pedestrian shopping street. Graduate architecture design studio and research classes were first held at 420 Lincoln Road in September 2011 for the Fall 2011 semester. 420 Lincoln Road marks the second FIU academic space in South Beach, along with the Wolfsonian-FIU Museum. Degrees The FIU School of Architecture is unique amongst architecture schools in the United States in that it offers only graduate degrees for both undergraduate and graduate students. Undergraduate freshmen students begin in their graduate programs in their first semester at FIU. The school's current degrees are: Department of Architecture: Undergraduate Master of Architecture, 5-year or 6-year plan for undergraduate students Master of Architecture, 2 or 3-years with bachelor's degree Master of Arts in Architecture, 1-year post-professional degree Department of Landscape Architecture: Undergraduate Master of Landscape Architecture, 5-year or 6-year plan for undergraduate students Master of Landscape Architecture, 2 or 3-years with bachelor's degree Master of Arts in Landscape Architecture, 1-year post-professional degree Department of Interior Design: Undergraduate Master of Interior Design, 5-year or 6-year plan for undergraduate students Master of Interior Design, 2 or 3-years with bachelor's degree Master of Arts in Interior Design, 1-year post-professional degree Admissions FIU School of Architecture admissions This table does not account deferredapplications or other unique situations. The FIU School of Architecture is accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board. Applicants applying as high school seniors and transfer students apply for the school's Undergraduate Masters programs. To be admitted students must first apply and be accepted by FIU, and must then apply to the School of Architecture separately by submitting their application, résumé, portfolio, and transcripts to their program of choice. Applicants applying as graduate students apply to the FIU Graduate School as well as the School of Architecture. Admission to both is required for admittance into the program. For Fall 2009, first-year students, the average high school GPA was 3.98. Over 1,000 students applied to the freshman class of the School of Architecture, with 60 being accepted. This gives the FIU School of Architecture a 6% admissions rate. The FIU School of Architecture is the most competitive in Florida, with the lowest admission rate in the state at 14% (2011). Facilities Paul Cejas Building at University Park The SoA is located in the Paul L. Cejas School of Architecture Building on the northern side of the University Park campus. The entire SoA complex was designed by Bernard Tschumi, who won