NWC student wins honors in architectural drawing competition

CHAMPAIGN, IL— Northwest Catholic student Kelsey Baker received an honorable mention in the Discover FAA High School Architectural Drawing Competition.

College of Fine + Applied Arts (FAA) and School of Architecture announced its list of winners:

First place Senior – Yuxi Lu, Hillwood High School, Nashville, TN
Second place - Aslinur Taskin

Honorable Mention:

Kelsey Baker, Honorable Mention, Northwest Catholic High School, West Hartford, CT
Mansi Periwal, Honorable Mention, Delhi Public School, Gurgaon, India
Kevin Savillon, Honorable Mention, Design and Architecture High School, Miami, FL
Jingyi Zhou, Honorable Mention, Experimental HS of Beijing Normal Univ., Beijing, China
Joanna Zou, Honorable Mention, Hickman High School, Columbia, MO
View awardees online here: go.illinois.edu/FAAcompetitionGallery

Yuxi Lu has been awarded a $1000 scholarship toward her freshman year of study at the College of Fine + Applied Arts at Illinois. Aslinur Taskin has been awarded a $500 scholarship by the School of Architecture toward his freshman year of study in architecture. Additional honorees will receive a certificate and a gift from the School of Architecture.

According to Katrine Trantham, assistant dean for student recruitment and admissions, "This competition is an excellent vehicle for students to explore an interest in architecture. Those students who placed should be commended, as the talent exhibited was extraordinary. FAA faculty and alumni judges were impressed by the wide variety of entries and the amount of time students took to prepare their submissions." The contest attracted registrations from 25 states and three countries.

Launched in spring of 2013, the Discover FAA High School Competitions challenge students to test their
talent in specific fields. The fall competitions were open to all high school seniors in both public and
private schools. Students in grades 9-11 may compete in a separate contest with a due date of March 7,
2014; these students will compete for an opportunity to attend an FAA residential summer program in
summer 2014. Information about the competitions may be found at go.illinois.edu/FAAcompetitions.


The College of Fine + Applied Arts is a community of artists, designers, performers, and scholars
dedicated to the primacy of the creative process, on contributing to the future development of culture,
and on a deep engagement with the society; it includes academic units of Architecture, Art and Design, Dance, Landscape Architecture, Music, Theatre, and Urban and Regional Planning.