Recognition

Lauren has been recognized with awards in both the art and architecture industries. Her work has been published internationally and has been featured in publications such as: the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Architectural Digest, Chicago Architect Magazine, among others.

Awards

2021 Roberta Feldman Architecture for Social Justice Award (Team Award), AIA Chicago

2020 AIRF Grant Recipient, 3Arts + AIRF

2018 AIA Chicago Small Project Honor Award (Team Award), AIA Chicago

2018 Alpha Rho Chi Bronze Medal, Alpha Rho Chi National Professional Fraternity for Architecture & Allied Arts

2018 John Marshall Fair Housing and Fair Lending Scholarship for Course Participation, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development

2017 Cloud Scholar Mentor Award, IIT

2017 Student Merit Award, Association of Licensed Architects

2017 Women’s Architectural League Foundation Scholarship, Women’s Architectural League Foundation

2015 Impact Player Award, Choose Chicago

Published Work

Reverberation 2024, Design Annual, Lamar Johnson Collaborative (Image Features)

Reverberation 2023, Design Annual, Lamar Johnson Collaborative (Image Features)

Chicago Architect Magazine, Winter 2021 (Image Feature)

Architect Magazine, Chicago Architectural Biennial ARCHITECT Takeover, December 18, 2021 (Instagram Image Feature)

Chicago’s Marina City Towers Get Cast in the New ‘Candyman’Wall Street Journal, November 4, 2021 (Image Feature)

The Available City: Chicago Architecture Biennial 2021 Caters to Community”, Whitewall, October 22, 2021 (Cover Image Feature)

The Chicago Architecture Biennial Reveals the Urban Potential of Vacant Lots”, Architectural Digest, September 28, 2021 (Image Feature)

The pink playground effect. How Chicago turned 12 vacant lots into vibrant community space”, Fast Company, September 28, 2021 (Image Feature)

Experience the best student projects in these virtual end-of-year exhibitions”, The Architect’s Newspaper, May 21, 2021(Cover Image Feature)

“3R’S 4 PR”, La Voz del Paseo Boricua, August 2018, page 6 (Image Feature)

Chicago Architect Magazine, May/June 2018 (Cover Image + Feature)

Marble + Makeup”, Issue 4: Home, Free Association Magazine, Spring 2017 (Cover Image + Feature)

Intervención en la Laguna Antihuala: Una Reinterpretación en la Construcción”, El Sur, Concepción, Chile, August 7, 2016, pages 4-5

“Progress in Chile: Design/Build 2016”, IIT News, June 17, 2016

Exhibitions

Juried:

Honorable Mention - Roberta Feldman Architecture for Social Justice Award, AIA Chicago, Chicago, IL (2021)

Honors Award - AIA Chicago Small Project Awards, Architectural Artifacts, Chicago, IL (2018)

Acquisition Award - “B.A. + B.F.A. Photography Exhibition” 1006 Gallery, Chicago, IL (2012)

First Place - “From…Now…On…” South Shore Center for the Arts, Gary, IN (Jurors: Joyce Davis, Lake Street Gallery, Gary, IN and Paul D’Amato, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL) (2009)

Group:

iitdesignbuild Exhibition, IIT, Chicago, IL (2023)

Board of Trustees Dinner, IIT, Chicago, IL (2018)

Open House Exhibition, IIT, Chicago, IL (2018)

Iron Chapel, JEC Future of Composites Convention, Chicago, IL (Group Project, 2017)

AIA Small Project Awards, Chicago, IL (Group Project, 2017)

Pure Form, Open House Exhibition, IIT, Chicago, IL (2017)

Design Build, Open House Exhibition, IIT, Chicago, IL (Group Project, 2017)

Marble Wonder, Open House Exhibition, IIT, Chicago, IL (2017)

“SOFA/CONNECT 2016” Sculpture Objects Functional Art Exhibition, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL (2016)

Open House Exhibition, IIT, Chicago, IL (2016) 

Horses of Honor 2015, Chicago, IL (Collaboration with Artist Susan Clausen, 2015)

“Contact – an exhibition of 19th century photographic processes” The Living Room Gallery, Chicago, IL (2011)

Notable Contributions & Volunteering

Women Build 2023, Habitat for Humanity Women Build

Co-Curator Open House 2020, 2020 IIT CoA

Strategic Planning Committee, 2020 IIT CoA

Making Cards for Veterans + Protect a Prairie/Wetland, Project Leader, The Honeycomb Project (monthly 2018-2020)

CAMRAS Roundtable Leader, 2020 IIT CoA

On-Site Event Lead, 2018 American Craft Expo

Stage Manager, 2018 ASAE Foundation Classic

Junior Mentor, 2017 Project Pipeline Summer Camp

Event Lead, 2017 Lego Day

Volunteer, 2015 + 2014 Dragon Boat Race for Literacy

Client Service + Production Support, 2015 James Beard Awards

Client Service + Talent Support, 2015 Microsoft Ignite

2015 PCMA Convening Leaders Host Committee Member

Co-manager of the 2015 PCMA CL Volunteer Office

Guest Blogger, 2014 Chicago Like a Local Blog

Volunteer, 2014 Chicago Cares Serve-a-thon

Volunteer, 2013 Habitat for Humanity (Hardware Show)

Permanent Collections

Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL

The Image House Gallery, Merrillville, IN