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Nonya Grenader, FAIA, has taught design studios and seminars in the School of Architecture since 1994. She is a Professor in Practice and the Associate Director of the Rice Building Workshop (RBW). Over the past fifteen years, RBW students have designed and built projects at various scales in the community, with a focus on affordable housing at Project Row Houses in Houston's Third Ward. The Workshop received the 2004 NCARB Prize for the "Integration of Practice and Education" from the National Council of Registration Boards and the Collaborative Practice Award in 2005 from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA). RBW exhibited their Ze-Row House at the Solar Decathlon in Washington, D.C. in 2009, receiving second place in both Architecture and Market Viability competitions. In 2010, Grenader (together with Danny Samuels) received the ACSA/AIA Housing Design Education Award and the City of Houston, Mayor’s Citation for Service to Project Row Houses and Houston’s Third Ward.

Principal of her own small firm, Grenader's projects have received design awards from Houston AIA (2002, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010) and the Greater Houston Preservation Alliance (2004, 2008). She received the Educator Award from the AIA/Houston in 1990, and in 2000, she was elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects. She was co-chair of the 99K House Competition sponsored by Rice Design Alliance and AIA/Houston in partnership with the City of Houston. She has served as President of the Rice Design Alliance and as editor and a contributor to RDA's publication, Cite: the Architecture and Design Review of Houston. She currently serves on the AIA ARCH Center Board of Directors.