Waterloo Architecture Graduates Win International AIA COTE Top Ten Competition

Madeline Engen and Yoon Hur Receive 2024 AIA COTE Top Ten Award for Excellence and Innovation in Sustainable Architecture

Their projects, 'Grow' and 'stonehouse' were created for the 4B Comprehensive Building Design studio 'The New Cambridge Food Bank', co-ordinated by Jaliya Fonseka and the teaching team: Walter Bettio, Michael Bootsma, Jaliya Fonseka, Melissa Ng, Amrit Phull and Samantha Scroggie.

The international competition celebrates 10 exemplary architectural proposals addressing sustainability and climate change. These projects were selected from over 1400 submissions from 76 schools internationally.

The American Institute of Architects, Committee on the Environment (AIA COTE), in partnership with the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA), have selected the recipients of the 2024 AIA COTE Top Ten for Students Competition. The competition recognizes 10 outstanding projects that meaningfully address the impacts of climate change. These creative designs imagine a healthy, sustainable, and equitable future. The winning projects emphasize achieving net-zero emissions, adapting to resilient climate impacts, and addressing social and environmental inequities.

The program challenged students to design projects that use a creative and innovative, thoroughly integrated approach to architecture, natural systems, and technology to provide design solutions that protect and enhance the environment.