Carey Nagle serves as Jury Member for 2025 AIA COTE Top Ten for Students Competition
Carey Nagle, FAIA, LEED AP BD+C, served as a jury member for the 2025 AIA COTE Top Ten for Students Competition, hosted by The American Institute of Architects, Committee on the Environment (AIA COTE) in partnership with the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA). Students had the opportunity to pursue two different categories, including Category I Foundation Level for students enrolled in first-year and second-year design courses, and Category II Upper Level for upper-level students. Carey served on the jury for Upper Level submissions.
This annual design awards program encourages students’ submissions to address the future impacts of climate change and design for a healthy, sustainable, and equitable future. The 2025 COTE Top Ten Student Award recipients demonstrate “achieving net-zero emissions, adapting to resilient climate impacts, and addressing social and environmental inequities.”
Congratulations to this year’s AIA COTE Top Ten Student Award Recipients!
Learn more about each project here.
Category 1: Foundation Level
De-Clustered, Environmental Middle School in Pittsburgh’s Inner Fringe
(Pictured Above)
Students: Julia Hu & Russell Tsai
Faculty: Jongwan Kwon
Carnegie Mellon University
Honorable Mention:
One444 Refuge
Students: Joel Ferrick & Jonah Kramer
Faculty: Thomas Provost
University of Detroit Mercy
Category II: Open
Four Membranes
Student: Nicole Cao
Faculty: Jaliya Fonseka
University of Waterloo
Fish House
Students: Leah Gripp & Ciela Stark
Faculty: Rayshad Dorsey, Ulrike Heine & Amy Trick
Clemson University
Time Frame
Student: Luca De Vasconcelos Ricci
Faculty: Jaliya Fonseka
University of Waterloo
Twin Canopy Research Center
Students: Jiaye Li (Jessie), Yudi Dong & Haozheng Wang (Henry)
Faculty: William Braham
University of Pennsylvania
Symbiosis
Student: Irina Chemencedji
Faculty: Ryan Bacha
Savannah College of Art and Design
Center for Information + Collaboration
Student: Elena Silverman
Faculty: Eric Watson
Montana State University
Deus Ex Machina
Students: Arnaud Belzile, Thomas Nadeau-Gauthier & Zachary Lambert
Faculty: Claude Demers & André Potvin
Université Laval
Firewise Futures: A Community-Centered Model for Wildfire Resilience
Student: Jennifer Layer
Faculty: Sallie Hambright-Belue & Matthew Nicolette
Collaborators: Andrew Poole & Alexandra Ugan
Clemson University
DFDi
Students: Audrey Delia & Priscilla Leung
Faculty: Brian Lonsway
Syracuse University