This new campus right in Palm Springs looks like it's going to be a great architectual achievment and have lots of interesting programs. They are building a boutique hotel on the campus so students can study the hospitality trade. It will definitely be a money maker as well as a training centre. Great idea!
From The Desert Sum yesterday:
Palm Springs has long been a popular destination for admirers of midcentury architecture to come soak up knowledge, but plans are moving forward to create a space devoted to formal architectural study.
College of the Desert and Cal Poly Pomona, in association with the Palm Springs Architecture Alliance, are planning to launch a five-year accredited architecture program at COD's forthcoming Palm Springs campus, slated to open in 2023 on the site of the recently demolished mall on Tahquitz Canyon Way.
The Palm Springs School of Architecture will take elements from two already existing programs. COD currently offers a two-year architecture degree, and Cal Poly Pomona offers a bachelor's of architecture degree that takes five years to complete.
The schools are still in the early stages of formalizing their partnership, but it will ultimately allow students who attend COD's two-year program to obtain the five-year degree at the new Palm Springs campus without having to leave the valley.
