management, using preservation as a tool to foster resilience, identity and sustainable growth.
Tulane's location gives the program a distinct advantage. New Orleans offers an unparalleled opportunity to study preservation in practice, including the policies, precedents and projects that have shaped the field. Through the master's program, graduate certificate and undergraduate minor, students explore the core tenets of historic preservation: Community Reinvestment and Economic Impact; Coastal Resilience Through Heritage; Documentation and Traditional Trades; and Planning, Policy and Public Engagement.
Support for the Historic Preservation Program helps equip students to safeguard the past while shaping the future, advancing the stewardship of historic places through hands-on learning, community engagement and forward-thinking preservation practice.
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The Design Program empowers creative students through a broad, interdisciplinary education that explores a range of allied disciplines. By integrating diverse perspectives, students learn to address complex challenges through innovative and collaborative design solutions.
The curriculum emphasizes design as an interactive practice that crosses disciplines. Through lecture-based and studio courses, students apply design thinking across the humanities, business and sciences while developing skills in creative problem-solving, visual communication and spatial composition. This interdisciplinary foundation encourages students to engage with communities, cultures and the built environment while creating thoughtful solutions to real-world challenges.
Support the Design Program to help inspire students to think boldly, collaborate across disciplines and transform ideas into solutions that shape the way we live, work and interact with the world.
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