at numerous other US and Canadian universities. In 1984 Sauer was given the Award for Outstanding Achievement in Promoting Architectural Education. Although he retired from design practice in 1997, he continues to teach design studios at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), School of Architecture and mentoring PhD and Masters architecture students at the University of Melbourne. Urban design Sauer's works in urban legend includes a unique 'signature' new town in the Quebec development context designed in 1992–93 for 25,000 people adjacent to and northwest of Montreal. His vision and design was an urban plan, rather than a conventional suburban plan, for 8000 dwellings on 202 hectares at Bois-Franc in the borough of Saint-Laurent . His urban approach provided a strong singular image, with the streets and squares as social spaces, and allowed for integration of economic groups, building types and architectural styles. He used water as a major theme to provide contrast been the summer and winter city and social landscapes. Research Sauer was active in early initiatives to promote the inclusion of 'user needs' in design practice and education. He undertook his own research by conducting post-occupancy evaluations of his built work and worked with social scientists, such as John Zeisel, during his design programming. He received the first Design Fellowship Research Grant from the US National Endowment to the Arts to examine the relationships between building development processes and architectural design. He was active in the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) and was a director of its board. Sauer was also a review editor for the Journal of Architectural Research (JAR). Awards In 1973 Sauer was elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), and has received national, regional and local AIA awards, including two AIA Pennsylvania Chapter Silver Medals. He won six Progressive Architecture Design Award's (PADA) for: The Richard Cripps residence (Lambertville, New Jersey – PADA Jan 1963) James Hamilton House (New Hope, Pennsylvania – PADA Jan 1964) 11th and Waverly Town Houses (Philadelphia – PADA Jan 1964) Pastorius Mews (Germantown, Philadelphia – PADA Jan 1965) Head House Square East (Society Hill, Philadelphia – PADA 1969) Queens Village (Philadelphia, with Cecil Baker, Architect – PADA Jan 1973) Other award-winning projects include: McClennen Residence Townhouses in Golf Course Island, Reston, Virginia Urban design and 100 townhouses for the new Harbour Walk neighbourhood at Baltimore's Inner Harbor For his teaching and academic work: Award