Society of American Registered Architects
Recognizing the next generation of designers. Explore the student projects honored in the 2026 SARA National Design Awards.
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Student Excellence
Charlottesville, Virginia
Kailey Baxter, Madison Bell-Rosof, Irem Cavus, Martin Ji, Dasani Madipalli, Anthony Maslanka, Céline Oberholzer, Nola Timmins, Jessica Vorbeck, Jessica Wey, Victoria Williams, Yaran Zheng
University of Virginia
Kyle Schumann (Faculty)
Graduate
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Student Excellence
New York City, New York
Keisha L Martinez Green
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Undergraduate
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Student Excellence
Rapid City, South Dakota
Abby Anderson, Cassy Didelot
Clemson University
Graduate
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Student Excellence
Dania Beach, Florida
Evgenii Zimanovskii, Mikhail Skisov, Anastasiia Skisova, Natalia Uvarova, Aleksandr Uvarov, Andrei Subochev, Anna Subocheva, Victoria Revyakina, Anton Tsvetkov, Konstantin Ivanov
University of North Carolina
Graduate
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Student Excellence
New York
Yash Oza
New York Institute of Technology - Manhattan
Undergraduate
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Student Excellence
Greenville, South Carolina
Ciela Stark, Matthew Fernandes
Clemson University
Graduate
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Student Honor
Chicago, Illinois
Adyan Almothafar, Abdulaziz Al Araimi, Oscar Avila, JJ Miller, Chris Nguyen, Gabe Puente, Rhiannon Strazdas
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Graduate
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Student Honor
Nauta, Peru
Samantha Hess, Mariah Saniel, Miracle Thomas
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Undergraduate
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Student Honor
Clemson, South Carolina
Yash Vishwanath Salian
Clemson University
Graduate
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Student Merit
Omaha, Nebraska
Abigail Chloupek, Allison Page
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Undergraduate
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Student Merit
Bronx, New York
Sean Guadron
New York Institute of Technology
Undergraduate
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Student Merit
Escondido, California
Faith Sun
Palomar College
Associate
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