This research aims to highlight the distinctive features found in the Ecole des Beaux-Arts architectural education curriculum, the first formal architectural educational institution in Europe during the 17th century that influenced most architectural education curriculum formation at the international level including curriculum in Malaysia. The aim of this research is to provide a foundation of understanding to the parties involved in architectural education regarding the origins and fundamental features of an architectural curriculum. The research methodology adopted in this research is Interpretive Historical Research where historical facts obtained will go through evidence investigation sessions, collection, and compilation of evidence and will be concluded with narrative construction. The architectural education curriculum implemented by the Ecole des Beaux-Arts is not stated in a structured manner as the global curriculum practices today. Therefore, this research specifically highlights the translation method of blurred curriculum information, which is in the form of storytelling on past architectural learning situations into a structured curriculum that can be evaluated in physical form and compared with the current architectural education system. The findings of the research showed that there are specific features in the architectural education curriculum by Ecole des Beaux-Arts based on the course breakdown method as practiced in the Malaysian architectural education system today.
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