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2023

Weitzman School Awards

The 2023 Weitzman School Awards: Philadelphia

The 2023 Weitzman School Awards: Philadelphia will take place as two separate lectures, on Monday, February 26, 2024, and Monday, March 18, 2024, celebrating this year’s awardees in City Planning and Architecture. These complementary events will be held at the Kleinman Energy Forum in the Fisher Fine Arts Library on Penn’s campus from 6:00-7:30 PM, followed by a reception. 

The Weitzman School Awards celebrate the accomplishments of visionary Weitzman students, faculty, and alumni, as well as leaders in the field of architecture and planning beyond our community. The lectures aim to not only recognize these achievements but also generate support for the next generation of innovators. 

Join us and hear from the remarkable recipients of the 2023 Kanter Tritsch Prize and Medal in Architecture and the Witte-Sakamoto Family Prize and Medal in City and Regional Planning during this highly anticipated event series. 

The Kanter Tritsch Awards

Black and white headshot of a student in a black shirt. Prize Recipient Khang Ngoc Truong (MArch’24)
Sixteen people in a group Medalist KoningEizenberg Architecture

The Witte-Sakamoto Family Awards

A portrait of a student with glasses on a green background. Prize Recipient Nissim Lebovits (MCP’24)
A graphic of a city plan. Medalist Reimagine Middle Branch Plan

Acknowledgements

Jury for the Kanter Tritsch Medal

  • Fernando Lara, Professor, Weitzman School of Design 

  • Liz Diller, Partner, Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R) 

  • Winka Dubbeldam; Miller Professor and Chair of Architecture, Weitzman School of Design 

  • Frederick Steiner (MRP’77, MA’86, PhD’86), Dean and Paley Professor, Weitzman School of Design 

  • Lori Kanter Tritsch (MArch’85), Member, Weitzman Board of Advisors 

Jury for the Witte-Sakamoto Family Medal

  • Lance Freeman, Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor, James W. Effron University Professor, University of Pennsylvania 

  • Elizabeth Mueller, Professor, Community and Regional Planning, University of Texas 

  • Lisa Servon, Kevin and Erica Penn Presidential Professor and Chair of City and Regional Planning, Weitzman School of Design 

  • Frederick Steiner (MRP’77, MA’86, PhD’86), Dean and Paley Professor, Weitzman School of Design 

  • Bill Witte (C‘73, MCP’75), Chairman and CEO, Related California and Member, Weitzman Board of Advisors 

 

Jury for the Kanter Tritsch Prize

  • Winka Dubbeldam; Miller Professor and Chair of Architecture, Weitzman School of Design 

  • Ferda Kolatan, Associate Professor of Architecture, Coordiator, ARCH 700 Thesis 

  • Frederick Steiner (MRP’77, MA’86, PhD’86), Dean and Paley Professor, Weitzman School of Design 

  • Meeta Thomsen, Paul Philippe Cret Visiting Professo in Architecture, Weitzman School of Design, Professor and Head of CITA Centre for IT and Architecture 

  • Lori Kanter Tritsch (MArch’85), Member, Weitzman Board of Advisors 

Jury for the Witte-Sakamoto Family Prize

  • Andrw Goodman (C’06, MCP’07), Director of Equitable Development at Councilmember Jamie Gauthier 

  • Amy Patel (MCP’20), Planner and Urban Designer, WRT 

  • Frederick Steiner (MRP’77, MA’86, PhD’86), Dean and Paley Professor, Weitzman School of Design 

  • Amber Wiley, Matt and Erika Nord Director, Center for the Preservation of Civil Rights Sites, Presidental Associate Professor, Historic Preservation 

  • Bill Witte (C‘73, MCP’75), Chairman and CEO, Related California and Member