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Learn by Doing

One of the highest-ranked built environment colleges in the country, the CAED offers a unique blend of eight degree programs in five closely related departments.

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Foundational Planning

Empower people and communities to manage growth and change in their physical, social and economic environments.

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Creative and Scientific Principles

Promote responsible, humanistic and sustainable approaches to land planning and design through a thorough knowledge of ecology, natural systems, human behavior, aesthetics and construction.

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Visionary Design

Synthesize technical, environmental, and experiential design concepts as a responsible, ethical and creative leader.

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Total Project Design

Design the mechanical and structural systems of buildings through a crossdisciplinarity understanding of architecture and construction management.

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Project Leadership

Play a central role in building and maintaining the infrastructure of this country and in markets around the world.

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Connections Magazine

Vellum/CAED Furniture Competition turns 20

Read the latest issue of Connections, the College of Architecture and Environmental Design's quarterly e-magazine.

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CAED Diversity Equity & Inclusion

CAED Diversity Plan Cover

Learn more about the CAED's Diversity Plan and Overview.

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Giving to the CAED

Students in the ARCH 241 - Architectural Technology Fundamentals class display their custom-designed and handmade bricks. With the support of WRNS Architects in San Francisco, the class traveled to Pacific Clay in Lake Elsinore to make the bricks, after firing, they were shipped up to Cal Poly.

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Hearst Lecture Series

The CAED Winter 2024 Hearst Lecture Series features Eric Long on Friday, March 8, 2024 at 5:00pm PST at the Business Rotunda (03-213).

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