The Team of Assistant Professor William Truitt won an Honorable Mention in the Transiting Cities – Low Carbon Futures competition: Hydraulic Network by the Truitt Foug Architects team (William Truitt, Carolyn Foug, Marsha Bowden, Adam Wong) of Texas.

The competition was part of a research project by The Office of Urban Transformation Research (OUTR) at RMIT University. It invited international landscape architects, architects, urban planners and associated design disciplines to develop alternative innovative visions to help Latrobe City, in eastern Victoria, make the transition from traditional mining to a prosperous low-carbon society. 

Erling Cruz received an Honor Award in the AIA Fort Worth Excellence in Design Student Awards program for his Birdwatch Towers.  The Studio Instructor was Tom Colbert.