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Toshiko Mori to receive 2019 AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion

By Justine Testado|

Friday, Dec 7, 2018

Toshiko Mori. Photograph by Ralph Gibson.

The trailblazing Toshiko Mori was honored with the 2019 AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education, which honors the recipient for their active involvement in architecture education for over a decade and for influencing a broad range of students through their teaching.

“She challenges her students to become educator-practitioners themselves and harnesses academic inquiry and professional rigor to reshape the practice of architecture,” the AIA writes in a press release. “Mori’s teaching philosophy is one rooted in respect for individual talent, sensitive guidance, and productive dialogue.”

Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research. Photo © Iwan Baan.
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Launching her New York practice in 1981, Mori began her teaching career at the Cooper Union School of Architecture in 1983. She became the first female faculty member to receive tenure at Harvard GSD, where she is also the first and only woman who served as chair of the school's architecture department. In her current role as a professor in architectural practice at the GSD, she leads advanced seminars and travels with students across the globe to teach students the importance of local contexts and community interests in their designs.

House in Ghent. Photo © Paul Warchol.
Eleanor and Wilson Greatbatch Pavilion at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Darwin D. Martin House Complex. Photo © Iwan Baan.

“Toshiko is an indefatigable advocate of architecture in the broader halls of academia and a formidable institution builder whose determination, patience, and hard work have earned her the broad respect and admiration in academia at large, in the profession, and wherever she has been called to represent architecture,” wrote Jorge Silvetti (who received the 2018 Topaz Medallion) in his support of Mori’s nomination.

Mori will be honored with the Topaz Medallion during the 2019 AIA Conference on Architecture in Las Vegas.

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Toshiko Mori to receive 2019 AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion

By Justine Testado|

Friday, Dec 7, 2018

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Toshiko Mori. Photograph by Ralph Gibson.

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toshiko mori ● toshiko mori architect ● topaz medallion ● aia ● acsa ● architectural education ● competition
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The trailblazing Toshiko Mori was honored with the 2019 AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education, which honors the recipient for their active involvement in architecture education for over a decade and for influencing a broad range of students through their teaching.

“She challenges her students to become educator-practitioners themselves and harnesses academic inquiry and professional rigor to reshape the practice of architecture,” the AIA writes in a press release. “Mori’s teaching philosophy is one rooted in respect for individual talent, sensitive guidance, and productive dialogue.”

Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research. Photo © Iwan Baan.
Thread Artist Residency and Cultural Center. Photo © Iwan Baan.

Launching her New York practice in 1981, Mori began her teaching career at the Cooper Union School of Architecture in 1983. She became the first female faculty member to receive tenure at Harvard GSD, where she is also the first and only woman who served as chair of the school's architecture department. In her current role as a professor in architectural practice at the GSD, she leads advanced seminars and travels with students across the globe to teach students the importance of local contexts and community interests in their designs.

House in Ghent. Photo © Paul Warchol.
Eleanor and Wilson Greatbatch Pavilion at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Darwin D. Martin House Complex. Photo © Iwan Baan.

“Toshiko is an indefatigable advocate of architecture in the broader halls of academia and a formidable institution builder whose determination, patience, and hard work have earned her the broad respect and admiration in academia at large, in the profession, and wherever she has been called to represent architecture,” wrote Jorge Silvetti (who received the 2018 Topaz Medallion) in his support of Mori’s nomination.

Mori will be honored with the Topaz Medallion during the 2019 AIA Conference on Architecture in Las Vegas.

RELATED NEWS Richard Rogers named 2019 AIA Gold Medalist
RELATED NEWS AIA announces the Topaz Medallion, Whitney M. Young Jr., and Kemper awards
RELATED NEWS LMN Architects wins 2016 AIA Architecture Firm Award; Topaz Medallion awarded to Douglas S. Kelbaugh
RELATED NEWS Ehrlich Architects wins 2015 AIA Architecture Firm Award; Peter Eisenman takes the Topaz Medallion

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