51ºÚÁÏ is pleased to announce the 2016-2017 Architectural Education Award Winners. Each year, 51ºÚÁÏ honors architectural educators for exemplary work in areas such as building design, community collaborations, scholarship, and service. Award winners inspire and challenge students, contribute to the profession’s knowledge base, and extend their work beyond the borders of academy into practice and the public sector. Congratulations to all the award winners!
Read about the winning submissions below, and be sure to join us in celebrating the winners in Detroit at the 105th 51ºÚÁÏ Annual Meeting.
Robert A. Stern
Yale University
Lisa Findley
California College of the Arts
Christopher Long
University of Texas at Austin
Jorge I. Rigau
Polytechnic University
of Puerto Rico
Christine O. Theodoropoulos
California Polytechnic
State University
Roger Schluntz
University of New Mexico
Alexander Eisenschmidt
The University of
Illinois at Chicago
Art of Space
Gerard Nadeau
Drury University
Lydia Kallipoliti
Polytechnic University
of Puerto Rico
Dotte Agency
Nils Gore, Shannon Criss,
& Matthew Kleinmann
University of Kansas
Education Center for
Beardsley Community Farm
Jennifer Akerman & Robert C. French
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Studio 335: Collaborative Service Learning
Robert Brooks & Thomas Bradley Deal
Louisiana Tech University
Learn & Grow: An Educational Garden
for the Boys & Girls Club
Alexis Gregory
Mississippi State University
Beginning Design: The HBCU Experience
Pavlina Ilieva, Gabriel Kroiz, & Adam Bridge
Morgan State University
Ian Caine
University of Texas At San Antonio
Aki Ishida
Virginia Tech
Lance Walters
University of Hawaii At Manoa
Unbuilding Long Branch
Matt Burgermaster
Parsons The New School for Design
Pacific Aquarium
Rania Ghosn
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
El Hadi Jazairy
University of Michigan
Faculty Design Honorable Mentions
Church and Parish Center
Miguel Guitart
University At Buffalo, SUNY
Daniel Gimeno
Gimeno Guitart
Atlas of Another America:
An Architectural Fiction
Keith Krumwiede
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Bluestone Church
Jungwoo Ji
Iowa State University
Post Rock
Meredith L. Miller &
Thom Moran
University of Michigan
Bus Shelter Prototypes
Christopher D. Trumble
University of Arizona
Food Trip Market Stall
Elizabeth Golden & Ray Villanueva
University of Washington
Preston Outdoor Education Station
David Dowell
Kansas State University
Louder than a Bomb 2
Terry Boling
MetroLAB, University of Cincinnati
Third Place Ecologies
Stephen D. Luoni, Francisco J. Mejias Villatoro, David Marroquin Juarez, & Tanzil Idmam Shafique
University of Arkansas
Retrofitting the Rustbelt City
Erkin Özay
University At Buffalo, SUNY
UWM SARUP Externship Program
Mo Zell
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Integrated Project Delivery Theater
Hans Curtis Herrmann, Emily M. McGlohn,
& Michele Herrmann
Mississippi State University
Smart Geometries for Smart Materials: Taming Thermobimetals to Behave
Doris Sung
University of Southern California
51ºÚÁÏ would like to thank the awards jurors, board of directors, and JAE editorial board for their work in reviewing almost 200 submissions and selecting the above award winners. View past winners.
TM JURYÂ
Stephen Vogel, U. of Detroit Mercy
Geraldine Forbes Isais, U. of New Mexico
Sharon Johnston, Johnston Marklee & Associates
Chere R. LeClair, LeClair Architects
Sarah Wahlgren, AIAS Rep.
NFT JURYÂ
Rachel Law, AIAS Rep.
Sarah Wahlgren, AIAS Rep.
Corey Griffin, Portland State U.
Magdalena Garmaz, Auburn U.
DA JURYÂ
Carlos Reimers, Catholic U. of America
Nichole Wiedemann, U. of Texas at Austin
Maria Arquero De Alarcon, U. of Michigan
CP JURYÂ
Rashida Ng, Temple U.
Michael Hughes, American U. of Sharjah
Vandana Baweja, U. of Florida
HDE JURYÂ
Kevin Alter, U. of Texas at Austin
Elizabeth Debs, RISD
Adrianne Steichen, PYATOK
DP JURYÂ
Francisco Rodriguez-Suarez, U. de Puerto Rico
Elizabeth Danze, U. of Texas at Austin
Judith Sheine, U. of Oregon
CA JURYÂ
Jori Erdman, Louisiana State U.
Marilys Nepomechie, Florida International U.
Julian Bonder, Roger Williams U.
FD JURYÂ
Grace La, Harvard U.
Kelly Bair, U. of Illinois at Chicago
Dan Wheeler, U. of Illinois at Chicago
DB JURYÂ
Francis Lyn, Florida Atlantic U.
Frank Flury, Illinois Institute of Technology
Linda Samuels, Washington University in St. Louis
PL JURY
Jeff Day, U. of Nebraska
John Cays, NJIT
Richard Borrelli, WBRC Architects Engineers
Lisa M. Chronister, City of Oklahoma City Planning Department
JAE Best Article Award Jury
JAE Editorial Board
51ºÚÁÏ Board of Directors
Founded in 1912 by 10 charter members, 51ºÚÁÏ is an international association of architecture schools preparing future architects, designers, and change agents. Our membership includes all of the accredited professional degree programs in the United States and Canada, as well as international schools and 2- and 4-year programs. Together 51ºÚÁÏ schools represent some 7,000 faculty educating more than 40,000 students.
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