Winning student concrete masonry projects selected in ACSA competition

The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture has unveiled the winners of its 2025 Concrete Masonry Student Competition. Run in collaboration with the Concrete Masonry & Hardscapes Association, the competition “recognizes six outstanding projects that utilize concrete masonry products as the primary material in the design of a state-of-the-art Fire Station, with an emphasis on local civic engagement.”

For this year's contest, students were challenged to design a fire station and associated accommodation. Each of the resulting winners “emphasizes the use of concrete masonry as a flexible, resilient method to convey form, function and expression,” the organisers added.

The winning schemes were as follows:

FIRST PLACE

The Periurban Firestation by Alec Rosen & Akhil Singh
Tulane University (Faculty Sponsor: Sergi Serrat Guillen)

SECOND PLACE

East Harlem Fire Station & Local Marketplace by Rafah Alzindani & Era Hulaj
City College of New York (Faculty Sponsor: Suzan Wines)

THIRD PLACE

Flash Point by Michael Zemaitis
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (Faculty Sponsor: Erik Hemingway)

HONORABLE MENTION

Fire Station Number 7 – Re Axis by Alireza Alikaei
Indiana University (Faculty Sponsor: Silvia Acosta)

HONORABLE MENTION

Underhill – Encinitas Fire Station #01 by Alvaro Nunez & Wenjie Zhuang
University of Maryland (Faculty Sponsor: Peter Noonan)

HONORABLE MENTION

The Dog House by Andrew Dewalt & Stephanie Orr
Georgia Institute of Technology (Faculty Sponsor: Bryce Truitt)