Three architecture leaders selected as AIA Whitney M. Young Jr. Award, Topaz Medallion, and Edward C. Kemper Award winners
The three winners of the highest individual honors bestowed annually by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) the Whitney M. Young Jr. Award, AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion, and Edward C. Kemper Award were revealed today as part of the organization’s 2024 Awards program.The group was led by this year's Topaz Medalist, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk of the University of Miami. The former Dean of UM’s School of Architecture was honored for the role she has played in helping the school develop after its formal inception in 1981. Plater-Zyberk is credited with raising more than $10 million over her 18-year tenure as dean and was responsible for the construction of new facilities and the development of several post-professional programs while at the same time cultivating a “culture of intellectual exchange, encouraging faculty to engage in research, and share their work in publications,” according to her citation.Read the full post on Bustler
The three winners of the highest individual honors bestowed annually by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) the Whitney M. Young Jr. Award, AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion, and Edward C. Kemper Award were revealed today as part of the organization’s 2024 Awards program.
The group was led by this year's Topaz Medalist, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk of the University of Miami. The former Dean of UM’s School of Architecture was honored for the role she has played in helping the school develop after its formal inception in 1981. Plater-Zyberk is credited with raising more than $10 million over her 18-year tenure as dean and was responsible for the construction of new facilities and the development of several post-professional programs while at the same time cultivating a “culture of intellectual exchange, encouraging faculty to engage in research, and share their work in publications,” according to her citation.
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