Oslo School of Architecture and Design
Architecture school in Oslo, Norway
The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (Norwegian: Arkitektur- og designhøgskolen i Oslo, AHO) is an autonomous institution within the Norwegian university system. The School offers education in the fields of architecture, urbanism, design, and landscape architecture.
AHO offers three full-time master's programmes: Master of Architecture, Master of Design and Master of Landscape Architecture – the last programme is offered in Oslo and at the Arctic University in Tromsø. The school also offers post-professional Master's courses in Urbanism and Architectural Conservation. AHO offers a single type of doctoral degree, the Doctor of Philosophy.
History
The school was established directly after World War II as a "crisis course" for students of architecture who were unable to finish their degree due to the outbreak of the war. Before this, the only Norwegian option for obtaining an architectural degree was at Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH) in Trondheim.
All through the first half of the twentieth century, a group of architects had worked hard towards the establishment of an architectural school that was more aesthetically and academically oriented than a polytechnic education. The school was ultimately situated in Oslo, since it was generally felt that the capital had access to many of the nation's best practicing architects.
Initially, the architectural course was part of the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry.
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