Design and architecture summer camps for high school students
Most schools of architecture around the country now offer a summer school program for high school students who are interested in going into the field of design and/or architecture.
I will begin offering classes in the Fall beginning in September. You can find out more about my classes at Architecture 11 for Kids and Teens.
To follow is a list of a few programs. If you are interested in being a part of one or are a parent of a student who may be interested, see if there is a program close to where you live.
Here are examples of some of the summer programs:
North America
NORTHEAST
Boston Architectural College – Boston, MA
BAC Summer Academy (Online and In-Person)
Urban Design and Planning Pre-College Fellowship
Boston Society of Architects – Boston, MA
Arch/Design High School Internships
July 7 – August 15, 2025 – High School (6 Weeks)
Carleton University – Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Studio First (Online)
Imagine Architecture (Online and In-Person)
Cincinnati Architectural Mentoring Program – Cincinnati, OH
Summer CAMP
July 13 – 19, 2025 – Rising 8th and 9th grade (1 Week)
Cooper Union – New York, NY
Introduction to Architecture for High School Students (Online)
Introduction to Architecture for College Students (Online)
Fallingwater – Mill Run, PA
Virtual Summer Camps
Session I: June 30 – July 3, 2025 – High School (1 Week)
Session II: August 4 – August 8, 2025 – High School (1 Week)
Marywood University, School of Architecture (MUSoA)
Design Your Future Architecture + Design Program
June 21 – 28, 2025 – High School (1 Week)
New Jersey Institute of Technology – Newark, NJ
Career Exploration Summer Programs
Norwich University – Northfield, VT
Summer Design Academy
July 6 – 12, 2025 – High School (1 Week)
The Pennsylvania State University – State College, PA
Architecture and Landscape Architecture Summer Camp
Advanced Architecture and Landscape Architecture Summer Camp
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – Troy, NY
Architecture Career Discovery Program (Online and In-Person)
Roger Williams University – Bristol, RI
Summer Academy
‘T’ Space Rhinebeck – Rhinebeck, NY
‘T’ Space Architecture Residency (Online and In-Person)
Temple University – Philadelphia, PA
The Tyler Architecture Institute
Session I: July 7 – 18, 2025 – High School (2 Weeks)
Session II: July 21 – August 1, 2025 – High School (2 Weeks)
SOUTHEAST
Auburn University – Auburn, AL
Clemson University – Clemson, SC
Summer Scholars
June 6 – 11, 2025 – High School (1 Week)
Georgia Institute of Technology – Atlanta, GA
Pre-College Summer Program
Session I: June 15 – 27, 2025– High School (2 Weeks)
Session II: July 6 – 18, 2025 – High School (2 Weeks)
Kennesaw State University – Marietta, GA
Louisiana State University – Baton Rouge, LA
Architecture Camp
June 1 – 6, 2025 – High School (1 Week)
Mississippi State University – Starkville, MS
Architecture Summer Camp: Design Discovery
June 1 – 7, 2025 – High School & Incoming College Freshmen (1 Week)
North Carolina State University – Raleigh, NC
NC State Design Camp
Tulane University – New Orleans, LA
Explorations in Architecture and Design
University of Miami – Miami, FL
Pre-College Summer Scholars
University of North Carolina at Charlotte – Charlotte, NC
SoA Summer Design Academy
University of Tennessee – Knoxville, TN
UT Summer Design Camp
July 13 – 19, 2025 – High School (1 Week)
Virginia Tech School of Architecture & Design – Blacksburg, VA
VT Explore Architecture Summer Program (Online and In-Person)
EAST CENTRAL
Ball State University – Muncie, IN
Architecture + Planning Camp @CAP: INDY
The Center for Architecture & Design – Columbus, OH
High School Design Studio
June 2 – 13, 2025 – High School (2 Weeks)
University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, MI
ArcStart
July 14 – August 1, 2025 – High School & Rising College Freshmen (3 Weeks)
University of Notre Dame – Notre Dame, IN
Career Discovery
June 16 – 28, 2025 – High School (2 Weeks)
WEST CENTRAL
Chicago Architecture Center – Chicago, IL
University of Illinois at Chicago – Chicago, IL
HiArch Summer High School Architecture Program
Week 1: July 21 – 25, 2025 – High School (1 Week)
Week 2: July 28- August 1, 2025 – High School (1 Week)
Illinois Institute of Technology – Chicago, IL
Experiment in Architecture Workshop
Judson University – Elgin, IL
Architecture and Interior Design Discovery Camp
July 13 – 18, 2025 – High School (1 Week)
Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts – St. Louis, MO
The Architecture Discovery Program (ADP)
July 13 – 26, 2025 – High School (2 Weeks)
University of Colorado Denver – Denver, CO
Architecture in the City
University of Kansas – Lawrence, KS
Pre-College Design Camp
June 8 – 14, 2025 – High School (1 Week)
University of Nebraska-Lincoln – Lincoln, NE
Career Explorations in Architecture, Interior Design and Landscape Architecture Workshop
June 8 – June 13, 2025 – High School (1 Week)
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee – Milwaukee, WI
Virtual Architecture Summer Camp Academy (Online)
SOUTHWEST
University of Arkansas – Fayetteville, AR
Design Camp
University of New Mexico -Albuquerque and Santa Fe, NM
Architecture + Design Summer Academy
University of Texas San Antonio – San Antonio, TX
Summer Career Academy in Architecture & Interior Design (Online and In-Person)
June 2 – 16, 2025 – High School (2 Weeks)
Texas A&M University – College Station, TX
Camp ARCH
July 7 – 12, 2025 – High School (1 Week)
WEST
California College of The Arts – San Francisco, CA
Architecture & Interior Design Pre-College Program
July 7 – August 1, 2025 – High School (4 Weeks)
California Poly State University – SLO – San Luis Obispo, CA
CAED/Architecture Summer Career Workshop
June 22 – July 18, 2025 – High School (4 Weeks)
SoCal NOMA – East Los Angeles, CA
Summer Camp
July 12, 19, and 26, 2025 – Ages 10 -18 (3 Days)
Southern California Institute of Architecture – Los Angeles, CA
Making+Meaning
June 30 – July 25, 2025 – College, PostGrad, Professionals (4 Weeks)
Design Immersion Days
June 16 – July 11, 2025 – High School (4 Weeks)
UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design – Berkeley, CA
DISC: Design + Innovation for Sustainable Cities
University of California, Los Angeles – Los Angeles, CA
JumpStart
June 23 – July 18, 2025 – High School Graduates (4 Weeks)
TeenArch Studio (Online and In-Person)
University of Idaho – Moscow, ID
Summer Design Days
June 25 – 28, 2025 – High School (1 Week)
University of Southern California – Los Angeles, CA
High School Program: Exploration of Architecture
June 15 – July 12, 2025 – High School (4 Weeks)
University of Washington – Seattle, WA
Summer 2025 Courses
INTERNATIONAL
The Architectural Association (AA) – The United Kingdom
Visiting School
CIAO! Center for Introduction to Architecture Overseas – Pontano, Italy
-Dora Taylor
Post script:
For many years I have been working on a book based on my experiences teaching young people on the subject of architecture and design for about 25 years. The book has been written and now I am using Kickstarter to fund the final steps which include hiring a book cover designer and someone to professionally format the book due to the number of images included.
I will greatly appreciate it if you could spread the word about my endeavor.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Dora