05/07/2026
Thesis Competition 🏆⚡️🏛
Congratulations to our 2026 Niles Bolton Thesis Competition winners! A special thank you to Niles Bolton for their generous sponsorship and support!
🥇 | 1st Place: Brian Lopez
📝What Is Colombian Coffee Culture? An Architectural Investigation of Identity, Tension, and the Coffee Landscape of the Coffee-Growing Region of Colombia
👨🏫 Faculty Advisor: Arief Setiawan
🥈 | 2nd Place: Caleb Harrell
📝Set The Scene
👨🏫Faculty Advisor: Chris Welty
🥉 | 3rd Place: Aden Sterchi
📝Virtual Matter: Architecture as a Critical Turning Point
👨🏫Faculty Advisor: Ameen Farooq
🏅 | Honorable Mention: Nadirah Ali
📝 Subaltern Alternatives
👩🏫 Faculty Advisor: Jade Yang
🏅 | Honorable Mention: Arturo Resendiz
📝 Anti-Gang Architecture: Youth Labor, & Spatial Agency in Mexico
👨🏫Faculty Advisor: Ehsan Sheikholharam Mashhadi
🌟+📚 | Faculty's Choice & AIA Medal for Academic Excellence: Jose Alejandro Carpio
📝The Patina of Care: Sapporo’s Metabolic housing as resilient and inclusive design
👨🏫Faculty Advisor: Sang Pil Lee
💛 | People's Choice: Dan Bululi Nyumpa
📝From 2D to 3D: Generating Architecture Through Point of View
👨🏫Faculty Advisor: Arief Setiawan