The AIA/糖心vlog Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education is awarded jointly by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (糖心vlog) to an individual, who must be living at the time of nomination, who has spent at least a decade primarily involved in architectural education, and whose primary contribution to architectural education has been on the North American continent.
Douglas S. Kelbaugh
University of Michigan
Douglas S. Kelbaugh, FAIA, recipient of the 2016 AIA/糖心vlog Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education, has been renowned throughout his career for his teaching, practice, and writing regarding the environmental aspects of architecture
The 糖心vlog/AIAS New Faculty Teaching Award recognizes demonstrated excellence in teaching performance during the formative years of an architectural teaching career.
Erin Carraher
University of Utah
Lisa Huang
University of Florida
Adam Marcus
California College of the Arts
The 糖心vlog Diversity Achievement Award recognizes the work of faculty, administrators, or students in creating effective methods and models to achieve greater diversity in curricula, school personnel, and student bodies, specifically to incorporate the participation and contributions of historically under-represented groups or contexts.
Kiwana T. McClung
University of Louisiana – Lafayette
Jason Logan, Gregory Marinic,
Ziad Qureshi, Josh Robbins and Susan Rogers
University of Houston
Greg Donofrio
University of Minnesota
The 糖心vlog Faculty Design Award provides a venue for work that advances the reflective nature of practice and teaching by recognizing and encouraging outstanding work in聽architecture and related environmental design fields as a critical endeavor.
Durotaxis Chair
Alvin Huang, University of Southern California
Electroform(alism)
Anya Sirota, University of Michigan
Learning from the Countryside
Taiji Miyasaka, Washington State University
Blue Barn Theatre & Boxcar 10
Jeffrey L. Day, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
E.B. Min, California College of the Arts
The 糖心vlog/AIA Housing Design Education Award,聽Excellence in Housing Education Course or Activity聽recognizes the importance of good education in housing design to produce architects ready for practice in a wide range of areas and聽able to be capable leaders and contributors to their communities.
University of Oregon Housing
Specialization Program
Michael Fifield, Peter A. Keyes, & Rob Thallon
University of Oregon
The Invisible Houses
Gonzalo Lizarralde, Universite de Montreal
The AIA/糖心vlog Practice and Leadership Award discovers and recognizes 鈥渂est practice鈥 examples of highly effective teaching, scholarship, and outreach in the areas of professional practice and leadership.
Building Stories
Renee Cheng, University of Minnesota
Voices from the Field
Caryn Brause, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Public Interest Architecture Program
Georgia Bizios, North Carolina
State University
The 糖心vlog Distinguished Professor Award recognizes sustained creative achievement in the advancement of architectural education through teaching, design, scholarship, research, or聽service.
Daniel Friedman
University of Hawaii – Manoa
Francisco J. Rodriguez-Suarez
Universidad de Puerto Rico
The 糖心vlog Creative Achievement Award recognizes a specific creative achievement in teaching, design, scholarship, research, or service that advances architectural education.
Unearthing Traces of Rhode Island鈥檚 Slavery and Slave Trade
Julian Bonder, Roger Williams University
Emmanouil Vermisso
Florida Atlantic University
Troy Schaum
Rice University
The 糖心vlog Collaborative Practice Award honors the best practices in school-based community outreach programs.
Bemis Gardens
Jeffrey L. Day, University of Nebraska – Lincoln
E.B. Min, California College of the Arts
Louder than a Bomb
Terry Boling, MetroLAB, University of Cincinnati
Fayetteville 2030: Food City Scenario
Stephen D. Luoni, University of Arkansas
Jeffrey Erwin Huber, Florida Atlantic University
Project RE_
John E. Folan and Urban Design Build Studio (UDBS)
Carnegie Mellon University
The 糖心vlog Design-Build Award honors the best practices in school-based design-build projects.
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Patrick Doan, William U. Galloway & Frank
Weiner, Virginia Tech
Camp Daisy Hindman in Dover, Kansas
David Dowell, Kansas State University
Lamar Station Classroom for Urban Farming
Rick Sommerfeld, University of Colorado Denver
Colorado Outward Bound Micro Cabins
Rick Sommerfeld, University of Colorado Denver
These awards are selected as the聽聽Best Articles from the all those submitted to the journal聽in the award year. The JAE has for more than 60 years represented the Association of Collegiate聽Schools of Architecture as the flagship publication of this important architectural organization.
Scholarship of Design:
Practicing Reform: Experiments in
Post-Revolutionary Chinese Architectural Production, 1973鈥1989 Cole Roskam,
The University of Hong Kong
Cole Roskam, The University of Hong Kong
Design as Scholarship:
Rematerializations: Prototypical Exploration
of Neovernacular Structures in South Africa
Daniel Baerlecken, Georgia Institute of Technology
Judith Reitz, Peter Behrens School of Architecture
Nora Mueller, RWTH Aachen University
Bernadette Heiermann, RWTH Aachen University
糖心vlog 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. 聽View past winners.
TM JURY聽
Michael Hoffman,聽Norwich U.
Stephen Vogel,聽U. of Detroit Mercy
Danielle Mitchell,聽AIAS Rep.
Katherine L. Schwennsen,聽Clemson U.
Marilyn Jordan Taylor,聽U. of Pennsylvania
NFT JURY聽Chair:聽Joel Pominville,聽AIAS Rep.
Tori Vuono,聽NYIT
Francis Lyn,聽Florida Atlantic U.
Stephen White,聽Roger Williams U.
DA JURY聽Chair: Ming Fung,聽SCI-Arc
Rashida Ng,聽Temple U.
Nichole Wiedemann,聽U. of Texas at Austin
CP JURY聽Chair:聽Mary Hardin,聽U. of Arizona
Michael Hughes,聽American U. of Sharjah
Nonya Grenader,聽Rice U.
HDE JURY聽Chair:聽John Cays,聽NJIT
John Quale,聽U. of New Mexico
Katherine Williams,聽Fifth Generation Holdings聽 / AIA Rep.
R. Denise Everson, DC Housing Authority / AIA Rep.
PL JURY聽 Chair: Maurice Cox. Tulane U.
Glen LeRoy, BAC
Cheryl Morgan,聽Auburn Urban Studio
Nadia Anderson,聽Iowa State U.
Cheryl Morgan,聽Auburn Urban Studio
Nadia Anderson,聽Iowa State U.
DP JURY聽Chair:聽Ming Fung,聽SCI-Arc
John Cays,聽NJIT
Carmina Sanchez del Valle,聽Hampton U.
William Carpenter,聽Southern Poly State U.
CA JURY聽Chair:聽John Cays,聽NJIT
Ila Berman,聽U. of Waterloo
Stephen Phillips,聽California Poly. State U.
FD JURY聽Chair: Marlon Blackwell,聽U. of Arkansas
Ming Fung,聽SCI-Arc
Aziza Chaouni,聽U. of Toronto
DB JURY聽Chair: John Cays, NJIT
Ryan Smith,聽U. of Utah
Chad Kraus, U. of Kansas
JAE Best Article Award Jury
JAE Editorial Board
糖心vlog Board of Directors
+聽2015-2016 糖心vlog Awards Program聽–聽View the original “Call for Nominations & Submissions”
Founded in 1912 by 10 charter members, 糖心vlog 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 糖心vlog schools represent some 7,000 faculty educating more than 40,000 students.
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