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Berkeley Rupp Prize

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The Berkeley Rupp Prize provides recognition and support of the special values that women bring to the built environment. An award of $100,000 is given to a distinguished practitioner or academic who has made a significant contribution to the areas of gender equity, environmentally sensitive use of resources, community, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), and/or innovation in their body of work.

Designed as a period for regeneration, this unique opportunity provides recipients with the chance to engage in creative scholarly pursuits during a period of residency at the College of Environmental Design (CED) at UC Berkeley. During their time at CED, recipients have access to the College’s resources and the broader University of California, Berkeley network of scholars. This time of reflection and inspiration is intended to inform the recipient's future contributions to their field.

The Berkeley Rupp Prize benefits the recipient as well as CED and the broader community. The terms of that negotiated mutual benefit are flexible and tailored to meet the needs both of the prize recipient and of CED, but may involve focused workshops, a research seminar, a semester-long studio, an exhibition, symposium, or some other set of activities that engage CED's architecture community.

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Past Recipients

Deanna Van Buren
Deanna Van Buren
2018 Berkeley Rupp Prize Recipient

“There’s a lot happening in our industry right now, a consciousness-raising shift taking place that I’m excited to be a part of. The Rupp Prize means that people see the value of this type of thinking. It means that I’ll be able to advance the work and I’m so grateful for that.”

Carme Pinós
2016 Berkeley Rupp Prize Recipient

“Carme Pinós will bring her wide experience as an architect, urban designer and teacher to Berkeley. Her architecture is known for bold and vibrant forms yet her designs deeply engage the user, the city and the landscape. Whether designing a museum, or planning a factory in Burkina Faso to help boost the economy, her projects reflect a thoughtful connection to the poetry of place.”

— Cathleen McGuigan. Editor-in-chief, Architectural Record

Sheila Kennedy
Sheila Kennedy
2014 Berkeley Rupp Prize Recipient

“Design leadership that integrates systems, inspires collaboration, and honors culture is essential if we are to craft a sustainable future. Sheila’s creative work in inventing new links between urbanized and natural ecologies, and changing the ways in which we think about material culture and manufacturing in a society that is increasingly local and global, is the embodiment of what we strive to cultivate with this prize.”

— Allison G. Williams FAIA LEED AP, VP and Design Director for AECOM’s Western Region

Deborah Berke
2012 Inaugural Berkeley Rupp Prize Recipient

“Deborah Berke exemplifies everything this prize is meant to celebrate. The excellence of her craft, her creative approach to sustainability, and her willingness to mentor women in the field and share her ideas and expertise make her the perfect person to receive the Berkeley-Rupp Prize.”

— Jennifer Wolch, Former Dean and Professor Emerita of City & Regional Planning

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Nominating Committee

  • Lucy Berman, Sigrid Rupp Trustee
  • Yung Ho Chang, AIA, former Chair and Professor of Architecture, MIT; Principal Architect, Atelier Feichang Jianzhu
  • Renee Chow, William W. Wurster Dean; Principal, Studio URBIS
  • Madhavi Desai, Partner, ARCHICRAFTS Studio
  • Lisa Iwamoto, Chair and Professor of Architecture; David K. Woo Chair in Environmental Design; Principal, IwamotoScott Architecture
  • Lisa Kleissner, Sigrid Rupp Trustee
  • Cathleen McGuigan, Editor-in-Chief, Architectural Record
  • Marilyn Jordan Taylor, Dean Emeritus, School of Design, University of Pennsylvania
  • Neyran Turan, Associate Professor of Architecture; Founding Partner, NEMESTUDIO
  • Deanna Van Buren, Design Director and Executive Director, Designing Justice + Designing Spaces; 2018 Berkeley Rupp Prize Recipient
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Sigrid Rupp

Sigrid Rupp

In an effort to foster a holistic approach to architecture and professional practice, Sigrid Lorenzen Rupp created the Berkeley Rupp Architecture Professorship and Prize.

The intent of the Berkeley Rupp Prize is to give recipients the resources and time necessary for reflection, and to share their knowledge and passion with students of architecture.

Ms. Rupp’s generous bequest to UC Berkeley makes possible the Berkeley Rupp Prize at the College of Environmental Design on the University of California, Berkeley campus.

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