Architect Jason Mrdeza has won Washington University in St. Louis’ 2012 Steedman Fellowship in Architecture International Design Competition.

Sponsored by the College of Architecture and the Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, the biennial competition is open to young architects from around the world and carries a $50,000 first place award to support study and research abroad — making it one of the largest competition prizes in the United States.

Honorable mentions

In addition to the first place prize, three honorable mentions were awarded to:

Grant Gibson, Chicago

Timothy Kunkel, Chicago

Christine Yogiaman, St. Louis

For more information, go to:

http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/23908.aspx