Congratulations to the Junior Studio Earl Prize 2nd place winners, Margaret Schmidt and Matthew Sunjun Kim, advised by Prof. Carmen Mata-Pradera.
About their winning project, Urbana Civic Transit Center: “Our design focuses on redesigning the roofline of the original Civic Center to maximize internal light, providing a public plaza, and maintaining direct circulation for transportation.”
Congratulations to the Junior Studio Earl Prize 2nd place winners, Margaret Schmidt and Matthew Sunjun Kim, advised by Prof. Carmen Mata-Pradera.
About their winning project, Urbana Civic Transit Center: “Our design focuses on redesigning the roofline of the original Civic Center to maximize internal light, providing a public plaza, and maintaining direct circulation for transportation.”
Congratulations to the Senior Studio Earl Prize 1st place winner, Anya (Pei En) Lo, advised by Prof. Erik Hemmingway.
About her winning project, Animal House: “Animal House integrates animal sheltering, community space, and disaster refuge in typhoon-prone Tainan, Taiwan, using fan-inspired steel geometry to mediate human–animal coexistence amid climate risks.”
Congratulations to the Senior Studio Earl Prize 1st place winner, Anya (Pei En) Lo, advised by Prof. Erik Hemmingway.
About her winning project, Animal House: “Animal House integrates animal sheltering, community space, and disaster refuge in typhoon-prone Tainan, Taiwan, using fan-inspired steel geometry to mediate human–animal coexistence amid climate risks.”
Congratulations to the Junior Studio Earl Prize 1st place winners, José Bedolla Arreola and Jean-Aubrey Silvetti-Schmitt, advised by Prof. Gideon Schwartzman.
About their winning project, Spine: “Spine proposes a civic cultural hub reconnecting Urbana’s fragmented public life, transforming underused space into an adaptable framework for gathering, exchange, performance, and inclusive identity.”
Congratulations to the Junior Studio Earl Prize 1st place winners, José Bedolla Arreola and Jean-Aubrey Silvetti-Schmitt, advised by Prof. Gideon Schwartzman.
About their winning project, Spine: “Spine proposes a civic cultural hub reconnecting Urbana’s fragmented public life, transforming underused space into an adaptable framework for gathering, exchange, performance, and inclusive identity.”
Congratulations to the Category 3: Context Graduate Studio Prize Honorable Mentions, Kevin Sheth, Mathew Shaji Kuzhimannil and Rachel Truong, advised by Prof. Yun Kyi Yi.
About their winning project, Project Formation: “Project Formation is a research-based AI computational-performance exhibition hub in Daegu, reclaiming a former parking lot with modernist materials, rooted in Confucian heritage”
Congratulations to the Category 3: Context Graduate Studio Prize Honorable Mentions, Kevin Sheth, Mathew Shaji Kuzhimannil and Rachel Truong, advised by Prof. Yun Kyi Yi.
About their winning project, Project Formation: “Project Formation is a research-based AI computational-performance exhibition hub in Daegu, reclaiming a former parking lot with modernist materials, rooted in Confucian heritage”
Congratulations to the Category 2: Space and Wellness Graduate Studio Prize Honorable Mention, Subah Samaeen, advised by Prof. Didem Ekici.
About her winning project, Harbor’s Edge: From Working Waterfront to Living Pier: “The project takes an urban approach that treats the pier into a civic landscape where commuting, leisure, and environmental restoration overlap.”
Congratulations to the Category 2: Space and Wellness Graduate Studio Prize Honorable Mention, Subah Samaeen, advised by Prof. Didem Ekici.
About her winning project, Harbor’s Edge: From Working Waterfront to Living Pier: “The project takes an urban approach that treats the pier into a civic landscape where commuting, leisure, and environmental restoration overlap.”
Congratulations to the Category 1: Craft and Detail Graduate Studio Prize Honorable Mentions, Beatriz Mata, Aditi Panji, and Mohna Sharma, advised by Prof. Tom Leslie.
About their winning project, RISE 78: “RISE 78 features a series of shifting, twisting levels that carve out outdoor terraces, “backyards in the sky.” These landscaped spaces bring light, air, and greenery into the vertical environment while fostering smaller neighborhoods throughout the building.”
Congratulations to the Category 1: Craft and Detail Graduate Studio Prize Honorable Mentions, Beatriz Mata, Aditi Panji, and Mohna Sharma, advised by Prof. Tom Leslie.
About their winning project, RISE 78: “RISE 78 features a series of shifting, twisting levels that carve out outdoor terraces, “backyards in the sky.” These landscaped spaces bring light, air, and greenery into the vertical environment while fostering smaller neighborhoods throughout the building.”
Congratulations to the Category 3: Context Graduate Studio Prize first-place winners, Hannah Bally and Morgan Zhang, advised by Prof. Sara Bartumeus.
About their winning project, Linking Landscape: “This project reimagines the urban fabric by replacing asphalt with permeable, pedestrian-friendly promenades. It utilizes nature-based solutions—like bioswales and water storage—to combat drought, while transforming underutilized plots into productive urban farms that bridge Sant Andreu de la Barca’s historical roots with a sustainable future.”
Congratulations to the Category 3: Context Graduate Studio Prize first-place winners, Hannah Bally and Morgan Zhang, advised by Prof. Sara Bartumeus.
About their winning project, Linking Landscape: “This project reimagines the urban fabric by replacing asphalt with permeable, pedestrian-friendly promenades. It utilizes nature-based solutions—like bioswales and water storage—to combat drought, while transforming underutilized plots into productive urban farms that bridge Sant Andreu de la Barca’s historical roots with a sustainable future.”
Congratulations to the Category 1: Craft & Detail Graduate Studio Prize first-place winners, Gwynne McGrady and Tyler Schottel, advised by Prof. Scott Murray.
About their winning project, The Overlook: “Our rowing center integrates with its natural landscape, using gabled forms and corridors to guide movement and extending over Clinton Lake to immerse athletes in the environment.”
Congratulations to the Category 1: Craft & Detail Graduate Studio Prize first-place winners, Gwynne McGrady and Tyler Schottel, advised by Prof. Scott Murray.
About their winning project, The Overlook: “Our rowing center integrates with its natural landscape, using gabled forms and corridors to guide movement and extending over Clinton Lake to immerse athletes in the environment.”
Five Program Areas shape our curriculum, giving students the opportunity to think about architecture and design at different scales and through different media.
We have exchange programs with Munich and Switzerland.
Discover Architecture
Discover Architecture is a summer program on the University of Illinois campus. It is open to high school and pre-college students. The program is organized around the design studio and provides a studio-focused, design-intensive workshop over the course of a week.
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