Winners of the 2020 Housing Competition
The American Institute of Architects (AIA), Custom Residential Architects Network (CRAN) knowledge community is pleased to announce the winners for the HERE+NOW: A House for the 21st Century International Student Design Competition for the 2019-2020 academic year. Administered by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) and sponsored by AIA CRAN, this competition challenged students to envision a house for the HERE & NOW: informed by context, culture, and vernacular, but fully embracing 21st century technology and ideas of domesticity.
Jury for the 2020 Housing Competition:

Sekou Cooke
Syracuse University

Gerry Cowart
Cowart Group Architects

Mary Hardin
University of Arizona
1st Place: LUBEC NARROWS
Student: Joseph Leaming
Faculty: Frederick Biehle
School: Pratt Institute
2nd Place: FLOAT - A 21ST CENTURY FLOATING HOME POST SEA LEVEL RISE
Student: Helena Lecocq
Faculty: Ashlie Latiolais
School: University of Louisiana - Lafayette
3rd Place: SHAREBNB - RE-IMAGINING THE GIFT ECONOMY AND SUBURBIA
Student: Emily Hu
Faculty: Jiong Wu
School: Syracuse University
Honorable Mention: THE SKY HOUSE
Student: Carlos Soto Castellanos
Faculty: Peter Zweig
School: University of Houston
Honorable Mention: A MODERN HOME
Student: Natalie Grimm
Faculty: Matthew Knox
School: Kansas State University
Participating Schools
The competition had over 800 participants from the following schools:
Auburn University, Ball State University, California College of the Arts (CCA), California Polytechnic State University, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Carnegie Mellon University, Clemson University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Drury University, Hampton University. Harvard University, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, James Madison University, Kansas State University, Kennesaw State University, Louisiana State University, Louisiana Tech University, North Dakota State University, Oklahoma State University, Portland State University, Pratt Institute, Rhode Island School of Design, Rice University, Ryerson University, Syracuse University, Texas A&M University, Thomas Jefferson University, Tulane University, Universidad Del Istmo Guatemala University of Arizona, University of Calgary, University of Cincinnati, University of Detroit Mercy, University of Florida, University of Houston, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, University of Louisiana – Lafayette, University of Maryland, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, University of Melbourne, University of Miami, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, University of New Mexico, University of New South Wales, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, University of Oklahoma, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, University of Texas At San Antonio, University of Washington, University of Waterloo, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Virginia Tech, Woodbury University
Competition Partners
Questions
Edwin Hernández
Programs Coordinator
ehernandez@acsa-arch.org
202.785.2324
Eric W. Ellis
Senior Director of Operations and Programs
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eellis@acsa-arch.org
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