by Jonathan McGaha | February 10, 2016 12:00 am
The 2016 Jury of Fellows from the American Institute of Architects[1] (AIA) elevated 149 AIA members to its prestigious College of Fellows, an honor awarded to members who have made significant contributions to the profession. The 2016 Fellows will be honored at an investiture ceremony at the AIA Convention in Philadelphia in May.
The Fellowship program was developed to elevate those architects who have made a significant contribution to architecture and society and who have achieved a standard of excellence in the profession. Election to fellowship not only recognizes the achievements of architects as individuals, but also their significant contribution to architecture and society on a national level.
Diane Georgopulos, FAIA, Chair, Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency; Steve Crane, FAIA, VCBO; Marleen Kay Davis, FAIA, University of Tennessee; Mary Katherine (Mary Kay) Lanzillotta, FAIA, Hartman Cox Architects; David Messersmith, FAIA, University of Texas; Karen V. Nichols, FAIA, Michael Graves & Associates and Donald T. Yoshino, FAIA, Yoshino Architecture, PA.
Out of a total AIA membership of nearly 88,000, there are fewer than 3,200 distinguished with the honor of fellowship and honorary fellowship. The elevation to fellowship is conferred on architects with at least 10 years of membership in the AIA in one or more of the following nomination categories:
Included in the list below are the newly elevated members, their component affiliation and category for which they were elevated. Name Category Chapter Richard H. Abramson Category Five AIA Los Angeles Mehrnoush Arsanjani Category Two AIA San Francisco Karl Alan Backus Category One AIA San Francisco Hans Baldauf Category Two AIA San Francisco John Barbour Category Two AIA Minneapolis William J. Bates Category Three AIA Pittsburgh Douglas C. Bencks Category Four AIA New Hampshire Douglas A. Benson Category Three AIA Portland Luis Carlos Bernardo Category Two AIA Baltimore Charles Besjak Category Two AIA New York Donald R. Blair Category Two AIA New York Barbara Bouza Category Two AIA Los Angeles Robert A. Bracamonte Category Two AIA San Francisco James A. Brady Category Two AIA Austin Jeffrey Brown Category Two AIA Houston Mary Buchanan Brush Category Two AIA Chicago Michael Joseph Buono Category Two AIA Springfield John S. Burcher Category Two AIA Chicago Tamara Elizabeth Lapham Burns Category One AIA Huron Valley Jane E. Cameron Category Two AIA Chicago Polly Carpenter Category Five Boston Society of Architects Larry S. Cash Category Two AIA Alaska Margaret O’Donoghue Castillo Category Three AIA New York Heister Clymer Cease Jr. Category Five AIA Triangle Jeanine G. Centuori Category Five AIA Los Angeles Sean Chuan-Sheng Chiao Category Two AIA Hong Kong Annie Chu Category One AIA Los Angeles Yolanda Cole Category Two AIA | DC Gianne P. Conard Category Four Boston Society of Architects Lawrence Holdren Connolly Category Two AIA Austin Ernesto Cragnolino Category One AIA Austin Jeffrey Daniels Category Two AIA Los Angeles Joel Davy Category One AIA North Dakota Roberto C. de Leon Jr. Category One AIA Central Kentucky Jack DeBartolo III Category One AIA Phoenix Metro Gilbert Delgado Category Four AIA Southern New York Ellen Bailey Dickson Category Two AIA Chicago David Dimond Category Two AIA Minneapolis Kathleen A. Dorgan Category Five AIA Connecticut Nicole M. Dosso Category Two AIA New York William Edward Dugger III Category Two AIA Treasure Coast Christopher S. Dunlavey Category Four AIA | DC Blakely Carr Dunn Category Three AIA Arkansas Philip Durham Category One AIA St. Louis David Eisen Category One Boston Society of Architects Cassandra D. Ensberg Category Five AIA Santa Barbara Martin J. Finio Category One AIA New York James D. French Category One AIA Kansas City Hsinming Fung Category One AIA Los Angeles R. Hunter Gee Category One AIA Middle Tennessee Ruth M. Gless Category Two AIA Columbus Manuel G. Gonzalez Category Two AIA Los Angeles Emily A. Grandstaff-Rice Category Three Boston Society of Architects Charles H. Griffin Category Two AIA Houston Douglas C. Hanna Category Four AIA Detroit Anne Hicks Harney Category Two AIA Baltimore Robert Paul Harris Category Four AIA | DC Kelly Hayes-McAlonie Category Five AIA Buffalo/WNY Jonathan Herz Category Four AIA | DC Paul C. Hutton Category Two AIA Denver Steven Imrich Category Two Boston Society of Architects Meral Iskir Category Two AIA | DC Thomas S. Ito Category Two AIA Los Angeles Christof Jantzen Category One AIA Los Angeles James Jennings Category One AIA San Francisco Lamar A. Johnson Category Five AIA Chicago Margo P. Jones Category Three AIA Western Massachusetts Duane L. Jonlin Category Four AIA Seattle Larry Kearns Category Two AIA Chicago Dan Kirby Category Five AIA Orlando Ned S. Kirschbaum Category Two AIA Denver Lester Korzilius Category Three AIA London | UK Ann Kosmal Category Four AIA Northern Virginia Alexander P. Lamis Category Two AIA New York Aric J. Lasher Category One AIA Chicago Bradley Leathley Category Two AIA Seattle R. Steven Lewis * Category Three AIA Pasadena & Foothill Rebecca J. Lewis Category Two AIA Northern Minnesota Philip S. LiBassi Category Two AIA Cleveland Anne-Marie Lubenau Category Five Boston Society of Architects Jennifer Luce Category One AIA San Diego Dean Marchetto Category Two Architects League of Northern New Jersey Glenn E. Mason Category One AIA Honolulu Paula Burns McEvoy Category Two AIA Atlanta Bettina Mehnert Category Two AIA Honolulu Mark R. Miller Category Two AIA San Francisco Amy Miller Dowell Category Four AIA Portland Naomi O. Miroglio Category One AIA San Francisco Victor A. Mirontschuk Category Two AIA New York David D. Montalba Category One AIA Los Angeles Anthony Mosellie Category Two AIA Connecticut Jeffrey Murphy Category Two AIA New York F. Jeffrey Murray Category Two AIA Pittsburgh Kirsten R. Murray Category Two AIA Seattle William Murray Category Two AIA Los Angeles Stuart Narofsky Category One AIA Long Island Sarah Nettleton Category Two AIA Minneapolis Andrew G. Nielsen Category Two AIA Denver David M. Oakland Category Two AIA Central Virginia James Mary O’Connor Category One AIA Los Angeles William S. Otwell Category One AIA Grand Canyon Irvin A. Pearce Category Three AIA Triangle Frederick Perpall Category Five AIA Dallas John Scott Poole Category Two AIA Eastern Tennessee David M. Powell Category One AIA Middle Tennessee Jay Raskin Category Five AIA Portland Kevin Ratigan Category Two AIA Orlando Phillip A. Reed Category Five AIA Austin Linda Reeder Category Two AIA Connecticut Glenn Rescalvo Category One AIA San Francisco David Brent Richards Category Two AIA Detroit Henry Frank Ricks, Jr. Category Two AIA Memphis Mark Ripple Category Two AIA New Orleans David Mark Riz Category One AIA Philadelphia Percy ‘Rebel’ Roberts III Category Two AIA Chicago Ann Merideth Rolland Category Two AIA New York Peter Rose Category One Boston Society of Architects William Ryall Category One AIA New York William Q. Sabatini Category One AIA Albuquerque Michael M. Samuelian Category Two AIA New York Michael Schnoering Category Two AIA Central New Jersey David J. Segmiller Category Two AIA Charlotte Kimberly Sheppard Category One AIA New York Scott Simons Category One AIA Maine James J. Slade Category One AIA New York Ed Soltero Category Four AIA Phoenix Metro Jeffrey C. Stouffer Category Two AIA Dallas Max Wilson Strang Category One AIA Miami Joseph A. Stypka Category Two AIA Chicago Gail M. Sullivan Category Two Boston Society of Architects Allen Swerdlowe Category Five AIA New York Robert P. Theel Category Four AIA Chicago Douglas Ashley Tilden Category Two AIA New York Bryce A. Turner Category Two AIA Baltimore Susan Doreen Turner Category Two AIA Chicago Ronald Jan van der Veen Category Two AIA Seattle James Voelzke Category Two AIA | DC Dennis Simmons Ward Category Three AIA Grand Strand Daniel Watch Category Two AIA Atlanta Gregory T. Waugh Category Two AIA New York Don Weinreich Category Two AIA New York Terry L. Welker Category Five AIA Dayton R. Craig Williams Category Five AIA Dallas Gary Wolf Category One Boston Society of Architects Dan Wood Category One AIA New York Thomas W. Wurtz Category Four AIA Dallas (Charles) Al York Category One AIA Austin Liz Harriss York Category Four AIA Atlanta Alek Zarifian Category One AIA Pasadena & Foothill * By virtue of receiving the Whitney M. Young Jr. Award, Mr. Lewis[2] was automatically elevated to Fellowship The 2016 Jury of Fellows in conjunction with the 2015 Jury of Honorary Fellows also elevated eight individuals to become Honorary Fellows of the Institute. Honorary Fellowship was developed as the international counterpart to the Fellowship program. It recognizes the achievements foreign architects as individuals, but also elevates before the global public and the profession, model architects who have significantly contributed to the profession on an international level. Name Primary Location Firm Hayder Ahmed Ali Sudan Hayder A. Ali Architects & Building Consultants Louisa Hutton Berlin Sauerbruch Hutton Don Kasian Vancouver, British Columbia Kasian Architecture Interior Design and Planning LTD Teodoro Fernández Larrañaga Santiago, Chile Teodoro Fernández Arquitectos Compañía Limitada John McAslan London, UK John McAslan + Partners Reiulf Ramstad Oslo, Norway Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter AS Yoshihiko Sano, JIA Osaka, Japan Yasui Architects & Engineers, Inc. Denise Scott Brown* Philadelphia VSBA Architects and Planners Gonzalo Mardones Viviani Santiago, Chile Gonzalo Mardones Arquitecto * By virtue of receiving the AIA Gold Medal, Denise Scott Brown[3] was automatically elevated to Honorary Fellowship George Miller, FAIA, Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Architects, LLP; Diane Legge Kemp, FAIA, RTKL Asia Ltd.; Steve Crane, FAIA, VCBO; Marleen Kay Davis, FAIA, University of Tennessee; Diane Georgopulos, FAIA, Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency; Mary Katherine (Mary Kay) Lanzillotta, FAIA, Hartman Cox Architects; David Messersmith, FAIA, University of Texas; Karen V. Nichols, FAIA, Michael Graves & Associates and Donald T. Yoshino, FAIA, Yoshino Architecture, PA.2016 Fellows
2016 Honorary Fellows
Jury of Honorary Fellows
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