Carol Ross Barney, FAIA, HASLA, the distinguished 2023 American Institute of Architects Gold Medal recipient, is a visionary architect, urbanist, mentor, and educator, and has relentlessly advocated that excellent design is a right, not a privilege. Through her unwavering dedication to crafting public buildings and spaces that elevate our daily lives, she has produced distinctive structures and places that have become cultural icons.

We talk about:

- Building an award-winning portfolio of civic and public projects by treating great design as a basic responsibility, not an added luxury.

- Why every community deserves thoughtful, high-quality spaces.

- The diverse group of stakeholders behind every successful public project- from community members and elected officials to engineers and clients- and how, as an architect, Carol approached transformative projects like the Oklahoma City Federal Building and the Chicago Riverwalk.

- Firm ownership, building high-performing teams, and why Carol believes architects are strongest when they embrace the role of the generalist.

- The ways in which teaching at IIT and building relationships with a group of mentors shaped Carols’ career and design philosophies.

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Website: ⁠https://www.r-barc.com/⁠

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