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Emory Station

Emory Station

Entitled "Emory Station," this architectural model was created by Boyde Barton, a student in the architecture program at the Savannah College of Art and Design. Established in 1985, the architecture program received accreditation from the National Architectural Accrediting Board in 1991.

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Clark Hall

Clark Hall

Clark Hall, formerly Eichberg Hall, designed by the firm of Fay and Eichberg and built in 1887 for the Central of Georgia Railway, today houses the architecture program at the Savannah College of Art and Design.

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SCAD Architecture Students

SCAD Architecture Students

Students in the architecture program at the Savannah College of Art and Design discuss a class project. Established in 1985, the program enrolled more than 420 students in fall 2004.

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SCAD Architecture Student

SCAD Architecture Student

A student in the Savannah College of Art and Design architecture program works on a project. Completion of the five-year program results in a master of architecture degree.

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Springvale Park

Springvale Park

Comprising ten acres, Springvale Park is the centerpiece of the Inman Park neighborhood, which was established in the late 1880s. In 1903 Inman Park founder Joel Hurt hired landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted to improve the park aesthetically.

Photograph by Ted Bazemore

College of Architecture

College of Architecture

Georgia Tech's Architecture Building, pictured in 1953, today houses the College of Architecture, City Planning, and Industrial Design.

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College of Architecture

College of Architecture

Georgia Tech's architecture program is one of the nation's top programs of its kind. The College of Architecture also offers degree programs in building construction, city and regional planning, and industrial design.

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Hinman Research Building

Hinman Research Building

The Hinman Research Building, built in 1939 as part of the "academic village" at Georgia Tech, was designed in the Bauhaus modern style by Paul M. Heffernan. Today the building houses the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.