Inside the Unconventional College That Blends Classical Building Trades With Liberal Arts Education
Students at Charleston’s American College of the Building Arts are finding hope for a stable future in mastering crafts like blacksmithing and architectural carpentry.
Dwell • Anjulie Rao
At a moment when higher education is scrambling to prove its relevance, a Charleston college is betting on patience, mastery, and work made to last. By joining liberal arts study with blacksmithing, stone carving, timber framing, and other classical building trades, it offers a hopeful picture of education that forms the mind while training the hands to build something beautiful and enduring.
