About the Faculty

Our mission is to advance scholarly and creative achievement in professions for designing and planning the built and natural environment. Students develop their creative and critical skills in academic and professional settings.
COVID-19 Update for Students
For students in Architecture courses, please see the School of Architecture home page.
For students in Planning courses, an announcement will appear soon on the School of Planning home page.
Research and Practice

At the Faculty of Architecture and Planning at Dalhousie University, research and practice are ways to mobilize change towards sustainable communities and environments. Learn more about our research and practice.
Alumni news
- Alumni featured in Canadian Architect Editorial: Acting on Equity
- Nova Tayona’s farmhouse featured in Dwell Magazine
- School of Planning hosts successful World Planning Day virtual event!
- Students find co-op success among pandemic challenges
- Alumni firms head up winning team of Art Gallery design competition
Architecture & Planning News from Dal News
- Reimagining award‑winning architecture
- Grad Profile: Finding purpose in urban planning
- Grad Profile: Architecture as art
- Tackling fundamental problems from new perspectives
- The Big Picture: The looming threat of rising sea levels — and what we can do about it
Faculty News
Alumni News
Alumni news
- Alumni featured in Canadian Architect Editorial: Acting on Equity
- Nova Tayona’s farmhouse featured in Dwell Magazine
- School of Planning hosts successful World Planning Day virtual event!
- Students find co-op success among pandemic challenges
- Alumni firms head up winning team of Art Gallery design competition
Arch. & Plan. in Dal News
Architecture & Planning News from Dal News
- Reimagining award‑winning architecture
- Grad Profile: Finding purpose in urban planning
- Grad Profile: Architecture as art
- Tackling fundamental problems from new perspectives
- The Big Picture: The looming threat of rising sea levels — and what we can do about it