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In Their Shoes: How one alumn is building a career in architecture

Career in architecture

Originally from South Africa and having graduated high school in Oman, Roché brought a unique international perspective to her Bachelor in Architectural Studies at IE University before going on to build a global architecture career. Now an alum, her path to international architecture took flight when IE Foundation awarded her the Junior Advisory Board Scholarship, […]

Creative Campus Segovia: Where Great Design Ideas are Born

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Where tradition meets innovation: Segovia’s rich educational heritage IE University’s Segovia location is steeped in history: our students already have the privilege of learning within the former Convent of Santa Cruz la Real, where monks once pored over their manuscripts. And our Creative Campus is housed in the magnificent setting of the Palacio de los […]

IE Tower: A Hub for Innovation and Sustainability in the Heart of Madrid

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The newest addition to the city’s “Five Tower” business district, IE Tower has already become a recognized piece of the city’s landscape. Now, architect Fernando Serrano-Suñer de Hoyos gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the design process that led to this unique building, revealing more about IE Tower and its importance to Madrid’s evolving skyline. […]

IE University: Sibling Success Stories – Navigating Life and Learning Together

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Originally from Venezuela, sisters María Paula Ramos and María Verónica Ramos lived for twelve years in Saudi Arabia, moving on to a boarding school in Switzerland, before making their way to IE University. María Verónica credits IE University with giving her an opportunity to develop her relationship with her sister, who, she says, “challenges me […]

The New Models Pushing Cities Forward

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What’s driving the sustainable future of our cities?  Martha Thorne, Dean of IE School of Architecture and Design, has over 12 years of experience in academia, with a focus on international contemporary architecture, cities in evolution and the changing role of the architect. She holds a Master of City Planning and a Bachelor in Urban […]

What Will Characterize the Cities of Tomorrow?

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How cities will change to accommodate sustainability? Associate Dean of IE School of Architecture and Design Cristina Mateo has several decades of experience in both academia and the professional realm. With journalism training, a PhD in Sociology and an Executive MBA in E-business from IE Business School, Professor Mateo is an expert in ethnology, branding […]

Dean Martha Thorne on 2022 Pritzker Architecture Prize winner, Francis Kéré

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The Pritzker Architecture Prize was created to celebrate architects who have “produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built environment through the art or architecture.” This prestigious annual award is commonly referred to as the “Nobel Prize of architecture.” It is the profession’s top prize. From 2005 to 2021, Martha Thorne, Dean of […]

Hacking the Masters

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In collaboration with Campus Life, the IE University Creativity Center—located at the Casa de la Moneda de Segovia—hosts the exhibition Learning by Doing, a collection of work by students of Intro to Design Studio I, taught by Professor Andrea Caruso at IE School of Architecture and Design. As in the previous edition, lamps have been […]

A walk through time at IE University’s Aula Magna

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But do you know exactly what it means, or the history behind it? Read on to find out more! What’s in a name? The word Aula Magna translates to “great hall.” But despite its Latin name, IE University’s Aula Magna isn’t as old as other parts of the Segovia Campus, such as the Archaeology Room. […]

Skateboarding lands in the classroom

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The sun beats down on the Nueva Segovia skatepark. Surrounded by about 20 students, Maxon Higbee begins his class with a skateboard under his arm, under the shade of a tree.  Sitting on a bench, parents watch their children skate and, at the same time, out of the corner of their eye, watch the speaker […]

Using Behance to enhance your creativity

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Signing up to the platform is very simple through www.behance.net and in fact, if you already own an Adobe Creative Cloud plan, you immediately own a Behance account. It’s a platform that’s taken the world of creatives by storm, so IE University has decided to hop on the trend! The opportunities the platform offers are […]

Lea Mathies: An Honours Program student who rises to the challenge

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The annual Honours Program challenge achieves exactly this. By bringing together top students from multiple disciplines, it allows them to gain new skills as they unleash their combined potential. The second year of the challenge has recently taken place, and we got in touch with one of the participants, Lea Mathies, who’s studying the Bachelor […]

IE University opens a new space on campus dedicated to the Creativity Center

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Whoever walks down the second-floor corridors at the Santa Cruz la Real campus in Segovia will discover a space that will forever leave a mark: the new corner at IE University’s Creativity Center, designed by Meteorito studio and developed by Segovian artist, Alberto Fernández Hurtado. A combination of yellow, fuchsia, and blue over a black […]

Letizia Caprile at Kaura Studio (Madrid) | Your Own Path

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Over the course of her academic and professional career, Letizia has gained a unique global perspective on what it means to be an architect. She has worked on a wide range of design projects all around the world. From Spain to the UK, Chile, and beyond, Letizia shares just how far she’s been able to […]

IE University architecture student builds extra-curricular success

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This year, she took the plunge into a worldwide competition for university students, as well as building connections between the two communities she’s part of. She shared her experience of the contest with us, and offered a little advice to her peers. Tell us why you chose to study architecture at IE University? Since childhood, […]

Become an architect and add these 6 skills to your resume

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These are just some of the questions that IE University encourages its students to reflect on when studying the Bachelor in Architectural Studies. From day one, our students are emboldened by the opportunities ahead of them, and they soon come to realize their potential and how to reach it. The Bachelor in Architectural Studies at […]

A Treasured International Experience

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Architecture student Tomomi Dambara shares with us her unforgettable experience studying abroad for a semester at Northeastern University in Boston, U.S.A.

Students with a creative eye at IE University

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The main hall of the IE University Creativity Center, located in Segovia’s ancient mint, is hosting “Localismos sin fronteras.” It gathers together works by various students who took part in an art workshop run over several months by recognized artist Alberto Fernández Hurtado (Segovia, 1975). The exhibition, which opened last Thursday, is sponsored by IE […]

An artistic and inspiring Italian

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This young Italian, who has an average grade of 9, believes that part of her academic success is due to the fact that she is a person who is consistent in everything she does, and she never gives up.

Film rider: A true lover of horses

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The life of this 22-year-old Canarian, studying architecture in Segovia, revolves in large part around horses, an animal that she has been fascinated by since she was very young.