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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