ARCC / KING Student Medal Program 2007-2008

The Architectural Research Centers Consortium is pleased to announce the eighth annual:

ARCC / King Student Medal for Excellence in
Architectural + Environmental Design Research

Named in honor of the late Jonathan King, co-founder and first president of the
Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC), this award will be given to one student
per ARCC member school. Selection of school recipients is at the discretion of the individual institutions,
but will be based upon criteria that acknowledge innovation, integrity, and scholarship
in architectural and/or environmental design research.
The award may be made at either the graduate or the undergraduate level.

For more information on the ARCC / King Student Medal please see below or contact
Professor Brian R. Sinclair, Faculty of Environmental Design, University of Calgary ,
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
email: brian.sinclair@ucalgary.ca

Deadline for submissions is Monday 7 April 2008

Details on the Web: http:www.arccweb.org/kingawd.htm

Jonathan King | Nomination Details | Nomination Form

The King Medal design was developed by Emily Furman, a student in the Graphic Design Department,
School of Design, North Carolina State University

 

Professor Jonathan King, HAIA

Professor Jonathan King, HAIA (1926-1997) began a lifelong career of service to the profession of architecture in 1958 at the Ford Foundation, where he was Vice President and Treasurer of the Educational Facilities Laboratories until 1970. After serving for six years as Senior Vice President at CRS in Houston, he joined the staff at the University of Michigan as Professor of Architecture and Director of the Architectural Research Laboratory, later achieving Professor Emeritus status in 1986.

In 1992, Professor King came out of retirement to join the architecture faculty at Texas A&M University as a visiting professor and, subsequently, director of the newly formed CRS Center. While at the Center, Professor King capped a lifelong career of writing about results of research, views on architecture and humanism, and architecture education by completing work on a series of oral histories about CRS. He retired for the second time in June 1997.

During his career, Professor King stimulated, guided and performed some of the most innovative research into the built environment in the last half of the 20th century. Although he had no formal training as an architect, he became a professor of architecture and a member of the profession. King is perhaps best known for his work in building systems which changed the shape of American schoolhouses. In addition to his own creative work, he was a highly regarded advisor, critic and mentor to several generations of architecture students.

In November 1997, the Architectural Research Centers Consortium, of which he was the first president, passed the following resolution:

"ARCC is deeply appreciative of the long-standing commitment of Jonathan King to the advancement of architectural research. During his early days at the Educational Facilities Laboratory at the Ford Foundation, as a partner in CRS, as director of the Architectural Research Laboratory at the University of Michigan and, more recently, as director of the CRS Center at Texas A&M University, he stimulated others to understand and explore how to systematically link the process of architectural design to human satisfaction. As a founder of the original ARCC and its first president, he has raised the aspirations of the university-based architectural research community to link their efforts in a manner that would make the sum of their efforts greater than the parts."

Nomination Details

The Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC) is pleased to be able to award an "ARCC / King Student Medal for Excellence in Architectural + Environmental Design Research" to one student from each ARCC member institution. Selection of a nominee from each member institution is left generally to the discretion of the member (school, college, department), within the guidelines outlined below. We look forward to celebrating the best in research/scholarship from your students this year -- and in years to come.

Nomination Form for 2007-2008 ARCC / KING MEDAL

Please cut and paste this information (deleting the "example" information) and send the completed form to Brian Sinclair at < brian.sinclair@ucalgary.ca >

Name of member institution:

(example: Department of Architecture, University of Oregon)

 

Name of student being nominated for medal:

(example: Justice P. Smythe)

 

Student's position at institution:

(example: graduating M. Arch student)

 

Research work for which nomination is made:

(example: Master's Thesis entitled "Vital Signs: A Bird's Eye Review")

(example: exemplary effort as Research Assistant on Project XYZ)

 

Abstract of work for which nomination is made (300 word maximum):

(if a collaborative effort, clearly identify student contribution)

 

Nomination submitted by:

Date:

Certification: As nominator for ____(Institution name)____ I certify that the institution is an ARCC member in good standing for the 2007-2008 academic year.

 

Medal should be sent to:

(provide full mailing address -- the intention is that the Medal be mailed to an institutional representative for award to the student at an appropriate venue; if this is not possible, the student's address may be provided for direct delivery)

**** This e-mail nomination form must be followed by a hard-copy nomination form on institutional letterhead signed by an appropriate institutional representative. Send this confirmation to:

Professor Brian R. Sinclair
Faculty of Environmental Design
University of Calgary ,
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4

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