Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize, MCHAP, is a collective project with the Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture at its core. From its inception, the Prize will aim to develop a network amongst the far reaches of the Americas, fostering a larger international dialogue. The organizational network will be expanded with each Prize cycle and includes a Board of Directors, and Advisory Committee, a Chicago Committee, and IIT Faculty Advisory Committee, Jurors, and independent Nominators.
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is formed of appointed members who jointly oversee the activities of the MCHAP. They will also be entrusted with establishing board policies and objectives and ensuring the availability of adequate financial resources for the Prize.
- Alan W. Cramb
President, Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)
Chicago, Illinois
- Michelangelo Sabatino
Dean, IIT College of Architecture
Chicago, Illinois
- Michelle T. Boone
Cultural Commissioner,
Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events,
City of Chicago, Illinois
- Peter Kilpatrick
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, USA
- Dirk Denison
Director, MCHAP
Chicago, Illinois
- Helyn Goldenberg
senior vice president and Midwest Chair, Sotheby's
Chicago, Illinois
- David Hovey
Founder, Optima
Chicago, Illinois
- Phyllis Lambert
Founding Director Emeritus, Canadian Centre for Architecture
Montreal, Canada
- Dirk Lohan
Founder, Lohan Anderson
Chicago, Illinois
- Vedran Mimica
Associate Dean of Research, IIT College of Architecture
Chicago, Illinois
- Victor Morgenstern
President, Resolute Advisors, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois
- John W. Rowe
Chairman Emeritus, Exelon Corporation
Chicago, Illinois
International Advisory Committee
The Advisory Committee will consist of individuals possessing unique knowledge and skills complementing those of the Board of Directors. It will involve itself with determining criteria, defining the mission and purpose of the Prize, and articulating the goals for ensuring effective planning.
- Vedran Mimica
President of the Advisory Committee, IIT College of Architecture
Chicago, USA
- Wiel Arets
Dean, IIT College of Architecture
Chicago, USA
- David Basulto
Co-Founder, Editor in Chief
, ArchDaily.com
- Barry Bergdoll
Meyer Schapiro Professor of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University
New York, USA
- Dirk Denison
Director, MCHAP
Chicago, USA
- Kenneth Frampton
Ware Professor of Architecture, Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation,
New York, USA
- Reed Kroloff
Director, Cranbrook Academy of Art & Art Museum
Michigan, USA
- Jorge Francisco Liernur
Professor, Torcuato di Tella University, School of Architecture and Urban Studies,
Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Robert McCarter
Ruth and Norman Moore Professor of Architecture, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, Washington University
St. Louis, USA
- Dominique Perrault
Founder, Dominique Perrault
Paris, France
- Ben van Barkel
Co-Founder, Principal Architect, UNStudio
Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Sarah Whiting
Dean and William Ward Watkin Professor, Rice University School of Architecture
Houston, Texas
- Mirko Zardini
Director, Canadian Centre for Architecture
Montreal, Canada
Chicago Committee
A special Chicago Committee will serve as an advocate for the Prize within the Chicago community. It will gather input from relevant constituencies, provide feedback and technical expertise, and assist in planning activities related to city programs.
- Gia Biagi
Chief of Staff, Chicago Park District
- Michelle T. Boone
Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, City of Chicago
- Zurich Esposito
American Institute of Architects Chicago Chapter
- Ted Haffner
Mies van der Rohe Society at IIT
- Sarah Herda
Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
- Lynn Osmond
Chicago Architecture Foundation
- Zoe Ryan
Department of Architecture and Design, Art institute of Chicago
- Edward Uhlir
Millennium Park Foundation
- Antony Wood
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
IIT Faculty
Advisory Committee
The Faculty Advisory Committee, drawn from the IIT faculty, will provide additional guidance and direction to the Prize program. They will also contribute to defining the mission and goals of the program.
- Thomas Brock
Studio Associate Professor, Director of Professional Practice
- Marshall Brown
Assistant Professor, Program Director of Landscape Architecture
- Susan Conger-Austin
Studio Associate Professor, Director of the Masters Project Studio
- Paul Endres
Studio Associate Professor
- Frank Flury
Associate Professor
- Thomas Kearns
Studio Associate Professor, Director of Design Communication
- Sean Keller
Assistant Professor
- Eva Kultermann
Associate Professor, Chair Curriculum Committee
- Harry Mallgrave
Professor, Director of PhD in Architecture Program
- Rick Nelson
Associate Studio Professor, Director of Buildings & Operations
- John Ronan
Professor, Director of Elective Studios, Associate Dean of Curriculum
- Antony Wood
Studio Associate Professor
Nominators
Nominators for the Prize are individuals whose work has had a lasting influence on the theory and practice of architecture within the territories of the Americas.
Jury
The Jury will consist of five internationally esteemed professionals, with one individual appointed as Chair; plus the Americas Prize Director as a non-voting member.
JURY 2018
- Ricky Burdett CBE
President of the Jury, Professor of Urban Studies, London School of Economics, and Director of LSE Cities and the Urban Age Programme
- Jose Castillo
Principal, Arquitectura 911sc, Mexico City
- Ron Henderson
Professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology and Director of the Master of Landscape Architecitecture and Urbanism
- Rodrigo Pérez de Arce
Professor, Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Estudios Urbanos, Pontificia Universidad Católica, Chile
- Claire Weisz
Founding Principal, WXY, New York
JURY 2016
- Stan Allen
President of the Jury, Registered architect in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. From 2002 to 2012 he served as Dean of the School of Architecture at Princeton University where he is currently the George Dutton ’27 Professor of Architecture, New York, New York
- Wiel Arets
Dean and Rowe Family Dean Endowed Chair, Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture, Chicago, Illinois
- Ila Berman
O’Donovan Director of the University of Waterloo School of Architecture. She holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design; Waterloo, Canada
- Jean Pierre Crousse
Principal of Barclay & Crousse Architecture, cofounded with Sandra Barclay in France in 1994; Associate Professor of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú; Lima, Peru
- Florencia Rodriguez
Architect and critic as well as founder and editorial director of Piedra, Papel y Tijera publishers in Buenos Aires, Argentina
JURY 2014
- Kenneth Frampton
President of the Jury, Ware Professor of Architecture Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, New York, New York
- Wiel Arets
Dean and Rowe Family Dean Endowed Chair, Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture, Chicago, Illinois
- Jorge Francisco Liernur
Professor, Torcuaro di Tella University School of Architecture and Urban Studies Researcher, Argentina's National Council for Scientific and Technical Investigation, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Dominique Perrault
Founding Principal Dominique Perrault Architecture, Paris, France
- Sarah Whiting
Dean and William Ward Watkin Professor, Rice University School of Architecture, Houston, Texas