Renée Cheng

Renée Cheng, FAIA, DPACSA, is a nationally renowned professor in the Department of Architecture and Dean of the College of Built Environments at the University of Washington, in Seattle. Educated at Harvard College and Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cheng has been recognized for education excellence with numerous awards from AIA and others. She is leading the research team developing the AIA Guides for Equitable Practice. Elevated to the AIA College of Fellows in 2016, Cheng has served as AIA Minnesota President in 2009 as well as on several AIA committees on topics related to knowledge, innovation, culture, and equity.

Renée Cheng's Posts

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  Opinion

  Renee Cheng: Change Agency, Value Change

  by Renée Cheng

  Amid the pandemic, economic crash, and social justice outcries awaits a collision that will reveal new questions for the design profession, writes the renowned educator, researcher, and current dean of the University of Washington's College of Built Environments.

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  Licensure

  Year One of the University of Minnesota School of Architecture Graduate Program to Streamline the Licensure Process

  by Wanda Lau

  This fall marks the first semester of the institution’s M.S. in Architecture degree program with a concentration in Research Practices, which is intended to allow students to achieve licensure within six months of graduating.

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  The Question of Licensure: Seven Years is Enough

  by Amanda Kolson Hurley

  It takes an advanced degree and 8.5 years of internship on average to get licensed. A group of professors, spearheaded by Renée Cheng, thinks it can all be done in seven years.