Center for Architecture/AIA NY awards grants to del Cueto, Liebermann and Sanders

New York, NY The Center for Architecture, in partnership with AIA New York, named the recipients of the 2018 Arnold W. Brunner Grant for Architectural Research:

• Beatriz del Cueto, FAIA, from Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, for “An American Design and Construction Firm in Cuba at the end of the 19th century: Purdy & Henderson”

• Wanda Liebermann, from Oakland Park, FL, for “Right to the River: A Critical Geography of the New River in Broward County, Florida.”

• Joel Sanders, AIA, from New York, NY, for “Stalled!: Social Equity & Public Restrooms.”

The Center for Architecture awarded each Brunner recipient a record amount of $15,000, marking a significant increase from previous years – in 2017, a total of $15,000 was split between two awardees. This year, the Center for Architecture and AIANY will award multiple scholarships and grants equaling $250,000, more than doubling the amount distributed in previous years.

del Cueto is a licensed conservation architect, Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Fellow of the American Academy in Rome, Fellow of the James Marston Fitch Foundation, and the Henry Klumb Award recipient for 2012. She is principal and partner of Pantel, del Cueto & Associates.

Liebermann is an assistant professor of Architecture at Florida Atlantic University. She was trained as an architect at the University of California at Berkeley (M.Arch) and practiced architecture in the San Francisco Bay area for a dozen years, focusing on commercial, multifamily, and custom residential projects. 

Sanders is the principal of Joel Sanders Architect, as well as a professor of architecture at Yale University. Prior to joining the Yale faculty, he was the director of the Graduate Program in Architecture at Parsons School of Design and an Assistant Professor at Princeton University. Sanders received both a B.A. and M.Arch from Columbia University.