ACSA Announces 109th Annual Meeting Best Paper and Best Project Awards

ACSA is pleased to announce the outstanding peer-reviewed research presented at the ACSA 109th Annual Meeting. The awards program, which was initiated by the ACSA College of Distinguished Professors, promotes research, scholarship, and creative excellence by recognizing one Best Paper and one Best Project.

All peer-reviewed content to be published in the ACSA Annual Meeting Proceedings was eligible. Criteria for selection follows the Annual Meeting review criteria including: new and original contributions, thesis clarity, methodology, overall content, and quality of development.

This year’s award winners presented their work at the ACSA109 Virtual Conference. The winners’ abstracts and images are available on the 2021 Architectural Education Awards page.

The winners are:

BEST PAPER
Marble & Lead: Aldo Moro, Luigi Moretti, and the Bunker Courtroom of the Foro Mussolini
Jeffrey Balmer, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

BEST PROJECT
Practicing Engagement: A Post-COVID Field Report
Cathi Ho Schar & Dan Milz, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa