Американское архитектурное братство Альфа Ро Хи

American architecture fraternity

Alpha Rho Chi (ΑΡΧ) is an American professional co educational college fraternity for students studying architecture and related professions. The fraternity's name is derived from the first three letters of the Greek word for architecture, ἀρχιτεκτονική.

APX was founded on April 11, 1914, with the merger of Sigma Upsilon (local) at the University of Michigan and the Arcus Society (local) at the University of Illinois to form a national fraternity for Architecture and the allied arts. Sigma Upsilon (local) had been founded four years prior by eight architecture students at Michigan, with the intent of eventually forming a national architecture fraternity, and had drafted their constitution and laws to reflect that. Two years after they were founded in 1912. they were recognized by their school as a fraternity and started negotiations with other schools to open up more chapters. In 1911, the Arcus Society (local) was formed by fifteen architecture students as a secret society; it became public a year later. After recognition by their school, the Arcus Society started correspondence with several other schools to expand. One of those schools was the University of Michigan, which started the collaboration of the two founding brothers of ΑΡΧ, Leo M. Bauer of the Arcus Society and Chandler C. Cohagen of Sigma Upsilon. According to fraternity history books, the Anthemios chapter at the University of Illinois claims to be the first chapter of the new fraternity. This was achieved by setting the meeting for the fraternity's organization and merger while Illinois was on break and Michigan was still holding classes. Iktinos at Michigan also claims to be the first chapter as their precursor organization existed before the society in Illinois. Both the Iktinos and Anthemios chapters are considered the founding chapters and share the same cadency mark. Bauer and Cohagen met on 1914, at the Hotel Sherman in Chicago, where they selected the name for the combined organization, the new constitution and by laws, and the coat of arms. The brothers decided to keep the colors azure and sanguine, from the Arcus Society, and the white rose, a symbol of Sigma Upsilon. They also selected the chapter names from a list of prominent Greek and Roman architects; Egyptian architects were added at a later date. Illinois selected Anthemios as their name, and Michigan selectedIktinos.

Alpha Rho Chi set expansion and becoming a national architecture fraternity as their first goal. Several existing architecture organizations petitioned to join, but only Tau Epsilon Chi of Ohio State University was accepted, being installed as the Demetrios chapter on February 25, 1916. The Cyma Club became the Mnesicles chapter at the University of Minnesota on October 10, 1916. Recruiting efforts slowed with the start of World War I because most of the brothers entered the armed services.

After the war, the Kallikrates chapter was installed at the University of Virginia on February 15, 1922. The Andronicus chapter was installed a month later, on March 11, 1922, with eleven charter members at the University of Southern California. Active chapters are in bold; inactive chapter are in italic. ChapterChartered/RangeInstitutionLocationStatusReferenceAnthemiosMay 22, 1914University of Illinois at Urbana ChampaignChampaign, IllinoisActiveIktinosJune 5, 1914University of MichiganAnn Arbor, MichiganActiveDemetriosFebruary 25, 1916 – xxxx ? ; February 1, 2020Ohio State UniversityColumbus, OhioActiveMnesiclesOctober 10, 1916University of MinnesotaMinneapolis MinnesotaActiveKallikratesFebruary 15, 1922 – xxxx ?University of VirginiaCharlottesville, VirginiaInactiveAndronicusMarch 11, 1922University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CaliforniaActivePaeoniosFebruary 10, 1923 – 194x ?Kansas State UniversityManhattan, KansasInactiveDinocratesApril 19, 1924 – xxxx ?, xxxx ?University of Texas at AustinAustin, TexasActivePolyklitosMay 24, 1924 – 194x ?Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PennsylvaniaInactiveTheronMay 23, 1926 – c. 1933Oklahoma State University–StillwaterStillwater, OklahomaInactiveVitruviusMarch 27, 1955Pennsylvania State UniversityState College, PennsylvaniaActiveSatyrosMay 13, 1962Arizona State UniversityTempe, ArizonaActiveMetagenesMarch 23, 1969Virginia TechBlacksburg, VirginiaActiveXenoclesSeptember 13, 1970 – xxxx ?University of Texas at ArlingtonArlington, TexasInactiveDaphnisNovember 23, 1980 – xxxx ?University of ArkansasFayetteville, ArkansasInactiveDaedalusJune 1980California Polytechnic State UniversitySan Luis Obispo, CaliforniaActiveCleisthenesSeptember 6, 1981University of HoustonHouston, TexasActiveHeracleidesSeptember 6, 1981 – xxxx ?University of OklahomaNorman, OklahomaInactiveRhoecus April 8, 1984 – xxxx ?University of KansasLawrence, KansasInactiveApollodorusApril 10, 1986University of FloridaGainesville, FloridaActivePytheosMarch 29, 1992University of Nebraska–LincolnLincoln, NebraskaActiveSeshaitMarch 12, 1994Florida A&M UniversityTallahassee, FloridaActiveRabiriusNovember 4, 2000/January 20, 2001University of CincinnatiCincinnati, OhioActiveImhotepOctober 19, 2002 – 20xx ?University of MemphisMemphis, TennesseeInactiveNiconJuly 11, 2004Florida International UniversityMiami, FloridaActiveDomitianJanuary 30, 2005New Jersey Institute of TechnologyNewark, New JerseyActiveSenenmutFebruary 26, 2005University at BuffaloBuffalo, New YorkActiveHadrianNovember 4, 2006Tulane University New Orleans, LouisianaActive (Decimus) CossutiusJanuary 20, 2008California College of the ArtsSan Francisco, CaliforniaActiveSostratusApril 19, 2009Washington State UniversityPullman, WashingtonActiveAgamedesApril 30, 2011University of MiamiCoral Gables, FloridaActiveIsidorusApril 30, 2011Miami UniversityOxford, OhioActiveSeverusJune 9, 2012Kent State UniversityKent, OhioActivePhilonJanuary 26, 2013Washington University in St. LouisSt. Louis, MissouriActiveCallimachusMarch 2, 2013University of California, BerkeleyBerkeley, CaliforniaActiveHemiunuMarch 9, 2013 – 20xx ?Howard UniversityWashington, D. C. InactiveHippodamusMarch 9, 2013Mississippi State UniversityStarkville, MississippiActivePolyidusApril 12, 2014Southern Polytechnic State UniversityMarietta, GeorgiaActiveNumisiusMay 3, 2014NewSchool of Architecture and DesignSan Diego, CaliforniaActiveAristobulusMarch 7, 2015 – 20xx ?Clemson UniversityClemson, South CarolinaInactiveTheodorusFebruary 4, 2017University of TennesseeKnoxville, TennesseeActiveAmenophisApril 1, 2017Southern Illinois UniversityCarbondale, IllinoisActiveSkopas June 2020Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, New YorkActive