Awards: Faculty

• Julie Kim (as c2 architecture studio + HOK), InfoCUBE: Light Monitors, received an "Award of Merit" in AIA|DC's 2013 WashingtonUNBUILT design program.
• Luis Boza and Matthew Geiss (as Reform llc) project 111 K Street selected for the 2013 Annual Exhibit of the AIA Center for Emerging Professionals at the AIA National Headquarters through April 30, 2013
• Julian Palacio named a MacDowell Fellow for winter/spring 2013, continuing his research on form and materiality in the work of Eladio Dieste, for which he was awarded the 2012 Deborah J. Norden travel fellowship by the Architectural League of New York.
• Lavinia Fici Pasquina and John Nahra, Residence, Runner Up, "Elevate Your Design" competition
• Recognized by 21st Annual Inform Awards, Virginia Society, AIA:
  • Interior Architecture Recognition of Excellence: Ann Cederna with Frederick Cederna Architects, id Software, Richardson, Texas
  • Landscape Architecture:
    • Honor Award:Travis Price with the CUA Graduate Concentration in Sacred Space/Cultural Studies, Spirit of Place/Spirit of Design, Inc., and Travis Price Architects, Memorial to the Magar Ancestors, Nepal. 2011
    • Recognition of Excellence: Travis Price with the CUA Graduate Concentration in Sacred Space/Cultural Studies, Spirit of Place/Spirit of Design, Inc., and Travis Price Architects, The James Hoban Memorial, Desart, County Kilkenny, Ireland, 2008, and Kalevalakehto: The Shaman’s Haven of the Kalevala, Helsinki, Finland, 2010
  • Object Design Recognition of Excellence:
    • CUA Graduate Concentration in Design Technologies, BENCH|WALL
    • Luis Boza and Matt Geiss with Reform LLC, Feature Wall, 111 K Street.
    • Ann Cederna, 1170RS Ducati
• Lavinia Fici Pasquina, awarded CUA Provost’s “Award for Achievement in the Creative Arts”. 2011-2012.  
• Miriam Gusevich and Jay Kabriel, Sibbesborg: Heart and Soul. 2011 Design Competition for Sibbesborg, Finland. Honorable Mention.
• Chris Grech, CUA Advancement of Teaching Award, 2011
• Randall Ott, Salt Chapel. Honor Award, WashingtonUNBUILT, AIA|DC, 2011
• Ted Naos, awarded First Place, 2010 Louie Awards, Greeting Card Association. 5/16/11
• CUAdc (Bill Jelen and students), A Hermitage for the 21st Century. Award, WashingtonUNBUILT, AIA|DC, 2010;

Awards: Students

• Andrew Baldwin, thesis project, Lacrosse as Sacred Iroquois Tradition: The Architecture of Cultural Representation, received an "Award of Excellence" in AIA|DC's 2013 WashingtonUNBUILT design program.
• Philip Goolkasian, 401 project, South Capitol Natatorium, received an "Award of Merit" in AIA|DC's 2013 WashingtonUNBUILT design program.
• Chris Brown, thesis project Jefferson’s Intent: Actualizing a Form of Human Knowledge, selected for the 2013 Annual Exhibit of the AIA Center for Emerging Professionals at the AIA National Headquarters through April 30, 2013
• Andrew Speer, working with Judith Meany and John Nahra in combined real estate development and digital media graduate studio, Re-energizing a Tired Suites Hotel, awarded Cafritz Prize. $3,000 first place. $500 honorable mention awarded to four other students.
• Joseph Barrick, undergraduate senior working with Miriam Gusevich, awarded Honorable Mention for Community Programming in the Water_Works competition sponsored by Gowanus by Design, looking at how to redeem a toxic Superfund site while strengthening a growing urban node
• Student team, Spirit of Place, received a 2012 award from Faith & Forum Magazine and the Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art, and Architecture (IFRAA) for Memorial to the Magar Ancestors, Nepal.
• Chris Brown, graduate student, received first Honorable Mention in the international Innovative Minds architectural design competition sponsored by Gurroo.com for Catastrophic Intent: Actualizing A Form of Human Knowledge, his thesis project.
• Christine Chlebda, 4th year student in B.S. Arch program, received the "Grand Award" in AIA|DC's 2012 WashingtonUNBUILT design program for Winery on Montaldo, a 401 studio project, instructors Matt Jarvis and David Jameson. The blind competition considered 133 projects submitted by both practitioners and students.
• Ryan Erb, graduate student, received a "Merit Award" in AIA|DC's WashingtonUNBUILT design program for Momentum of Public Space, his thesis project.
• Project by Matt Klein and Tim Laubacker, CUArch students, with Nick Colomeco, CUAEng student, selected in CUA student design competition for a “solar powered Mini Bus Station.”
• Jessica Key Willard (graduate student), Narrative and Architecture, 2010-11 ARCC Jonathan King Medal 

Awards: Programs

• Real Estate Development Concentration received WDG Architecture 75th Anniversary gift ($35,000 to be given yearly) 

Reviews

• Julio Bermudez, in Rasmuson, John, Utah’s Sacred Space", City Weekly, Salt Lake City (10-21-2010), p.6
• Julio Bermudez. Sacred Space/Cultural Studies studio (co-taught with Greg Upwall and Juhani Pallasmaa) reviewed in Capilla Funeraria Aconfesional, in Revista Márgenes Arquitectura Año 2, No5 (Camposanto), España, pp.58-63 (2012)
• Rauzia Ally and Te2 Symposium. Reviewed in Gupta, Anil, "I am the Flute, Music is Thine", DNA (Daily News & Analysis), 4/22/12
• Bill Jelen and CUAdc, The Hermitage, Reviewed in DePillis, Lydia, "Wanna Get Away?" in Architect, the online magazine of the AIA, 4/19/12
• Julio Bermudez. Sacred Space/Cultural Studies class. Reviewed in Freeman, Patricia Coll, "Sacred Space: Creating Sublime Experiences Through Architecture", CUA Magazine. Spring 2012.
• Lavinia Fici Pasquina. ReHouse. In Lassell, Michael, Editors of Metropolitan Home, Donna Warner, Linda O'Keeffe, Glamour: Making It Modern, 2009. Also featured on the Elle Decor website.
• Travis Price. In McManus, Laura, "Spirit of Place: Recasting Nepal's Architecture", Asian Geographic, August 2011 

Other Recognitions

• Milton Shinberg's project (as Shinberg-Levinas Architects) Kol Shalom Synagogue, Rockville, MD, certiified as LEED Gold.

Books and Book Chapters

• Eric Jenkins. Drawn to Design: Analyzing Architecture Through Freehand Drawing. Birkhauser/ACTAR. With funding from the Graham Foundation. 
• Judith Meany (and John Protopappas), editor, Washington on Foot, 5th edition, Smithsonian Books, 2012. Judy also co-authored, with Bill Bonstra, Tour #14 of the Thomas Circle and 14th Street environs.
• Adnan Morshed, Oculus: A Decade of Insight into Bangladeshi Affairs, The University Press, Ltd., 2012. Reviewed by The Daily Star.
• Barry Yatt (with Joseph McCade, Phd), "Defining Creativity and Design", Chapter 2 in Creativity and Design in Technology and Engineering Education, The Council on Technology and Engineering Teacher Education, August 2012
• Milton Shinberg (with Kerri Myers), "Physical Environments for Creativity and Design", Chapter 8 in Creativity and Design in Technology and Engineering Education, The Council on Technology and Engineering Teacher Education, August 2012
• Travis Price, The Mythic Modern. Oro Editions. 2011 
• Eric Jenkins, To Scale: One Hundred Urban Plans. Routledge. 2008 

Articles, Papers, and Presentations

    2013

• Carlos Reimers, Beyond the Trailer: Rethinking Affordable Manufactured Housing in the U.S., in refereed Proceedings of the ACSA Fall 2012 Conference. Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, pp. 183-188. Washington D.C.
• Julie Kim, Down the Rabbit Hole and Out Again: Reflections on Building Technology in the Design Studio, 2013 BTES conference, July 12-13, Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI
• Adnan Morshed, College of Architecture and Planning Lecture Series, University of Utah, March 20, 2013
• Julio Bermudez and Brandon Ro, Memory, social interaction, and communicability in extraordinary experiences of Architecture, in C.Jarrett, K.Kim & N.Senske (eds): Proceedings of the 2013 Architectural Research Centers Consortium: “The Visibility of Research”, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC. March 27-30
• Julio Bermudez and Brandon Ro, The Effect of Gender, Age, and Education in Extraordinary Aesthetic Experiences, in EDRA 44 Proceedings, Providence, RI. May 29-June 1
• Patricia Andrasik, LEED Lab: Sustainable Campus Building Assessment, to be presented at the annual conference of APPA – Leadership in Educational Facilities, August 2-4, 2013 in Minneapolis, MN
• Patricia Andrasik, LEED Laboratory: Training Students in the Sustainable Transformation of the Existing, to be presented at the Smart and Sustainable Campuses Conference, April 15-16, 2013 in Bethesda, MD

    2012

• Carlos Reimers, The Incremental Housing Context: Early Incremental Projects - Site and Services, in the Network Session The Search for Multi-Story, High Density Incremental Housing. World Urban Forum 6, United Nations, Naples, Italy
• Carlos Reimers, Research and Design in Architecture: A Trip to the Present, presented at the 6th International Conference on Design Principles and Practice 2012, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
• Carlos Reimers, Habitat and Housing: The Future, introductory lecture at the Roundtable on Housing and Infrastructure in the 2012 Plan Pais Conference, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
• Julio Bermudez, Simplicity, Science, Spirituality, Situation. Four ways for architecture to address the future, Keynote Lecture at the First Conference of ADU 2020: Restructuring Higher Education for the 21st century in the Expanded Field of Architecture, Design and Urbanism, Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, Lima, Peru. Dec 10-13
• Julio Bermudez, School-wide Lecture: "Lo Cotidiano y lo Sagrado. Reflexiones desde el Arte y la Arquitectura" at the Universidad Nacional de San Juan —Facultad de Arquitectura, Urbanismo y Diseño. San Juan, Argentina. Nov 21
• Julio Bermudez and Brandon Ro, Extraordinary Architectural Experiences: Comparative Study of Three Paradigmatic Cases of Sacred Space (The Pantheon, The Chartres Cathedral and the Chapel of Ronchamp), in J.P.Thibaud & D Siret (ed): Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress on Ambiances. Montreal, Canada. Sept 19-22, 2012  
• Julio Bermudez, research project presentation, fMRI Study of Architecturally-Induced Contemplative States, Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture (ANFA) 2012 Annual Conference, La Jolla, CA. Sept 20-22, 2012  
• Julio Bermudez, Usus in Praesens — Drawing as a Meditation Practice for Being Present through Architecture, in J.Bermudez & R.Hermanson (eds.): Collected Abstracts of the Fourth Architecture, Culture & Spirituality Symposium (Electronic Publication), Chichen Itza, Mexico, April 1-5, 2012.
• Iris Miller, Two Rivers and the City: Reclaiming a Vision. Delivered at "Visualizing the Nations Capital: Two Centuries of Mapping Washington, DC.the 2012 Philip Lee Phillips Society Annual Conference, May 18--19, 2012. 
• Adnan Morshed. Three Capitals: New Delhi, Chandigarh, and Dhaka. A study tour of India and Bangladesh by the Society of Architectural Historians. 12/27/11-1/8/12
• Miriam Gusevich. Landscape archeology as an Urban Design Strategy: The McMillan Sand Filtration Plant, Washington, DC. Accepted for presentation at the 2^nd International Landscape Archeology Conference 2012” in Berlin.
• Brad Guy. Efficacy of Shipping Container Upcycling: Comparison of Environmental Impacts Between Two Housing Systems. Accepted for presentation at the 2012 ACSA conference in Philadelphia.

    2011

• Carlos Reimers, The Less-Explored Roles of Architects in Low-Income Settlements of Texas, in refereed Proceedings of the ACSA Fall 2011 Conference. Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, pp. 292-300
• Carlos Reimers, Lo Academico en la Arquitectura (Scholarship in Architecture), panel presentation on 'Architecture in Academia', Conference USB-40, Simon Bolivar University, Caracas, Venezuela
• Adnan Morshed. Exhibit Review of "Designing Tomorrow", Published in JSAH  (Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians), Dec 2011.
• Adnan Morshed. Monthly Column, Published in "BDNews24", Bangladesh's online newspaper.
• Adnan Morshed. Ascending with Nine Chains to the Moon: Buckminster Fuller's Ideation of the Genius, Published in "New Geographies 4", the Journal of the Harvard Graduate School of Design
• Julio Bermudez, Empirical Aesthetics: The Body and Emotion in Extraordinary Architectural Experiences”, in Philip Plowright & Bryce Gamper (eds.), Proceedings of the 2011 Architectural Research Centers Consortium: “Considering Research”, Lawrence Tech University, Detroit, MI, pp. 369-380
• Julio Bermudez, Profound Experiences of Architecture. The Role of ‘Distancing’ in the Ineffable, in 2A – Architecture and Art Magazine, Dubai, UAE, Spring Quarter, No.17, pp. 20-25
  Julio Bermudez, Outcomes of the Architectural Extraordinary: An Empirical Study, in J.Bermudez  & P.Tabb (eds.): Collected Abstracts of the Third Architecture, Culture & Spirituality Symposium (Electronic Publication), Serenbe, Georgia. June 29 - July 1, 2011 
• Julio Bermudez, The Empirical Profile of Beauty. Validating Classical Aesthetics through Two Massive Surveys of Extraordinary Architectural Experiences, lecture at the Central American Philosophical Association – X-Phi Session, Minneapolis, MN. March 30 - April 2, 2011
• Miriam Gusevich. Urban Pentimento: Redeeming the Urban Landscape, Presented at EURA Conference, June 2011, Copenhagen
• Architecture, Ecology, Economy, Miriam Gusevich. Presented at 2011 Economy Conference, Wales School of Architecture Cardiff University
• Elizabeth Emerson and Mark Lawrence. Presented at 2011 ACSA Convention.

    2010

• Julio Bermudez, Architecture Live: Using Science to Unravel Venustas’s Phenomenology, in Newsletter of the Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC), Fall issue, 2-6
• Lavinia Fici Pasquina, Using Architecture and Technology to Promote Improved Quality of Life for Military Service Members with Traumatic Brain Injury. With Paul F Pasquina, Victoria C Anderson-Barnes, Jeffrey S. Giuggio, Rory A. Cooper. Published in "Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation Clinics Of North America". 2010. Volume 21, Issue 1, Pages 207-220

Exhibits Curated; Conferences and Symposia Organized

• Brad Guy, Reclaim+Remake, recognized as recipient of the 2013 ARCC Incentive Fund Award.
• Carlos Reimers, Contemporary Spanish Architecture, Spring Lecture Series featuring Antonio Garcia-Abril, Carme Pinos, and Francisco Mangado, co-sponsored and funded by the CUA School of Architecture & Planning, the Department of Culture of the Embassy of Spain, and the National Building Museum, Washington, D.C.
• Julio Bermudez, Luis Boza, Alberto Campo Baeza and ten CUArch Students. Box of Miracles, Contemplating a 21st Century Convent at the Henry Luce III Center for the Arts and Religion (Dadian Gallery), The Wesley Theological Seminar, Washington DC (January 23-March 1, 2013
• Julio Bermudez and Robert Hermanson, co-chairs, 4th ACS (Architectural, Culture and Spirituality) Symposium. Chichen Itza, Mexico, April 1-5, 2012
• Julio Bermudez, Symposium Chair, Transcending Architecture. Aesthetics and Ethics of the Numinous. School of Architecture and Planning, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC. October 6-8, 2011 
• Julio Bermudez and Phillip Tab, co-chairs, 3rd ACS (Architectural, Culture and Spirituality) Symposium. Serenbe, Georgia. June 29-July 1, 2011

Sponsored Research

• Barry Yatt with Pam Clark, PI, et. al, Frontier: Fractionated Cluster Architecture, under a grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

Built and Implemented Projects

• William Jelen and CUAdc (Catholic University of America Design Collaborative) Multiple Projects. including the Library at Stuart Hobson Middle School.
• Lavinia Fici Pasquina, Re-House.

Outreach and Other Works

• Eric Jenkins, Good Intentions Can’t Disguise Limits of ‘Green’, The Washington Post, Letter to the Editor, June 21, 2012

Architecture

• Lavinia Fici Pasquina, Cross House
• Julie Kim, Virgil H Carr Cultural Arts Center, Detroit, MI
• Barry Yatt, Renovations to library and memorial alcove, Agudas Achim Congregation, Alexandria, VA

Urban Design

• Iris Miller, Urban Institute Studies
• Iris Miller, RiverRoad NorthTrail Park, Bethesda, MD. Developed from 2007 CUA Urban Design Studio. Approved unanimously by the Montgomery County Planning Board, June 2012

Planning

• Cameron Weimar, Cambridge, MD, Gateway Corridor Plan

Other Design: Interior, Landscape, Graphic, Product, etc

• Iris Miller, Landscape Enhancement, National Cherry Blossom Festival, for the Japan-America Society, the Embassy of Japan, and the National Park Service.