ARCC New Book Award

Nominations Due: October 31, 2025

The ARCC New Book Award recognizes distinguished works of architectural research completed by a scholar at an ARCC member institution. This award recognizes a book published within the past three years (2021-present) that significantly contributes to architectural research by demonstrating rigorous or innovative use of evidence or methods. Books may be on any topic in architecture or related fields.

ARCC defines ‘architectural research’ broadly and inclusively across a range of domains to advance knowledge of the built environment.

Each ARCC member institution is invited to submit one nomination per year. The criteria for selecting a nominee will be at the member school’s discretion. Nominees must hold a full-time faculty appointment at the nominating institution. A selection committee and the ARCC Board of Directors will make the final decision on conferring the award.

Information included in the Nomination submission for the ARCC New Book Award:

  • Author(s) contact information: name, title, phone, email
  • Title: Book Citation: author, title, publisher and date of publication
  • Abstract: 500 words max. _ Outlining the interest in the award with summary description of the purpose, scope, and goals of the book.
  • Impact Statement: 1,000 words max. _ Contribution and significance of the research, including innovative use of evidence and methodological approach, citation counts, scholarly review, library holdings.
  • Keywords:  related to the book areas/topics.
  • References: Provide the exact citation entry for the book including ISBN number and publisher.
  • Confirmation of good standing of ARCC institution membership: to be verified by the ARCC Treasurer prior to consideration.
  • Nomination Letter: original letter on official letterhead from Dean or Department Head of the nominee’s institution, 1 page max.
  • Two Letters of Support: from colleagues who are subject matter experts, 1 page max. each.
  • A PDF Copy of the book.

Send electronic submission to ConfTool  by October 31 ,2025 in electronic form using “.pdf” file format.

Former Recipients:

Wei (Windy) Zhao, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ming Hu, University of Notre Dame
Mohammad Gharipour, University of Maryland & Caitlin DeClercq, University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health
Tasoulla Hadjiani, University of Minnesota
Jeffrey Hogrefe, Scott Ruff, Pratt Institute
Dana Gulling, North Carolina State University 
Julia Robinson, University of Minnesota