Overview

History and Critical Thinking in Architecture (HCT) from Architectural Association offers a unique postgraduate platform from which to investigate contemporary issues through systematic enquiry into history.

At stake within the actual writing of history is a political engagement with the philosophical, social, material and environmental exigencies of the present.

While the theoretical reflection on the historical is central in providing resources for the analysis of contemporary architectural and spatial thinking, specific histories remain valid as sites of investigation.

The ambition of the HCT programme is three-fold: to provide conceptual tools and resources through which to interrogate architectural histories and ask how social, political, economic and institutional structures shape accounts of the built environment; to develop an understanding of contemporary discursive and material organisations from a historical, critical and cross-disciplinary point of view; and to posit architecture as entangled with other critical spatial practices and alternative forms of knowledge production and dissemination.

Graduates

HCT graduates gain well-developed historical and theoretical understanding of conceptual and practical issues in architecture, allowing them to pursue doctoral studies, to reorient their professional development into other fields such as museum and gallery work or journalism, or to become involved in research and teaching in the field of architecture.

Programme Structure

Programme Structure

The programme takes place over 12 months, with six courses to be taken during Terms 1 and 2, after which students will then attend a Thesis Research Seminar and produce a written thesis in Terms 3 and 4.

Courses examine specific histories in order to identify and interrogate forms of architectural knowledge, techniques and modes of representation, as well as institutional and pedagogical practices, agents and norms of use.

A diversity of voices and expertise are brought into the programme through the participation of historians, critics, philosophers, architects and artists in HCT and PhD Debates and Open Seminars, the aim of which this year is to reassess histories, objects and methods at the heart of architectural discipline through the lens of feminist writings and initiatives.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-03-07 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

92

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

London, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Architecture History Landscape Architecture View 56 other Masters in Landscape Architecture in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

92

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Other requirements

General requirements

Complete the online application form

upload a scanned copy of their passport, reference, academic documents (and certified translations where the originals are not in English) and English language qualifications (if they are not exempt from meeting the English language entry requirements);

submit a digital portfolio;

pay the appropriate application fee depending on the timing of their application submission

Tuition Fees

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30840 GBP / year

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Citizens or residents

30840 GBP / year

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Living costs

London

United Kingdom

1137 - 2157 GBP / month

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Funding

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