IASTE AWARDS
IASTE offers several awards for the best papers presented at the annual conference. All awards are judged by special committees chaired by an IASTE member and include other related or specialized IASTE scholars.
THE IASTE BEST PAPER: THE JEFFREY COOK AWARD
Initially established as an endowment held by UC Berkeley, the Jeffrey Cook Award is awarded for the best paper by a scholar submitted to the IASTE conference. The award is given in recognition of an exceptional scholarly contribution to the study of traditional dwellings and settlements that challenges standard scholarship and engages the built environment from an interdisciplinary perspective. Jeffrey Cook, a distinguished professor of Architecture at ASU, was one of the few teachers who taught courses about sustainable design before the term was coined. He was an active member of IASTE for many years and attended the association’s inauguration in 1988. He went on to attend every one of its conferences until his untimely death in 2003.
THE IASTE PRIZE
The IASTE Prize for the best paper, which recognizes the best paper submitted to the conference by a student or a junior scholar (who graduated in the previous year). Papers that address the cultural, social, or professional dimensions of studying tradition in contemporary or historic built environments are eligible.
THE ELENI BASTEA AWARD
IASTE’s most recent award was established by Architect and longtime IASTE member Mui Ho, and professor Nezar Alsayyad. The award is named after Eleni Bastea, an architectural historian who wrote about traditions in the context of European urban history and was an active member of IASTE in its first decade, serving as session chair, discussant, and keynote speaker at several conferences. The award is given to the best paper presented at the conference on an urban theme.
2020 Winners
Jeffrey Cook Award for Best Paper on Traditional Dwellings and Settlements
Andrea Moneta , Nottingham Trent University
Eleni Bastea Prize for Best Paper on an urban Issue
Sweta Kandari, School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal India
Lifchez Berkeley Prize Best Paper by a Graduate Student or a Junior Scholar
Aurelien Catros and Maxime Leblanc, Université de Montreal, Canada, and McGill University, Canada
2018 Winners
Co-recipients: Regina Campinho and Adnya Sarasmita
THE JEFFREY COOK AWARD
2018 Winners
Co-recipients: Ali Alraouf and Debbi Whelan
Honorable Mention: Rui Aristides Lebre
2016 Winners
Asseel Al-Ragam (scholar). Read the winning paper.
Joseph Godlewski (junior scholar). Read the winning paper.
2014 Winners
Andrzej Piotrowski (scholar). Read the winning paper.
Mohamed Gamal Abdelmonem (scholar). Read the winning paper.
Gauri Bharat (student). Read the winning paper.
2012 Winners
Itohan Osayimwese (scholar). Read the winning paper.
Rick Miller (student). Read the winning paper.
2010 Winners
Yasser Elsheshtawy (scholar). Read the winning paper.
Muna Guvenc (student). Read the winning paper.
2008 Winners
Daniel Maudlin (scholar). Read the winning paper.
Lara Belkind (student). Read the winning paper.
2006 Winners
Mona Khechen (scholar). Read the winning paper.
Imran bin Tajudeen (student). Read the winning paper.
2004 Winners
Michele Lamprakos (student). Read the winning paper.
Daniela Peluso (scholar). Read the winning paper.
Lifetime Fellows
- Amos Rappaport, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee -1994
- Paul Oliver, Oxford Brooks University – 2002
- Dell Upton, University of California, Los Angeles – 2014