Sponsored Studios

Central to the School of Architecture and Urban Planning's educational philosophy is the notion that excellence in design and research entails direct and extended interaction with design professionals and culture. Design Intelligence says the School's program is "an amazing symbiosis between practice and education."

To maintain this symbiosis and support other pedagogical initiatives, special relationships with external sponsors have provided vital support to the school. Sponsored elective studios have contributed enormously to the School's esprit de corps. The sponsors collaborate with students, create unique knowledge bases, infuse energy into the School through support for the lecture series, and deepen cultural exchanges. The work from these studios is nationally recognized with honors such as the American Institute of Architects Award for the Academic Program or Curriculum Development and the National Council of Architectural Registration Board (NCARB) Prize for design research.

List all current studios and their sponsors as follows

• Auditoria Redux Studio– sponsored by KI
• Chicago Studio – sponsored by Haworth
• Fabrication: Fixing the Contigent - sponsored by Spancrete Industries
• IP/BIM Studio – sponsored by Eppstein Uhen Architects
• Milwaukee’s Inner Harbor Studio – sponsored by Brico Fund
• Water Sciences Studio – sponsored by UW-Madison

Past sponsored studios include:

• BCI/Building Committee, Inc.
• Plunkett Raysich Architects
• Towne Investments/Towne Realty
• US Department of Energy
• We Energies

Among the sponsored studios are the attendant studios associated with the inauguration of two international design awards, The Marcus Prize for emerging architects (Sponsored by: The Marcus Corporation Foundation) and the Urban Edge Award for urban innovators (Sponsored by: Wisconsin Preservation Fund and Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren.).