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2025 Alumni Awards Winners Announced

The Department of Architecture is excited to announce the awardees for the 2025 UW Architecture Alumni Awards! Please join us on Thursday, April 17 for the fourth cycle of this award program and celebrate the outstanding achievements of our alumni.

Featured Studio: TINI wikiHouse

Led by Associate Professor Rob Corser, the TINI wikiHouse is a design build studio where a group of advanced graduate students investigate and prototype an innovative wikihouse approrach for the design, fabrication and delivery of rapid, flexible housing for Tiny House Villages. The TINIwikiHouse studio brings together the expertise of a low income housing non-profit, and the production sophistication of a volunteer-based tiny house construction foundation and is the first step in a research collaboration with community partners dedicated to providing high quality temporary shelter for the unhoused.

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Alum in The News: Rico Quirindongo

Congratulations to Rico Quirindongo, AIA, for his recent recognition as one of Seattle Magazine’s Most Influential people in 2025. Rico graduated from our Master of Architecture program in 1999 and was awarded the UW Architecture Distinguished Alumni Award in 2023 recognizing his significant contributions to the profession of architecture and the broader community.