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Founding Principal | TenBerke Architects; Edward P. Bass Dean and J.M. Hoppin Professor of Architecture | Yale School of Architecture
Deborah Berke, FAIA, LEED AP is an architect, educator, and the founder of New York-based architecture firm TenBerke. Deborah was awarded the 2025 AIA Gold Medal, AIA’s highest honor. 2017, TenBerke was honored with a National Design Award from the Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Deborah is the J. M. Hoppin Professor and the Dean of the Yale School of Architecture, the first woman to hold the position. She has been a Professor at Yale since 1987. She is the recipient of the Topaz Medallion, the highest honor for architectural education. In 2012, she was the inaugural designate of the Berkeley-Rupp Prize at the University of California at Berkeley. She serves on the jury for the Pritzker Architecture Prize, the highest honor in the field. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the National Academy of Design. Deborah is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and The City University of New York.
