Patty Heyda recognized by American Planning Association

Patty Heyda (associate professor, College of Architecture) has received the Dwight F. Davis Award for Outstanding Planning Advocate 2022 by the American Planning Association St. Louis Metro Section.

The award recognizes those whose work has increased the understanding of and support for community planning and its role in public life. Honorees are nominated by APA members and selected by the award committee.

“Patty has had a significant impact on students through the urban design and architecture programs at Washington University in St. Louis and her focus on the inequality in previous planning efforts and how to rectify it now is truly deserving of this award,” said the committee.

Heyda was recognized as an award recipient at APA St. Louis’ meeting on December 6. She teaches advanced studios and seminars in the architecture and urban design programs. Heyda studies American cities, politics, and design, with a focus on erasure urbanism, invisible\cities, uneven development, and racial, climate and social urgencies entangled by and with design economies. Her research maps politics of contested sites, to rethink design and spatial agency—for architects and residents alike.

For more more information on Heyda’s research and work, click here.