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The ARCH 200 end-of-quarter exhibition highlighted student growth in drawing, model-making, and architectural analysis, with case studies featuring women architects whose projects spanned more than 30 global sites.

The Department of Architecture congratulates Robert Hutchison, Affiliate Associate Professor and Principal of Robert Hutchison Architecture, on his appointment as the Fall 2025 Gensler Visiting Critic at Cornell University’s Department of Architecture.

Cornell AAP recently announced Hutchison among its new faculty members contributing to the advancement of interdisciplinary expertise: Advancing the Mission: New Faculty Continue Expanding Expertise Across Disciplines.

As part of his appointment, Hutchison will deliver a lecture at Cornell on Thursday, September 4, titled “Unbuilt/Unconscious”: Lecture details.

In addition to his new role at Cornell, Hutchison continues to balance an active design and teaching practice.  He is a practitioner, researcher, and educator whose interests and practice overlap the fields of architecture, art and photography. Hutchison is Principal of the Seattle-based architecture studio Robert Hutchison Architecture, and an Affiliate Professor in the Department of Architecture at the University of Washington, where he teaches architectural design studios at the undergraduate and graduate levels. He is the recipient of the 2017 Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome, the 2010 and 2021 Japan/US Friendship Creative Artists Fellowship, and the 2009 Emerging Voices awarded by The Architectural League of NY, and has been awarded residencies at Bogliasco, Loghaven, and MacDowell. Hutchison received a MArch degree from the University of Washington in 1996, and BS de-grees in Structural Engineering and Architectural Engineering from Drexel University in 1990. Hutchison is the 2025 Cornell AAP Gensler Visiting Critic.

At the University of Washington, Hutchison has taught widely, leading both seminars and design studios. He looks forward to returning to UW teaching in Winter and Spring quarters following his fall appointment at Cornell.

Looking ahead, Hutchison is also developing plans for a 2027 Mexico study abroad program, expanding international opportunities for UW architecture students.

The Department of Architecture is proud to celebrate Hutchison’s achievements as he brings UW’s spirit of design excellence and inquiry to an international stage.

The public call for entries to represent the US Pavilion PORCH: An Architecture of Generosity at the Venice Biennale 2025 went out in December 2024. Affiliate Associate Professor, Susan Jones, FAIA submitted the 2,000 SF project her firm, atelierjones, designed for the Maidu Greenville Rancheria, The Roundhouse Council.

“It was a deep honor to be asked to represent the United States at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2025.”, said Susan Jones, FAIA, Principal Architect, atelierjones.

Completed in late 2024, the Roundhouse Council is a 2,000 SF project that rebuilds the Maidu Youth Education Center that was burned in the Dixie Fire of 2021, in Greenville, California. The project was a model in participatory design, conceived together over a kitchen table in Greenville, with members of the Roundhouse Council—Mary, Harvey, Charlene, Danny, and Shelby—sharing stories, images of traditional Roundhouses, and sketches together.

Designed in a short 5 months, it was built the following year, by Lights Creek Construction, using mass timber panels from Washington State’s Vaagen Timbers, made from approximately 100 Douglas Fir trees from Washington State. Rising literally from the ashes, the design process was facilitated by the local community non-profit, The Sierra Institute for Community and Environment, led by Jonathan Kusel.

The project has been featured in The Financial Times, London, and The Seattle Times. The project engages with themes of resilience and regeneration, community and forest health, and materiality.

Selected in January 2025, atelierjones was one of 54 firms representing the United States at the Venice Biennale IXX from May 8 to November 23, 2025. Sometimes called the Olympics of Architecture, the event attracts thousands of visitors—some 15,000 in the first weeks—to the beautiful Giardini Biennale, featuring international pavilions from 65 countries.

Organized and led by Co-Commissioners Peter MacKeith, Dean of the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design, University of Arkansas; Susan Chin, Founding Principal, DesignConnects; Rod Bigelow, Executive Director, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and the Momentary, PORCH: An Architecture of Generosity explores the porch as a site of civic and cultural life.

Selected firms were asked to create models for display in the US Pavilion, of their projects representing themes of PORCH: An Architecture of Generosity. atelierjones led the rich crafting of their Roundhouse model with local firm CompanyK assisting with the blackened steel frame and 100 trees of the model.

Professor Jones was also asked to deliver a keynote address for a collateral event hosted by the European Cultural Center, ECC Time, Space and Existence, on May 8, at the Giardini Marinaressa, Venice, on the themes of Repair, Regeneration and Reuse focusing on her firm’s work. She also took part in two panels: one hosted by the US pavilion and the other by ORO Books, moderated by Ashley Simone and William Richards, titled The Implacable Book, where she spoke on themes from her 2018 book, Mass Timber Design and Research. A forthcoming book, Light on Wood, is to be published by Birkhauser in Fall 2025.

About Susan Jones:

Architect Susan Jones brings design to drive systemic change since founding her award-winning, female-led architectural firm, atelierjones, in Seattle over twenty years ago. Over the last decade, she and her firm have become national leaders in introducing environmentally responsible and bio-based material systems at scale.

A third-generation citizen of the US Pacific Northwest, Jones earned degrees from Stanford and Harvard GSD, began her practice in Vienna, was a Fulbright scholar in Berlin, and is now an Affiliate Associate Professor at the University of Washington. She was awarded the AIA Seattle Gold Medal and the national Women in Architecture award, both in 2024.

“What propelled me forward was a vision that there was a more systemic way to design our built environment…”
— Susan Jones, FAIA

www.atelierjones.com
1501 E. Madison Avenue
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Donald I King, FAIA, NOMAC is an Affiliate Professor of Architecture in the University of Washington College of Built Environments. He is an architect, planner, and educator with over 50 years of experience in community-focused planning, urban design, architectural design, and project management. Among his many community service positions, Donald is the co-founder and former President/CEO of the non-profit Nehemiah Initiative Seattle. We proudly congratulate him on this well-deserved elevation to NOMA Council!

Photo Credit: Bruce Damonte

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Thank you to all who joined us for the 2025 Architecture Alumni Awards. It was a joy to come together and celebrate the remarkable impact of our alumni community.

We were proud to honor four outstanding graduates in two award categories for their leadership, innovation and service to the field:

Distinguished Alumni Award
Leon Bridges, FAIA, NOMAC (retired), BArch 1960
Ed Weinstein, FAIA, BArch 1971

Graduates of the Last Decade Award
Stephanie Farrell, AIA, MArch 2016
Araceli Lopez, RA, BA Arch Design/BS CM 2015

A special thank you to our jury — Margaret Knight, Jeff Reibman, Scott Wolf, and Gladys Ly-Au Young — for their thoughtful evaluation and leadership.

We’re also deeply grateful to LMN Architects for hosting us in their inspiring shop space and helping create such a memorable setting for the evening.

To each of you who joined us this special evening, thank you. We are grateful for the opportunity to reconnect with our community and celebrate the impact of both our established and emerging professional colleagues.

Make a gift
If you are interested in supporting the Department of Architecture, we invite you to make a gift to the Friends of Architecture Fund or another fund of your choosing.

In times of change and uncertainty, the strength of our community—and our shared investment in higher education—matters more than ever. Your support helps ensure that future architects have the resources, inspiration and access they need to thrive.

To explore additional giving opportunities or to discuss your philanthropic goals, please contact Savannah Ledgerwood at ledges@uw.edu.

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AIA Large Firm Roundtable Deans’ Forum
October 16th, 2024
AIA New York | Center for Architecture

This past October, I was invited to the AIA Large Firm Roundtable Deans’ Forum in New York City as the student representative of UW’s Department of Architecture. This event was attended by CEOs and leaders of the top 60 firms in the nation, Deans of architecture programs from universities across the country, and their chosen student representatives. It was an amazing dialogue between the professional world, the academic world, and the students who bridge the gap.

During the forum at the Center for Architecture, there were a number of events for the attendees to discuss current topics in the built environments. I sat at a table with two CEOs, three Deans, and two other students. We discussed expectations for entering the profession, how to accommodate students with jobs, and upcoming changes to architectural standards. There were also several amazing panels on alternate pathways to licensure, how academia can support the profession and vice versa, and the current issues being addressed at universities.

We also had the opportunity to organize a student-led panel discussion. We student representatives met beforehand to pick the panelists and the topics we wanted to speak on. I was elected as one of the five panelists to speak on the frustrating lack of diversity in curricula and the concurrent lack of effort from professors to learn and teach about architecture from different cultures. We also spoke on the inadequate support network for students of color, disadvantages international students face when seeking jobs, uncertainty around the future role of AI, post-COVID studio culture, and the stagnant job market for emerging professionals. Though we were heavily critiquing the system created by these leading professionals sitting in the audience, we received overwhelming support and pride for speaking our truths.

A group of us students were also able to explore Manhattan the first night, walking around past midnight and getting to know each other. Oftentimes, architectural communities are such insulated bubbles that we don’t know whether our struggles are personal or universal. This forum was a fantastic event that helped pop that bubble for not only me and the other students, but hopefully for the Deans and CEOs that are leading this profession.

Joy Munoz
Master of Architecture – 2025

Congratulations to Trevin Thompson (M Arch 2025 candidate) and to the three other CBE students, Braedyn Reed, Kort Maeda, and Lela Cooper, on their recognition to the 2025 Husky 100. This prestigious recognition honors 100 students from across the University of Washington for their exceptional leadership and meaningful contributions to both campus life and their communities.

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Anthony Costa Heywood, known affectionately as Tony, passed away on November 18, 2024. He was the husband of renowned architect and University of Washington professor Astra Zarina, the founder of the UW Rome Center. A distinguished architect and one of the last permanent residents of Civita di Bagnoregio, he leaves behind a profound legacy in the preservation and revitalization of this historic Italian town.

Born on July 19, 1936, in Athens, Georgia, he was a man of many talents. A former college football player, passionate lover of opera, an exceptional cook, gardener and a cat lover with a great gift for conversation, he generously shared his knowledge and hospitality with students, families, and residents alike. He arrived in Italy in the 1960s and married Astra in 1971. After Astra found the Palazzo Pio and established the UW Rome Center, Tony played an active role in the design and renovation of its facilities in the early 1980s.

Tony and Astra began spending time in Civita di Bagnoregio in the early 1960s and eventually purchased and restored a home there in the 1970s. Civita was a place unlike any other—perched atop a fragile plateau of volcanic tuff and accessible only by a pedestrian bridge. Isolated from modernization, it had only a dozen full-time inhabitants at the time. Devastated by an earthquake in 1695 and bombed during World War II, the ancient town faced constant geological threats due to the erosion of its clay foundation. Yet Tony and Astra were captivated by its architecture, history, and community.

By 1976, Astra had formally established a summer UW architecture study-abroad program in Civita, deepening both of their ties to the town, and Civita became both a retreat and a center for academic and preservation efforts. Tony was also active in the International Laboratory of Architecture and Urban Design (ILAUD) for 18 years, serving as its president, reflecting his commitment to advancing architectural discourse on an international scale. Concurrently, Tony dedicated part of his career in the preservation of their expanding property in Civita, one that led him to become a pivotal figure in the restoration of historic Italian hill towns.

In 1981, Tony and Astra co-founded the Northwest Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies in Italy (NIAUSI), now known as the Civita Institute. This organization fosters interdisciplinary understanding of Italian hill towns, promoting historic preservation, education, and cultural exchange. Their dedication ensured that future generations could learn from and appreciate these unique environments. Following Astra’s death in 2008, Tony acted on their plan and generously donated their estate to the Civita Institute. Unfortunately, in the years before his death Tony experienced increasing tension with the organization, due to his concerns that it was drifting away from its members’ wishes and their original shared vision. Yet, even amidst these challenging times, he remained steadfast in his dedication until his final days, fighting to uphold the shared vision he and Astra had for Civita’s cultural and architectural heritage – and one that lives on with those working to carry on its legacy.

Tony was also a man of deep passion and generosity, who had deep bonds within the Civita community. The mayor of Bagnoregio, Luca Profili, honored his legacy, stating:

“His passing is a great loss. Tony was an extraordinary figure and a pillar of our small community—one of the last historic inhabitants of Civita. His passion for our town and his tireless efforts to preserve its beauty will remain in our hearts. He always found time to help others, to listen, and to push forward initiatives that made our town better.”

Tony and Astra transformed Civita into both their refuge and the center of their work centered in architectural and cultural heritage. Their efforts helped shift Civita from a dying town to a thriving cultural destination, now attracting thousands of visitors each day. Tony’s legacy lives on in his many friends, former students, visitors, and residents whose lives he touched deeply, and in the enduring beauty of the place he so deeply loved.

Written by Kathryn Rogers Merlino, Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, Scan Design Foundation Endowed Chair in Built Environments, Director, Center for Preservation and Adaptive Reuse, Department of Architecture, College of Built Environments, University of Washington

Jim Donnette passed away on November 10, 2024, after a life marked by optimism, adventure, and dedication to teaching. Jim was an alumnus of the UW Master of Architecture program (1969) and a member of the UW Architecture faculty for 30 years.

Raised in Torrance, California, Jim earned an AA in Aeronautical Engineering from El Camino Community College. He pursued architecture at UC Berkeley, where he earned his Bachelor of Architecture and he later added a Master’s from the University of Washington.

Jim found his real calling as an Assistant Professor in the Architecture Department at the University of Washington. Jim proved to be a natural teacher, particularly in the area of architectural drawing and graphic representation. His empathic nature and sincere desire to help students understand conceptual relationships was always foremost in his teaching.

While teaching, Jim continued his own studies, focusing on graphics as a critical tool of communication. In 1969 he became a tenured member of the UW Architecture faculty and was promoted to Associate Professor. In the same year, he also received his Washington State License to practice Architecture. As a faculty member, Jim founded the Graphics Laboratory, teaching critical thinking through graphics to several thousand students in architecture, interior design, urban, planning and construction management.

Jim also had an uncompromising integrity and sense of fairness that made him a natural selection for administrative roles within the College of Architecture & Urban Planning (now College of the Built Environment) as he was able to work well with all of the departments. When then Dean Gordon Varey established an All-College Undergraduate Degree program, he appointed Jim as Program Director. Jim also served for a time as Chair of the Department of Building Construction (now Construction Management Department).

A Celebration of Life will be held on May 4, 2025, at the Seattle Elks Lodge, 6411 Seaview Ave, from 1 to 3 pm. where friends and family will gather to share stories and remember Jim’s lasting impact.

Dear Alumni and Friends,

I hope that this letter finds you and yours healthy and thriving as we enter 2025. Now in my second year as chair, I’m delighted to tell you that the department is healthy and thriving amidst exciting changes and impressive accomplishments by faculty, students, and alumni.

Department News

Upon my appointment as chair last year, the department released a draft Strategic Plan and was externally reviewed through a very positive and insightful UW Ten-Year Program Review process and report. The simultaneity of these two events was fortuitous as they are well aligned and provide clear direction for the department. Both call for greater administrative capacity for fiscal analysis and strategic planning and we spent the past year restructuring the department administration in response. Claudine Manio has been promoted to department Administrator and we are delighted to welcome Tracy Pitt from UW Tacoma as Claudine’s replacement as Graduate Program Advisor. We also welcome Nancy Dragun as our new Admissions and Outreach Coordinator. Together with Undergraduate Program Advisor Kim Sawada and Manager Shanna Sukol, our capable staff ensure that the department runs smoothly.

We hosted our first of what will be an annual UW Architecture Alumni and Friends Reception at the AIA A24 Conference in Washington, D.C. in June. Our sincere thanks to ZGF Architects and Principal Tim Williams (MArch 1995) for hosting the event in their beautiful office just blocks from the White House. Our Alumni and Friends Reception for the upcoming AIA A25 Conference in Boston will be at DesignLAB Architects and we thank them and Principal Sam Batchelor (MArch 2004) in advance. If you will be attending the conference please join us! We will send an invite and will be on the AIA A25 Conference app.

We have established an exciting collaboration with ARCADE, the Pacific Northwest design magazine, in which writer Lauren Gallow teaches a Storytelling in Architecture class in the department and the resulting student essays, with introductions penned by practicing professionals, are published in a dedicated issue of ARCADE titled COLLABORATION. We hosted the first launch party in November and look forward to more as we amplify the voices of our students while strengthening ties with the professional community.

We are excited to announce the department’s fourth Alumni Awards program with the gala event to take place on the evening of Thursday, April 17 at the LMN Shop Space in downtown Seattle. Please save the date! In addition, please submit your nominations for Distinguished Alumni and Graduate of the Last Decade Awards HERE. The deadline is February 3.

Faculty News

We are delighted to welcome Zahra Rasti as an Assistant Teaching Professor of Beginning Design. Zahra comes to us from Cal Poly San Louis Obispo but brings international experience in teaching and practice to her introductory studios and seminars.

We are also delighted to announce that four department faculty were promoted in the 2024-25 academic year including Heather Burpee (Research Professor), Tomás Méndez Echenagucia (Associate Professor with Tenure), Gundula Proksch (Professor), and David Strauss (Affiliate Associate Professor).

Associate Professor Kimo Griggs, who since 2008 has taught material and fabrication courses within the department and led the CBE Digital Design and Fabrication Labs as Director (2018-2021) and Associate Dean for Technology Transfer (2012-2018), retired at the end of fall quarter. Student work from Kimo’s popular Furniture Design Studios has won dozens of awards over the past sixteen years and his custom fabricated designs including tables, rolling partitions, and modular stage components are found throughout the college. Kimo will be missed as he continues his creative pursuits in his home state of Vermont.

It was a truly remarkable year for faculty accomplishment and recognition and the following are only highlights from a much longer list. Professors Ann Marie Borys and Kate Simonen were both elevated to FAIA bringing the total number of fellows on our faculty to eight. Affiliate Associate Professor Susan Jones and Professor Kate Simonen were each one of five women nationally to receive a 2024 Women in Architecture Award from Architectural Record magazine (yes, you read that correctly…five winners nationally, two on our faculty). Susan and Kate were also prominently featured in a recently released national documentary, Women of Carbon, which chronicles the outsized impact women in the built environment disciplines are having in the fight against climate change.

Other faculty awards include Professor Gundula Proksch receiving the 2024 Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC) Mid-Career Research Impact Award, Professor Mehlika Inanici being awarded the 2023 Leon Gaster Award (in 2024) by the Society of Light and Lighting, and Associate Professor Elizabeth Golden receiving (with ASU colleague Marc Neveu) the 2024 Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ASCA) Course Development Prize.

Student News

It was a remarkable year for our students as well. Morocco Branting (MArch 2024) was one of thirty MArch students nationally to receive a 2024 Future 100 Award from Metropolis magazine.

AIAS-UW, our American Institute of Architecture Students chapter, hosted BLOOM: Emerging Solutions for Urban Sustainability, the 2024 AIAS West Quad Conference on campus and set a new benchmark for national AIAS events by breaking records for fundraising, attendance, revenue, and quality of programming. Bloom co-chair Trevin Thompson, a grad student in his final year, is now the AIAS West Quad Director and national board member.

For the second year in a row, students in our National Organization of Minority Architecture Students (UWNOMAS) chapter participated in the NOMA Barbara G. Laurie Student Design Competition as members of a self-organized team working over the summer. Ten students travelled to the annual NOMA Conference in Baltimore to present their submission. While their submission did not advance to the finals, the students made a number of important national connections including meeting architect Leon Bridges, the oldest living NOMA member and a graduate of our department (BArch 1960). This spring, the department will launch the first NOMA Barbara G. Laurie Student Design Competition Studio to provide the 2025 student team with additional support.

AIAS and NOMAS are but two of several departmental student organizations and affinity groups that are cultivating leadership while advancing the department’s goals of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion and the department is proud to support them in these efforts.

Alumni News

As with our faculty, the following are highlights from a very long list of alumni accomplishments this past year. Four graduates of our department were elevated to AIA Fellow in 2024. They include Sam Batchelor, FAIA of DesignLAB in Boston (MArch 2004) and Doug Ito, FAIA of SMR (BA Arch 1989), Rob Misel, FAIA of Miller Hull (BA Arch 1992), and John Shoesmith, FAIA of Perkins Eastman (MArch 1994) in Seattle. Of the 98 AIA members elevated to Fellowship internationally in 2024, six are either faculty or graduates of our department.

In addition, Doug Ito received the 2024 AIA Whitney M. Young, Jr. Award which is given annually to an architect or architectural organization that embodies social responsibility and actively addresses a pressing social issue. Doug’s tireless efforts to advocate for progressive affordable housing policy while leading SMR, a firm staunchly committed to advancing affordable housing design, make him especially deserving of this coveted award. Doug and the six other newly elevated AIA fellows were honored at the AIA A24 national conference in Washington, D.C. in June.

I would like to acknowledge and honor the passing of L. Jane Hastings, FAIA (BArch 1952), who, like many of those mentioned above, was an innovator, pioneer, and impactful member of our community. Jane was only the eighth licensed woman architect in Washington State, maintained an award-winning practice for over forty years, was elected an AIA Fellow in 1980, Chancellor of the AIA College of Fellows in 1992 (the first woman to hold the position), received the AIA Seattle Chapter Medal in 1995, and was the first recipient of the AIA Northwest & Pacific Region Medal of Honor in 2002.Her memoir, The Woman in the Room, was published fours months before her death on March 25, 2024. While we are saddened by her passing, we are inspired by her legacy as will future generations of architects in our community and beyond.

While I’ve had many reasons to be optimistic for the department’s future throughout my nearly four decades on the faculty, I’ve never been as excited for it than I am today. Much of this excitement stems from the extraordinary support we receive in so many ways from our alumni, friends, and the practicing community. If you would like to further support the department and our students, please consider a contribution today. 2024 has been an extraordinary year for the department and I look forward to an even more exciting year in 2025. Please do not hesitate to reach out or pay us a visit. We’d be delighted to hear from you!

 

With gratitude,

Rick Mohler, FAIA, NCARB

Professor and Chair

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You may also contact Savannah Ledgerwood for more information about supporting the Department at ledges@uw.edu.

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Congratulations to Best Practice (Ian Butcher, MArch 1999 and Kailin Gregga, BAAD 2002) whose Aspen Leaf Ranch design was published in The New York Times’ Living Small column. We caught up with Ian and Kailin to chat about Best Practice to learn more about the project, and what makes their firm tick.

Best Practice was founded with the goal of fostering a place where people are encouraged to evolve and develop ideas based on the specifics of each project. “We’re known for leaning into eccentric conditions, and we aim to embrace the challenges that come from treating what seem like constraints as design opportunities,” notes Kailin. Ian adds, “We wanted to make a studio that was a great place to work, and to work with the extended and talented building community in Seattle. We are so lucky to work with talented fabricators, craftspeople and artists on our projects and seek out those collaborations. They are what lend a unique measure and feel to our projects and showcase a different way of being local.”

Read the complete article HERE.

(Another Best Practice project of theirs, Cloud Ranch, was featured in the NYT “on Location” in 2021. Check it out HERE.)

Daniel Simons (MArch 1998) and his fellow Principals at Bay Area-based David Baker Architects published an article in this month’s ARCHITECT magazine on the Nine Ways to Make Affordable Housing for People.

Professor Mehlika Inanici has been awarded the Society of Light and Lighting (SLL) 2023 Leon Gaster Award. The Leon Gaster award is presented for the best paper included in the SLL Lighting Research & Technology Journal concerned with lighting applications, and recognizes the role that Leon Gaster made as the founder of the Illuminating Engineering Society in 1909. The award was first made in 1929 and one award is given annually. Inanici will receive the award at the SLL Annual General Meeting, Awards and Presidential Address on May 14 2024 in Leeds, England.

This year, 98 architects in the U.S. and beyond were elevated to the AIA College of Fellows, including Professors Ann Marie Borys and Kate Simonen. Nine of the department’s permanent and affiliate faculty are now AIA Fellows. In addition, three UW Architecture alumni were also elevated to Fellowship: Samuel Batchelor, designLab Architects in Boston (M.Arch, 2004); Douglas Ito, SMR Architects (BA Architecture, 1992); and Robert Misel, The Miller Hull Partnership LLP (BA Architecture, 1989). Doug Ito is also the recipient of the 2024 Whitney M. Young, Jr. Award, which recognizes an architect or organization that champions a range of social issues. UW Architecture will host a reception/celebration for alumni and friends at the AIA Conference in Washington, D.C. on June 5 at ZGF Architects. Register here to attend.