The American Institute of Architects (AIA) selected 18 recipients for the 2018 AIA Young Architects Award. Young Architects are defined as professionals who have been licensed 10 years or fewer regardless of their age. This award, now in its 25th year, honors individuals who have shown exceptional leadership and made significant contributions to the profession early in their careers. The Young Architects Award recipients will be honored at the AIA Conference on Architecture 2018 in New York City.
Michelle Acosta, AIA
Allison Albericci, AIA
City and County of San Francisco Planning Department
Jamie Crawley, AIA
Matthew DeBoer, AIA
Lawrence Fabbroni, AIA
Tony Garcia, AIA
Kelly Haigh, AIA
Thomas Hurlbert, AIA
Erin Sterling Lewis, AIA
Nicole Martineau, AIA
Ryan McEnroe, AIA
Stephen Parker, AIA
Pascale Sablan, AIA
Angela Wolf Scott, AIA
Malini Srivastava, AIA
Satoshi Teshima, AIA
Anthony Viola, AIA
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
Korey White, AIA
The jury for the 2018 Young Architects Award includes: Lenore M. Lucey, FAIA (Chair), LML Consulting; Raymond "Skipper" Post, FAIA, Post Architects, Baton Rouge; Edward Vance, FAIA, EV&A Architects, Inc.; Peter Kuttner, FAIA, Cambridge Seven Associates, Inc.; John Castellana, FAIA, TMP Architecture, Inc. and Evelyn Lee, AIA, Savills Studley.
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