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Undergraduate and graduate work from our five Program Areas, with a focus on studio design.
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Congratulations to Junior Earl Prize 1st Place Winner, Shayna Friedland, as well as their professor Cyrus Dochow.
About their winning project Möbius Urbana:
“Möbius Urbana explores cohousing as a model for balancing individual autonomy with collective living. A continuous winding path links four residential pillars, weaving together shared spaces and layered unit types to create a gradient of public and private zones. Through spatial proximity, shared experiences, and adaptable living arrangements, the complex prioritizes connection while preserving opportunities for retreat, flexibility, and individual living.”
Congratulations again!
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For the fifth time, the Barcelona International Workshop brings together students from Illinois Architecture and Landscape Architecture and MBLandArch students in a collaboration among UIUC, UPC, and the AMB–Barcelona Metropolitan Area. This year, they investigate the Districte Econòmic–Fira Barcelona through climate comfort, public-space activation, and urban ecology.
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Congratulations to the Barcelona Program Earl Prize 1st Place Winners, Christopher Azzo, Zaien Liu, and Henry Sloan, as well as their professors Alejandro Lapunzina and Laia Cistero.
About their winning project La Plaça:
“La Plaça is a theater in the Poblenou neighborhood of Barcelona that organizes itself around a central plaza that functions as the heart of the building and an extension of the city. Dramatically slanted roofs echo the silhouettes of historic local factories, while the massing respects the adjacent church. Highly transparent facades allow the city itself to become part of the performance, reframing the theater as a shared civic space.”
Congratulations again!
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Congratulations to the Senior Earl Prize 1st Place Award Winner, Zakariya Rizvi, as well as his professor Madalyn Asker.
About his winning project, CrowWorks:
“CrowWorks reimagines the University of Illinois Stock Pavilion as a crisis-response facility where humans, trained crows, and advanced machinery work together to manufacture and distribute aid packages. Designed to operate during periods of conflict, scarcity, and instability, the facility includes crow habitats, greenhouses, seed libraries, research laboratories, medicine storage, shipping docks, supply-sorting spaces, and a large assembly line hall.”
Congratulations again!
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This September 14-18th, Professors Thomas Leslie and Marci Uihlein presented at the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS-IWSS 2026) Conference in Turin, Italy. Joining them in presenting was Yuan Liao, a graduate of the ISoA PhD program in Architecture.
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Congratulations to the Barcelona Program Earl Prize 2nd Place Award Winners, Jasmine Davis and William Rosado, as well as their professors Alejandro Lapunzina and Laia Cistero.
About their winning project, Teatre i Centre Civic La Nau:
“Teatre i Centre Civic La Nau is a theatre in Barcelona neighborhood Provençal del Poblenou. The theatre draws inspiration from Poblenou’s industrial past and its ongoing cultural renewal, transforming the idea of a former “nau” (warehouse) into a contemporary civic gathering place. Conceived as a welcoming third space for the neighborhood, the building blends performance, community life, and everyday activity, allowing the theater to function as both a stage for art and a living extension of Poblenou’s social fabric.”
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The Illinois School of Architecture is thrilled to welcome Visiting Professor Tim Scovic.
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We are thrilled to announce that Associate Professor Joseph Altshuler will assume a new role this Fall as the Undergraduate Program Coordinator.
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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.
