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Class of 2022 Emerging Professional Awards Program Winners
Congratulations to the Inaugural Class of Emerging Professional Awards Program Winners!
AIAPV is excited to announce the winners of our first contest for Emerging Professional Practitioners, our annual competition that recognizes outstanding EP leaders and provides them with a yearlong opportunity to hone their leadership skills. The Emerging Professional Awards Program (EPAP) is a first-of-its-kind initiative for AIAPV, and provides an exciting new way to develop our rising generation of architects and tap the talents of AIAPV’s Fellows, our most accomplished members.
Our EPAP Practitioner winners were honored on October 21 at Celebrate Design 2021. They each received a $500 cash award, stipend for professional development activities, and yearlong mentorship program with AIAPV’s Fellows. Our inaugural class includes four outstanding EPs who were selected from a field of 15 impressive applicants. They were chosen by a jury of AIAPV Fellows, based on an evaluation of their leadership potential.
The EPAP Class of 2022, along with AIAPV President Deborah Buelow, AIA (far right) and Past President Carl Elefante, FAIA (far left), as well as sponsors Fallon Williams of Pella and Scott Harvey of Phoenix Noise & Vibration.
Photo l to r: Carl Elefante, Linda Clark, Fallon Williams, Greg Goldstein, Lauren (Gilmartin) Kuhens, Veena Shahsavarian, Scott Harvey, and Deborah Buelow.
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Congratulations to our EPAP Class of 2022 members:
Linda Clark, AIA, NCIDQ, NCARB, WELL AP is a Project Architect and Interior Designer at Grimm + Parker. Linda earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design from Virginia Commonwealth University and a Master’s in Architecture from the University of Maryland. She has worked on numerous projects, many of which are educational facilities, and has also found time to be active in NOMA and to establish a nonprofit organization focused on STEAM education.
Lauren (Gilmartin) Kuhens, Assoc. AIA earned her Master’s in Architecture and a Master’s in Community Planning from the University of Maryland, and currently works in Grimm + Parker’s Residential and Urban Design Studio. Lauren has worked on a range of international and domestic projects. She has a passion for meaningful architecture and urban planning that address today’s urgent issues, particularly sustainability, affordability, and social justice.
Gregory Goldstein graduated from Marywood University with a Bachelor’s in Environmental Design in Architecture, and from Maryland with his Master’s in Architecture. Greg is a Design Professional with Torti Gallas + Partners. He is drawn to the technical side of architecture and to honing an integrated design process, particularly as it relates to addressing climate change. Greg has been a critical part of Torti’s Sustainability Initiative, promoting a firm-wide dialog on building a more sustainable practice.
Veena Shahsavarian, AIA is an Associate at Balodemas Architects. Veena is a graduate of Virginia Tech and has designed many single-family homes, restaurant interiors, and commercial spaces. Veena has a knack for asking challenging questions about the role of architects and architecture, grappling with ways to reach beyond architecture’s usual clientele to provide vibrant, sustainable communities to a broader slice of the public.
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MONTGOMERY COLLEGE STUDENT WINS AIAPV INAUGURAL STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION
Kateryna Ponomarova is the winner of AIA Potomac Valley’s first Emerging Professional Awards Program Student Design Contest. Kateryna, a student at Montgomery Community College, designed a pavilion to be sited adjacent to AIAPV’s chapter house, LEAFHouse.
The jury commented that Kateryna’s design was well thought out in terms of materiality and site orientation. They also felt it provided free-flowing circulation from LEAFHouse to the rest of the site, created interest and spatial dynamics for different types of uses, and utilized a creative strategy to induce thermal movement and breezes.
The Potomac Valley Architecture Foundation, AIAPV’s charitable arm, is awarding Kateryna a $1,500 scholarship for her winning design.
PREVIOUS EP AWARD PROGRAM ARCHIVES
2020 Emerging Leader Award Recipient - Maria Fernanda Farieta, Associate AIA
2019 Emerging Leader Award Recipient – Malik Williams-Johnson
