
AIA Chicago Foundation members with Breah Page, AIA; Photo: Fionn Hui
Dubin Family Young Architect Award
The Young Architect Award was originally established in 1983 to recognize excellence in ability and exceptional contributions by young Chicago area architects. In 2003, the was renamed the Dubin Family Young Architect Award, thanks to the generosity of the family of the late M. David Dubin, FAIA, 1971 AIA Chicago President, who have provided a cash prize. This award is administered by the AIA Chicago Foundation.
Jury
Selected by the AIA Chicago Foundation Board of Trustees.
This award is funded by the Dubin Family and administered by:

Award Information
Submissions Open: Monday, July 24, 2023
Submissions Close: Friday, September 8, 2023
Eligibility: Nominees must be between the ages of twenty-five (25) and thirty-nine (39) OR licensed 10 years or fewer, licensed to practice architecture in the United States, actively practicing in the Chicago metropolitan area, and a member of AIA Chicago.
Nominations/submissions may be made by any AIA Chicago member and individuals may nominate/submit for themselves. Sitting AIA Chicago and AIA Chicago Foundation board members are not eligible to apply.
Past Recipients
2023 Breah Page, AIA
2022 none
2021 Alzira Maldonado Protsishin, AIA
2020 Heidi Wang, AIA
2019 Jennifer Park, AIA
2018 Matthew McGrane, AIA
2017 Anthony Viola, AIA
2016 Vladimir Radutny, AIA
2015 Chris-Annmarie Spencer, AIA
2014 Nootan Bahrani, AIA
2013 April Hughes, AIA
2012 Matthew Dumich, FAIA
2011 Tristan Sterk
2010 Sara Beardsley, AIA
2009 Brian Vitale, AIA
2008 Craig Brandt, FAIA
2007 Martin Felsen, FAIA
2006 Joseph Cliggott, AIA
2005 none
2004 James Zheng, AIA
2003 Thomas Braham, AIA
2002 Robin Whitehurst, AIA
2001 Jeffrey Bone, FAIA, Sharlene Young, AIA
2000 Patrick Loughran, FAIA, Julie Deprey
1999 Randall Deutsch, FAIA, James Prendergast, FAIA, Douglas Ross, AIA
1998 Thomas Hoepf, FAIA, Ellen Dickson, FAIA, Frederick Wilson, AIA
1997 Douglas Farr, FAIA, and Edward Keegan, AIA
1996 Eric Emmet Davis, AIA, Peter Exley, FAIA, David Jennerjahn, AIA,
1995 Douglas Garofalo, FAIA
1994 William Bradford, AIA, Tod Desmarais, FAIA, Robert Robicsek, AIA
1993 Alan Armbrust, AIA, Susanne Roubik
1992 Darcy Bonner Jr., AIA, David Mikos, AIA, Daniel Cinnelli, FAIA, John Eifler, FAIA
1991 Tannys Langdon, Stephen Wierzbowski, FAIA, August Battaglia, FAIA, James Baird, FAIA
1989 Dennis Rupert
1988 Howard Decker, FAIA, Michael Lustig
1986 Robert Fugman, Peter Landon, FAIA
1985 Christopher Rudolph, AIA, Andrew Metter, FAIA
1985 Daniel Wheeler, FAIA
1984 Diane Legge, FAIA, Robert Krawczyk, Melvin Hamilton
1983 Ralph Johnson, FAIA, Nicholas Weingarten
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