The BAC Buzz

Explore recent articles, press features, and media mentions highlighting The Boston Architectural College. Featuring BAC community members and institutional milestones and achievements, these stories showcase the BAC’s far-reaching impact in design education and beyond—locally and around the world.

Recent Buzz

BAC students present at architecture firm Prellwitz Chilinski Associates.

BAC’s Dean of Practice, Beth Lundell Garver, AIA, NOMA, explores how the BAC is building equity-driven frameworks that embed real-world experience, cultural fluency, and mentorship into the very beginning of an architect’s journey

July 21, 2025 | The American Institute of Architects (AIA)

The BAC Buzz

Recent Buzz

BAC’s Dean of Practice, Beth Lundell Garver, AIA, NOMA, explores how the BAC is building equity-driven frameworks that embed real-world experience, cultural fluency, and mentorship into the very beginning of an architect’s journey

BAC Alum Anya Wilczynski, BDS'16, Announced as Blackstone Heritage Corridor's Executive Director

BAC Alum Chandra D. Robinson, M.Arch'08, is an honoree for the 2025 Architectural Record’s Women in Architecture Design Leadership Award!

BAC Student Asya Tokbey Joins Studio G Architects

The Culture Show ft. BAC President Mahesh Daas Reflecting on the Legacy of the Acclaimed Architect and Philanthropist Graham Gund

The Culture Show ft. BAC President Mahesh Daas: A Conversation About the Enduring Legacy of Architect Fran Lloyd Wright

2025 BAC Buzz

BAC Alum Lorraine Finnegan, BS.Arch'12, Appointed as SMMA CEO

The Culture Show ft. BAC President Mahesh Daas Shares His Analysis of What Makes for an Effective Public Space

BAC MIA Student Jimena Salaverry Named 2025 Metropolis Future 100 Interior Design Graduate Winner!

BAC Alum Lindsay Smith, B.Arch’11, Tops Local South Hadley Contingent at 129th Boston Marathon

BAC Alum Peter McMahon's, B.Arch’86, Design Can Be As Fancy Or Plain As Its Materials Make It

The Culture Show ft. BAC President Mahesh Daas Discusses the Lasting Impact of COVID on Higher Education

From St. Clair College to the BAC to Harvard: BAC Alum Sam McCutcheon’s, M.Arch’18, Dream Journey in Architecture

The Culture Show ft. BAC President Mahesh Daas Discusses Mexican Architect Tatiana Bilbao

Join the Preserving the Recent Past 4 Conference (PRP4) Co-Organized by the BAC and the Historic Preservation Education Foundation

BAC Alum Nancy Hill, Certs’10, Gets Artful on this Weston Home

BAC Adjunct Faculty Kathryn Friedman Becomes a Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy New Board Member

BAC Alum Adam Walker, BDS’17, Gives Keynote at Penn College’s Architectural Alumni and Student Day

Listen to Dr. Kellie Bean, BAC VP of Academic Affairs, on the Good Neighbor Podcast Discussing Breaking Educational Barriers and Championing Affordable Education

The Culture Show ft. BAC President Mahesh Daas Discusses Rebuilding Southern California in Wake of the Wildfires on the recurring feature “AI: Actual Intelligence”

‘A happy dorm is a peaceful dorm’: BAC students share reflections and hopes about living at Emerson

BAC Practice Department Receives AIA/ACSA Practice and Leadership Award from ACSA for the 2025 Architectural Education Awards!

BAC Board of Trustees Member, Samira Ahmadi, BEMP,LEED AP, CPHC, WELL AP, Receives 2025 CREW Boston Achievement Award for Entrepreneur of the Year!

The Culture Show ft. BAC President Mahesh Daas Analyzes Critically Acclaimed Film “The Brutalist” and the Brutalist Architecture Movement

2024 BAC Buzz

BAC Community Members Release of their New Book, 'Trauma-Informed Design: A Framework for Designers, Architects, and Other Practitioners'!

BAC Board of Trustees member, Cynthia Keliher receives Connect CRE’s 2024 Boston & New England Lawyers in Real Estate Award!

BAC student Nicky Sheriff has been awarded the 2024 Mary Helen and Michael Fabacher Scholarship by the Nantucket Preservation Trust!

The Culture Show ft. BAC President Mahesh Daas Discusses the Notre-Dame de Paris and the Five-Year Restoration after the 2019 Fire on the Recurring Feature "AI: Actual intelligence"

2024 WiD Award of Excellence—BAC's Director of Special Projects and Faculty, Aisha Densmore-Bey, DDes, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP!

BAC Alum Milicent Armstrong, MID'13, shares her inspiring journey from Turkey to Marblehead in Boston Magazine

The Culture Show ft. BAC President Mahesh Daas Discusses the Walter Hood exhibit, Native(s), at the BAC McCormick Gallery

BAC Student Sophia Berman Ogiso Named A 2024 Pittsburgh Magazine 40 Under 40 Honoree!

Margarita Igelsia, BAC Director of Landscape Architecture, Takes GBH News’ Morning Edition through Boston Commons and Public Garden, Discussing Their Histories and Differences

The Culture Show ft. BAC President Mahesh Daas Discusses the Architectural Gem that is the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum

BAC Students Betty Chen, Rohith Dumpala, and Alexis Winston Named in the Top Ten for AIA COTE Student Competition Winners for their “transformative idea of an elevated urban landscape” with their design Fire Station Park: An Elevated Experience!

BAC Student Jungmin Seo Awarded a $2,500 Scholarship in the Category of Residential Design by Houzz!

BAC Alum and Architect, Jeremy Baldwin, M.Arch’13, of Maugel DeStefano Architects, Talks About MBTA Communities Opportunities and Challenges for Developers and Towns

Emerson College Announces New Housing Initiative with ProArts Partner, The Boston Architectural College

BAC Alum Joshua Barnett, AIA, B.Arch’14, named one of NJBIZ's Forty Under 40 for 2024!

BAC Alum Taniya Nayak’s, MSIA’18, latest HGTV gig is ‘Battle on the Beach’

BAC MIA Student Nicolle Villa Named 2024 Metropolis Future 100 Interior Design Graduate Winner!

Eleni Glekas, BAC Director of Historic Preservation, Helps You Learn the 7 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About the Greater Boston’s Mid-Century Modern Homes

Shaping the Future: Professional Development in the AEC Industry: Facilitating An Externship Program For Three Students From The Boston Architectural College