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Isaiah McDaniel, AIA receives Rapson Traveling Study Award »

An architect at SALA Architects and 2023 University of Minnesota graduate, McDaniel will travel and study Eastern European seasonal design to find architectural insights for the Minnesota climate.

Rapson finalists announced »

From a field of 33 submission, the jury identified five finalists: Kenos Leong, Assoc. AIA, Michael Meer, AIA, Dantès Ha, AIA, NOMA, Isaiah McDaniel, AIA, and Jared Kaesmeyer, AIA.

Ellerbe scholars announced »

Scholarships to exemplary architectural and engineering students in the final year of their master’s program at the University of Minnesota. Congratulations to Rachel Henze, Eleanor Scott, Nancy Wang, and Xinhong Wang!

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2025 Leadership Forum Cohort

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Advancing Leadership »

These first 25 years of the Beverly Hauschild-Baron Leadership Fund have been transformative for recipients - from the AIA Women's Leadership Summit and AIA MN Leadership Forum, to CAE pursuit for staff and leadership keynotes at the Annual Conference.

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Reflecting the founding of the fund in honor of Beverly Hauschild-Baron's 25th anniversary of service as AIA MN's EVP, the BHB Campaign encourages individual gifts of any amount (e.g., $25, $250, $2,500), as well as matching approaches and firm giving.

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2026 Rapson Traveling Study Award

Congratulations to Isaiah McDaniel, AIA, the recipient of the 2026 Ralph Rapson Traveling Study Award (RRTSA)! This year’s competition, held January 29 to February 10, 2026 challenged competitors to create a rest area along the Mesabi Biking Trail in northern Minnesota’s Iron Range. The brief required an all-season space of respite serving both cyclists and highway travelers. Set within a landscape shaped by both geological formations and human mining operations, the site represents a complex microcosm of naturalistic and industrial systems.

Ralph Rapson Traveling Study Award

Isaiah McDaniel, AIA 2026 Rapson Recipient

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