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Winners announced for the 2022 Course Development Prize.

The winners are:
Environmental Justice (EJ) + Health + Decarbonization
Nea Maloo, Howard University

Decommodifying Ownership
Janette Kim, Brendon Levitt, & James Graham, California College of the Arts

Mono-poly-dollar
Lindsey Krug, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Sarah Aziz, University of Colorado Denver

Deep Geologies: Material Encounters in Texas
Brittany Utting, Rice University

Acclimatizing to Heat in a Legacy City: Urban Heat Islands, Segregation and Social Connections in Toledo, Ohio
Yong Huang & Andreas Luescher, Bowling Green State University and Sujata Shetty, University of Toledo

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Tourism as Environmental Disaster: Vulnerable Landscapes and Vulnerable Populations on the Atlantic Coast Barrier Islands
David Franco, Ulrike Heine, Andreea Mihalache and George Schafer, Clemson University

Energy Collectives: Towards a Self-sustaining Neighborhood
Lawrence Blough, Pratt Institute and Simone Giostra, Politecnico di Milano

@columbiagsapp #buellcenter

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Reparations! invites architectural design proposals, speculative studies, and scholarly research addressing reparations in the built and destroyed environment. As architecture gives shape to asymmetrical effects on the environment, we ask how reparations look, operate, and affect Black and Indigenous communities, and what the potential effects are upon the state of architectural education and practice.⁠
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Read the full call at JAEOnline.org/submit. ⁠
#jaecallforpapers #journalofarchitecturaleducation #reparations

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We are pleased to announce Deborah Berke of @deborahberkepartners as the recipient of the 2022 AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education. @aianational ⁠
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Visit our website to learn more about this award and the incredible work of Deborah Berke. ⁠
#topazmedallion #acsaawards #aiaawards

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The HABITAT Design Competition challenges students to explore Climate Positive Concrete Housing and have the chance to have their design built! Explore the full program on our website! @habitatforhumanity #buildwithstrength #concrete #climatepositiveconcrete #climatepositiveconcretehousing #housing ⁠
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https://www.acsa-arch.org/competitions/2022-habitat-competition/

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Register your students for the 2022 ACSA/@aisc Steel Design Student Competition! Category I prompts students to explore "A NEW MONUMENTALITY" through envisioning a "21st Century Democratic Public Space." Category II gives students the flexibility to choose their own program and site though they are required to use a steel structural system in their design. Read the full program on our website! Link in bio. ⁠
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#steeldesign #studentcompetition #aisc #competitions #designcompetition #steel #structuralsteel #anewmonumentality #democraticpublicspace

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Register your students for the 2022 AIA COTE Top Ten for Students Competition by January 12, 2022. Each year, the competition recognizes ten exceptional student design studio projects that integrate health, sustainability, and equity, evaluated following the same categories of the AIA COTE® Top Ten Award for built work, and the AIA Framework for Design Excellence.⁠
#aiacotetopten #aiacotetoptenforstudents #designexcellence #aiacompetition #acsacompetition #studentdesigncompetition #sustainability #equity #health #aiacote ⁠
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https://www.acsa-arch.org/competitions/2022-cote-competition/

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Student Competition Opportunity » The 2022 Timber in the City: Urban Habitats Competition explores the future of equitable urban living. This is the fourth competition in this TIMBER IN THE CITY series, and focuses this year on the interrelationship between housing, urban transit infrastructure, equitable living, and climate change. ⁠
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Explore the program: ⁠
https://www.acsa-arch.org/competitions/2022-timber-competition/program/

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Submit your nomination or self nomination by January 15!

With this call, we seek a creative individual with a passion for social media to collaborate with JAE editors, ACSA staff, and JAE’s publishing partner, Taylor & Francis, on engaging architecture communities across social media platforms.

#jaeassociateeditor #callfornominations #jae

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Meet the Candidates for the 2022-2023 ACSA Board of Directors. Submit any petitions by January 5, 2022.

The candidates for Second Vice President include Cathi Ho Schar, University of Hawaii and Paola Sanguinetti, Arizona State University. The candidates for the first position of At-Large Director include Marcelo López-Dinardi, Texas A&M University and Mark Pearson, College of DuPage. The second At-Large Director Position candidates include Shelby Doyle, Iowa State University and Gabriel Fuentes, Kean University.

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The Journal of Architectural Education (JAE) seeks nominations and self-nominations for an Associate Editor: Social Media who will plan and create content aligned with the publication of print issues, online articles, calls for submissions, and related journal activities. Submit your nomination by January 15, 2022. #jae #callfornominations #associateeditor ⁠
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@norawendl @o.saloojee

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