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The Earl Prizes are funded with an endowment bequeathed by Edward C. Earl and are awarded for excellence in undergraduate design studios.  Mr. Earl attended the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois from 1890-1893.  Prizes are awarded for excellence in undergraduate studies.

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Will Thomas, Fall 2021

Fall 2023 Winners

Junior Studio: Architectural Design and Urbanism (ARCH 371)

  • 1st Prize: Minal Sarkar & Weronika Jachym (Prof. Aneesha Dharwadker)
  • 2nd Prize: Olivia Barr & Erin Nibeck (Prof. Hugh Swiatek)
  • Third Prize Tie: Beni Lawson & Alexander Montanile (Prof. Akima Brackeen)
  • Third Prize Tie: Morgan Cooper & Deonante Sutton (Prof. John Clark)

Senior Studio: Architectural Design and Performance (ARCH 473)

  • 1st Prize: Beatriz Mata & Eliza Peng (ABC Studio)
  • 2nd Prize: Ashley Toledo (Prof. Sergi Serrat Guillen)
  • 3rd Prize: Katie Leinart & Mia Nguyen (ABC Studio)
  • Honorable Mention: Londarius Hayes, Sabrina Liang & Scarlette Solano Roman (Prof. Erik Hemingway)

Spring 2023 Winners

Junior Studio: Designing for Human Well-being (ARCH 372)

First Place

Makenna Barker & Rob Lashley (Joseph Altshuler)

Second Place

Ryan Keener & Keith Reinhard (Claudia Ansorena)

Third Place

Keyshawn Lewis & Fierra Mulhern (David Ellis)

Honorable Mention

  • Kylee Korando & Brian Yoo (John Clark)
  • Adam Berg & Binny Yan (David Ellis)

Senior Studio: Architectural Design and Making (ARCH 474)

First Place

Jenae Tarakonov (Randall Deutsch)

Second Place

Lydia Roberts & Micheal Lee (Isabella Hillman)

Third Place

Isaiah Pierce (Hugh Swiatek)

Honorable Mention

  • Alfonso Romero & Noor Ballout (Kevin Erickson)
  • Maria Torres (Erik Hemingway)
Makenna Barker Earl Prize Image

Earl Prize – 1st Place – Makenna Barker

Earl Prize – 1st Place – Makenna Barker

Robert Lashley 2nd Prize Earl Prize

Earl Prize – 2nd Place – Robert Lashley

Earl Prize – 2nd Place – Robert Lashley

Ryan Keener 2nd Place Earl Prize

Earl Prize – 2nd Place – Ryan Keener

Earl Prize – 2nd Place – Ryan Keener

Keith Reinhard image

Earl Prize – 2nd Place – Keith Reinhard

Earl Prize – 2nd Place – Keith Reinhard

Keyshawn Lewis image

Earl Prize – 3rd Place – Keyshawn Lewis

Earl Prize – 3rd Place – Keyshawn Lewis

Fierra Mulhern

Earl Prize – 3rd Place – Fierra Mulhern

Earl Prize – 3rd Place – Fierra Mulhern

Makenna Barker Earl Prize Image

Earl Prize – 1st Place – Makenna Barker

Earl Prize – 1st Place – Makenna Barker

Robert Lashley 2nd Prize Earl Prize

Earl Prize – 2nd Place – Robert Lashley

Earl Prize – 2nd Place – Robert Lashley

Ryan Keener 2nd Place Earl Prize

Earl Prize – 2nd Place – Ryan Keener

Earl Prize – 2nd Place – Ryan Keener

Keith Reinhard image

Earl Prize – 2nd Place – Keith Reinhard

Earl Prize – 2nd Place – Keith Reinhard

Keyshawn Lewis image

Earl Prize – 3rd Place – Keyshawn Lewis

Earl Prize – 3rd Place – Keyshawn Lewis

Fierra Mulhern

Earl Prize – 3rd Place – Fierra Mulhern

Earl Prize – 3rd Place – Fierra Mulhern

2023 Spring Semester - Junior Studies

  • Makenna Barker (1st Place)
  • Robert Lashley (1st Place)
  • Ryan Keener (2nd Place)
  • Keith Reinhard (2nd Place)
  • Keyshawn Lewis (3rd Place)
  • Fierra Mulhern (3rd Place)

Fall 2022 Winners

Junior Studio: Architectural Design and Urbanism (ARCH 371)

First Place

Keyshawn Lewis (David Ellis)

Second Place

Londarius Hayes (David Ellis)

Third Place

Sameer Usman (Hugh Swiatek)

Honorable Mention

Mia Yen Nguyen (Hazem Ziada)

Junior Studio: Barcelona

First Place

Defne Ergun & Ruiyang (Sabrina) Liang (Carles Marcos)

Honorable Mention

Scarlette Bonilla, Helena Loranz & Lugano Mwakatapanya (Carles Marcos)

Senior Studio: Architectural Design and Performance (ARCH 473)

First Place

Zoya Chaudary (Scott Murray)

Second Place

Vilius Varpucanskis (Kevin Erickson)

Third Place

Kwok Hei Chan (Randall Deutsch)

Honorable Mention

Shravan Arun (Randall Deutsch)

Senior Studio: Barcelona

First Place

Kamila Czyszczon, Hannah Fitch & Michelle Jacobo (Alejandro Lapunzina)

Honorable Mention

Sahaj Patel & Rose Wang (Alejandro Lapunzina)

Spring 2022 Winners

ARCH 372: Designing for Human Well-Being

First Place

Julia Shi (Faculty: Lingyi Qiu)

Second Place

August Fuelberth (Faculty: Lingyi Qiu)

Third Place

Will Thomas (Faculty: John Stallmeyer)

Honorable Mention

Joe Orrico (Faculty: Tait Johnson)

ARCH 474: Architectural Design and Making

First Place

Lukas Elisha (Faculty: Randy Deutsch)

Second Place

Yuandao Yang (Faculty: Erik Hemingway)

Third Place

Laila Abdelhamid (Faculty: David Ellis)

Honorable Mention

Tim Wu (Faculty: Peter Zuroweste)

Fall 2021 Winners

ARCH 371: Architectural Design and Urbanism

First Place

Will Thomas (Faculty: Joseph Altshuler)

Second Place

Shravan Arun (Faculty: Sara Bartumeus)

Third Place

Viktoriya Mamchur (Faculty: David Ellis)

Honorable Mentions

  • William Allen (Faculty: Benjamin Bross)
  • Vilius Varpucanskis (Faculty: Marcos Uribe)
  • Joe Orrico (Faculty: David Ellis)

ARCH 471: Fundamentals of Architectural Design / ARCH 473: Architectural Design and Performance

First Place

Tim Gao (Faculty: Grant Mosey)

Second Place

Bridget Benge (Faculty: Carl Lewis)

Third Place (Tie)

  • Yuandao Yang (Faculty: Grant Mosey)
  • Lily Johnston (Faculty: Tait Johnson)

Honorable Mentions

  • Matthew Haak (Faculty: Tait Johnson)
  • Hollis Catherine Kerr (Faculty: Randall Deutsch)

Spring 2021 Winners

ARCH 372: Designing for Human Wellbeing

First Place

Ellie Barberis (Swiatek)

Second Place

Kevin Yan (Marcos)

Third Place

Tim Gao (Dearborn)

Honorable Mentions

  • Yuandao Yang (Nuding)
  • Cristina Dekker (Nuding)
  • Tim Wu (Lewis)

ARCH 474: Architectural Design and Making

First Place

Bernardo González (Sabaté Giner)

Second Place

Autumn Chung (Vidal)

Third Place

TJ Bayowa (Barinas Uribe)

Honorable Mentions

  • Zachary Michaliska (Barinas Uribe)
  • Asher Ginnodo (Sabaté Giner)
  • Akash Mattu (Hinders)

Fall 2020 Winners

ARCH 371: Architectural Design and Urbanism

First Place

Nina Jurko (Hinders)

Second Place

Yuxuan (Becky) Liu (Lapunzina)

Third Place

Karley Carter (Bartumeus)

Honorable Mention

Munkhzolboo Zaanbaatar (Serrat)

ARCH 473: Architectural Design and Performance

First Place

Chenxin Shao (Murray)

Second Place

Feifan Wang (Murray)

Third Place

Junzhe (John) Wang (Lapunzina)

Honorable Mentions

  • Brianna Creviston (Yi)
  • Jacee Tong (Staback)

Spring 2020 Winners

First Place

Owen Balk (Armstrong)

Second Place

Akash Mattu (Bliss)

Third Place

Bernardo Gonzalez (Swiatek)

Honorable Mention

Hailey Collum (Armstrong)

Barcelona Awards

ARCH 372: Design for Human Wellbeing (Cistero and Guillen)

First Place

Jacee Tong

Second Place

Phoebe Glimm

ARCH 475: Architectural Design and Development (Lapunzina)

First Place

Genevieve Jones

Second Place

Sabas Padilla

Fall 2019 Winners

ARCH 371: Architectural Design and Urbanism

First Place

Michelle Mo (Chasco)

Second Place

Mike Rivera (Swiatek)

Third Place

Zach Michaliska (Stallmeyer)

Honorable Mentions

  • Hailey Collum (Stallmeyer)
  • Jon Gutello (Bognar)
  • Adam Czapla (Swiatek)

ARCH 475: Architectural Design and Development

First Place

Jackson Bochat (Hammann)

Second Place

Qingqing Deng (Kang)

Third Place

Jonathan Levitske (Hammann)

Honorable Mentions

  • Max Posen (Deutsch)
  • Errol Pasia (Deutsch)

Spring 2019 Winners

ARCH 374: Architectural Design and the City

First Place

Laura McHugh (Gaspin)

Second Place

Nataly Serrano (Swiatek)

Third Place

Jesus Sanchez (Gaspin)

ARCH 374: Architectural Design and the City (Barcelona)

First Place

Leila Elerian (Lapunzina)

ARCH 476: Architectural Design and Exploration

First Place

Letian Gu (Loew)

Second Place

Dennis Dine (Taylor)

Third Place

Caroline Freeman (Loew)

ARCH 476: Architectural Design and Exploration (Barcelona)

First Place

Qingyuan Rubin Zhou (Lapunzina)

Second Place

Alyssa Wan (Lapunzina)

 

Fall 2018 Winners

ARCH 373: Architectural Design and the Landscape

First Place

Nataly Serrano Pavon (Bollo)

Second Place

Genevieve Jones (Emmons)

Third Place

Bianca Deng (Bartumeus)

ARCH 475: Architectural Design and Development

First Place

Zhengxuan Zhang (Hutson)

Second Place

Dennis Dine (Hammann)

Third Place

Shiyu Hu (Yi)

Spring 2018 Winners

ARCH 274: Strategies of Architectural Design

First Place

Kaitao Wu (Emmons and Melgarejo de Berry)

Second Place

Bianca Deng (Emmons and Melgarejo de Berry)

Third Place

Emily Catlin (Emmons and Melgarejo de Berry)

Honorable Mention

Emma Dannhausen-Brun (Emmons and Melgarejo de Berry)

ARCH 374: Architectural Design and the City

First Place

Michael Schoemaker (Bognar)

Second Place

Qingyuan Zhou (Pepper)

Third Place

Alex Sulek (Tierney)

Honorable Mentions

  • Jennifer Emmert (Emmons)
  • David Perrine (Gaspin)

ARCH 476: Architectural Design and Exploration

First Place

Mengyao Liu (Hutson)

Second Place

Nathan Mollway (Loew)

ARCH 476: Architectural Design and Exploration (Barcelona)

First Place

Alice Fang (Lapunzina)

Second Place

Ava Sierra Heckman (Lapunzina)

Third Place

Hyo Jin Kim (Lapunzina)

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