The Carnegie Mellon University School of Architecture is proud to announce the winners of our 2021 Graduation Awards, as well as the Stewart L. Brown Memorial Scholarship and the inaugural David Lewis Community Engagement Design Scholarship. These awards are part of the 2021 SoA Awards Program. Please join us in congratulating the winners on their tremendous accomplishments, and thanks to all of those who participated in this year’s competitions.
GRADUATION AWARDS
The winners of this year’s Graduation Awards were announced during the 2021 School of Architecture Virtual Diploma Ceremony on May 22. These annual awards recognize the outstanding achievements of graduating students.
This award recognizes graduating architecture students for their leadership and service and what they offer the future of the profession. One graduate from either the Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) program or the Master of Architecture (M.Arch) program is eligible to receive this award each year.
Winner: Taylor Latimer, B.Arch ‘21
The Henry Adams AIA Medal is awarded to the top-ranking graduate in each architecture program accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board. Graduating students in the Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) program and the Master of Architecture (M.Arch) program are eligible for this award. The school selects the candidates based on the guidelines provided by the AIA national organization.
B.Arch Winner: Christoph Eckrich, B.Arch ‘21
M.Arch Winner: Sharleen Devjani, M.Arch ‘21
John Knox Shear Graduation Award
This award is the highest honor granted by the faculty of the School of Architecture to a graduating student in the Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) program. The award recognizes exceptional design and representation as demonstrated through studio work within the last two years of the program.
Winner: Emmanuel Nwandu, B.Arch ‘21
SoA AWARDS PROGRAM
The SoA recognizes design excellence through the Fourth-Year Design Awards program. All fourth-year students pursuing a Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) degree are invited to submit a digital portfolio and a personal statement positioning their work in relation to the year’s theme. The 2021 theme is Propinquity, which emphasizes the underlying spatial concept of “nearness,” which is a relational measure and not fixed.
Stewart L. Brown Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship recognizes professional promise in terms of attitudes and scholastic achievement.Winner: Veronica Hernandez, B.Arch ‘22
Award: $9,000Jury: Select members of the Pittsburgh AIA Chapter
David Lewis Community Engagement Design Scholarship
This award provides financial support to School of Architecture students who demonstrate a commitment to working within diverse communities through participatory architectural design processes and who demonstrate commitments to social justice and community service.
Winner: Ryu Kondrup, B.Arch ‘21
Project Title: East Baltimore Care Access Initiative
Award: $2,500
Jury: An Lewis, Bill Bates, Stefani Danes, Stefan Gruber, Jonathan Kline, Kristen Kurland