Alpha Rho Chi (ΑΡΧ) is a professional fraternity for students studying architecture. Professional fraternities, in the North American fraternity system, are organizations whose membership is restricted to students and faculty members in a particular field of professional education. ... Architecture (in Greek αÏÏή = first and ÏÎÏνη = craftsmanship) is the art and science of designing buildings and structures. ...
AlphaRhoChiFraternity was founded on April 11, 1914, when Arcus Society of the University of Illinois and Sigma Upsilon of the University of Michigan came together in Chicago, Illinois.
AlphaRhoChi continued on, installing the Cleisthenes Chapter at the University of Houston on March 11, 1972.
AlphaRhoChi is the national professional co-educational fraternity open to students in architecture and the allied arts.
AlphaChiRho's basic principles are found in the Landmarks formed by the founders of the Fraternity over a century ago.
With the acceptance of the Chi Delta local at the University of Illinois, expansion efforts were changed to focus on expanding to schools in the same athletic conferences or ones that were close by.
In 1770, the Alpha of Connecticut was originated at Yale, and in 1871, the Alpha of Massachusetts Bay at Harvard.