Alumni News

It is with sadness that we share news that Bob De Haven passed away on July 10, 2018, at the age of 65.

Joshua Enck (BSAS '99) has been selected for a 2018-2019 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Grant.

Illinois School of Architecture alumnus Altaf Engineer (MA ’05, PhD ’15) has received the Emerging Legacy Award from the College of Fine and Applied Arts.

A mural planned in Kewanee, Illinois, will honor Walter T. Bailey, the first black graduate of the University of Illinois School of Architecture. Read more about Bailey.

The Illinois School of Architecture is pleased to announce that Dina Griffin, FAIA, NOMA, IIDA, will serve as the speaker at this year’s convocation ceremony on Sunday, May 13, 2018, at 9:30 a.m. in Foellinger Auditorium.

Global higher education analysis firm Quacquarelli Symonds has revealed its rankings of the world’s 200 top universities for the study of architecture/built environment for 2018.

Four Illinois School of Architecture alumni have been named to the 2018 College of Fellows in the American Institute of Architects (AIA).

The Illinois School of Architecture would like to congratulate Aeron Hodges and John Paul Rysavy for being selected as the 2017-2018 Francis J. Plym Traveling Fellowship recipients.

The Illinois School of Architecture would like to congratulate Camden Greenlee for being selected as the 2017-2018 Clyde Lee and Cecilia Baker Traveling Fellowship recipient.

Chicago Riverwalk designed by Ross Barney Architects, the firm led by alumna Carol Ross Barney, earned a 2018 AIA Institute Honor Award for Architecture and an Honor Award for Regional and Urban Design. Read more about the project.

Alumnus Jim Graham and his firm Graham Baba Architects have won a 2018 AIA Design Award for Washington Fruit and Produce Company Headquarters in Yakima, Washington. Read more about the award.

Kathryn Anthony is featured in “The Original: Kathryn Anthony Guides Architects to Think Big Picture” by Chicago’s Edward Keegan in Architect Magazine.

Alumna Carol Ross Barney is described as an “urban game-changer” in the January issue of Metropolis.

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.