Anca Trandafirescu is a Lecturer in Architecture at The University of Michigan. She held the Muschenheim Fellowship in 2005-2006. She has a B. Arch from Temple University and an M. Arch the Bartlett, University College London. Anca teaches courses in design and representation and has previously taught at the University of Oregon. She established area architecture, with Glenn Wilcox in 2003. The practice explores a breadth of design issues through competitions, commissioned projects, furniture fabrication, and design/build work. The firms most recent and notable recognitions are: an honorable mention in the 99K House Competition in 2008, a design merit award in the Decatur Modern House Competition in 2007, 3rd Prize in the St. Louis Folly Competition in 2007, an AIA merit award for their design/build house renovation in Eugene, Oregon in 2005, 2nd prize in the Urban Reserve House Competition in 2005, and in 2003 they were finalists in the Chicago Prize International Design Competition. Anca is a registered architect in NY.