Dean Karen Van Lengen has co-edited, with Jayne Riew and Lydia Brandt (architectural history graduate student), a new book titled, The Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal: The First Forty Years (1966-2005). The book, published by the UVa School of Architecture and distributed by UVa Press, includes an introduction by Garry Wills and showcases the best-known work of the medalists with brief biographies and color photographs. Since 1966, this prestigious medal has recognized some of the world's greatest architects, historians, politicians and benefactors of architecture. The Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal: The First Forty Years is available for purchase through the UVa Press website [www.upress.virginia.edu] and popular online book retailers.

Under Dean Van Lengen's leadership the following were selected to receive the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture:

2000 - Daniel Patrick Moynihan,

2001 - Glenn Murcutt,

2002 - James Turrell,

2003 - Billie Tsien and Tod Williams,

2004 - Peter Walker,

2005 - Shigeru Ban,

2006 - Peter Zumthor,

2007 - Zaha Hadid,

2008 - Gro Harlem Brundtland,

2009 - Robert Irwin.