Kentucky Architect Gets Distinguished Alum Award From Ohio State

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 29, 2014) — David Biagi, director of the University of Kentucky School of Architecture, received one of 11 Distinguished Alumni Awards presented at Ohio State University's 17th Annual Excellence in Engineering and Architecture Alumni Awards held Oct. 17.

Each year Ohio State University College of Engineering honors alumni for extraordinary personal achievements, outstanding contributions to the fields of engineering and architecture, and remarkable service to the college. The Distinguished Alumni Awards recognize outstanding professional achievement in engineering or architecture fields by reason of significant inventions, important research or design, administrative leadership or genius in production.

David Biagi is inaugural director of the School of Architecture at UK College of Design, a position he was appointed to in 2003. Prior to his arrival at UK, he spent several years practicing architecture in New York City at Eisenman Architects and Gwathmey Siegel Architects (now Gwathmey Siegel Kaufman Architects), working on projects like the J.W. Goethe University Biology Center, in Frankfurt, Germany, and Duke University's Center for Jewish Life. In Kentucky, Biagi's designs include the acclaimed Todds Point House and Pax Christi Catholic Church.

Biagi was selected for the "40 under 40" list at the Cooper Hewitt Museum in 1996. His design work has appeared worldwide in publications like the New York Times and Architectural Record. Biagi has received a 2005 Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Collaborative Practice Award, a 2010 Commonwealth Collaborative Award and 2012 National Association of Development Organizations Innovation Award. 

A member and past president of the Kentucky Board of Architects, Biagi has served as a juror for the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) Grant, NCARB Award and numerous American Institute of Architects (AIA) state award juries. He earned his bachelor's degree in architecture and received the Dean's Award from UK and his master's degree in architecture and the AIA Medal from Ohio State.

MEDIA CONTACT: Whitney Hale, 859-257-8716; whitney.hale@uky.edu