Taubman College awarded prizes to six graduate and undergraduate architecture students as part of the 2025 Leonard B. Willeke Portfolio Competition, the oldest and most prestigious award recognizing student architectural work at the college. 

Named after the late Detroit architect Leonard B. Willeke and funded by the Willeke endowment fund, the competition recognizes students’ design excellence and innovation through their portfolio work. This year’s student portfolios were judged by the architecture alumni members of the Taubman College Alumni Council.

Illustrating distinctive and impactful conceptual structures set around the world, the winning portfolios include a pedestrian-friendly post office, a sports field house designed for donkeys, and a public space in Dhaka, Bangladesh, designed to increase social connections.

Here are the winners, links to their portfolios, and their monetary awards:

Undergraduate Winners

• 1st Place – Pearl Thianthai, B.S. Arch ’25, ($10,000)
• 2nd Place – Ethan Bierlein, B.S Arch ’25, ($7,000)
• 3rd Place – Prisha Guha B.S. Arch ’25, ($3,000)

Graduate Winners

• 1st Place – Roy Khoury, M.Arch ’25, ($10,000)
• 2nd Place – Raymón Richardson, M.Arch ’25, ($7,000)
• 3rd Place – MD Ehsan Alam, M.U.D. ’24, ($3,000)