Two student projects win AIA Kansas Design Awards
2026-10-07 • Sam Fox School
Celebrating the Prairie: A Mass Timber Pavilion by WashU students Abi Bauman, Cheyenne Granahan, and Lindsay Miller, along with K-State students Pony Alongkornvilai and Aleah Delgado.
Two student projects won Excellence in Design Awards from AIA Kansas, both created as coursework for a studio led by David Dowell, the fall 2025 Ruth and Norman Moore Visiting Professor of Architecture. In the course, WashU and Kansas State University students partnered to create designs for The Land Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to transforming agriculture for a more sustainable future.
Celebrating the Prairie: A Mass Timber Pavilion by WashU students Abi Bauman, Cheyenne Granahan, and Lindsay Miller, along with K-State students Pony Alongkornvilai and Aleah Delgado, received an Honor Award in the student architectural design category.
New Event Barn for The Land Institute — made of closed loop recycled and reused materials, pre-engineered metal, and bailed, restored prairie — by WashU students Ty Blumberg and Keyshawn Lewis, along with K-State students Carlos Baez and Adian Cannon, received a Merit Award in the architectural design category.
The awards were juried by Matthew Cadle of Marlon Blackwell Architects, Cara Collins of Dake | Wells, Cody Farris of Duvall Decker Architects, and Matt Kreilich of Snow Kreilich Architects.
