Summer School 2025
Join us for Summer School 25 — a three-week program led by world-class planners, architects, and urbanists. Through a mixture of hands-on education, engaging lectures, and city walks you’ll learn the core principles of urban planning, architecture, and the building arts. Sign up here to be notified of the launch announcement.
Planning and architecture for a changing world
Learn how to build beautiful cities from world-class experts.
Summer School 2025 will be an exploration of the mechanics and artistry behind the urban forms that shape our lives, with a particular focus on beauty in human-scaled city building. We will examine the spatial strategies of cities that have resulted in centuries of flourishing communities and apply these lessons to current development opportunities.
This course will meet 8 hours each Monday through Saturday for three consecutive weeks. We will utilize a combination of guest lectures, drawing analyses, and an intensive design studio throughout the course, with a heavy emphasis on drawing by hand. The course will culminate with a final presentation of design work to a select group of industry leaders.
Cultivate Vision & Practical Skills
Summer 2025
Hands-On Learning
True understanding comes from doing. At the Summer School you’ll learn through creative problem-solving workshops and practical studios.
Learn from the City
During your three weeks, we’ll study the historic urbanism of the city and surrounding new developments to learn from the best of both.
Engaging Lectures
Our teachers bring a wide cross-section of backgrounds, fields, and expertise so you can learn from a diversity of perspectives.
Sample Schedule & Curriculum
Typical Day
“First we shape the cities – then they shape us.”
“All buildings, large or small, public or private, have a public face, a facade; they therefore, without exception, have a positive or negative effect on the quality of the public realm, enriching or impoverishing it in a lasting and radical manner. The architecture of the city and public space is a matter of common concern to the same degree as laws and language—they are the foundation of civility and civilisation.”
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Dates for Summer School 2025 are TBD. Please sign up to stay updated for our launch announcement.
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We are leaning towards Charleston, South Carolina. However, the decision is to be determined.
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TBD. We’re actively finalizing the total cost with a strong value towards affordability. We’ll also be offering an affordable housing package for students.