Architecture students win international competition

December 2, 2008

UF architecture graduate students Cristina Villanueva-Meyer and Javier Fornaris recently won first-place awards in the international design competition during the 25th annual Encounter of Latin American Students of Architecture (ELEA) in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Villanueva-Meyer and Fornaris presented design projects completed this summer in the UF School of Architecture’s Studio Mexico Program. The projects emphasized sustainable design strategies for historic communities in rural Mexico.