Practicing ArchitectureAwards

The AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education is awarded jointly by the AIA and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) to an individual, who must be living at the time of nomination, who has spent at least a decade primarily involved in architectural education, and whose primary contribution to architectural education has been on the North American continent.

2013 AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion Recipient – Robert Greenstreet, Intl. Assoc. AIA

List of Past Recipients

Submissions

The deadline for the 2013 program has passed.

The 2014 information will be posted in the summer of 2013. Until that time we encourage you to use the 2013 AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion Walk-Through as a guideline.

Eligibility

Candidates will be evaluated on how well they meet the program criteria which may include:

• The candidate has spent at least a decade primarily involved in architectural education and is living at the time of nomination.

• The candidate’s primary contribution to architectural education has been on the North American continent.

• The candidate shall have evidenced great depth, having a cumulative effect on a long line of students.

• The candidate shall have evidenced great breadth, having influenced a wide range of students.

• The candidate shall be a person whose activities have consistently directed themselves toward the future as well as the past.

• The candidate shall have evidenced the ability to transcend specific areas of expertise or shall have made connections between areas, in the event that the candidate’s areas of focus might be considered circumscribed.

• The candidate shall be widely known by the quality of his or her products: by those who also taught, by those who practiced architecture, and by those who perhaps did neither.

Any colleague, student, or former student may nominate candidates for the Topaz Medallion.

2013 Jury

Glen S. LeRoy, FAIA, Chair
Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan

Matthew Anthony Barstow
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

Gregory A. Kessler, AIA
Washington State University, Pullman, Washington

Adele Naudé Santos, FAIA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

Year Awarded: 2013
Submission Deadline: October 19, 2012
Award Category: Achievement, Co Sponsored

Contact:
Kathleen Daileda, Hon. AIA
The American Institute of Architects
1735 New York Avenue
Washington DC
202-626-7474
honorsawards@aia.org

Sponsoring Organization:
American Institute of Architects

Co Sponsors:
Associate of Collegiate Schools of Architecture