For Immediate Release: Washington, D.C., January 30, 2026 — The Tau Sigma Delta Honor Society in Architecture and Allied Arts (TSD) and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) are pleased to announce Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, co-founders of Grafton Architects, as the recipients of the 2026 Tau Sigma Delta Gold Medal. Farrell and McNamara will deliver the closing keynote at ACSA’s 114th Annual Meeting on Saturday,...

Yvonne Farrell (1951–) and Shelley McNamara (1952–) co-founded Grafton Architects in 1978, following their graduation from University College Dublin. Over more than four decades, they have built an internationally influential practice rooted in intellectual rigor, civic generosity, and a strong commitment to architectural education. Their academic careers run alongside their practice: they taught at University College Dublin from 1976 to 2002,...

SCAPE founder Kate Orff has been named as the Tau Sigma Delta 2025 Gold Medal winner by the Grand Chapter of the Tau Sigma Delta Honor Society for Architecture and Allied Arts in partnership with the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA). Orff, who in April of last year was named as a ‘TIME 100’ honoree, was described as a “leading voice in landscape architecture.” She will next deliver the closing...

Angela Brooks, FAIA, Lawrence Scarpa, FAIA, and Jeffrey Huber, FAIA, ASLA are principals of Brooks + Scarpa, which is a collective of architects, designers and creative thinkers dedicated to enhancing the human experience. Honored with the Smithsonian Cooper- Hewitt National Design Award, the firm is a multi-disciplinary practice that includes architecture, landscape architecture, planning, environmental design, materials research, graphic,...

School of Architecture, Management, and Engineering Technology (SAMET) Architecture & Design Gamma Rho Chapter Organized: 2023 Advisor: Professor William Dean State University Of New York 10 Upper College Drive Alfred, NY...