Alumni News

The Illinois School of Architecture announces the competition for the 2017-2018 Francis J. Plym Traveling Fellowship in Architecture. The competition is open to graduates of the School of Architecture of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

The Illinois School of Architecture announces the competition for the 2017-2018 Clyde Lee and Cecilia Baker Traveling Fellowship. This fellowship is open to graduates who have received the Master of Architecture degree from the School of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Alumnus Altaf Engineer and Professor Kathryn Anthony recently published Shedding New Light on Art Museum Additions: Front Stage and Back Stage Experiences.

I share with you the sad news that School of Architecture alumnus Joe Lambert from the class of 1978 passed away last week.

Alumna Majd Musa recently published Amman: Gulf Capital, Identity, and Contemporary Megaprojects with Routledge.

Alumna Jeanne Gang was selected as the recipient of the 2017 Louis Kahn Memorial Award, established by the Philadelphia Center for Architecture and Design. Read more about this honor.

David William Davis (M.Arch ’67), age 74, died peacefully on Friday, April 28, 2017, in St. Louis, Missouri.

On Wednesday, May 3, 2017, the Obamas unveiled the plans for the Obama Presidential Center. Alumna Dina Griffin (BSAS ’86), president of Interactive Design Architects (IDEA), collaborated with Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects | Partners on the design.

Five alumni have been named to the 2017 class of Fellows in the American Institute of Architecture (AIA).

Seattle-based Graham Baba Architects announces the firm’s 10th anniversary.

Robert Thaddeus Mooney, Professor Emeritus of Architecture, passed away in Iowa City, Iowa, on December 9, 2016.

Interactive Design Architects (IDEA), led by alumna Dina Griffin (BSAS ’86), has been selected to design the rebuilt Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center.

Alumnus Vladimir Radutny, AIA (B.Arch ’00, M.Arch ’02), was presented with the 2016 Dubin Family Young Architect Award by the AIA Chicago Foundation.

The Illinois School of Architecture’s Master of Architecture degree program is among DesignIntelligence Quarterly’s top 25 programs for 2016-2017.

Learn more about alumna Carol Ross Barney, FAIA, in a profile from the College of Fine and Applied Arts.

Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects | Partners (TWBTAP) will lead the team that designs the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago and will collaborate with Interactive Design Architects, which is led by Illinois School of Architecture alumna Dina Griffin (BSAS ’86).

Gertrude Lempp Kerbis passed away on the evening of June 14, 2016.

Alumna Jeanne Gang was named Architect of the Year in Architecture Review’s 2016 Women in Architecture awards. Read about the award.