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Source: Vladimir Krstic, 785-532-1114, vkrstic@k-state.edu
News release prepared by: Diane Potts, 785-532-1090, potts@k-state.edu

Thursday, May 29, 2008

K-STATE'S DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE AWARDS 2008 HEINTZELMAN PRIZE TO STUDENT FROM KANSAS CITY, MO.

MANHATTAN -- Whang Jin Suh, a master of architecture graduate from Kansas City, Mo., has received the 2008 Heintzelman Prize from Kansas State University's department of architecture.

The award, presented May 17 at commencement for K-State's College of Architecture, Planning and Design, recognizes outstanding design achievement by a graduating architecture student on the final student project.

Suh's winning project was "Kansas City: Hidden Urban Spaces -- A Music School," designed as a culminating part of a yearlong urban study for the reconstruction of downtown Kansas City. His studio was led by Vladimir Krstic, professor of architecture, in collaboration with distinguished Argentinean architect Miguel Angel Roca, the 2008 Victor L. Regnier Visiting Professor in the department of architecture.

The Heintzelman Prize is awarded annually for outstanding design achievements by students in the final semester of the professional architecture degree program. The prize is named after J. Cranston Heintzelman, a longtime teacher in K-State's department of architecture. One student or team of students in each fifth-year design studio is nominated by the faculty as a Heintzelman finalist. A jury of three distinguished practitioners and/or academics selects the Heintzelman Prize winner.

Receiving an honorable mention in the competition was Jeffrey Rice, master of architecture graduate, Jefferson City, Mo., for "The American Academy of Beauty," proposed a mixed-use building of around 50,000 square feet in Kansas City, Kan. Rice's studio was led by Robert Condia, professor of architecture.

Other nominees for the 2008 Heintzelman Prize, all master of architecture recipients unless otherwise indicated, and their projects included:

Clemente Jaquez-Herrera, Garden City, "Greensburg Cubed" project team.

From Greater Kansas City: David Hildebrandt, "Housing Development in Keko Magurumbas, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania," Kansas City, Kan.; Erin Wages, Olathe, "Greensburg Cubed" project team; and Collin Curry, bachelor of architecture graduate, Overland Park, "Greensburg Cubed" project team.

Jacob Henley and Jessica Williams, both of the "Greensburg Cubed" project team and both of Manhattan; and Skyler Bonser, Wichita, "Greensburg Cubed" project team.

From out of state:

Sally Maddock, Lakewood, Colo., "Greensburg Cubed" project team; Melody Meek Jacobson, Priest River, Idaho, "Greensburg Cubed" project team.

From Missouri: Aaron Vanderpool, bachelor of architecture graduate, Blue Springs, "Greensburg Cubed" project team; Malcolm Watkins, Gower, "Greensburg Cubed" project team; Joseph Vessell, Jefferson City, "Post-Disaster Prototype Dwelling"; Andrew Becker, August 2008 bachelor of architecture candidate, Nixa, "Greensburg Cubed" project team; and Jonathan Anderson, bachelor of architecture graduate, St. Louis, "Greensburg Cubed" project team.

From Nebraska: Laura Wilke, Columbus, "Greensburg Cubed" project team; and Benjamin Strain, Omaha, "College of Architecture, Planning and Design at Kabul University, Kabul, Afghanistan."

The final projects are on display through the summer in Seaton Hall's Chang Gallery. The free gallery is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays.

This year's invited jurors included Robert McCarter, practicing architect, author and professor of architecture at Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.; Dwayne Oyler, K-State architecture alumnus, practicing architect and undergraduate thesis coordinator at the Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, Calif.; and Carl Puljak, K-State architecture alumnus and professor and director of the School of Architecture, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, La.