Carol Ross Barney

Carol Ross Barney
Barney at the Chicago Riverwalk section she designed
BornApril 12, 1949 (1949-04-12) (age 76)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Alma materUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.Arch., 1971), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (M.Arch., 1984)
OccupationArchitect
Awards2023 AIA Gold Medal
2021 Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum National Design Award for Architecture and Interior Design
2021 Lincoln Academy of Illinois Order of Lincoln Award
2018 Honorary ASLA Member
2017 AIA Chicago Lifetime Achievement Award
2013 AIA COTE Top Ten Green Project Award
2013 AIA Divine Detail Award, Citation of Merit
PracticeRoss Barney Architects
ProjectsNew Oklahoma City Federal Building, Chicago Riverwalk

Carol Ross Barney FAIA (born 1949) is an American architect and the founder and Design Principal of Ross Barney Architects. She is the 2023 winner of the AIA Gold Medal. She became the first woman to design a federal building when commissioned as architect for the Oklahoma City Federal Building, which replaced the bombed Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. Ross Barney's other projects include the JRC Synagogue (LEED Platinum), James I Swenson Civil Engineering Building, (LEED Gold) the CTA Morgan Street Station, and the Chicago Riverwalk.