AIA names Whitney M. Young Jr. Award, Topaz Medallion, and Edward C. Kemper Award winners

The selected winners of three of the AIA’s highest-profile awards were named today in separate announcements by the organization that saw the Whitney M. Young Jr. Award, AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion, and Edward C. Kemper Award crowned, respectively. The winner of the 2023 AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education went to Parsons School of Design professor Dr. Sharon Egretta Sutton over her documented abilities to affect change and create the “framework and vision for a more just and robust profession.” “An educator, author, and citizen architect with worldwide reach, Sutton, has shifted the profession of architecture toward a more equitable, diverse, and inclusive future,” the award’s citation reads. “Fueled by a passion for representing the unrepresented, she has shaped a career informed by the obstacles constructed by the country’s political landscape. Throughout, Sutton has developed research and tools that encourage the next generation of design professionals to heed the call of activism.”Read the full post on Bustler