Berkeley-Rupp Architecture Professorship and Prize

The Berkeley-Rupp Architecture Professorship and Prize is a prize awarded every two years by the University of California, Berkeley College of Environmental Design (UEC).[1] The cash portion of the prize includes $100,000 awarded to the recipient.[2] Recipients also earn a semester-long professorship at UC Berkeley.[3] The prize is intended to honor a "distinguished design practitioner or academic who has made significant contributions to advance gender equity in the field of architecture, and whose work exhibits commitment to sustainability and community."[4]

History

Sigrid Lorenzen Rupp created the idea of the prize prior to her death in 2004, in order to "foster a holistic approach to architecture and professional practice."[5] Jennifer Wolch, Dean of UEC, helped lead the effort to establishing the prize.[6] The inaugural year for the prize was 2012.[7]

The physical representation of the prize, created by Emerging Objects, is made of clay, is three-dimensional and is "fabricated under the new paradigm of additive manufacturing."[8]

Inductees

Singapore Women's Hall of Fame
Name Image Birth–Death Year Area of achievement
Berke, DeborahDeborah Berke 2012 First recipient of the prize.[9]
Kennedy, SheilaSheila Kennedy 2014 Creator of innovative, soft material structures that are applicable in diverse situations.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Testado, Justine (15 September 2014). "Sheila Kennedy of KVA MATx Wins 2014 Berkeley-Rupp Prize". Archinect. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  2. ↑ King, John (15 September 2014). "$100,000 Berkeley-Rupp Architecture Prize announced". SF Gate. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  3. ↑ 18 September 2014. "Winner of the Berkeley-Rupp Architecture Professorship & Prize". Premios Arquitectura. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  4. ↑ Campbell, Scott (16 September 2014). "Sheila Kennedy Awarded $100K Berkeley-Rupp Prize". MIT News. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "The Berkeley-Rupp Architecture Professorship and Prize". Organization of Women Architects and Design Professionals. March 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  6. ↑ Palmer, Lauren (24 February 2015). "Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation Hosts Leadership Awards Gala, Kicks off Built By Women Exhibition". Architectural Record. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  7. ↑ Lewis, Anna M. (2014). Women of Steel and Stone: 22 Inspirational Architects, Engineers, and Landscape Designers. Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Review Press. p. 89. ISBN 9781613745083.
  8. ↑ "Berkeley-Rupp Prize for Architecture". Emerging Objects. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  9. ↑ Walter, Alexander (11 September 2012). "New York Architect Deborah Berke Selected for Berkeley-Rupp Prize". Archinect. Retrieved 14 October 2015.

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