ACBA-American College of the Building Arts

America's only 4-year liberal arts college focused on traditional building arts. #acba #educatingartisans

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Blacksmithing graduate Maverick Longo's finished Capstone Project is a hand-hammered copper repoussé—an ancient metalworking technique—of an Edo-style oni, a type of Japanese demon. Swipe to see the completed copper creation!

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CAPSTONE JOURNEYS ⚒️ 2026 Stone Carving graduate Davis Cowling created a fireplace surrounding inspired by his native Virginia’s magnificent trees. With its final destination as an outdoor fireplace and pizza oven at their family farm, this project will be enjoyed by Cowlings for generations to come!

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In the Classical Architecture studio 🏛️📐

Students study the elements and principles of traditional architecture, gaining the skills to design with a thoughtful approach that considers the needs of a place and its people. Through understanding how the classical tradition has evolved, they learn to shape built environments for today and the future.

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The Duomo di Orvieto—a renowned 14th-century Roman Catholic church in Umbria, Italy—offered our Study Aboard students an unparalleled, up-close view of design and craftsmanship. What a privilege for our students to see this masterpiece in person. 🇮🇹

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Some clips of college freshmen:
blacksmithing: https://t.co/aSNvWJnhX4
stone carving: https://t.co/VFseH6JjYf
plaster:
https://t.co/cINHmgcH1x

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ACBA Alumni and students began raising this frame with Professor Sutter’s company. It is 125' by 60'. We are excited for all the alumni and current students who have worked on this project!

https://t.co/qlBipCBV7j

https://t.co/uaa60sJhfR

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Second year wood students have completed their last project of the semester, a timber framed coal storage rack. This has been installed in our courtyard and will be a wonderful storage for our blacksmithing department.
https://t.co/COCUEGnOkW

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First year stone carving student, Tatum Connor, working on her semester project. The freshmen class began with splitting their stone and have progressed to adding decorative details.
https://t.co/9IPm4GEHdi

[Chad Urban @Chad_Urban]

Here are some pieces the @ACBACharleston students have been working on. When you’re surrounded by the students and their projects, it’s easy to lose sight of how incredibly lucky we are to be here. Given that, I’ll try to post more often, but follow our Instagram for more posts!

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At the American College of the Building Arts, José Jiménez learned an important lesson: just because something can be built quickly doesn’t mean that it’s done right.

Read on: https://t.co/LwqWSl8Cos #WorldArchitectureDay @ACBACharleston

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@Chad_Urban @Trad_West_Art Are you, though?

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Addison de Lisle, Professor of Blacksmithing at The American College of Building Arts, is Working with Fire to Create Beautiful, Useful Objects https://t.co/1DHFs3C6Bx @ACBACharleston #chs

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Happy Labor Day! What have you been working on this weekend?
#charleston #acba #precovid #timberframing #educatingartisans #laborday

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Always growing and expanding! The new trowel shop mezzanine taking shape!

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Grinding our way into the new week! #charleston #educatingartisans #iron #forge #blacksmith #acba

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For #waybackwednesday we are going back to 2019. Remember when we could see a smile? We are doing our part by masking up now so we can get back to this later!

#wearamask #charleston #ACBA #StaySafeStayHealthy

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Week 1 #BackToSchool down!
How's everybody else doing?

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The project on Charlotte St. balances new accommodations and features while using sustainable and historically accurate building techniques.

https://t.co/Vbb8T8DSeQ

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WELCOME BACK, STUDENTS! We are looking forward to the start of the new school year!
#firstdayofclass #acba #buildingartscollege #educatingartisans #charleston #wearamask #washyourhands

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It’s #flexfriday and this week we are featuring mallorymeadie (Senior Stone Carver) Give her a follow to keep up with the progress of this amazing piece.
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“I started by figuring out how to squeeze the shape of a… https://t.co/t7nP25VFU3