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CodeDS/UK/3853
NameArchitectural Association School of Architecture (AA); 1847-; English architecture school
Variations of NameArchitectural Association
Dates1847-
BiographyThe AA is the oldest independent school in the UK and one of the most prestigious and competitive schools of architecture in the world.[3] The Architectural Association, the pre-cursor to the school, was founded in 1847 by two dissatisfied young architects (Robert Kerr, 24, and Charles Grey, 24), to provide a self-directed, independent education at a time when the profession of architecture had yet to appear in the form recognised today. The AA School was formally established in 1890. In 1901, it moved premises to the former Royal Architectural Museum. In 1917, it moved again, to its current premises in Bedford Square, central London (it has since acquired additional London premises in John Street and a 350-acre (1.4 km2) site at Hooke Park in Dorset). The school has also acquired property on Morwell Street behind Bedford Square, which it uses as studio space and there are plans for further expansion.

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