Sarah Young
School of Architecture and Design
Sarah Young is an Associate Professor and First-Year Coordinator at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette School of Architecture and Design. She is a proud Ragin Cajun alumna and has taught at UL Lafayette since 2012. Sarah teaches in the first-year design studios and DSGN 121: Survey of Design. In these courses, she seeks to introduce students of all majors to the transformative potential of design. Her research investigates design pedagogy, imposter phenomenon in design students, and writing as a tool of design process. She is also an architect and partner at an award-winning local architecture firm, emerymcclure architecture. As a practitioner, Sarah participates in designing both built works and international speculative design competitions.
Recent Awards, Publications, Presentations, and Exhibitions
2022 Ray P. Authement Excellence in Teaching Award. 2022 Eminent Faculty Awards, University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Top 30, 2022 Alternate Realities Competition for “Water is the New Oil.” Designed with Ursula Emery McClure, Kristie Dykema-Cheramie, and Michael McClure.
May 22-Nov 21, 2021, emerymcclure architecture featured in A SOUTH FORTY: Contemporary Architecture and Design in the American South Exhibition, The European Cultural Center (ECC) / Palazzo Mora, collateral to the 2021 Venice Architecture Bienniale, Venice, Italy.
Aug 2021, ARDA Award in Custom Home Category, 2021 American Residential Design Awards from the American Institute of Building Design for “Jeeves House” by emerymcclure architecture. Project Designer with Michael McClure and Ursula Emery McClure.
Aug 2021, ARDA Award in Renovations Category, 2021 American Residential Design Awards from the American Institute of Building Design for “Geode” by emerymcclure architecture. Project Designer with Michael McClure and Ursula Emery McClure.
Young, Sarah. (2021) Write from the Start: Using Writing to Enhance the Design Process in a First-Year Design Studio. Representation 2019-21: Journal of the Design Communications Association, Selected Papers from DCA 2018 Conference.
Young, Sarah, Emery McClure U., and McClure M. (2020) GATOR house: A typology of resilience. Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture 108th Annual Meeting Proceedings.
Young, Sarah. (2019) Identifying Impostors in Architecture Education. 2019 Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Fall Conference Proceedings.
Aug 2019, ARDA Award in Custom Home Category, 2019 American Residential Design Awards from the American Institute of Building Design for “GATOR House” by emerymcclure architecture. Project Designer with Michael McClure and Ursula Emery McClure.
2019 AIA National Associates Award. One of 4 national recipients. Awarded by the American Institute of Architects.
2018 Jason Pettigrew Memorial ARE Scholarship. One of 10 national recipients. Awarded by the Architects Foundation.
2018 AIA Louisiana Associates Award. Sole recipient. Awarded by the American Institute of Architects Louisiana.
Aug 2017, Grand ARDA Award in Custom Home Category, 2017 American Residential Design Awards from the American Institute of Building Design for “BSL 2 House” by emerymcclure architecture. Intern Architect with Project Designers Michael McClure and Ursula Emery McClure. One of 7 selected from 140 project entries from 17 states.