The following awards were made in the academic year 2025–2026. The date each award was established is shown in parentheses.

Award

Professor King-lui Wu Teaching Award (2006). Awarded each year to a faculty member who combines architectural practice with outstanding teaching. Recipients are selected by the vote of graduating students. Awarded to Andrew Benner.

Fellowships

William Wirt Winchester Traveling Fellowship (1895). Awarded each year to the graduating students in architecture whose academic performance has been consistently at the highest level, who have displayed the most promise and potential for a future professional role, and who have completed a piece of distinguished independent work. It provides an opportunity for study and travel outside the United States and is considered to be the School’s most prestigious award. Awarded to Julia Edwards and Sebastian Simonetti-Grez.

Gertraud A. Wood Traveling Fellowship (1983). Awarded each year to an outstanding second-year student in the first professional degree program on financial aid for travel outside of the United States. Awarded to Arnold Amisi.

George Nelson Scholarship (1988). Awarded each year through a competitive application process to a second-year student in the first professional degree program for support for an independent course of study. Recipients shall demonstrate skill as a designer, interest in critical thought, and the ability to express ideas in written and verbal form. Awarded to Brigid Elrod and Rebecca Mqamelo. 

Bryan Maddock ’14 Summer Nomad Fellowship (2024). Established by Bryan Maddock (M.Arch. 2014) to support student travel during the summer following their second year. Awarded to Abdallah Hussein. 

Medals and Prizes

American Institute of Architects Medal for Academic Excellence (1914). Awarded to the graduating student with the highest academic ranking in the first professional degree program. Awarded to Cole Quist.

Alpha Rho Chi Medal (1914). Awarded each year to that graduating student who has shown an ability for leadership, performed willing service for the school and department, and given promise of real professional merit through attitude and personality. Awarded to Krista Lebovitz.

William Edward Parsons Memorial Medal (1941). Presented annually to members of the graduating class who have done distinctive work and demonstrated the greatest professional promise in the area of city planning. Awarded to Justin Levelle.

The H.I. Feldman Prize (1955). Awarded annually to the student who demonstrates the best solution to an architectural problem in an advanced studio, taking into consideration the practical, functional, and aesthetic requirements of that problem. Awarded to Ange Long.

Wendy Elizabeth Blanning Prize (1976). Awarded annually to the student in the second year of the first professional degree program on financial aid who has shown the most promise of development in the profession. 

Sonia Albert Schimberg Prize (1981). Awarded to a graduating woman student for outstanding academic performance. Awarded to Nur Nuri.

Janet Cain Sielaff Alumni Award (1983). The Yale Architecture Alumni Association Award presented annually to that graduating student who most significantly contributed to, and fostered, school spirit. Awarded to Aysel Aziz and McKenna Sabon.

Moulton Andrus Award (1984). Awarded to a graduating student who has achieved excellence in art and architecture. Awarded to Frieda Kickliter and Ellen Zhu.

The Drawing Prize (1985). Awarded to the graduating student who has excelled at drawing as part of the design process, is articulate with pencil, and shows architectural ideas with a strong personal graphic style of presentation. Awarded to Chase Faulkner and Nick Wang.

Gene Lewis Book Prize (1986). Awarded to a graduating student who has shown promise for excellence in residential architecture. Awarded to Brenton Duhan and Liam Nolan.

David Taylor Memorial Prize (1996). Awarded to a graduating student who has shown promise or demonstrated interest in architectural criticism. Awarded to Tomas Altobello, Paola Foster, and Iskander Guetta.

Beatrice Shinn Reik Class of 1948 Memorial Prize (2020). Awarded to a graduating student who did the most to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion. Awarded to Ugen Yonten.

Independent Design Research Award (2023). Awarded annually to the post-professional student who completes the best independent design research studio project. Awarded to Duy Nguyen.

Internship

David M. Schwarz/Architectural Services Summer Internship and Traveling Fellowship (2000). Awarded to Na rye Han.