April 26, 2024 Interior Architecture Vols Named to Metropolis Future100
Seniors Anna Shoemaker and Kathryn Webb have been selected amongst the top 100 architecture and interior design students in the nation by METROPOLIS. The annual Future100 features students, nominated by their instructors and mentors, who are regarded as the most talented class of undergraduate and graduate students.
Shoemaker and Webb join the top 33 interior design undergraduate students in the United States and Canada as selected by the magazine’s team.
“I remember Caitlin Turner had been recognized my freshman year, so I was so excited when I found out I had been selected,” said Shoemaker. “Receiving an honor like MET Future100 is so validating of all the work I have put in and solidifies that I am on the right path.”
IA Collaborative, UT’s student organization of IIDA and ASID, has been a formative experience for Shoemaker. She has served on the board since her first-year at UT and finishes her term as president this semester.
“My time in IA Collaborative taught me how to serve the community I am a part of both inside and outside of the A+A,” she said. “Experiences in IA Collaborative taught me how to network and present myself professionally as well as participate in the college’s academic and administrative conversation. Being a part of this organization connected me to the pulse of the School of Interior Architecture by embedding me in its community.”
“I have so much respect for our interior architecture leadership and professors, so I felt very honored to been nominated and lucky to have been selected,” she said.
She developed a passion for inclusive and community-driven spaces after two studios with Abudayyeh. This fall, she will continue to explore her design interests as she pursues a Master’s in architecture degree at UT.
“The School of Interior Architecture has prepared me well for graduate school. I believe my time as an interior architecture student will help me be a better architecture student,” she said.
