Prof. Dana Cuff Receives Award for Distinguished Leadership in Architectural Research
Dept. of Architecture and Urban Design Prof. Dana Cuff recognized with 2020 ARCC James Haecker Award
As a teacher, scholar, practicioner, and activist, Professor Dana Cuff engages cultural studies of architecture and the city. Her leadership in urban innovation is widely recognized both in the U.S. and abroad. She is the founding director of cityLAB—a research and design think tank that initiates experimental projects to explore metropolitan possibilities and of UCLA’s cross disciplinary program, the Urban Humanities Initiative.
"The ARCC James Haecker Award for Distinguished Leadership in Architectural Research recognizes an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the growth of the research culture of architecture and related fields, including urban and regional planning, landscape architecture, and interior design. Named in honor of ARCC’s founding Executive Secretary, the recipient of the prestigious James Haecker Award has demonstrated a record of sustained and significant research leadership at the national and/or international level.Given the innovative, sustained and high impact of her work, the ARCC Board of Directors is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2020 ARCC James Haecker Award for Distinguished Leadership in Architectural Research is Dana Cuff."
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