2025 Fifth-Year Thesis Award Finalists

Congratulations to our 2025 Fifth-Year Thesis Award Finalists! Following last week's energetic lobby pin-ups, the fifth-year students and faculty nominated 13 Fifth-Year Thesis Honors Finalists to be reviewed by an esteemed jury including Kathryn Albright, Yael Erel, Paul Holmquist, and Kerry Nolan. The jury was impressed by the range of work and the quality of architectural research and representation. Ultimately, five students were invited to present their thesis projects to the jury, faculty, and fellow students. Thoughtful deliberation and conversation determined the following awards sponsored by the Hanbury Prize, Hanbury Architecture + Design:

Excellence in Architecture Undergraduate Thesis, First Award: Jonathan Chamblee's "Architecture, Allusion, & Concurrence"

Excellence in Architecture Undergraduate Thesis, First Award: Stella Shin's "Tracing the Silent Boundaries"

The thirteen finalists were (Top, Left to Right) Sam Hunter, Erin Stutenroth, Jonathan Chamblee, Benjamin Politowicz, Macey Shao, Brynn McClathy, Philip Becher, (Bottom, Left to Right) Scooter Haddad, Noah Freedman, Virginia Martin, Olivia Kastor, Stella Shin, and Celeste Constantine.

Congratulations to all of our undergraduate thesis students on a strong year. We are proud of your collective contribution to contemporary architectural discourse. Thank you to our jury for the time and care they took to review the work, and to Hanbury Architecture + Design for supporting our students through the Hanbury Prize.