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2019 Design Challenge Division and Grand Winners were announced during the Competition Event in Golden, Colorado, April 12-14, 2019.
The students from 45 Finalist Teams represented 37 collegiate institutions during the 2019 Design Challenge. Teams competed in one of six divisions: Suburban Single-Family Housing, Urban Single-Family Housing, Attached Housing, Mixed-Use Multifamily Building, Elementary School, or Office Building.
For team deliverables, explore the BuildingsNEXT Deliverables Table.
2019 Design Challenge Grand Winner
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, Virginia)
2019 Design Challenge Division Results
Suburban Single-Family Housing Division
1st Place: United States Military Academy at West Point (West Point, New York)
Urban Single-Family Housing Division
1st Place: Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, Georgia)
Outstanding Undergraduate Achievement: Hampton University (Hampton, Virginia)
Attached Housing Division
1st Place: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, Virginia)
Outstanding Undergraduate Achievement: Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)
Mixed-Use Multifamily Housing Division
1st Place: State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (Syracuse, New York) and Syracuse University (Syracuse, New York)
Outstanding Undergraduate Achievement: University of Missouri-Columbia (Columbia, Missouri)
Elementary School Division
1st Place: Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)
Office Building Division
1st Place: Jefferson University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Collegiate Institutions Represented in the 2019 Design Challenge
- Appalachian State University (Boone, North Carolina)
- Ball State University (Muncie, Indiana)
- California State University, Fullerton (Fullerton, California)
- Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
- CEPT University (Ahmedabad, India)
- Eastern Michigan University (Ypsilanti, Michigan)
- Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, Georgia)
- Hampton University (Hampton, Virginia)
- Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago, Illinois)
- Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (Indianapolis, Indiana)
- Jefferson University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
- Kansas State University (Manhattan, Kansas)
- King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia)
- Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)
- Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan)
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (Syracuse, New York)
- Syracuse University (Syracuse, New York)
- Technische Universität Berlin - EUREF Campus (Berlin, Germany)
- Technological University of Panama (El Dorado, Panamá)
- The Manchester School of Architecture (Manchester, England)
- The Pennsylvania State University (Centre County, Pennsylvania)
- The University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona)
- The University of Texas at Austin (Austin, Texas)
- United States Military Academy at West Point (West Point, New York)
- Universidade Federal do Paraná (Curitiba, Brazil)
- University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio)
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign County, Illinois)
- University of Minnesota Twin Cities (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
- University of Missouri-Columbia (Columbia, Missouri)
- University of Portland (Portland, Oregon)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (Madison, Wisconsin)
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, Virginia)
- Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis, Missouri)
- West Virginia University (Morgantown, West Virginia)
- Western New England University (Springfield, Massachusetts)
- Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut)
Key Dates from the 2019 Design Challenge
Complete details are available in the 2019 Design Challenge Rules.
- July 2018: Registration opened; 2019 Design Challenge Rules released
- November 2018: Team application deadline
- February 2019: Teams encouraged to submit an optional Project Pitch
- February 2019: Project proposal deadline
- April 2019: Finalist teams competed with presentations to industry leaders and awards presented to winners