Architecture students regularly win a variety of awards.
Awards include those offered through the school, such as the end-of-year Design Excellence Awards, as well as esteemed regional, national and international awards. Learn more about our award-winning students and their projects.
End-of-Year Student Awards
Bachelor of Architecture Awards
AIA Design Excellence Awards
- Nikolas Altamura ’21: Honor Award, Excellence in Overall Design
- Logan Anthony Matos ’21: Merit Award, Excellence in Urban Design Strategy
- Nick Witt ’23: Merit Award, Excellence in Design Integration
- Ana Astiazaran ’22: Citation Award, Excellence in Environmental Design
- Sam Owen ’22: Citation Award, Excellence in Environmental Design
- Nick Witt ’23: Citation Award, Excellence in Conceptual Design
- Ralph Mersiowsky ’24: Citation Award, Excellence in Design Exploration
- View All CAPLA 2020-2021 Design Excellence Nominees
AIA Henry Adams Certificate of Merit and Medal
- Rachael Varin
Alpha Rho Chi Medal
- Hannah McCormick
Capstone Award
- Eugene Lee
Capstone Distinguished Projects
- Nikolas Altamura
- Diego Andrés González Olea
- Mary Henderson
- Eugene Lee
- Logan Anthony Matos
- Rachael Varin
- Hao Wang
- Wen Xie
Faculty Commendation
- Findley Fitzpatrick
- Elizabeth Franzen
- Mary Henderson
- Courtney Klewer
- Logan Anthony Matos
- Hannah McCormick
- Josh Muckenthaler
- Jacqueline Grace Odell
- Chumei Rui
- Rachael Varin
- Wen Xi
Ronald R. Gourley Award for Design Excellence
- Diego Andrés González Olea
School of Architecture Outstanding Senior
- Hannah McCormick
Stream Award
- Courtney Klewer | History and Theory
- Elizabeth Franzen | Building Tech
- Rachael Varin | Design Communication
- Jasmin Guzman | Professional Practice
- Hannah McCormick | Studio
Edward Allen Award
- Elizabeth Franzen
William G. Ure III Award
- Eugene Lee
Tau Sigma Delta National Honor Society in Architecture and Allied Arts
- Carina Eichorst
- Elizabeth Franzen
- Alex Golden
- Zongmin Guo
- Jasmin Guzman
- Mary Henderson
- Courtney Klewer
- Logan Anthony Matos
- Hannah McCormick
- Josh Muckenthaler
- Jacqueline Grace Odell
- Rachael Varin
Master of Architecture Student Awards
AIA Henry Adams Certificate of Merit and Medal
- Athena Myers
Faculty Commendation
- Rudy Chon
- Crystal McCloyn
- Athena Myers
- Zoe Sadorf
- Pawel Sapiecha
- Morgan Scott
Graduate Outstanding Leadership Award
- Zoe Sadorf
M.Arch Project Prize
- Rudy Chon
- Athena Myers
- Zoe Sadorf
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant
- Athena Myers
Stream Award
- Rudy Chon | History and Theory
- Pawel Sapiecha | Building Tech
- Athena Myers | Design Communication
- Zoe Sadorf | Professional Practice
- Athena Myers | Studio
Master of Science in Architecture Student Awards
ARCC / King Medal for Excellence
- Sara Ghaemi
Best Master’s Thesis
- Sara Ghaemi
Faculty Commendation
- Venus Abdollahi
- Kavya Dhir
- Saleh Amr Naseer
- Anahita Modrek
Graduate Outstanding Leadership Award
- Venus Abdollahi
Highest Scholastic Excellence Award
- Venus Abdollahi
- Saleh Amr Naseer
Bachelor of Architecture Awards
AIA Design Excellence Awards
- Jerrick Lee Tsosie | Top Project / First Prize for Grounded
- Audie Batsford | Second Prize for Plaza Patio
- Jenny Nguyen | Fifth Prize for Reigniting Spirit of Place
- Joel Anthony Blanco | Citation for Design Build
- Bianca Bryant | Citation for Design Build
- John Paul Georges | Citation for Design Build
- Michael Hernandez | Citation for Design Build
- Elizabeth Lingzhi Hurd | Citation for Design Build
- Amie Maxwell | Citation for Design Build
- Emily Miller | Citation for Design Build
- Lucy Thérèse Date Nielsen | Citation for Design Build
- Brent Potter | Citation for Design Build
- Raymond Rash | Citation for Design Build
- Spencer Reardon | Citation for Design Build
- Andrea Alexis Reyes | Citation for Design Build
- Christian Adam Sanchez | Citation for Design Build
- Juliana Sophie Seymour | Citation for Design Build
- Juliana Sophie Seymour | Citation for The Youth Parish
- Tianzhi Sun | Citation for Urban Transportation Palimpsest
- Evan Swanson | Citation for Design Build
- Jasmine Carol Thomas | Citation for Design Build
- Jerrick Lee Tsosie | Citation for Design Build
- Moshe Wilke | Citation for Design Build
- View All CAPLA 2019-2020 Design Excellence Nominees
AIA Henry Adams Certificate of Merit and Medal
- Raymond Rash
Alpha Rho Chi Medal
- Jessica Leigh Jankowski
Capstone Award
- Jerrick Lee Tsosie | Grounded
- Kittitash Chaikunpon | Beacon: A Future of Public Space
Capstone Distinguished Projects
- Kennedy Greyson Finn | A Flash of Green
- Emily Miller | Rethinking Infrastructure
- Jenny Nguyen | Reigniting Spirit of Place
- Lucy Thérèse Date Nielsen | Mercado Doméstico de la Lagunilla
- Junren Tan | Post War Reconstruction
Faculty Commendation
- Audie Batsford
- Bianca Bryant
- Kittitash Chaikunpon
- Addison Shoshana Harden
- Elizabeth Lingzhi Hurd
- Jenny Nguyen
- Lucy Thérèse Date Nielsen
- Austin Posner
- Raymond Rash
- Juliana Sophie Seymour
- Tianzhi Sun
- Jerrick Lee Tsosie
- Moshe Wilke
Ronald G. Gourley Award for Design Excellence
- Austin Posner
School of Architecture Outstanding Senior
- Bianca Bryant
Stream Award
- Bianca Bryant | History and Theory
- Moshe Wilke | Building Tech
- Junren Tan | Design Communication
- Kittitash Chaikunpon | Professional Practice
- Jerrick Lee Tsosie | Studio
Undergraduate Assistant Award
- Bianca Bryant
William G. Ure III Award
- Bianca Bryant
Master of Architecture Student Awards
AIA Henry Adams Certificate of Merit and Medal
- Chase Woosley
Alpha Rho Chi Medal
- Madeleine Clermont
Faculty Commendation
- Madeleine Clermont
- Chris Ewing
- Liz Madsen
- Chase Woosley
Graduate Outstanding Leadership Award
- Juan Salvo
M.Arch Project Prize
- Chase Woosley
- Humberto Lopez Villanueva
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant
- Juan Salvo
Stream Award
- Chris Ewing | History and Theory
- Chris Ewing | Building Tech
- Juan Salvo | Design Communication
- Madeleine Clermont | Professional Practice
- Humberto Lopez Villanueva | Studio
Master of Science in Architecture Student Awards
AIA Design Excellence Award
- Tasbeeh Alaqtum | Citation for Secrets of Senses
ARCC / King Medal for Excellence
- Ghayda Alhabib
Best Master's Thesis
- Tasbeeh Alaqtum | A Methodology to Assess and Mitigate Daylight Discomfort Glare and Provide Views in Daylit Learning Environments
- Maryam Moradnejad | Modular Design Technique for an Adaptive Cooling and Daylighting Roof Aperture System
Faculty Commendation
- Tasbeeh Alaqtum
- Maryam Moradnejad
- Ghayda Alhabib
- Elias Al Bawab
- Aisha Alkindi
Graduate Outstanding Leadership Award
- Maryam Moradnejad
Highest Scholastic Excellence Award
- Tasbeeh Alaqtum
- Maryam Moradnejad
- Ghayda Alhabib
- Elias Al Bawab
- Aisha Alkindi
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant
- Tasbeeh Alaqtum
Bachelor of Architecture Awards
AIA Henry Adams Certificate of Merit and Medal
- Tayler Forsberg
Alpha Rho Chi Medal
- Anisa Hermosillo
School of Architecture Outstanding Senior
- Noëlle Van Lerberghe
Outstanding Undergraduate Student Grader
- Samuel Owen
William G. Ure III Award
- Vincent Yang
Stream Awards
- Ana Astiazaran, Design Studio
- Jacob Downard, Design Communication
- Tayler Forsberg, Building Tech
- Samuel Owen, Professional Practice
- Estefania Peña, History and Theory
The Capstone Award
- Samuel Owen
Capstone Distinguished Projects
Material Matters
- Jacob Downard
- Tayler Forsberg
- Itzel Gámez Alcaraz
- Alejandro Rueda
(Meta)Physics of Light
- Emily Ahlgren
- Alexander Arnaud
- Brooke Sands
- Vincent Yang
Urban Agency
- Andrea Riehle
- Lindsay Roland
Independent Option
- Samuel Owen
Critical Practice Lab (Collaborative Award)
- Alyssa Arnold
- Hayden Crockett
- Anisa Hermosillo
- Joshua LaComare
- Rico Lizama
- Jonathan Mendoza-Uriarte
- Jessica Schuler
- Bjorn Scott-Larsen
- Alex Torres
- Nicholas Zowada
Ronald G. Gourley Award for Design Excellence
- Tayler Forsberg
AIA Design Excellence Awards
- Nick Witt ’23: Honor Award, Excellence in Overall Design
- Jacob Downard ’22: Merit Award, Excellence in Design Strategy
- Noah Roth ’24: Citation Award, Excellence in Environmental Design
- Tabitha Rodriguez ’24: Honorable Mention
- Jed Perea ’25: Honorable Mention
- Nick Witt and Waverly Mellies ’23: Honorable Mention
- Tayler Forsberg ’22: Honorable Mention
- View All CAPLA 2022 AIA Design Excellence Nominees
Faculty Commendation
- Ana Astiazaran
- Samuel DeBartolo
- Tayler Forsberg
- Anisa Hermosillo
- Kyle Holeva
- Anthony Korb
- Samuel Owen
- Estefania Peña
- Lydia Roberts
- Lindsay Roland
- Ivette Ruy Sanchez
- Rafael Alberto Taiar
- Alex Torres
- Noëlle Van Lerberghe
- Vincent Yang
Tau Sigma Delta National Honor Society in Architecture and Allied Arts
- Tayler Forsberg
- Anisa Hermosillo
- Kyle Holeva
- Sam Owen
- Lydia Roberts
- Lindsay Roland
- Rafael Taiar
- Noëlle Van Lerberghe
- Vincent Yang
Master of Architecture Student Awards
AIA Henry Adams Certificate of Merit and Medal
- Alec Kelly-Jones
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant
- Hui-Yen Yang
School of Architecture Outstanding Leadership Award
- Alec Kelly-Jones
Master of Architecture Project Prize
- Alec Kelly-Jones
Stream Awards
- Ryan Helmick, Professional Practice
- Matthew Johnston, History and Theory
- Alec Kelly Jones, Building Tech
- Hui-Yen Yang, Design Communication and Design Studio
Faculty Commendation
- Ryan Helmick
- Alec Kelly-Jones
- Ivan Woestman
- Hui-Yen Yang
Master of Science in Architecture Student Awards
ARCC / King Medal for Excellence
- Abdullah Alabdullatif
Highest Scholastic Excellence Award
- Wen Xie
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant
- Kylie Biddle
School of Architecture Outstanding Leadership Award
- Andrew Puppos
MS Architecture Best Master’s Thesis
- Andrew Puppos
Faculty Commendation
- Abdullah Alabdullatif
- Kylie Biddle
- Ashwaq Jundus
- Andrew Puppos
- Wen Xie