Faculty News

At a ceremony last week, Architecture alumna Carol Ross Barney, FAIA was honored as a 2021 recipient of the Order of Lincoln, the state’s highest honor for professional achievement and public service. A native of Chicago, she is the founder and principal of Ross Barney Architects and a founding member and first president of Chicago Women of Architecture. Her work has earned her an international reputation in design of institutional and public buildings including the reconstructed Oklahoma City Federal Building, two of Chicago’s most heavily used transit stations at Fullerton and Belmont Avenues, and the Chicago River Walk project. In addition to Barney, this year’s Lincoln laureates include singer Mavis Staples and astronaut Captain Scott Altman. Barney is only the third architect to have received the honor, joining Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Buckminster Fuller. You can view the ceremony here.

Joseph Altshuler's new book Creatures Are Stirring: A Guide to Architectural Companionship has been published by Applied Research & Design Publishing.

Joseph Altshuler’s practice Could Be Architecture was recognized as part of AIA Chicago's 2021 Design Excellence Awards. Their project "Mobile Art + Action Community Lab" was awarded with the inaugural Roberta Feldman Architecture for Social Justice Award honorable mention. The Mobile Art + Action Community Lab is a family of versatile exhibit display units that pop-up in public parking lots for cultural programming during COVID times. Various exhibit units are assembled from a fabricated kit-of-parts that includes interchangeable architectural “hats” that provide shade and identity, and “feet” that provide stability, pedestals for artwork, and bench seating. During 2020–21, the units went on tour throughout the Calumet Region including the cities of Gary, Hobart, Hammond, and Chesterton. Instagram: @couldbearchitecture

Announcing the 2021 AIA Illinois Honor Award Recipients

The 75th Anniversary issue of the Journal of Architectural Education highlights the journal's evolution alongside the discipline of architecture.

The "Vigilantism" issue of MAS Context is guest edited by Germane Barnes (BSAS '08) and Shawhin Roudbari.

Papers by Benjamin Bross and Tait Johnson have been accepted to the 75th Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians in Pittsburgh.

Animate Architecture is a video series by Could Be Architecture (Joseph Altshuler + Zack Morrison) commissioned by the Chicago Architecture Biennial.

The School of Architecture welcomes new faculty, staff, and Kerbis Fellows in Fall 2021.

Clinical Associate Professor Randy Deutsch FAIA has been invited to deliver seven upcoming keynotes and talks throughout the U.S. and Europe on the themes of the future of education, the future of practice, computational thinking, and artificial intelligence (AI) in architecture.

The School of Architecture announces our Fall 2021 Lecture Series, with both online and in-person events.

Canopy Architecture + Design hosts a virtual panel on affordable housing in Illinois on August 4, 2021.

Adapt as an Architect: A Mid-Career Companion, Randy Deutsch's sixth book, has been published by RIBA Publishing.

Lecturer Tait Johnson was recently awarded funding from the College of Fine and Applied Arts for the project "Integrating Marginalized Voices and Post-Colonial Perspectives into the Architectural History Curriculum."

The School of Architecture honors prominent Black architects in the United States, including two graduates of our program: Beverly Greene and Walter T. Bailey.

A summary of recent awards for faculty and students from the ACSA, AIA, ARCC, and CWA.

Advised by Professor Marci Uihlein, students constructed a pavilion for the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures design competition in Barcelona.

The School of Architecture is pleased to announce our distinguished roster of visiting faculty for 2021.

The Board of Directors of the Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC) announces annual awards in support of recognizing and advancing state-of-the-art research in architecture and related design fields.

Professor Kathryn Anthony receives the 2021 AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education.