英国顶尖建筑学院（2017）
Top Architecture Schools in UK (2017)

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如果您打算在英国学习建筑学，但又不确定应该申请哪个学校，那么这篇文章可能会非常有帮助。在这里，我们有“卫报”和“完整大学指南”提出的2017年英国建筑学院的排名。两个排名都给出了不同的标准，基于对建筑学校的评估，以及包括学生满意度和毕业前景等。按照这些排名，我们将简要介绍一些英国最著名的建筑学校。现在，我们来看看这些排名。

If you are planning to study architecture in the UK, and you are not sure which School you should be applying to, then this article can be quite helpful. Here we will review the rankings of the UK Architecture Schools in 2017 as proposed by the Guardian and the Complete University Guide. Both rankings show the different criteria based on which the architecture schools were evaluated. The criteria include student satisfaction and graduate prospects among other points. Following these rankings, we will briefly introduce some of the UK’s most reputed architecture schools. So now, let’s take a look at these rankings.
  






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1. 剑桥大学

剑桥大学建筑学凭借长期以来的传统，当代建筑师侧重于倾向于忘记设计中的重要因素：语境化城市。剑桥大学配合重视可持续建筑，体力劳动和数字研究，提供灵活多变的和完整方法体系。

1. Cambridge University
With a long-standing tradition in Architecture, the Cambridge University focuses on something contemporary architects tend to forget as an important factor in design: urban contextualization. Paired with emphasis on sustainable building, manual labor, and digital research, the Cambridge University offers a versatile and complete methodology.


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2. UCL（巴特利特）

巴特利特已经成为新风格建筑的指向标。专业的建筑研究组织引领着学校的发展，巴特利特现在以跨学科项目的方式而闻名，保证了建筑学中创新的和非常规的特性。巴特利特还举办了许多研讨会，提出了校外活动，以便更好地培养来自其他大学的学生。如果您是数字研究和超现代设计的粉丝，Bartlett是您的安全选择。

2. UCL (The Bartlett)
The Bartlett has become a “go to” source when trying to find new architectural styles. The famous Architecture Research Group have heavily impacted the school trend and the Bartlett is now famous for the interdisciplinary project approach, which guarantees new and unconventional mannerism in architecture. The Bartlett also hosts a multitude of workshops, which propose out-of-school activities in order to better students from various other universities as well. If you are a fan of digital research and ultra-contemporary design, the Bartlett is a safe choice for you.


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3. 建筑协会建筑学院

在建筑协会和巴特利特之间，大概是最艰难的抉择了。说它是顶尖学校虽然有些陈词滥调，但老实说，AA是世界上最独特的建筑学校之一。从强调材料研究，新数字化方法和非常规主题的基础工作室，到专业的设计研究实验室AA-DRL（建筑协会设计研究实验室）等著名的工作室，如果你想超越传统的建筑范例，AA是肯定的最好的学校。此外，世界各地的AA研讨会和访问研讨会绝对是学习新形式发现技术的最佳选择。

3. Architectural Association School of Architecture
It has been a real struggle to choose between the Architectural Association and the Bartlett as our top school. It may seem cliché or to convenient to choose it as our top school, but let’s be honest – the AA is one of the most unique architectural schools in the world. From the basic studios, which emphasize material research, new digital approaches and unconventional themes, to the more famous studios such as the AA – DRL (Architectural Association Design Research Laboratory), which is the ultimate trendsetter design speaking, the AA is for sure the best school if you want to spread your wings as an architecture student and go beyond conventional architectural paradigms. Additionally, the AA Workshops and Visiting Workshops throughout the world are definitely the best choices to learn new form finding techniques.
 

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4. 巴斯大学

巴斯大学的建筑课程为学生提供了整合艺术和技术领域整体设计技巧的机会。该项目的目标是：获取探索、询问和交流建筑建议所需的技能； 控制、组织内部空间和外部形式的能力；在建筑提案中整合结构设计、环境设计和可持续性设计的能力； 材料知识和建筑构件的详细组装；理解文化、历史和社会经济因素影响设计决策的方式。


5. 皇家艺术学院

顾名思义，这所大学有一种更加艺术化的方式，不可否认，现在的建筑景观中这是非常需要的。然而，有些人认为皇家艺术学院的作品高度概念化或不切实际，但这是一个错误的想法 ——该大学拥有最好的系列制作研讨会，专注于物体的实际物理建模，有助于学生熟悉各种材料，这是做出好设计的重要因素。

4. University of Bath
The architecture program at the University of Bath provides students with the opportunity to develop holistic design skills through integrating the artistic and technical domains. Objectives of the program are based on: the acquisition of skills necessary to explore, interrogate and communicate architectural proposals; the ability to control, manipulate and compose internal space and external form; the ability to integrate, within architectural proposals, principles of structural design, environmental design and sustainability; a knowledge of materials and the detailed assembly of building elements; an understanding of the ways in which cultural, historical and socio-economic factors influence design decisions.

5. Royal College of Art
As the name suggests, this university has a more artistic approach, which we found to be highly needed in the present architectural scene. However, it would be an error to consider the works developed at the Royal College of Art as highly conceptual or unrealistic – the university has one of the best series of manufacturing workshops, focusing on the actual physical modelling of objects, which aids its students to become familiar with various materials, a much-needed element in order to develop good design.


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6. 谢菲尔德大学

建筑师还面临着一个问题：如果你不是一个好的企业家，你能成为这个领域的家喻户晓的建筑师吗？这看似可能的，但它是非常困难的。这就是为什么谢菲尔德大学相比传统建筑课程还教授学生政治、社会和商业课程，这些课程建筑师早期很少接触。这让本校毕业生与其他院校同专业学生有了明显优势，使他们能够自给自足，而不是依附大型建筑公司为自己打名气。

6.University of Sheffield
Architects are nowadays faced with the question: can you become a household name in this area if you are not a good entrepreneur? Possibly, but it is highly difficult. This is why the University of Sheffield proposes, alongside traditional architectural courses, to teach its students political, social, and business classes, which architects rarely learn early on. This offers its students obvious advantages in front of other graduates and enables them to become self-sufficient instead of being dependent on big architecture firms to create a name for themselves.


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7. 伦敦大都会大学

在这所大学中以独特的方式开发的技能是写作。重点关注学生对项目进行简要和研究的方式，如果你热衷于建筑业界，我们建议伦敦大都会大学的约翰•卡斯先生艺术，建筑与设计学院是一间不错的学校。

7.London Metropolitan University
The skill that is developed in a unique manner in this University is the writing one. Heavily focusing on the manner in which students develop their brief and research for their projects, we recommend The Sir John Cass Faculty of Art, Architecture, and Design within the London Metropolitan University as a school to attend if you passionate in the field of architectural press.
 

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8. 格拉斯哥艺术学院

著名的MacMag杂志，为格拉斯哥艺术学院的建筑学院特别分配给学生一个项目——从现实的，现场分配的主题到争论性的主题，这种方法提供了多方位发展的可能。

8.Glasgow School of Art
Famous for the MacMag magazine, written for students, by students, the faculty of architecture of the Glasgow School of Art particularizes itself by the projects assigned to students – from realistic, site-assigned themes to competition themes, the approach varies and develops in a multi-oriented manner.


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9. 金斯顿大学

金士顿大学采用实践方法，以“通过制作思考”为座右铭，与数字建模相比，形式和材料不同，这是一所相当重视手工作业的学校。

由于两个排名的评估标准不同，它们可能略有不同；然而，剑桥、巴特利特似乎在两个评选中都有较高的评分，满足了大部分的标准。另一方面，一些最负盛名和历史悠久的著名建筑学院，如伦敦建筑协会建筑学院，不再位居最顶尖的位置了。是时间变化带来的改变还是硬件评分降低？你可以有自己的判断。

9.Kingston University
With a hands-on approach, marked by the motto “thinking through making”, the Kingston University is a school that heavily relies on the importance of manual work, which offers a different towards form and material than digital modeling.
Owing to the different evaluation criteria for both rankings, they might have turned out slightly different; however, Cambridge, Bath, and Cardiff seem to be holding well in both, satisfying most of the criteria. On the other hand, some of the most prestigious and historically famous architecture schools, like the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, are, actually, missing from the top positions in both. Have times changed or are the evaluating points not sufficient? You can be the judge of that.


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