Study architecture and built environment

Study AUT’s architecture and built environment programmes and learn to design built environments that recognise indigenous values and address Auckland's rapid population growth, as well as global issues like housing affordability, global warming and homelessness.

AUT's School of Future Environments - the home of our architecture and built environment programmes - is a new associate member of the US-based Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) and Association of Australasian Schools of Architecture (AASA).

Research in architecture and the built environment

We believe in high-quality research that has impact, and have world-class researchers and research strengths across architecture and the built environment.

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Our facilities

You’ll get plenty of chances to research and develop designs and techniques in our state-of-the-art labs network. Each of our labs has specialist technologies – and experts to help you use them.

Facilities

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AUT’s School of Future Environments is committed to innovative teaching, learning and research in built environment engineering, architecture and creative technologies. We’re ideally placed to address both local and global issues – from Auckland’s housing crisis to the impacts of climate change on our ways of life.

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AUT Architecture lecturer Dr J. Antonio Lara-Hernandez
AUT Architect Academic wins book award
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Architecture lecturer Dr J. Antonio Lara-Hernandez has won a top international award for his book on adapting buildings and structures for new uses.
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Rooftop solar for more resilient cities
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Built environment experts from AUT say the government's plan to fix NZ's energy crisis with solar farms is a "missed opportunity."

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