2024-05-02T11:22:54-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150259725/marina-tabassum-justin-garrett-moore-among-2021-american-academy-of-arts-and-letters-architecture-award-winners Katherine Guimapang 2021-04-16T13:45:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/c4/c4f60f1d69b7b3db3f33ab1c154dfc9f.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/272625/american-academy-of-arts-and-letters" target="_blank">American Academy of Arts and Letters</a> awards Marina, Tabassum, Justin Garrett Moore, Julie Eizenberg and Hank Koning, Dwayne Oyler and Jenny Wu, and Ersele Kripa and Stephen Mueller as the 2021 architecture award winners.</p> <p>The jury chair Anabelle Selldorf and fellow jury members, including&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/533/steven-holl" target="_blank">Steven Holl</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/6135/toshiko-mori-architect" target="_blank">Toshiko Mori</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/morphosis" target="_blank">Thom Mayne</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/1492/twbta-tod-williams-billie-tsien" target="_blank">Billie Tsien</a>, selected this year's winners from a group of 32 nominated individuals and practices. The Academy awards four cash prizes that will provide further funding for each architect and designer in their efforts to pursue the realms of creative exploration within architecture.</p> Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize <p>Award Details: <em>A prize of&nbsp;$20,000 is awarded to an architect of any nationality who has made a significant contribution to architecture as an art.</em></p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e2/e25c73e89b7418daafbc1056f1f9d681.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e2/e25c73e89b7418daafbc1056f1f9d681.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Bait Ur Rouf Mosque by Marina Tabassum. Image &copy; Aga Khan Trust for Culture/Rajesh Vora</figcaption></figure><p><strong><a href="https://mtarchitekts.com/" target="_blank">Marina Tabassum</a>:</strong> She is the founding principal of Marina Tabassum Architects (MTA) located in Dhaka, Bangladesh...</p>