2024 Young Architect of the Year • Maura Trumble, AIA

The Award

The AIA Colorado Young Architect Award recognizes the individual achievements of a young architect licensed to practice architecture fewer than 10 years. This individual will have demonstrated exceptional leadership and made significant contributions to the architecture profession early in their career.

Maura Trumble, AIA – as awarded by Andi Korber, AIA, 2024 AIA Colorado West Director, 2024 Honors Award Committee

A few words about Mo Trumble will follow, but perhaps the first note on this award is to note just how competitive and incredible the candidate field was for this award. This award included a packed field and an embarrassment of riches for the jury to deliberate. It was a fun problem to have, and one that left all of us impressed. Thank you to the folks in the audience who may have applied we hope you reapply! 

Maura Trumble’s nomination was a stand-out even in a fantastic race and it’s an honor to give her this well-deserved accolade. 

Mo is the first woman to be a partner at CCY architects. She is a leader inside and outside of her architectural company. She is deeply involved in the design and arts community with an impressive list of volunteer board positions and speaking engagements that all support community design. Her work with USGBC and ULI underscores a commitment to improving the built environment for climate sustainability, and her work within CCY to wholeheartedly engage the 2030 commitment at her firm shows this commitment is rooted in her day-to-day studio work as well. Climate equity has not been her only mark. Mo is also a leader in diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts at CCY – leading recruiting and firm retreats with this goal.

The jury would like to wrap up our congratulations to Maura with some words about the architecture that she has made in Colorado. Your combination of beauty, practicality, and whimsy shows in all your projects. And we were particularly taken with the incredible breadth of the portfolio from a small forest folly to sizable multifamily projects that all showcase a sense of individuality. Nothing in Mo’s submission was boring. It was full of personality and memorable moments. Looking forward to seeing your contributions in the future. Congratulations!

The jury was challenged with a number of excellent submissions and Maura’s submittal rose to the top for a number of reasons, Congratulations!