Three of the country's highest individual honors for architecture, the Whitney M. Young Jr. Award, AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education, and Edward C. Kemper Award, have been bestowed by the American Institute of Architects as part of its year-end awards program.The winner of the 2025 Topaz Medallion was named as Thomas Fisher, the Minnesota Design Centers current Director and former Dean of the College of Design at the University of Minnesota from 1996 to 2015.