Master of Tall Buildings and Vertical Urbanism (M.TBVU.)

Illinois Institute of Technology

The Master of Tall Buildings and Vertical Urbanism is a collaboration between the Illinois Institute of Technology and the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), and is the world’s first multidisciplinary advanced degree focused specifically on the high-rise, and the role of urban density in future cities. In an age of rapid urbanization, the tall building - more than any other building type - holds the key to sustainable existence for humanity on this planet. This design and research based program brings together students and professionals from architecture, real estate, engineering, urban design, construction management, business, finance, and other backgrounds, in a unique learning environment built to foster interdisciplinary research and experience. The three required courses (Advanced Studios, Talking TALL, and Tall Building Technologies) encourage students to apply architectural and urban principles to the design of sustainable high-rise buildings and future cities implement the use of appropriate technologies and systems in approaches to conceptual and technical high-rise building/urban design and: conduct research on the physical, environmental, and social sustainability aspects of urban density and high-rise buildings, at human, architectural, and urban scales.