Case study F : incorporating management into an undergraduate architectural design programme

This case study chapter describes an approach to, and reflects upon, the early teething problems of embedding a management curriculum with the BA (Hons) Architectural Design and Management undergraduate degree at Northumbria University, which is located in the British city of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The underlying educational philosophy is to provide a degree with particular emphasis on design, technology and basic management skills, as recommended by the Construction Industry Council (CIC) (1993), and in response to the Royal Institute of British Architects’ (RIBA) thinking at the time, which encouraged variation in course provision.