Sean Murphy Prize
Since 1990, the Foundation has sponsored an annual travel prize to architecture students at The Design School at ASU.
The award provides students the opportunity to grow and develop in their architectural education through the experiences of independent travel.
The travel prize is given in memory of Sean Murphy who served as president of AIAS chapter at ASU in 1989. Sean’s life was tragically lost in a bicycle accident in November of that year. Sean was a person whose life was deeply influenced through his travel explorations in Europe, Asia and the United States.
Applications for the Sean Murphy Prize are accepted every January and awards are announced in March.
Past Recipients
2025 Uor Fawzi, Italy & Spain
2024 Kayla Gentry, Indonesia
2023 Mia Austin, Japan
2022 Paola Silva Perdomo, Spain & Colombia
2021 Madison Stoddard, Norway
2020 Rachel Fail, Western United States
2019 Nasrynn Chowdhury, England & Bangladesh
2018 Christina Lufkin, Germany
2017 Abel Clutter, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Denmark
2016 Josh Greene, Chile
2015 Cory Bruce, England, Scotland
2014 Angela Lufkin, Japan
2012 Aaron Choi, Ecuador, Peru, Galápagos Islands
2011 Georgia Barnett, Switzerland
2010 Lauren Loosveldt, Tel Aviv, Israel & Dhaka, Bangladesh
2019 Justin Ford, Poland, Germany
2008 Stacy Crumbaker, Antarctica
2007 Grey Fowles, Cuba
2006 Jamie Collins, Spain
2005 Nick Lemire, South Africa, Swaziland
2004 Dennis Bartolomeo, Argentina
2003 Michael Braun, Spain, Switzerland
2002 Matthew Muller, Mount Everest Base Camp
2001 Jason Wood, Space Odyssey
2000 Alex Plishner, Spain, Italy, France
1999 Joseph Herzog, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark
1998 Jorge Colon, Italy, France
1997 Heather Russell
1996 Elizabeth Koski, Finland, Denmark
1995 Gilad Rosenzweig, Israel, Jordan
1994 Katherine Zsolt, Kenya
1993 Robin Snyder, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia
1992 James Pinnella, Four Corners
1991 Ann Figure, France, Italy
1990 Phillip Weddle, Paris
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