The Art Institute of Chicago
Schiff Foundation Fellowship Winners

2005 Design Fellowship

Ananth Robert Sampathkumar, $25,000
Illinois Institute of Technology

Jury
Calvin Lewis, Chair, Department of Architecture, Iowa State University

Edward Lifson, Arts Editor, Chicago Public Radio

Julie Snow, architect, Julie Snow Architects (Minneapolis, MN)

Ross Wimer, architect, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (Chicago)

2005 Writing Fellowship

Zachary White
Illinois Institute of Technology
His essay, titled “A Vital Mess: Rem Koolhaas’s Irreverent Love for Mies,” addresses the design of IIT’s new campus center.

Jury
Julie Snow, architect, Julie Snow Architects

Ross Wimer, architect, Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill

Edward Lifson, arts editor at Chicago Public Radio and host of <I>Hello Beautiful</I>

Cal Lewis, chair of the Department of Architecture at Iowa State University

Blair Kamin, architecture critic for the Chicago Tribune.

2004

Grant Gibson, $25,000. 
University of Illinois at Chicago 

Jury
Dianne Harris, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Landscape Architecture

Carol Ross Barney, Ross Barney and Jankowski, Chicago

Carlos Jimenez, Rice University, Houston

Thomas Fisher, University of Minnesota, College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture


2003

Tristan d'Estree Sterk, $25,000
School of the Art Institute

Jury
Celeste Adams, director , Grand Rapids Art Museum

Joseph Burns, engineer, architect , Thornton-Tomasetti

Melinda Palmore, architect, 3-D Studio

Reed Kroloff, architect, critic


2002

Zane Karpova, $30,000
University of Illinois at Chicago

Jury
Hiroshi Ariyama, vice president, Hirano Design International

Christoph Ingenhoven, architect, Ingenhoven, Overdiek, and Partner

Bob Kleinschmidt, principal Powell/Kleinschmidt Interior Architecture

Elana Saltzman, Department of Design and Construction, Art Institute of Chicago

Cynthia Weese, dean, School of Architecture, Washington University


2001

Jeff Morgan, $25,000
University of Illinois, Chicago

Jury
Nada Andric, architect, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Peter Hales, Department of Architecture and Art History, University of Illinois, Chicago

Brad Lynch, architect, Brininstool & Lynch

Elizabeth Smith, chief curator, Museum of Contemporary Art


2000

Rusty Smith, $13,689
School of the Art Institute

Jury
Lee Bey, architecture critic, Chicago Sun-Times

Kathy Cattong, director, The Arts Club of Chicago

Kathryn Quinn, architect

Nicholas Weingarten, J.D. Edwards Company


1999


Naotami Yasuda, $15,000
Illinois Institute of Technology

Jury
Kathryn H. Anthony, School of Architecture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Eva Maddox, Eva Maddox and Associates

Judith McBrien, Perspectives

Patricia Saldana Natke, Urban Works Institute


1998


John Joyce, $12,000
University of Illinois, Chicago

Jury
Roula Alakiotou, Roula Associates Architects

Ralph Johnson, Perkins & Will

Linda Krause, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Stephen Senott, Lake Forest College


1997


Jeffrey Paul Nelson, $10,000
University of Illinois, Chicago

Jury
Prof. Karen Connelley, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Pauline Saliga, executive director of the Society of Architectural Historians

Prof. Thomas Gordon-Smith, University of Notre Dame

Joseph Valerio, Valerio Dewalt Train


1996


James N. Hall, $10,000
Illinois Institute of Technology

Jury
Prof. Dennis Doordan, University of Notre Dame

Blair Kamen, architecture critic, Chicago Tribune

Carter H. Manny, director emeritus, Graham Foundation

Prof. Katherine Taylor, University of Chicago


1995

Susan Patenaude, $10,000
University of Illinois, Chicago

Jury
Prof. Sidney Robinson, University of Illinois, Chicago

Linda Searl, Searl and Associates

Richard Solomon, director, Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts

Prof. Duncan Stroik, University of Notre Dame


1994

Rodrigo de Mendoza, $18,000
Illinois Institute of Technology

Jury
Deborah Doyle, Doyle and Associates

Thomas Beeby, Hammond, Beeby and Babka

Alice Sinkevitch, executive director, AIA

Stanley Tigerman, Tigerman McCurry Architects


1993

Dong Huy Kim, $10,000
School of the Art Institute

Jury
Prof. Ross Miller, director, CIAU

Eugene Asse, architect from Moscow

Paul Florian, Florian-Wierzbowski

John Vinci, The Office of John Vinci


1992

Natascha Maria Kraut, $10,000
Illinois Institute of Technology

Jury
Prof. Franz Schulze, Lake Forest College

Prof. Sally Chappell, DePaul University

Ben Weese, Weese Langley Weese

Ronald Krueck, Krueck and Sexton


1991

Mark McKinney--First Prize, $10,000
University of Illinois, Chicago

Tracy Bender--Honorable Mention, $2,000
School of the Art Institute

Matthew Kupritz--Honorable Mention, $2,000
University of Illinois, Chicago

Arden Freeman--Commendation, $1,000
Illinois Institute of Technology

Jury
Prof. Kevin Harrington, Illinois Institute of Technology

Darcy Bonner, Himmel-Bonner

Daniel Wheeler, Wheeler-Kearns

Prof. David van Zanten, Northwestern University (cancelled)


1990

Keith Green--First Prize, $8,000
University of Illinois, Chicago

Hyeon-Mi-Cho--Second Prize, $4,000
School of the Art Institute

Jury
Margaret McCurry, Tigerman McCurry Architects

Steven Wierzbowski, Florian-Wierzbowski

Prof. Robert Bruegmann, University of Illinois, Chicago

Jack Perry Brown, director of the Ryerson and Burnham Libraries at the Art Institute


1989

Martin Lockwood-Bean
and
Michael Markham, $5,000 each
University of Illinois, Chicago

Jury
Prof. Neil Harris, University of Chicago

Dr. David Mickenberg, director of the Block Gallery, Northwestern University

Laurence Booth, Booth-Hansen

Gerald Horn, Holabird & Root