He has a Master of Architecture degree from Yale University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Architecture from Lehigh University. In 2000, he won an Honor Award from AIA Connecticut. In 1996, Newick and his frequent collaborator, Linda Lindroth, were selected by the Architecture League of New York for their prestigious Emerging Voices lecture series. In 1998, Craig Newick won a fellowship in sculpture from the Connecticut Commission on the Arts. In the past 10 years Newick and frequent collaborator Linda Lindroth have won over 20 awards, grants and prizes. Their work has been exhibited and published extensively.