INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE BA Honours
Course summary
Interior architecture is a distinct and separate discipline to architecture. Its specific focus is the creation of innovative and exciting interior spaces, primarily through the adaptation and spatial manipulation of existing buildings.
The course is concerned not just with physical intervention but also with how space is understood and occupied. The course implicitly embeds issues of sustainability, through its concern with reuse, and refurbishment, as well as the critical ability to respond appropriately to a given context.
It is interdisciplinary in its outlook and acknowledges the importance of other closely related areas, including interior design, exhibition design, set and lighting design, retail and product design, interior conservation as well as multidisciplinary and traditional design practice.
The Interior Architecture BA course is designed to equip you with the practical skills and theoretical knowledge required to pursue a career in interior architecture and design-related fields and/or go on to further awards in tertiary education, most typically a Master's qualification.
The design modules promote creativity, aesthetic sensibility and intellectual enquiry, together with the skills needed to work individually and in groups in developing design proposals.
The work produced in the design studios forms the basis of your design portfolio through which you will prepare for practice/employment, or in support of your application for postgraduate study. Technical skills, cultural context, design management and economics, and the commercial aspect of interiors necessary for practice are integrated with design projects.
CAREERS
Our course equips graduates with the practical skills and theoretical knowledge they need to pursue a career in interior architecture or related fields such as interior design, exhibition design, set and lighting design, retail and product design and interior conservation.
The course also prepares students for study at postgraduate level. We offer a range of Master’s courses including the Interior Design MA, Architecture MA and Architecture and Environmental Design MSc. Additionally, graduating students have gone on to study information experience design, urban design and project management in the UK and abroad.
Career development is embedded in the course. You'll learn about industry roles, tasks, practices, salaries and have the opportunity to visit external interior architecture offices.
With a growing global network of 3,000 employers, our Careers and Employability Service is here to support you to achieve your full potential.
Industry links
We have strong links with a wide range of international design professionals and companies including Professor Sadie Morgan from de Rijke Marsh Morgan Architects, Perkins + Will and VOLA. These companies support our students by presenting at our Employers Events, inviting students to in-office design crits and judging student awards.
You'll be taught by practitioners with years of experience gained across the world. Industry professionals regularly appear as guest speakers, with past speakers including Architype, Casson Mann, Es Devlin Studio, Extinction Rebellion, Hawkins Brown, Retrouvius Reclamation & Design, Richard Griffiths Architects, Spaced Out, Thomas Heatherwick Studio, Woods Bagot UK, Ullmayer Sylvester Architects, and YourStudio.
Our course has a long-standing relationship to VOLA UK, who award annual portfolio prizes and invite students into their studio each year. Other engagement from VOLA UK has included hosting an exhibition of student work in their showroom and inviting a group of students to visit the VOLA Academy in Denmark.
Our Employability Week is designed to make the transition from academia to practice as smooth as possible. It covers graduate employment expectations, roles, tasks, practices, salaries, office visits, CV advice, and interview tips. It also includes interview experience with employers and an alumni networking event.
Our course is a member of Interior Educators and previous graduating students have participated in the annual exhibition FreeRange, held at The Old Truman Brewery in East London. This is the largest employer-focused interior student show in the country.
Job roles
This course will prepare you for roles in fields such as:
- Conservation and heritage
- Exhibition design
- Interior architecture and design
- Lighting design
- Retail design
Graduate employment
Graduates from this course have found employment at organisations including:
- Perkins & Wills
- Foster + Partners
- Make Architects
- YourStudio
- Pippa Nissen Architects
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