Honorable Mentions - Make Space for Art Team #750 from the UK…

     Honorable Mentions - Make Space for Art
Team #750 from the UK
Sophia Razzaque
                                      Sophia Razzaque, an Austinite by birth, received her Bachelors of
                                      Environmental Design from Texas A&M University and then moved to New York
                                      City to attend Pratt Institute where she received her Masters of Architecture.
                                      While in New York City, Sophia worked for Cook + Fox Architects before moving
                                      to London to work for Zaha Hadid Architects where she currently resides. Her
                                      work has been exhibited in New York and Florence, Italy, and has been
                                      published in Surface Magazine.




Teoman N. Ayas
                                      Teoman N. Ayas, in 2002, moved from his hometown Adana, Turkey, to New York
                                      City where he received his BFA degree in Architectural Design from Parsons
                                      School of Design. Upon graduation in 2006, he started his professional
                                      experience at Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM). During his time at SOM, he has
                                      been working on number of projects varying in scale from a training centre for
                                      an American football team to an eighteen-building office complex. He is
                                      currently residing in the United Kingdom, working for the London office of SOM
                                      and planning his way back to school for his masters degree.




Michael Hargens
                                      Michael Hargens, originally from Omaha, Nebraska, received his Bachelors of
                                      Architecture from Kansas State University and then moved to New York City
                                      where he received his post-professional Masters degree from Parsons
                                      School of Design. While in New York he worked for Resolution: 4
                                      Architecture as well as Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill (SOM). Michael continued
                                      his academic involvement, teaching at Parsons and acting as a guest critic at
                                      Columbia University, NYIT, and Parsons. He is currently residing in the
                                      United Kingdom, working for the London branch of SOM.




Entry # 10 from New Jersey - Karl Benzon

Since coming to Gensler in 2004, Karl has gained extensive experience on a
wide range of project types including workplace, retail, and education. He
has worked with various clients including Deloitte and Prudential. Karl's
work as architectural designer for St. Philip's Academy in Newark, New
Jersey has won numerous design awards and was published in the February
2008 issue of Metropolis magazine. It is also one of the first LEED accredited
buildings in Newark. Karl's diverse experience also includes hand rendering
and graphic design work. He currently lives in Chester, New Jersey.
     Honorable Mentions - Make Space for Art
Team #160 from Sweden
Simon Ståhl
                                       Simon Ståhl is 23 years old and he is currently studying for a masters degree in
                                       building projects and architecture. He also has a bachelor of science in building
                                       projects with architectural technology.




Emma Melin
                                       Emma Melin is 23 years old and has recently graduated from a bachelor of
                                       science in building projects with architectural technology. Emma is currently
                                       taking some extra courses in presentation and visualizations techniques.




Entry # 560 from The Netherlands - Delpine Borg

Delphine Borg was born in Lyon, France, in 1983. She has lived and did her
studies in Marseille, France, obtaining her masters in architecture in 2007.
Delphine Borg has worked at Raphaelle Segond Architecte in Marseille, France,
and is currently working at KCAP in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. While
pursuing personal work in graphic design, fashion design and architecture, and
has already obtained distinctions in fashion design and architecture
competitions.




Entry #1150 from Dallas, Texas - Chris Sano

                                       Chris Sano, AIA, is currently an Associate at Brown Reynolds Watford
                                       Architects. Since receiving his Master of Architecture degree from Texas A&M in
                                       2002, he has designed several local, community-based projects including
                                       public schools, fire stations, and elements of the Trinity River Corridor Project.
                                       As a member of the Committee on the Environment, Chris continues to
                                       investigate sustainable architecture while applying this knowledge to several
                                       projects currently seeking LEED accreditation. His aspirations to improve the
                                       design of the local built environment have only increased, as he and his wife
                                       recently welcomed the birth of their first child, Maxwell.



Entry #100 from Seattle, WA - Brandon Woodward

"I graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2001 with a Master
of Architecture degree. I currently live in Seattle, Washington were I recently
started ten penny studio, a design and construction studio who's mission is to
promote architecture as an art."