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Jeff Speck

The Seaside Institute is pleased to honor Jeff Speck, FAICP, FCNU, LEED-AP, Honorary ASLA as the 2022 Seaside Prize recipient for his significant contributions to enhance the architectural community while advancing the tenets of New Urbanism. The Institute will hold the 29th Annual Seaside Prize March 4-6, 2022.

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Richard Gibbs

Richard Gibbs Fellow 2019 Seaside Prize Winner Educated at the Rhode Island School of Design, Gibbs is the Principal in R.M. Gibbs design which he started in 1975. In 1986 he designed and built a home in the early years of Seaside (1986) ultimately designing homes in the New Urban Community. In 1990 he became the Town Architect for Seaside …

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Derrick Smith

Derrick W. Smith Fellow2019 Seaside Prize WinnerDerrick Smith is the Principal of A+S Architects, Planners, P.A. in Miami with a Masters of Architecture from Harvard University. He has a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Miami and a Bachelor of Science: Interior Design from Florida State University. His career has led him to work with illustrious Architectural firms Like …

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Tom Christ

Tom Christ Fellow 2019 Seaside Prize WinnerTom Christ did his first work in an architectural firm before he even began his architectural education, working in a local office as a draftsman during high school summers. He received his formal education from Florida A&M, graduating with a Bachelor’s degree, and returning immediately to work in various areas of Miami. It was …

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Charles Warren

Charles Warren Fellow 2019 Seaside Prize WinnerCharles Warren has been a practicing architect and an author for more than thirty years. He studied fine arts as an undergraduate at the California Institute of the Arts and at Skidmore College. He then received his Master’s Degree in Architecture in 1980 from Columbia University. He worked as an Associate in the firm …

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John Massengale

John Massengale Fellow 2019 Seaside Prize WinnerJohn Massengale AIA CNU is an international thought leader on the connections between urban design, architecture, placemaking, and walkability. Co-author with Victor Dover, FAICP, of Street Design: The Secret to Great Cities and Towns, he has won awards for architecture, urbanism, historic preservation and architectural history. Massengale is a Board member of the Congress …

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Robert Orr

Robert Orr Fellow 2018 Seaside Prize WinnerRobert Orr is an award-winning architect, urbanist, educator, lecturer and writer. He was educated at the University of Vermont and Yale University, from which he received his Master of Architecture degree. He collaborated with Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk at Seaside in the early 80s which lead him to become a Founder of the …

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Alexander Gorlin

Alexander Gorlin Fellow2018 Seaside Prize WinnerAlexander Gorlin is an architect, author, critic and principal of Alexander Gorlin Architects based in New York. His work spans the spectrum from high end residential, to affordable, housing for the homeless, master planning and religious buildings. Graduate of Cooper Union and Yale, he is the recipient of the Rome Prize in Architecture where he …

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Walter Chatham

Walter Chatham Fellow 2018 Seaside Prize WinnerWalter Chatham, FAIA, AICP, FAAR, LEED AP was born in Washington, D.C. in 1952. He studied painting at the New York Studio School and the Philadelphia College of Art before receiving a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Maryland in 1978. He did post-graduate work at the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, …

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Ernesto Buch

Ernesto Buch Fellow 2018 Seaside Prize WinnerThe trajectory of Ernesto Buch’s nearly thirty year career in architecture and urbanism was set at a very young age. Born in Cuba and raised in Miami, Buch was introduced to many vibrant architectural heritages very early in life; these experiences led him to a lifelong love of Classical and Traditional architecture. Buch received …