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Carol Ross Barney
Carol Ross Barney's architectural work focuses on improving everyday civic life.
Background & practice
Carol Ross Barney's architectural work focuses on improving everyday civic life. Her 2023 AIA Gold Medal profile discusses the Chicago Riverwalk and the Oklahoma City Federal Building, connecting reuse of infrastructure and public space with architecture's role in society. It also describes work concerned with material education and environmental performance. Her career is presented through the belief that access to good design should extend beyond a privileged group of clients and buildings.
How to read the work
Make public use and everyday experience central to design, turning infrastructure and civic commissions into opportunities for access, environmental learning and a stronger relationship between architecture and society.
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