Professor Bennett Neiman holds a Master of Architecture from Yale and a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Cincinnati. Since 1983, Professor Neiman has received several honors for a series of self-generated architectural design projects, competitions, and teaching involving improvisation, order, and variation on a theme. His studios and design workshops exploit the strengths of both traditional and digital media. His students have won the form•Z joint studies award of distinction program several times. He earned the American Institute of Architects Education Honors Award in 1994 and 1998.  He received the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Faculty Design Award, in 1990 for Surrealistic Landscapes and in 2005 for bebop SPACES.