• Some say they don't make things the way they used to.

    We beg to differ.

  • Educating Today's Artisans

    The American College of Building Arts is the only college in the United States that fully integrates professional training in the traditional building trades with a liberal arts core curriculum. Our graduates are leaders in their professions, equipped with the skills and knowledge for real world application.

  • Students go beyond just textbooks and computers at ACBA.

    They learn by using drafting tables, trowels, chisels, hammers and anvils.

  • ACBA Students do amazing things with their hands,

    Shaping timbers into soaring edifices, creating masterworks from limestone and plaster, and twisting red-hot iron into finely wrought designs.

  • Are passionate about what they do,

    Creating with their hands, their heads and their hearts.

  • Are trained to become leaders in their fields,

    They learn humanist traditions like history and English; practical skills like math and science; and design skills such as drawing and drafting. Taken together, this holistic approach to educations imparts the creative thinking skills that great artists in their fields need.

  • And build careers doing something they love.

    Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful, or to discover something that is true.

    (William Inge 1913-1973, American author)