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Description

The post-professional Master of Architecture is an advanced design and research program for individuals already holding a professional degree in architecture. This option provides a challenging and rigorous forum for those wishing to extend and focus their previous education in architecture. It seeks a diverse range of applicants, particularly those holding the promise of professional and academic leadership.

Successful applicants will declare a specific research area of interest and structure an integrated course of study that includes a field course, colloquium, thesis preparation, and electives. The program is oriented around a design-research thesis project. Students work closely throughout the program with faculty advisors with expertise in a declared area of interest, and gain insight from leading practitioners, theorists, and guest critics. This program is aligned with the post-professional Master of Landscape Architecture program to allow students to build a cohort across the two disciplines, offering an enriched experience.

Applicants should identify research proposals within one of the areas of interest in the program:

• Computation + Fabrication
• Health + Society
• Sustainability + Environment
• Justice + Action
   

Applicants should indicate their research interests and rationale in a concise statement of no more than 1000 words. It is not necessary to declare an advisor at the application stage.

The post-professional Master of Architecture does not grant a professionally accredited degree; rather, a professional degree is a prerequisite for admission. Those wishing to verify the status in Canada of a professional architecture degree earned abroad should contact the Canadian Architectural Certification Board (CACB): info@cacb.ca.

The course of study includes 6.0 credits over two semesters of study including an intensive two-week fieldcourse (0.5) and thesis preparation (0.5) during late summer, thesis I (1.0), thesis II (1.5), and additional core and elective courses (2.5).

At least one of the electives should have subject overlap with the student's research and area of interest, as agreed upon with their advisor. Post-Professional MArch students should communicate to the program director their choice of one of the following emphases for study:

Emphasis: Design Research

Term 1 (Fall)

ALA 4010H: Field Course (intensive two-week course in late August)
ALA 4020H: Thesis Prep (intensive two-week course in late August)

ALA 4021Y: Thesis 1
ALA 4030H: Colloquium
Elective 
Elective

Term 2 (Winter)

ALA 4022Y: Thesis 2
ALA 4040H: Theories and Methods
Elective

Emphasis: Professional Practice

Term 1 (Fall)

ALA 4010H: Field Course (intensive two-week course in late August)
ALA 4020H: Thesis Prep (intensive two-week course in late August)

ALA 4021Y: Thesis 1
ARC 3051H: Professional Practice 1
Elective 
Elective

Term 2 (Winter)

ALA 4022Y: Thesis 2
ARC 3052H: Professional Practice 2
Elective

More information on admissions to the post-professional Master of Architecture program is available on our Graduate Admissions page.

October 1, 2025: Applications open
January 5, 2026: Applications due

2026

Patterned Rights: Reframing Fabrication as Spatial Act through Jamdani in the Global South
Raima Rahman
Advisor: Nusrat Jahan Mim

Climate-to-Form: Parametric Bioclimatic Design for Furnace Cities
Jialong Xie
Advisors: Alstan Jakubiec & Brady Peters

Making Place Together: Operationalizing Belonging through Traceable Public Engagement in Cross-Cultural Urban Redevelopment
Chen Zixiang
Advisor: Robert Wright

Machines with Opinions: Exploring the Role of Machines and Robots in Architecture
Sarah Al-Qaysi
Advisor: Brady Peters

Atlas of Liminal Spaces
Shenghao Guan
Advisor: Fiona Lim Tung

2025

Learning on the Go: Spatial & Child Psychology of School Designs
Corrine Guo
Advisor: Miles Gertler

Architecture Without Architects: Understanding Self-built Dwellings
Maiara Martinello
Advisor: Noheir Elgendy

Invisible Architecture: Micro-climate of Material Energies
Ridhi Shah
Advisors: Carol Moukheiber, Christos Marcopoulos

2024

Preserving the Past, Protecting the Future: Climate-responsive Vernacular
Ardeshir Amini
Advisor: Alex Lukachko

In search of Palestine that is more than just a memory –  افتش عن فلسطين التي هي اكثر من ذاكرة
Noor Hamdan
Advisors: Noheir Elgendy and Carol Moukheiber

Reimagining Erosion: Form Fnding Through Computation
Mohanned Iskanderani
Advisors: Brady Peters and Paul Howard Harrison

Appearing and Disappearing: Reflections on Urban Linear Space in China 
Yufei Lin
Advisors: Reza Nik and Simon Rabyniuk

DwellQuest: Gamifying a Process for Toronto's Multiplex Revolution
Keith Nathan Vincent Tiu
Advisors: Jon Cummings and Paul Howard Harrison

Vacant City: Breathing New Life into Shenzhen's Office Spaces
Zixun Zhang
Advisor: Jon Cummings

2023

Nature/Culture: Mutations at the Tip of Florida
Yimin Hu
Advisor: Petros Babasikas

Borders, Thresholds, Passports
Romina Mehrbod
Advisors: Mitchell Akiyama and Maria Yablonina

2022

Designing With Embodied Carbon
Neveen Naushad
Advisor: Alex Lukachko

Space to Play
David Peterson
Advisors: Erica Allen-Kim and Stephen Verderber

Emotions and Sustainability
Peishan Shen
Advisor: Alstan Jakubiec

Microtopia
Zhuo Wang
Advisors: Michael Piper and Roberto Damiani

2021

Machined Memory
Hong Ahn
Advisors: Maria Yablonina and Paul Howard Harrison

Manifesto For The Miscellaneous
Youssef El Helou
Advisor: Adrian Phiffer

Glass Politics: on broken windows in Beirut
Batoul Faour
Advisor: Carol Moukheiber

Movements in the Other Experience Economy
Pooja Satish
Advisor: Jesse Le Cavalier

Header image credit: Hong Ahn