Wednesday, March 28, 2007
ecoMOD Project and Learning Barge Project Win National Prizes
Two projects based at the UVa School of Architecture won 2007 NCARB Awards, it was announced March 10th. The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) sponsors an annual awards program to honor a total of six projects across the nation that reflect ?creative integration of practice and education in the academy.? The jury consists of six architecture school deans.
The ecoMOD Project , directed by Assistant Professor John Quale, received the $25,000 Grand Prize, its third major award this year to date, following the AIA National Education Honor Award and the 2007 ACSA Collaborative Practice Award.
The Learning Barge Project, directed by Assistant Professor Phoebe Crisman, received one of five $7,500 awards. The project has won other important accolades, including the American Society of Landscape Architects Student Collaboration Award of Honor in 2006.
Prize-winning submissions will be exhibited at the NCARB Annual Meeting, featured in NCARB’s Direct Connection, and highlighted in the NCARB Prize Book.
This is the first time that two projects from the same university have been selected for NCARB awards, a significant achievement.
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