Outstanding Peer-Reviewed Research Awarded by the حوإ¼½م½م College of Distinguished Professors
PRESS RELEASE
2025 Best Paper and Best Project Awards
For Immediate Release:
Washington, D.C., March 28, 2025آ – The College of Distinguished Professors, along with the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (حوإ¼½م½م), are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 Best Paper and Best Project Awards. These awards recognize the outstanding peer-reviewed research presented at the حوإ¼½م½م Annual Meeting, sponsored by the حوإ¼½م½م College of Distinguished Professors.
Washington, D.C., March 28, 2025آ – The College of Distinguished Professors, along with the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (حوإ¼½م½م), are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 Best Paper and Best Project Awards. These awards recognize the outstanding peer-reviewed research presented at the حوإ¼½م½م Annual Meeting, sponsored by the حوإ¼½م½م College of Distinguished Professors.
One award per category was selected for Best Paper and Best Project from the حوإ¼½م½م113 Annual Meeting. All peer-reviewed content published in the حوإ¼½م½م Annual Meeting Proceedings was eligible for consideration. Criteria for selection followed the Annual Meeting’s review guidelines: new and original contributions, thesis clarity, methodology, overall content, and quality of development.
This year’s Best Paper and Best Project winners presented their work at the حوإ¼½م½م113 Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA. The winners’ abstracts and images are available on the 2025 Architectural Education Awards winners’ webpage.
The winners are:
BEST PAPER
Bias in the Machine: Standardized Tools and Irregular Materials
Kyle Schumann, University of Virginia
BEST PROJECT
Too Small to Succeed: Assessing the Spatial Impacts of Zoning Ordinances on ADU Development in the Northeast
Robert Williams, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Ray K. Mann, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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About حوإ¼½م½م College of Distinguished Professors
The College of Distinguished Professors, founded in 2010, is composed of members of the Associations who are awarded the حوإ¼½م½م/AIA Topaz Medal Laureate and/or the حوإ¼½م½م Distinguished Professor Award. College membership is one of the highest honors the حوإ¼½م½م can bestow upon an educator. All College members may use the title “حوإ¼½م½م Distinguished Professor, DPحوإ¼½م½م†in perpetuity. For more information, click here.
About the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (حوإ¼½م½م)
Leading Architectural Education and Research

حوإ¼½م½م is a nonprofit membership association founded in 1912 to advance the quality of architectural education. The school membership in حوإ¼½م½م has grown from 10 charter members to over 250 schools in several membership categories. These include full membership for all accredited programs in the United States and government-sanctioned schools in Canada, candidate membership for schools seeking accreditation, and affiliate membership for schools for two-year and international programs. Through these schools, over 5,000 architecture faculty members are represented. In addition, over 500 supporting members composed of architecture firms, product associations and individuals add to the breadth of interest and support of حوإ¼½م½م goals. حوإ¼½م½م provides a major forum for ideas on the leading edge of architectural thought. Issues that will affect the architectural profession in the future are being examined today in حوإ¼½م½م member schools. For more information, click here.
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