Wallenberg Studio Awards
Architecture Program Distinction Awards
Urban and Regional Planning Awards
With the generosity of the Benard L. Maas Foundation
John Daniel Beck Sara D. Blumenstein Dongjun Seo James W. Witherspoon Kristen Louise Dotson Zain Walid Abuseir Colin Richardson Megan McBride Justin Fogle Justin Peterson Stephanie Kay Fitton Eric James Crabb Amanda Winn
Brendan Moriarty AICP
Marc Maxey First Prize: $15,000 Alex Timmer Second Prize: $10,000 Rick Cosgrove Third Prize: $5,000 Marie Matta Jakub Szerszen Lauren Gregoricka Brooke Goodman Eva Lynch Honorable Mentions Jurors: Casey Jones, Robert Levit, Brendan Moran, Joan Ockman, Mitchell Squire Raoul Wallenberg, a 1935 graduate of the University of Michigan College of Architecture and Design, has been called one of the 20th century’s most outstanding heroes. In 1944, as First Secretary of the Swedish delegation in Budapest, Wallenberg set up safe houses and issued “schutzpasses” or passports that spared thousands of Jews from the concentration camps. In his memory and in honor of his courageous actions, the Raoul Wallenberg Endowment was established by the Benard Maas Foundation. At the college, Wallenberg’s legacy lives through our aspirations for architecture as a humane social art. During the last semester of the undergraduate sequence, all seniors participate in the Wallenberg Studio, which aims to acquaint students with Wallenberg’s heroic acts and to understand the circumstances that made them necessary. During this semesterlong competition the students are challenged to develop proposals that define architecture as a humane and social art and translate their ideas into a physical project. The studio culminates in a review by outside critics who award scholarships.
Architecture Program Distinction Award is given to an architecture student who has made a significant contribution to the College by fostering and participating in the development of exceptional academic and community building activities within the Architecture Program. The chair of the program determines the award.
Booth Traveling Fellowship Michael Mitchell $5,000 Claire Sheridan $3,000 The George G. Booth Travelling Fellowship was first awarded in 1924. It is offered annually by the University of Michigan, Taubman College and presently carries a stipend of up to $8,000. The fellowship provides the opportunity for recent alumni/ae to research some special aspect of architecture that requires international travel. To be eligible, you must be 30 years of age or under before the March 31, 2009 application deadline and must either expect to graduate by August 2009 or be a Master of Architecture graduate of the University of Michigan.
Catherine Gaines SandersAcademic Achievement Rachel Wells University and Community Service
Doctoral Studies Commencement Awards Anirban Adhya Architectural Research Centers Consortium / King Student Medal for Excellence in Architectural + Environmental Design Research ARCC / King Student Medal is named in honor of the late Jonathan King, co-founder and first president of the Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC), this award is given to one student per ARCC member school. Selection of school recipients is at the discretion of the individual institutions, but will be based upon criteria that acknowledge innovation, integrity, and scholarship in architectural and/or environmental design research. The Doctoral Studies faculty determines the award. LaDale Winling Doctoral Studies Student Award The Doctoral Studies Student Award is presented annually to the PhD student whose scholarship and extracurricular activities contribute substantially to the program. The selection is made by a jury consisting of Doctoral Studies faculty members and appointed by the architecture chair.
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