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Undergraduate and graduate work from our five Program Areas, with a focus on studio design.
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We are thrilled to celebrate our alumnus and 2025 Distinguished Legacy Award recipient J. David Hoglund, FAIA, LEED AP. David is a pioneering architect and thought leader whose four-decade career has transformed senior living environments worldwide. Guided by the belief that design can elevate the human experience—particularly focused on society’s most vulnerable—David has led the design of over 250 senior living and affordable housing projects across 35 states, Canada, and Asia.
Read David’s full bio at go.illinois.edu/hoglund.
We are looking forward to honoring David and our other Legacy Award recipients in October.
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Ralph E. Johnson (FAIA, MA Harvard University, BA University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) joined Perkins&Will in 1976 and continues to shape its vision, mission, and design standards globally. He was elected to the National Academy of Design in 2015 and received the American Institute of Architects Chicago Chapter Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022. His projects have received international recognition and more than 170 design awards. His work has been exhibited internationally, featured in four monographs, and is in the Permanent Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.
As one of our distinguished alumni and the sponsor of the Ralph Johnson Medallion, Ralph Johnson was an honored guest at our recent investiture ceremony.
He established the Ralph E. Johnson Professorship in Design at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and NagleJohnson Family Fellowship at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Notable projects include The Damen Green Line Station and Rush Hospital in Chicago, The Shanghai Natural History Museum, Tinkham Veale University Center, the Suzhou Science and Technology Museum, and the Smithsonian’s Bezos Learning Center.
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Today we congratulate faculty member, Thomas Leslie FAIA, that has been recognized by the AIA Illinois 2025 Honor Award Spotlight Educator Award.
Thomas is an internationally recognized teacher and scholar whose work focuses on the integration of design, construction, and engineering, both historically and in contemporary practice.
His studios and seminars have brought his award-winning research to a generation of students over a 25-year career, and his books, articles, and public lectures have extended his teaching to the general public.
The AlA Illinois Honor Awards celebrate people and projects that embody the transformative power of design, professional excellence, and service to our communities.
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Join us for our Graduate Open House on November 12th at 8am CST!
This will be a great opportunity to learn more about the programs we offer here at Illinois, and a chance to begin building your future at the Illinois School of Architecture.
Please register using the QR code above.
Today we congratulate the faculty that has been recognized by our school.
A historic investiture ceremony at the Illinois School of Architecture officially awarded four faculty members with their professorships.
Our distinguished faculty recognized:
Alejandro Lapunzina
Sara Bartumeus
Francisco Rodriguez-Suarez, FAIA
Thomas Leslie, FAIA
With attendance from Alumni Board Members Carol Ross Barney, Ralph Johnson, Mike Toolis, Trina Sandschafer and Grant Ullrich, as well as Jon Salvani, Emelie Mies, Associate Dean Ollie Watts-Davis and Vice Provost Jackson, we hope to continue to foster a community of growth and collaboration.
Congratulations to our distinguished faculty and thank you to investors, supporters, and friends of our institution.
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Internationally renowned architect Jeanne Gang believes architecture can connect people to each other, their environment and their communities. She is an Illinois alumna, who received her BSAS in 1986.
Her designs include the WMS Boathouse at Clark Park, Chicago, top, and the Writers Theatre, Glencoe, Illinois.
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Join Professors Clark, Swiatek, and Altshuler for a lecture on drafting a portfolio. They will provide examples, offer insight, and answer student questions.
Small group portfolio review sessions to follow, dates and times TBD.
Friday, October 24th 2025
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Plym Auditorium at Temple Hoyne Buell Hall
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Join us Monday, October 20th, for our Fall Lecture Series in the Plym Auditorium at 5:30 PM
We welcome James Binning, who is a founding member of the design-led interdisciplinary practice Assemble and has a teaching position as a postgraduate studio leader at the CASS School of Architecture and Design since 2015. Within Assemble he has worked on a range of projects, from the design and fabrication of furniture and installation projects, to the orchestration of large-scale collective build projects, and the design of public spaces in the UK and abroad.
Assemble is a multi-disciplinary collective working across architecture, design and art. Founded in 2010 to undertake a single self-built project, Assemble has since delivered a diverse and award-winning body of work, whilst retaining a democratic and co-operative working method that enables built, social and research-based work at a variety of scales, both making things and making things happen.
Reception at 5:00PM.
Lecture begins at 5:30PM
Temple Hoyne Buell Hall Atrium and Plym Auditorium
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Design workshops and studios for sophomores, juniors, and seniors.
Core and elective graduate studios.
An in-depth look at selected projects.
