Advocate Illinois Masonic Physical Therapy and Sports Health Center and Parking Garage, SmithGroup
Dubin Family Young Architect Award
This award is funded by the Dubin Family and administered by:
2026 Honoree
Raquel Guzman Geara, AIA
Associate and Design & Project Architect
SmithGroup
Award Information
Submissions open: Week of May 4, 2026
Submissions close: Friday, June 12, 2026, 5:00 PM central
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. Refer to full Rules, Regulations, and Submission info.
Application Fee: No charge
2026 Dubin Family Young Architect Award Jury
Julia Mosqueda, Assoc. AIA
LBBA
AIA Chicago Foundation Trustee - Chair
Susan Conger Austin, AIA
Illinois Institute of Technology
AIA Chicago Foundation Trustee
Rana Lee
Growth Strategist & BD Executive
AIA Chicago Foundation Trustee
Tom Lee, AIA
Tom Lee Studio
External Juror
Vladimir Radutny, AIA
Vladimir Radutny Architects
2016 Recipient
Past Recipients
2025 Sara Fetterolf, AIA
2024 Emily Ray, AIA
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
1987 Anders Jarl Nereim, AIA
1986 Robert Fugman, Peter Landon, FAIA
1985 Daniel Wheeler, FAIA, Christopher Rudolph, AIA, Andrew Metter, FAIA
1984 Diane Legge, FAIA, Robert Krawczyk, Melvin Hamilton
1983 Ralph Johnson, FAIA, Nicholas Weingarten
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