The Walsh Family Hall of Architecture stands on the south side of the University of Notre Dame campus in Indiana. John Simpson won a design competition in 2014 and designed it with Stantec. The Walsh Group built it. Construction began on October 31, 2016, and the building was dedicated on November 9, 2018. It houses the Notre Dame School of Architecture, previously in Bond Hall.
The design follows classical principles taught at the École des Beaux-Arts. Buildings surround a central courtyard, like a traditional quadrangle. A temple-like Hall of Casts forms the entrance and holds the school's plaster casts. A Greek-style stoa links studios, auditorium, library and exhibition hall. A tower is modeled on the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates.
A 14-foot (4.3-meter) statue of Leon Battista Alberti by Alexander Stoddart was added in 2019. The building won a 2019 Acanthus Award.
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