Wallenberg Studio Travel

In 1944, as First Secretary of the Swedish delegation in Budapest, he is credited with saving more than 100,000 Jews from death at the hands of the Nazis. The following year, Wallenberg was captured by the Russians. Seven decades later, his fate remains unknown.

Each year the architecture program exhibits and juries the best work from the final undergraduate design studio. Awards, funded by the Raoul Wallenberg Endowment, are offered in the form of a stipend for international travel to a country of the student's choosing.

In establishing these travel awards, it was hoped that students would engage in the culture of the country they visited, exploring architecture and culture, and getting acquainted with the people. It was expected that students would return with a broadened understanding of the world and an appreciation and feeling for the people they encountered.

Students must submit a report about their travel and experience upon their return.

2018 Wallenberg Travel Award Winners

Prize Winners:

• Christopher Myefski
  Re-ranging the American Construct
• Nadim Hajj Ahmad and Ellis Wills-Begley
  Burkinabe` International Center for Image Production
• Willow Davis
  Cloaked Communications

Honorable Mention:

• Julia Muntean and R. Michie Nimsombub
  Cash-4-Data: Pawning the Attic, the Basement, and the Could

2017 Wallenberg Travel Award Winners

First Place:

• Karen Duan 
  "MASS INUREMENT: COMMODITY KING" (Gilpin)

Second Place:

• Sasha Pfeiffer 
  "Flutterby: A Memorial to Migration Across the US Mexico Border" (Trandafirescu)
• Sarah “Jordan” Turkomani 
  "Under the Counter" (Wilkins)

Third Place:

• Taylor Boes 
  "Not Mine" (Robinson)
• Jiashi Yu 
  "Chicken Republic" (Robinson)

2016 Wallenberg Travel Award Recipients

• Eunsung Tiffany Cho
• Jamie Lutz
• Kitae Kim (special commendation)
• Kati Albee (honorable mention)
• Diego Garcia (honorable mention)

2015 Wallenberg Travel Award Recipients

• Grace Alli
  

  Wallenberg Award 2015 - Grace Alli from Taubman College on Vimeo.

• Genevieve Doman
  

  Wallenberg Award 2015 - Genevieve Doman from Taubman College on Vimeo.

• Lauren Grzibowski (honorable mention)
• Jamie Waxter (honorable mention)
• Stella Zhang (honorable mention)

2014 Wallenberg Travel Award Recipients

• Christina Xuefei Yan
• Muhammad Alshadood (honorable mention)
• Zachary Angles (honorable mention)
• John Arnold (honorable mention)
• Jeff Burgess (honorable mention)
• Katherine Lanski (honorable mention)

2013 Wallenberg Travel Award Recipients

• Carly Gertler
• Rob Michel (Honor Award winner)

2012 Wallenberg Travel Award Recipients

• Patrick Brinnehl
• Whitney Hansley (PDF)
• Andrew Frame (Honor Award winner)
• Sheena Shah (Honor Award winner) (PDF)

2011 Wallenberg Travel Award Recipients

• Simon Rolka
• Grant Weaver
• Ian Sinclair
• Jacqueline Kow (honorable mention)
• Timothy Harmon (honorable mention)

2010 Wallenberg Travel Award Recipients

• De Peter Yi
• Lindsey May
• Shawn Lettow (PDF)

2009 Wallenberg Travel Award Recipients

• Marc Leland Maxey
• Alexander R. Timmer
• Richard John Cosgrove (PDF)
• Jakub Jan Szerszen (honorable mention)
• Marie Wafia Matta (honorable mention)
• Lauren Elaine Gregoricka (honorable mention)
• Brooke Kowal Goodman (honorable mention)
• Eva Tsang Lynch (honorable mention)

2008 Wallenberg Travel Award Recipients

• Sarah Faruki
• Hattie Stroud
• Enesh Eastlick
• Andrew McIntyre
• Grant Jefferies
• Monica Musialowski
• Karl Schmeck
• Jamie Galimberti
• Brooklyn Posler
• Nicole Allen
• Rajeev Arapalli
• Peter Shaw
• Donna Marion
• Leonardo Caion-Demaestr

2007 Wallenberg Travel Award Recipients

• Alex Jackson (PDF)
• James Munk (PDF)
• Lauren Hepner (PDF)

Read more about Wallenberg Studio Program

Full List of Recent Wallenberg Studio Awards
Current Wallenberg Lecturers
MAP Publications on Wallenberg Lecturers