Michael Lykoudis is an architect, urban designer and consultant, known for his work as dean of the

University of Notre Dame School of Architecture The University of Notre Dame School of Architecture was the first Catholic university in America to offer a degree in architecture, beginning in 1898. The School offers undergraduate and post-graduate architecture programs. The School of Architect ...

and a co-founder of the

Driehaus Prize The Driehaus Architecture Prize, fully named The Richard H. Driehaus Prize at the University of Notre Dame, is a global award to honor a major contributor in the field of contemporary traditional and classical architecture. The Driehaus Prize was ...

at the

University of Notre Dame The University of Notre Dame du Lac, known simply as Notre Dame ( ) or ND, is a private Catholic university, Catholic research university in Notre Dame, Indiana, outside the city of South Bend, Indiana, South Bend. French priest Edward Sorin fo ...

. He is a member of the College of Fellows of the

American Institute of Architects The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the AIA offers education, government advocacy, community redevelopment, and public outreach to ...

Early life

Michael Lykoudis was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1954 after his parents moved to the United States from Greece to pursue PhDs. He grew up in

West Lafayette West Lafayette () is a city in Wabash Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States, about northwest of the state capital of Indianapolis and southeast of Chicago. West Lafayette is directly across the Wabash River from its sister city ...

, Indiana and spent his most of his summers in Athens, Greece throughout his childhood. He received a Bachelor of Architecture from

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to ...

and a Master of Architecture from the

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the Uni ...

Career

Lykoudis worked for architecture firms in Miami, Athens, New York City and New Haven before becoming a faculty member and director of undergraduate studies at University of Notre Dame School of Architecture in 1991. He served as assistant chair and chair for several years until becoming the first dean of the school of architecture in 2004, a position he held until 2020. As dean, Lykoudis was instrumental in enhancing urbanism in the curriculum, and the expanding of the graduate program. He instituted an enhanced international travel program for students to Asia, South and Central America and Europe. He led groups of students in several large projects, including a new urban design plan for the Central Business District of the University of Notre Dame's home city of

South Bend South Bend is a city in and the county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, on the St. Joseph River near its southernmost bend, from which it derives its name. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total of 103,453 residents and is the fourt ...

and the master planning of the fire-ravaged town of

Mati, Greece Mati (Greek: Mάτι, meaning "eye") is a village in Greece. The village is located on the east coast of the Attica region, east of Athens, and it is a popular holiday resort. Overview Mati is a popular tourist destination with several hotels, r ...

. Lykoudis has co-curated several international exhibitions on architecture and urbanism including The Art of Building Cities, Chicago 1995 and L'Altra Modernita (The other Modern) in Bologna Italy. He has written numerous essays on the topic of traditional architecture and urbanism and lectured in the United States and abroad.

Awards

In 2020, Lykoudis received the Seaside Prize, "not only for his contributions to education, and for his outstanding stewardship of the school, but also for the ties that have emerged during his deanship between the school and the town of Seaside." He also was given the 2020 Arthur Ross Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in the Classical Tradition.

Personal life

Lykoudis shares his time between South Bend, Indiana and Athens, Greece.

References

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