Categories: Alumni Stories
Students Win AIASF Leadership Award
Students Win AIASF Leadership Award School of Architecture students and faculty were prominently represented at the AIASF Design Awards Ceremony and Gala. Architecture students were the recipients of the AIASF 2025 Leadership Award, in the Student Category, for their collaborative work on the Stay Over Program family shelter. Congratulations to the students! Lowai Ghaly, BArch…
AIA Medal for Academic Excellence
AIA Medal for Academic Excellence The AIA Medal for Academic Excellence recognizes top graduating architecture students in NAAB-accredited programs who have shown excellence throughout their academic career. For more than a century, AIA has provided a medal of excellence to the top graduating students in National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) or Canadian Architectural Certification Board…
Dania Babi Wins an Internship at Sou Fujimoto
Dania Babi Wins an Internship at Sou Fujimoto Dania Babi has won a prestigious opportunity to intern with Sou Fujimoto Architects in their Paris office. Please join us in congratulating her! Sou Fujimoto Architects is an internationally renowned firm with offices in Tokyo and Paris producing groundbreaking work. Sou Fujimoto's innovative approach to architecture stems…
AIAS | NOMASAAU Alumni Panel
Join AIAS and NOMASAAU for an Architecture Alumni Panel this Thursday at 6 PM on Zoom. Hear from three alumni as they discuss their career paths after graduation. 4/13/2023 6 PM ZOOM: art.zoom.us/my/aiasaau For those onsite, don't miss the watch party at 1849 Washington on the 5th floor lounge, complete with free pizza. Come and…
B.Arch Alum Kenta Oye Wins AIASF Design Award
B.Arch Alum Kenta Oye Wins AIASF Design Award B.Arch alumnus Kenta Oye's thesis project titled Infilling the Void was selected for the AIASF Design Award in the Unbuilt category for Merit Award and Urban Design Commendation. Jury Comments: Urban planning in San Francisco has confined ethnic neighborhoods into inhuman urban spaces. The design approach aims…
Vincent Tjiang and Dennis Levy
Noun Architects is an architecture and interior design firm based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Partners Vincent Tjiang, Felicia Ciputra, and Dennis Levy—who first met at Academy of Art University, San Francisco— aim to integrate a deep philosophical approach on building experience that explores light, material, and space on their work. The work includes both residential and…
AIA-SF 2021 Award for M.Arch Student
M.Arch Alumna Yi-Hsien (Rachel) Wang is the only student among an illustrious field of outstanding professionals who won and AIA SF 2o21 Design Award. Rachel scored in the People Choice Category with her Thesis "Outer Mission Ramp Library" tutored by Graduate Director Mark Mueckenheim. Her project is also featured on our Blog and in the…
Alumnus Erling Berg’s House in Norway
Congratulations to our alumnus Erlin Berg! His wonderful design for a house atop Kvitfjell in Norway recently received recognition by being published at Designmilk and Architizer !
Advice from Alumni
Alumni Panel Each year the School of Architecture hosts the Alumni Panel as part of the Professional Preparedness Workshops. Recent alumni (graduated in the past 2 years) prepare a short presentation introducing their firm, their day-to-day, and their transition from academia to the profession. From their stories, students get a sense of what it…
AIA SF Awards for our Students
AIA SF Awards for our Students Three of our Architecture students were awarded for their projects in the Unbuilt Design Category at the AIASF American Institute of Architects – San Francisco Design Awards. These awards are a credit to the hard work of the students who integrated their values and life experience and invested a…
B Arch Alum Raising Funds to Fight Homelessness
B Arch Alum Fundraising to Battle Homelessness B Arch alumnus Daniel Forthuber spent his thesis year on the topic of homelessness. View his thesis project featured at the 2020 Spring Show here. He is carrying his mission forward and is currently raising funds to battle homelessness in Los Angeles where he lives with his…
Congratulations Justin Ackerman!
Architecture Alum to Start New Position at Rivian October 29, 2019 Justin Ackerman, who graduated from the architecture department at the Academy of Art University in 2010, has started a new job as Concept Design Team Lead at Rivian, an electrical vehicle manufacturer. Justin is joined by IAD alums Denise Cherry, Courtney DeWalt and Sarah…
ARH Alum Wins HBO Visionary Award
M.Arch Student Shows His Directing Skills September, 6, 2019 Nirav Bhakta (M.Arch 2017) is one of three winners of the 2019 HBO Asian Pacific American Visionaries Competition as producer and co-director of Halwa, a film about an Indian woman who reconnects with her childhood sweetheart through Facebook. Nirav is a part-time actor and director in…
B.Arch Alumni Featured in Dwell Magazine
School of Architecture Alumni Success Mike Donahue The School of Architecture would like to share some exciting news! Mike Donahue, a B.Arch alumni, had his project feature as the lead story in Dwell magazine. Mike had the following story to share with his Alma Mater: "Since leaving San Francisco in 2017, I spent some time…
Ahmad Jabassini
Alumni Story: Ahmad Jabassini Gensler Architectural Designer Ahmad Jabassini Talks about His Time at Academy of Art University. Keep up with Ahmad's latest achievements via LinkedIn! https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmad-jabassini-96397371/ DOWNLOAD PDF
Samantha Buckley
Samantha Buckley “My classmates and I have felt that our education has proven to be invaluable as we step into the profession. The program prepared us for a seamless transition between my education and career. I am so thankful for the support from my faculty in and outside the classroom.” ~Samantha Buckley, B.Arch* Alumna…
Ricardo Moreno
Ricardo Moreno “Architecture school has not only given me a career, it has changed the way I approach every single situation in my life.” ~Ricardo Moreno, Architectural Designer - Mark Cavagnero Associates Architects Master of Architecture Alumnus Ricardo Moreno is an Architectural Designer at Mark Cavagnero Associates Architects. As a child, Ricardo Moreno spent a…
Jackie Zheng
Jackie Zheng M.Arch Alumnus Architectural Designer Heller Manus Architects Jackie’s dream was to design and construct high-rise buildings now he works in a team at Heller Manus Architects closely with Foster and Partners on the Oceanwide Center a new high-rise under construction in San Francisco. https://www.architectmagazine.com/project-gallery/oceanwide-center_o https://www.fosterandpartners.com/projects/oceanwide-center/ https://hellermanus.com/projects/oceanwide-center