M.Arch Student Katie LeLeaux Named Finalist for Outstanding Master's Graduate Award and Selected for National Graduate Thesis Symposium

Master of Architecture student, Katie LeLeaux was named one of five finalists for the Spring 2017 UL Lafayette Alumni Association Outstanding Master’s Graduate Award. "This university-wide award honors excellence by a graduating Master’s student in academic performance, research, and overall contribution to the graduate program and/or field of study as well as professional engagement and service, student or professional leadership, and community service."

Katie LeLeaux was selected also by the faculty to represent the Program at CriticalMASS at the College of Arts + Architecture at UNC Charlotte. CriticalMASS is an annual graduate thesis symposium for cross-institution student presentations, which explore architectural ideas and issues. LeLeaux presented her work to distinguished critics and graduate-level peers from schools of architecture across the country.

LeLeaux’s Master’s Project, Active Individualization that Rehabilitates, completed in Fall 2016, focused on the homeless in downtown Lafayette through the adaptive reuse of the Federal Courthouse building on Jefferson Street. In December, LeLeaux was recognized as the recipient of the Master of Architecture Program’s highest honor, the David William’s Award for her Master’s Project.