`Architecture School' follows a group of fourth-year students at Tulane University in New Orleans, as they compete to design an affordable home to be built in the area ravaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The winning design will be built by the group of students during their school year and placed on the market, giving one fledgling architect a high-profile start to his or her career, and giving the whole group a chance to contribute to the rebuilding of the city. The house is built through the school's URBANbuild program, which works in partnership with Neighborhood Housing Service of New Orleans, a non-profit agency dedicated to restoring urban areas.