March 21, 2012     

Prof. Hilary Ballon Wins The American Academy of Arts and Letters Architecture Award

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The American Academy of Arts and Letters announced today the recipients of its 2012 architecture awards - including Hilary Ballon, professor of urban studies and architecture at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York Unversity.

The Academy's architecture awards program began in 1955 with the inauguration of the annual Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize in Architecture, which is awarded to a preeminent architect from any country who has made a significant contribution to architecture as an art. In 1991, the Academy began giving Arts and Letters Awards (formerly called Academy Awards) to honor American architects whose work is characterized by a strong personal direction. An additional award category was created in 2003 to honor an American from any field who has contributed to ideas in architecture through any medium of expression.

Professor Ballon is a University Professor at NYU and Deputy Vice Chancellor of NYU Abu Dhabi.

This year's award recipients include:

Kathryn Gustafson
The Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize in Architecture of $5000 recognizes an architect of any nationality who has made a significant contribution to architecture as an art.

Hilary Ballon
An Arts and Letters Awards of $7500 recognizes an American who explores ideas in architecture through any medium of expression.

Marlon Blackwell
An Arts and Letters Awards in Architecture of $7500 recognizes an American architect whose work is characterized by a strong personal direction.

Elizabeth Gray & Alan Organschi
An Arts and Letters Awards in Architecture of $7500 recognizes American architects whose work is characterized by a strong personal direction.

Michael Maltzan
An Arts and Letters Awards in Architecture of $7500 recognizes an American architect whose work is characterized by a strong personal direction.

The winners were chosen from a group of 40 individuals and practices nominated by the members of the Academy. The members of this year's selection committee were: Henry N. Cobb, Michael Graves, Hugh Hardy, Steven Holl, Ada Louise Huxtable, Richard Meier (chairman), James Polshek, Billie Tsien, and Tod Williams. All five awards will be presented in New York City in May at the Academy's annual Ceremonial. Work by the winners will be featured in the upcoming exhibition on view in the Academy's galleries on Audubon Terrace.

For more information, please visit the Academy's website.

 

 








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