Carol Ross Barney
Carol Ross Barney | |
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Barney at the Chicago Riverwalk section she designed | |
| Born | April 12, 1949 (age 76) Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.Arch., 1971), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (M.Arch., 1984) |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Awards | 2023 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 |
| Practice | Ross Barney Architects |
| Projects | New 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.