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Founded in 1952, the College of Fellows is composed of members of the Institute who are elevated to Fellowship by a jury of their peers. Fellowship is one of the highest honors the AIA can bestow upon a member. Elevation to Fellowship not only recognizes the achievement of the architect as an individual, but also elevates before the public and the profession those architects who have made significant contributions to architecture and to society.
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Communications/Outreach
Chair: Secretary Kate Schwennsen, FAIA
Is the Quarterly doing everything it can to reach our membership? How can we use our new website resources?
Mentorship/Facilitating Fellowship/EDI
Chair: Chancellor Frances Halsband, FAIA
There are many mentorship programs at components, at YAF, architecture firms, schools. Can we look at what is being done across the country and learn what is successful? How can we help members who do not have access to big city Fellowship Committees? Can we do more to welcome NOMA members to the COF?
Inauguration is a special occasion. Standing before a group of former and future leaders of the College of Fellows and the Institute is both humbling and energizing.
The next morning, our new ExComm hit the ground running. We made a list of the concerns we’ve been hearing from new Fellows, long standing Fellows, former Chancellors, architects who hope to become Fellows. Can we do better? Can we do it all this year? We are certainly going to try.
By the time you read this, you will already have heard about our plans from your Regional Representatives, but it is never too late to let us know your thoughts.
Here is our list of Mission Focused Groups, our road map for 2023:
Co-Chairs: Chancellor Frances Halsband, FAIA, and Vice Chancellor Ron Blitch, FAIA
How can Fellows be a more visible presence at A’23? How can we bring more Fellows’ activities to the Conference floor, engaging Fellows with other attendees? We are currently working with the YAF on AIA Kids, a way to engage young architects and their families with COF-sponsored activities. Also underway are plans for this year’s 2+2 session with former Chancellor Ed Kodet, FAIA.
Co-chairs: Vice Chancellor Ron Blitch, FAIA & Bursar Jeanne Jackson, FAIA
There have been several studies suggesting improvement to the Latrobe Prize. What can we do better? How does it fit with other AIA research agendas? How do we monitor the process and results once the study is underway? How do we publicize and disseminate results to the membership? Are there other formats we should consider?
Chair: Secretary Kate Schwennsen, FAIA
How do we use our financial resources to sponsor grants? Are we getting the best value from our Component Grant program? How do we monitor results? Last year we made opportunity grants to the Say it Loud Octagon Exhibition and the YAF Planning Conference.
We are also looking at simplifying our budget reporting so we can monitor our spending in a timely way, looking for more funding opportunities, and looking at ways to maintain better communication with AIA Leadership.
Frances Halsband, FAIA 61st Chancellor, AIA College of FellowsIn December 2022 the AIA College of Fellows Executive Committee gathered in Washington, DC for governance meetings and the annual inauguration of the new Chancellor of the College of Fellows. On Thursday 8 December the Executive Committee members were guests at the Inauguration of 2022-23 President Emily Grandstaff-Rice, FAIA, at the National Building Museum. Friday 9 December was a day full of meetings, starting with breakfast with the AIA Board, and including a meeting with the Former Chancellors, in addition to the Executive Committee business meetings.
The Octagon Museum was the site of a reception Friday evening. The Say it Loud exhibit provided a thought-provoking and inspiring backdrop to conversations.
Guests then moved to the AIA headquarters building, the site of the Inauguration of the 61st Chancellor of the College of Fellows, Frances Halsband, FAIA. The Halsband family was present.
Guests, including AIA leadership and Former Chancellors, gathered to welcome Frances to her new leadership position. Her memorable remarks, (see page 8 of this publication), were framed around the duality of history and the future, and laid out her ambitions for the College for 2023.
“Together, we need to evaluate, question, and not just follow what we have done before. For the College of Fellows that means reaching out, inviting others in, working together, inspiring each other to bring about useful change in the profession. Moving from exclusion to inclusion. We need to re affirm and strengthen our mission.”
Additionally, the College of Fellows honored Former Chancellor Ed Vance with the 2022 Leslie Boney Spirit of Fellowship Award, (see article on page 10 of this publication). The 2023 Executive Committee held its first meeting on Saturday morning, 10 December.
It is an honor and a pleasure to be inaugurated as 2023 Chancellor of the College of Fellows. I have been thinking a lot about history and the future in preparing for my coming year as Chancellor.
In my architectural practice, I work with historic buildings, understanding how and why they were built, how they have survived. I evaluate each element. What is worth saving? What can we let go? What needs to be changed to meet today’s needs? That’s not Restoration. It is not even Preservation. It is Transformation. How do we transform a historic building, to welcome the modern world?
Questioning the value of history is unpopular in the Historic Preservation community. But it plays well in the real world.
Why do I start with my practice? As I think about the College of Fellows, I see history, I see a reverence for tradition, but what moves me is seeing so many people who have made a difference in the profession and at the AIA by daring to question and change historic traditions. I also see a new group who are charged with questioning tradition and proposing change.
I have been in and out of AIA activities through my years of practice. What brought me back, in 2018, was watching the AIA’s @MeToo controversy unfold. Especially within the
College of Fellows, there was a national outcry to call out the offending bad guys, and to remove them from practice.
I am not in favor of bad guys, but it seemed to me that there was a larger task at hand, that of demonstrating that we Fellows, as leaders, needed to re affirm our commitment to ethical values, to reassure young architects coming to work with us, that it was an OK thing to do. A safe thing to do. The AIA was already looking at what to do, but it was going slowly.
I wrote a letter to fifty Fellows I knew, and asked them to join me in petitioning the AIA to immediately amend the Code of Ethics governing professional conduct. I wrote:
can be no place in the AIA for people who abuse their status, power, or influence. We cannot continue to watch as people of diverse backgrounds and identities enter the profession with high hopes, only to leave in disillusionment when they encounter the realities of lower pay, lack of respect, abuse, or harassment. "
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As Fellows we must step forward to commit publicly to holding ourselves to the highest standards of ethical behavior as an example to the wider profession and the public.
As Fellows we must commit to fostering a professional environment of mutual respect and equitable treatment in our studios and workplaces.
As Fellows, we must actively endorse a policy that welcomes all individuals into a rewarding, generous, and ethical profession.
Two days after I sent my letter, I had one hundred replies. In three weeks I had 600 replies. Friends sent the letter to friends. They were eager to be heard. I took those 600 signatures to the AIA Convention in New York and brought a resolution from the floor, asking that the AIA change the Code of Ethics to say that “members shall not engage in harassment or discrimination in their professional activities on the basis of race religion, national origin, age, disability, gender, or sexual orientation.” The resolution passed, with a vote of 4300 with 13 abstentions. The AIA Code of Ethics changed.
I have to recognize Betsey Dougherty, Carole Wedge, Lenore Lucey, Rosa Sheng, and Ben Prosky, incredible allies in this pursuit. It could not have happened without them.
I learned the power of the College of Fellows from that experience. I learned that we have a voice for good, and it can be a pretty loud voice.
That brings me back to history and tradition. Together, we need to evaluate, question, and not just follow what we have done before. For the College of Fellows that means reaching out, inviting others in, working together, inspiring each other to bring about useful change in the profession. Moving from exclusion to inclusion.
We need to re affirm and strengthen our mission: Research
We sponsor research with the Latrobe Prize. Several studies have already suggested changes. Let’s see if we can move from studies to action, and make the Latrobe even better than it is.
I love this idea. Not only is it of value to younger generations, but it is something that every single Fellow can do, and can do well. Through Component Grants, we have funded established programs, and helped to sponsor new programs, We have worked closely with the Young Architects Forum in this endeavor. There’s a lot of information out there on how to run effective programs. We can gather that information and make it available to a wider group, not only within the profession, but to schools, community groups, offices, and beyond.
Each of us has a different idea of who we should be mentoring. Some say “start at six years old”. Others say it’s about Young Architects entering the profession. I myself am interested in architects in the midst of their careers, trying to make sense of it all, and thinking about Fellowship. Of course there’s room for all of these ideas. And there’s room for all of us. Did you know that many students in architecture schools have never been inside of an architect’s office? That’s a whole new program, right there.
Sometimes new opportunities appear and we are happy to support them. When we heard of Pascale Sablan’s exhibition Say it Loud, focusing on the work of Black members of the College of Fellows, we were able to support a group of interns doing research for that exhibition. When YAF formulated their plan for YAF Summit 30:Mission 2130 we were able to help. How do we welcome new members?
We don’t control juries, selection processes, or even the complicated requirements for submission, but we hear concerns. We need to create a stronger dialogue with AIA to re affirm our common goals. We need to find a way to invite more people in. There are numerous committees at the component level that work with individual applicants seeking Fellowship. How do we strengthen that network, find ways for members outside of large cities to get help?
How do we bridge the historic gap between AIA and NOMA?
What if we advocated for changing the rules for Fellowship so that a NOMA member of ten years standing could join AIA and count NOMA years towards applying for Fellowship?
How can Fellows be a more visible presence at Conference?
Most of our events don’t take place at the conference site. Investiture is often miles away, invisible to non Fellows. We need to be seen. We need to be present on the convention floor.
Fundraising is not easy. We would like to raise more money for our mission. Our College of Fellows Fund is growing, and we hope that will continue in 2023. We are also looking at our current budget to shift more of our funds towards mission based programs.
Those are a just a few of the tasks before us. There will be more as the year unfolds. We gathered for the inauguration of the 2023 Executive Committee of the College of Fellows at the AIA Headquarters in Washington DC. I believe that this is the last time that we will gather at AIA headquarters before the building closes down for its own transformation, from past to future. I thank you again for all you have done, and for all we look forward to doing together in the future.
My last official duty as Former Chancellor was to Chair the Jury for the 2022 Leslie N. Boney Spirit of Fellowship Award. Joining me on the jury was last year’s recipient, Ed Kodet, FAIA and the 2022 Chair of the Council of Regional Representatives, Jeanne Jackson, FAIA.
This Spirit of Fellowship award was first presented in 2000 by Chancellor Robert Odermatt to Leslie N. Boney, FAIA for his outstanding service and commitment to the College. Later that same year, the Executive Committee of the College voted to name the award after the first recipient, and it became known as the LESLIE N. BONEY SPIRIT OF FELLOWSHIP AWARD
This award recognizes continuous exceptional service and dedication to the College and has been awarded every year since 2000 – a wonderful tradition of our College. Our jury met virtually and based on an excellent nomination letter prepared by Peter Kuttner, FAIA we unanimously recommended a candidate to the current ExCom to endorse as this year’s recipient: EDWARD VANCE, FAIA. This award was presented to Ed during the Inauguration Ceremony in December!
Let me summarize a small portion of his outstanding work on behalf of our College:
• Creating the AIA COF Newsletter (now the Quarterly) by developing content, a new and fresh graphic format, enlarged editorial content, connection with NAC and YAF, and the hiring of a dedicated editor.
• Another communication tool that Ed help to enhance was to consolidate a more concise history of the COF Red Book to better “tell our story.” Working with Rebecca Edmunds, AIA, who was the 2019 Boney Award Recipient, the book has become a cherished keepsake of all new Fellows as a memory of their Investiture Ceremony, and a wonderful addition to all of our personal libraries.
• He developed the Former Chancellors Directory and the Path to Fellowship – both unified booklets that are widely utilized by many aspiring Fellows and Components.
• Ed created a new Executive Committee Welcome Packet as well as one specifically for new Council of Regional Representatives members.
• Ed created EP Component Grants application brochures and produced a needed update to the Latrobe Prize call for submissions booklet.
• Working hand in hand with Al Rubeling, FAIA he has been an ardent support of the Chancellors Cup Golf Tournaments that continues to be a major fundraiser for the College.
• …and, as Peter mentioned in his nomination letter, “as a labor of love” he has been creating wonderful Chancellor Annuals highlighting the year as Chancellor.
EDWARD VANCE, FAIA is so deserving of this Award. He continues this strong tradition in recognition of individuals that have made outstanding contributions through long lasting service to our College. Congratulations Ed!
2023 College of Fellows Executive Committee Members: Frances Halsband, Chancellor; Ron Blitch, Vice-Chancellor; Kate Schwennsen, Secretary; Jeanne Jackson, Bursar
2022-23 AIA President Emily Grandstaff-Rice, FAIA, presenting a Presidential Citation for exceptional service to 60th Chancellor Roger Schluntz.
A rapt room listens to the remarks of the new Chancellor.
New Chancellor Halsband sharing her plans for the College of Fellows in 2023, charging all of us to participate in accomplishing the important mission of the College.
Over the past three months, the Young Architects Forum Advisory Group has shared via LinkedIn and other social media the highlights of the eight Mission 2130 crews on the challenges and pitches presented in Pittsburgh in August 2022 at Summit30. The summary challenges and descriptions of the world in 2130, which were developed and presented by the Mission 2130 crews, provide a glimpse into the aspirations of Young Architects, and their motivations to advance our profession in service to the communities, the planet, and the people we serve:
I. Janus developed the Catalyst Challenge to empower the architect to disrupt the profession, the community, and the planet’s current trajectory; as an investment in the future of our world and our communities, prompting a responsibility to heal and not harm.
II. The Planeteers developed the Atlantis 2130 Challenge to help humanity rapidly evolve toward a harmonious relationship with the planet. We will incrementally propel society to adapt to a changing world and eliminate our reliance on linear resources.
III. Regenerative REVOLUTIONS developed VALUE\ shift to help you + me resolve apathy by designing value systems to encourage interdependent compassion and celebrate cross-cultural connections.
IV. Future OCCUR developed [_____]ism to avert human extinction through “mycelial networks”. Threads of shared resources that replenish the valuable through redistribution.
V. The Futurespectives developed the Commitment to the 99% to support future generations in addressing societal inequities through a redefinition of shared values.
VI. RE/ACTIVE developed the Community Imperative Challenge to drive symbiotic development for society at the neighborhood scale by empowering local leaders.
VII. Form Follows Fiction developed the Palimpsest Project to help humanity remember itself through AI integration.
VIII.The Archinaries developed the 75-mile Amoeba to save all life forms from global extinction by adapting human society into a global network of nodes with local resources, local governance, and interconnected technology.
These challenges and more are informing the YAF’s 20232027 Strategic Initiative:
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The 2023 Priority Areas are the following:
Advocate [for change]
Educate [for impact]
Diversify [for the future]
A formal report will be published by the YAF in early 2023 about the overall #AIAYAFMission2130 experience and what is next to come.
The College of Fellows continues to be proud of our support for this ambitious group of innovators, and look forward to joining them in action, catalyzing for change.
“Architects in action, catalyzing
change”
Each year the AIA College of Fellows provides funding to assist AIA Components in the development of programs that will enhance the work of Emerging Professionals, Young Architects and/or Associate members of the Institute. In 2022 the program sought projects that directly involved Emerging Professionals with a specific community outreach activity, and engagement with disadvantaged communities in the planned activity.
AIA Richmond’s Community Wish program met and surpassed these expectations. According to Jacob Sherry, AIA, LEED AP BD+C AIA Richmond Board + RVA YAF Chair, and An Liu, Associate AIA, “The funding of this grant propelled our committee to new heights this year. The experience working on the Community Wish project brought invaluable hands-on, collaborative experience as well as a kick-start to our future community engagement efforts.” The following final report and photographs submitted by the grant recipients, clearly describe the high aspirations and success of this project.
Community Wish is an architectural installation assembled on-site at the 2022 Richmond Folk Festival addressing urban environmental needs in support of Venture Richmond's Brown's Island Improvement Plan, which was approved by the City of Richmond Planning Commission in 2019.
As part of Richmond's Folk Music Festival – one of the most popular events in Virginia welcoming thousands of visitors from around the country – the installation is an opportunity to engage the community in envisioning the "Community Wish" project. This experiential project was led by Venture Richmond, YAF RVA, and Hanbury Community Design Lab to create a public structure offering shading, seating, and space for community interactions.
This installation – organized and designed by AIA RVA YAF, built by volunteers, and funded by the AIA College of Fellows 2022 Emerging Professionals Component Grant and YAF RVA – presents a meaningful collaboration among non-profit leaders, architects, graphic designers, and community helpers. It is an experiment of de-constructable design that highlights the interplay between humans and the natural world and the impact each person can have in responding to their surrounding environments.
Employing 4"x4" spacing galvanized fence, the design creates a reconfigurable framework of different formats to meet community needs. This includes, but is not limited to, a community pavilion, furniture, posters, a flag, drawings, and a space for gathering, sharing, connecting, observation, etc. The structure is built with modular components which can be relocated and reused for other projects to meet evolving community needs. The structure intentionally evolved throughout the three-day event with increased community interaction and involvement.
This project brought Richmond’s emerging design professionals together to learn how to work collaboratively through design and construction, while also learning what it takes to engage our diverse community.
Jacob Sherry,AIA, LEED AP BD+C, 510 Architects, AIA Richmond Board, YAF Chair
Ryan Alkire, AIA, NCARB, Wendel, AIA Virginia Board, AIA Richmond Board, YAF Co-Chair
Nick Cooper, AIA, NOMA, Hanbury, AIA Richmond PastPresident, YAF Member
Cody Solberg, AIA, NCARB, Marvel, YAF Member
Ally Maclean, AIA, ENV, YAF Member
Danielle Kassel, Allied Member, Lynch Mykins Structural Engineers, YAF Member
Tyler Currie, Allied Member, Shade & Wise Brick Company, YAF Member
Sal DiPietro, PE, Allied Member, Springpoint Structural, YAF MEMBER
Jeff Weiseman, AIA Baskervill, YAF Member
Brendan Westfall, Associate AIA, PSH+, YAF Member
An Liu, Associate AIA, Hanbury, YAF Member
Thanks to:
AIA College of Fellows (Funding)
AIA Richmond YAF (Funding + Volunteers)
AIA Richmond
Community Helpers (Construction)
Hanbury Community Design Lab
Public Arts Commission
Richmond Community ToolBank (Tools)
Shade & Wise (Masonry and Pavers)
Somehow Something Studio + Erik Brandt (Graphic)
Venture Richmond
Previously published on YAF Connection Q3 2022
How can the architecture profession go beyond the minimum requirements of codes and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to create more equitable and inclusive spaces for all? Today, designers are looking at how the built environment can affect a person physically, mentally, and socially.
On August 9th, 2022, the Young Architects Forum (YAF) Advocacy Focus Group hosted their third webinar of the “So You Want To…” series bringing together an audience of young architects to learn how to be advocates for incorporating principles of universal design in their projects—to achieve not only more successful designs but more equitable communities where all may thrive.
The event was moderated by Olivia Asuncion, project architect at Quattrocchi Kwok Architects and American Institute of Architects (AIA) YAF California Representative, and she was joined by panelists Seb Choe, Associate Director at MIXdesign, Jade Ragoschke, vice President of World Deaf Architecture, and Ileana Rodriguez, principal of Design Access, LLC (Figure 1). The YAF Advocacy Focus Group includes Monica Blasko, Anastasia Markiw, Laura Morton, Melissa Gaddis, Trevor Boyle, Christopher Fagan, and Kaitlyn Badlato.
An architect’s work and values are informed by their identity and lived experience. Each of the panelists shared anecdotes from their upbringing, describing how those experiences and challenges shaped their focus and impacted their decision to become design professionals. From a young age, Olivia was aware of her surroundings and space because of her physical disabilities. Growing up in the Philippines, she found that many environments, including schools, were not accessible. She moved to the United States at age 11, less than a decade after the passage of the ADA, and “accessibility was just there. It wasn’t perfect then and it still isn’t, but it was already built into my surroundings… I very quickly and very clearly learned that the design of the built environment has the power to foster independence, promote inclusivity, and create community.”
Olivia’s experience of the built environment in the Philippines and the United States led her to pursue a career in design, advocacy, and research. “One of the keys to ensuring justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion [JEDI] is providing access to the built environment… How can we expect diversity otherwise?” While at the University of Oregon, she was able to perform design research into accessible evacuation, improving fire safety, and building evacuation for people with disabilities. Her professional work focuses on universal design across multiple sectors, including higher education and fire houses.
Currently, Olivia is serving as a Fulbright Scholar, assessing the accessibility of elementary schools in the Philippines and the impact it has on enrollment of disabled children. Her practice is supported not just by expertise and research but by her own valuable insights from lived experience.
Seb’s work is rooted in the idea that “any project that aims to utilize inclusive design and [focus on] community needs requires us to acknowledge the many identities and roles we play in our communities. This often exceeds the narrow roles of our professional lives and influences our approach to design.” As an educator, performance artist, city council agitator, digitally embodied raver, and community facilitator, they wear many different hats in addition to their professional role as associate director at JSA/MIXdesign. The think tank and consultancy approaches inclusive design “based on this conviction that human experience and embodied identity [are] constituted by a variety of overlapping factors.” MIXdesign advocates for the active participation of stakeholders and endusers. This ensures that those who are most impacted have a seat at the table along with an in-house team of experts in design, policy, and public health who specialize in working with and for deaf, autistic, and physically disabled communities. The firm’s work with the Queens Museum prioritized the spatial needs of diverse visitors who fell outside the cultural mainstream. MIXdesign assembled an interdisciplinary team and organized extensive community engagement. The museum design team formed a cohort of 25 Queens residents that reflected the audience the museum wanted to attract, including seniors, wheelchair users, parents with young children, native Spanish speakers, people with low vision, nonbinary people, and more. The paid cohort worked with the design team to create inclusive design recommendations that provided value to the project and broadened the museum's local audience.
After graduating architecture school, Jade Ragoschke was contracted by the Department of Education in New York City (NYC) to bring public schools across the city to 100% accessibility under the ADA. It was during this time that she discovered the ADA’s limitations. Her current role as a thirdparty accessibility code reviewer for the Chicago Department of Buildings has exposed to her how some architects interpret the ADA requirements in ways that miss the mark or simply default to general notes or standard details.
Outside of the office, Jade is dedicated to improving the baseline of accessible and universal design. Jade is profoundly deaf in her right ear, and while she wasn’t integrated into the deaf community or in a position to access deaf culture until college, she soon began learning about the impacts of the built environment on the community. She became involved with World Deaf Architecture, which provides networking and education for deaf and hard-of-hearing architects and
designers. Through this organization she has served as an advisor for the AIA Guidelines for Equitable Practice and is working with a committee developing Deaf Space guidelines and best practice—designed for the deaf community, by the deaf community. Deaf Space is entirely separate from the ADA and provides a creative approach to improving the quality of space for people with and without hearing loss.
As a Paralympic athlete, Ileana Rodriguez believes in the impossible. “You see athletes that can do all things regardless of their disability because this is not what defines them, but what they decide to do.” Ileana uses her agency as an architect to change the perspective that people have on people with disabilities. “If we allow them to perform, if we allow them to have a better life, space can influence the potential of a person… [To do this] we need to move way beyond the code.” Accessibility is often integrated later on in the design process, rather than at the beginning. Ileana wanted to change this, so she started Design Access, LLC to be able to dedicate time and resources to getting it right. This has allowed her to work with the International Paralympic Committee to find opportunities in the venues and facilities of the Paralympic Games where the accessibility could be improved and become more inclusive. Her work spans the world, in countries that don’t even have an accessibility code as extensive as the ADA. In fact, some of these countries are where the best opportunities for improving accessibility lie, since there are so few regulations.
Matrix created for Stalled! considering the diversity of end-users and activities of a restroom that lead to design strategies to improve the experience; image courtesy of Seb Choe
Our panelists have used their expertise and passion to create high-performing spaces of inclusive and universal design. Stalled!, presented by Seb Choe, is MIXdesign’s inclusive design process, which aims to be intersectional. The diagram below considers the many different overlapping identities we inhabit as well as the activities that we perform. Restrooms are spaces in which there are many different activities taking place; thus, they need to serve a diverse group of individuals, families, and caregivers. “There ultimately isn’t a perfect, universal, one-size-fits-all solution,” says Seb. Instead, the prototype, Stalled!, analyzes the many demands of the space and generates spatial strategies that foster sharing space while also rethinking traditional design.
Seb reinforces that this design work is more than just design; it is about “working between design, research, and advocacy.” Stalled! is more than just a prototype; the work includes design recommendations, lectures, workshops, as well as legal initiatives, including amending the 2021 International Plumbing Code to allow for all-gender restrooms.
This tennis club (pictured below), presented by Ileana Rodriguez, was one of the biggest challenges Ileana faced while consulting for the Paralympic Games in Lima. The owner was hesitant to make any changes, so the team studied and identified both permanent and temporary changes that would provide the biggest impacts for accessibility. After the Games, the owner was so impressed with the improvements that he
decided to keep all of them. The club is now used by a lot of the local elderly community; indeed, anyone can take advantage of the club. Ileana says, “I like to do this work because you have an impact beyond the infrastructure. You have the ability to change the lives of people. You have the ability to change the perspective of people with disabilities, and also improve the experience of people.”
Inclusive and equitable design is not created from a singular code or set of guidelines. True equity is found by including multiple, diverse perspectives throughout the process. This includes not only subject-matter experts and professionals but also the users that you are designing for. As Jade says, “There is a need to advocate for dedicated spaces for many different communities, but it’s not just about making those spaces accessible. It’s also about communicating to users through architectural design that they have permission to engage and belong in that space… As architects, we need to become agents of change and be more civically engaged with the communities] that we design for.” By creating inclusive environments, we create agency for all to utilize the spaces we design, building community and bringing more customers to our clients. “We need to share our own unique experiences that influence our perspectives and approaches to solving problems, while also being willing to take a step back and listen and support the voices of others.”
Congratulations, new Fellows!
Ronald Abo, FAIA
James Richard Alsop, FAIA
Steven Kelly Alspaugh, FAIA
Abimbola Asojo, FAIA
Sara Beardsley, FAIA
Bernita Beikmann, FAIA
David Block, FAIA
Dan Brunn, FAIA
Charles Cash, FAIA
Jason Chandler, FAIA
Yew Kee Cheong, FAIA
Christos Chrysiliou, FAIA
Craig Copeland, FAIA
Justin Crane, FAIA
Lance Davis, FAIA
Jonathan Feldman, FAIA
Steven David Flanagan, FAIA
Tenna Florian, FAIA
Mary Follenweider, FAIA
Xuan Fu, FAIA
Sanford Garner, FAIA
James Garrett, FAIA
Richard Graves, FAIA
Todd Grover, FAIA
Ravi Gunewardena, FAIA
Maureen Guttman, FAIA
Daniel-Christopher (Neil) Hall, FAIA
Douglas Hanson, FAIA
Marnique Heath, FAIA
Jason Holuby, FAIA
Adele Houghton, FAIA
Ping Jiang, FAIA
Nathan Johnson, FAIA
Walter Jones, FAIA
Nerin Kadribegovic, FAIA
Neil Katz, FAIA
Joongsub Kim, FAIA
Susan Kliman, FAIA
Varun Kohli, FAIA
William LaPatra, FAIA
Bryan Lijewski, FAIA
Andrea Love, FAIA
William Mallari, FAIA
Nea Maloo, FAIA
Kenneth Martin, FAIA
Ryan McEnroe, FAIA
Mike McGlone, FAIA
Anne Mooney, FAIA
Frances Moore, FAIA
Jack Morgan, FAIA
Diana Nicklaus, FAIA
Victor Olgyay, FAIA
Yen Ong, FAIA
Gregg Pasquarelli, FAIA
Janet Pogue McLaurin, FAIA
Martin Primmer, FAIA
Robert Reis, FAIA
James Richard, FAIA
Joseph Ruocco, FAIA
Timothy Schroeder, FAIA
Mark Schwamel, FAIA
Jeremy R. Shannon, FAIA
Cass Smith, FAIA
Jodi Smits Anderson, FAIA
Christian Sottile, FAIA
R. Brandon Sprague, FAIA
Brian Tibbs, FAIA
Brad Tomecek, FAIA
Theodore Touloukian, FAIA
Mark Walsh, FAIA
Angela Ward Hyatt, FAIA
Rob Whitehead, FAIA
Robin Whitehurst, FAIA
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Please note: Estate Bequests may qualify for Legacy Membership Levels
The primary purpose of the Society is to formally recognize those individuals who have demonstrated a life-long commitment to the mission and programs of the AIA College of Fellows with a revocable estate bequest.
By virtue of having included a commitment in their estate plan of a bequest for the future benefit of the College and its programs, the following distinguished individuals are the initial Charter Members of the Heritage Society of the AIA College of Fellows:
Joseph A. Boggs, FAIA
Ellis W. Bullock, FAIA
John A. Busby, Jr., FAIA
Donald Wesley Caskey, FAIA
John Castellana, FAIA
William David Chilton, FAIA
Betsey Olenick Daugherty, FAIA
Brian Paul Daugherty, FAIA
Harry M. Falconer, Jr., FAIA
L.Jane Hastings, FAIA
Russell V. Keune, FAIA
Ed Kodet, FAIA
Howarth L. Lewis, Jr., FAIA
Ivenue Love-Stanley, FAIA
Frank Lucas, FAIA
Robert Ooley, FAIA
Burton L. Roslyn, FAIA
Jeffrey Scherer, FAIA
Roger L. Schluntz, FAIA
John Sorrenti, FAIA
Steven Spurlock, FAIA
William J. Stanley, III, FAIA
Ed Vance, FAIA
William F. Vosbeck, FAIA
Membership in the Society is conferred upon formal notification to the College of a planned estate gift with a minimum value of $10,000.
We cordially invite you to undertake a similar, revocable, commitment in your estate plan, and thereby becoming a member of the Heritage Society. It’s simple to accomplish and it costs nothing!
With additional Members the future support of our programs and long-term viability of the College will be substantially enhanced and extended well into the future. For additional information and application, please contact Pam Day, PDay@aia.org.
Mentorship exists at the very core of our profession. Not only is the dedication to mentoring efforts vital in strengthening the pipeline of shared architectural knowledge, it is also imperative as a device to advance the careers of those historically underrepresented in the field. Often times, it is acts of mentorship that open the right doors, offer a seat at the table, relay a key piece of advice. And dedication to this effort is also at the core of the College of Fellows.
In 2023, each of the Quarterly newsletter issues will feature ongoing mentorship programs happening across the country. Fellow participation and engagement is key to the success of these programs - we encourage you to get in touch and become involved!
AIA Local Chapters: Bridging the Gap Local chapters of the AIA are uniquely well-positioned to reach audiences of both emerging professionals and seasoned practitioners. Chapters not only serve as venues through which these particular groups gather; local chapter events also allow for the exchange of ideas around specific topics, such as leadership, community service, or the experience of being a woman in design.
The format spectrum is broad and ranges from rigid time frames with pre-selected cohorts, such as AIA Cincinnati's VISION, to recurring meetings that are open to the public, like AIA San Francisco's Mentorship Committee. What follows is a snapshot of each of these programs:
AIA Wisconsin: Architect Mentor Professional (AMP) Leadership Institute
The AIA Wisconsin Architect Mentor Professional (AMP) Leadership Institute features seven sessions addressing important leadership topics to advance the relevance of our profession. Designed for emerging professionals, the initiative has both an inward and outward focus to help elevate the profession by preparing architects with enhanced individual, firm, and community leadership skills.
AIA Cincinnati: VISION Mentorship Program
VISION is a year-long, award-winning program that supports emerging professionals interested in developing the skills necessary to advance to higher levels within the architectural profession. Each year, a class of a dozen candidates are selected to take part in monthly full-day training and workshops. Applications are accepted in October and the program runs November through August.
In addition, VISION offers seven public keynote talks on subjects including community, advocacy, and the design process. VISION Keynote talks take place the third Thursday of the month.
The Mentorship Committee strives to create a unique experience that promotes collaboration between all levels of professionals. The committee facilitates cross-generational interaction between established and emerging professionals for personal and professional development. The program is open to everyone and meets monthly.
One of WIA’s core programs, this annual event provides networking opportunities for women architects, facilitating interaction across multiple professional levels. Attendees meet in small groups with professional mentors of all levels in three 20-minute sessions for informal discussions. Each session will be helmed by one of WIA’s mentors, many of whom are partners or principals at their firms. Participants are encouraged to offer advice, share experiences, and discuss career goals.
The 5x5x5 program creates a peer network of engaged professionals and stimulates intergenerational and interdisciplinary dialogue. Participation in this program adds value to personal career and leadership development for the rising generation in the architecture profession and fosters continual learning to promote the East Bay architectural community at large.
Women in Design, in collaboration with the Women’s Principal’s Group and BosNOMA, facilitates a nine-month long mentorship program for designers and architects in the Boston area, specifically to support women within the mid-point of their professional careers.
After the completion of the application period, mentees and mentors are paired based on their shared interests and needs. The committee notifies the participants of their matches and provides a kick-off and closing event. The success of the program lies in the frequency and quality of meetings established by the pairs. Pairs are encouraged to join BSA, WiD, and BosNOMA events.
AIA Chicago’s Bridge offers an eight-month curriculum of curated programs coupled with informal, one-on-one meetings between mentors and mentees. Each selected participant is paired with a local AIA Fellow acting as their mentor. The program incorporates informal social events and organized mentorship discussions focusing on past experiences, career development, and the future of the architectural profession. Throughout the program, the mentors and mentees will also meet in a one-on-one setting to informally discuss specific professional goals while further developing and strengthening their relationship.
Designed to empower architects from a variety of personal and career paths, TORCH brings together Emerging Professionals (EPs) with Fellows of the AIA (FAIAs) to foster symbiotic relationships centered around mentorship, dialogue, and shared experiences. TORCH pursues this mission via two avenues: public events that help EPs and FAIAs engage one another in a mutual learning and networking environment, and an application-based, one-to-one mentorship program that pairs each admitted EP with a dedicated Fellow for a period of one year.
The AIA|DC Mentorship Program pairs each emerging candidate with a Fellow starting in March, for formal and informal workshops and one-on-one mentoring sessions. The program will incorporate informal social events if allowed by health and public safety standards, as well as organized mentorship discussions focusing the conversation on past experiences, career development, and the future of the architectural profession.
The Executive Committee seeks information on firm-wide mentorship programs to feature in the next issue of the Quarterly e-publication (Q2).
In support of the Mentoring pillar of the College of Fellows' mission, the intent of this feature is to elevate and highlight the many ways firms support mentoring, including how Fellows contribute to the effort..
Please fill out this form if you would like to submit information about a firm-wide program. If you have any questions, please contact AIA COF Executive Committee (cof@aia.org).
Submissions are due by 11pm ET on March 30th, 2023.
We had a successful launch to our 2022-2024 Latrobe Prize "Common Senses: Standards for Enacting Sensor Networks for an Equitable Society". Since signing the contract we advanced our work in the main areas of research:
Our first priority during this time has been relationship building with stakeholders around the area of the study, including city officials and community members. Given the intense workload on most community groups working in environmental justice communities, we needed to explore which groups have the need and capacity to engage in the research, understand their areas of concern, identify where the research can best serve the community, and what resources would be needed. We had three meetings with stakeholders where we discussed goals, demo the tools, identified data needs, and discuss potential approaches to community engagement and data visualization.
• June 1st, 2022: Virtual meeting – project introduction, identify potential scope and timeline
• August 4th, 2022: In person meeting: exploring goals, identifying needs and priorities
• September 8th, 2022: Hybrid meeting Virtual / In person at Chelsea City Hall - demo of fora.ai and BARI portal.
In order to begin designing a sensor network we worked to understand the current urban development context and planned changes in the next few years, as well as to identify how this changing context informs community priorities about what to measure, when to measure and why. We hosted two meetings focused on sensors, with representatives from the City of Chelsea, North Suffolk Office of Sustainability and Resilience (NSoSR), and other community leaders and researchers interested in sensor networks. These two meetings, on September 22nd and November 10th helped identify:
• Community priorities in order:
• Heat
• Air pollution
• Noise
• Natural gas leaks (not related but has been repeated many times)
• Drivers of concern are mostly related to health, especially as related to diesel traffic.
• Mapped areas of interest and preliminary sensor locations
• Timeline: winter measurements would not be worth the risk of damage, given construction timeline. Identified sensors to be used with expected deployment in Spring 2023.
In addition to literature review, analysis of existing project documentation and field surveys, we organized a series of discussions around the current development project that the city of Chelsea had identified as a potential area of interest, with the goal of defining how our modeling of impacts may inform how stakeholders think about future projects and their potentials for green infrastructure in the area:
• August 8th, 2022: In person meeting at office of new developer (team that acquired permitted property after award of Latrobe Prize) for baseline project at 22 Willow to discuss research goals, design and construction timeline. Developer updated our team on delay in demolition due to tenant relocation. Obtained commitment for collaboration and permission to install sensors on site.
• October 17th, 2022: meeting with Architecture and Development team to discuss performance goals and project history. We discussed their interest in doing a demo of the modeling tool to compare performance of existing and future conditions around development project.
• November 29th, 2022: Virtual meeting with City of Chelsea for planning of upcoming meeting (January 2023) with representatives of city departments to evaluate usefulness of science-driven modeling process for development projects. Discussed a list of potential development projects in design and related community groups that may be able to engage with to explore green infrastructure.
This first stage of the project involved data gathering and adapting the existing tool fora.ai to the area of study in preparation for the work with the city.
• Computational Modeling of Chelsea context for flooding based on:
• Inputs for elevation, land cover, vegetation and sewers based on public datasets, satellite imagery, and public documents. These inputs will be refined and verified in an ongoing a field survey.
• Field survey, performed by a research assistant using an ESRI mobile application, currently collecting other types of data used, such as flooding damages, and inputs that are only available at lower resolution or with high imprecision (e.g., tree canopy coverage).
• Groundwater database for a comparable fill coastline nearby (East Boston)
• Validated outputs of flooding model with previous engineering model:
• After adapting L-GrID flooding with Chelsea data, we docked it with a model created by Dewberry Engineers Inc. for the City of Chelsea. Results for a 10-year, 24-hour storm in the area around the Willow Street site were very similar for both models.
• Adapting fora.ai for heat:
• fora.ai was developed for flooding, and therefore needs to be adapted to other hazards of interest. We are implementing a simplified energy balance model with dynamic estimates of solar radiation. Low building heights allow simpler accounting for heat storage in air. We are working to identify outcomes of interest for stakeholders related to urban heat, e.g. simple relationships between air temperature, indoor heat, and health. Development of the model also guided the types of data collected in the field survey (mentioned above).
We are excited to continue this work and grateful for your support. Sincerely,
2022-2024 Latrobe Prize Research Team:
Michelle Laboy Amy Mueller Dan O’Brien Moira ZellnerThe Design Leadership Alliance and the Texas Tech College of Architecture are proud to confer upon Morris Brown, FAIA, their highest honors: the Distinguished Alumnus Award and the Kleinschmidt Award for 2022!
As the recipient of the 2022 Kleinschmidt Award, Morris A. Brown, FAIA, is recognized for his role in helping to establish the Texas Tech College of Architecture's 2+2 Bachelor of Science in Architecture degree program with former dean Andy Vernooy and former professor Mike Peters in El Paso, Texas; his service as an AIA member on multiple National Architectural Accreditation Board accreditation teams; and his contributions to historic preservation.
Morris helped coordinate a collaborative program between El Paso Community College and the Texas Tech College of Architecture that led to an accredited, four-year Bachelor of Architecture degree in El Paso and served as the program's interim director for two years.
Morris has led preservation initiatives throughout the southwest and has been an instructor in interior design, art, and architectural programs, blending his recognized artistic talents with purposeful professional pedagogy. Morris Brown practices with the firm WDA Architects in El Paso.
“Morris helped coordinate a collaborative program between El Paso Community College and the Texas Tech College of Architecture that led to an accredited, fouryear Bachelor of Architecture degree in El Paso.”
Morris is the identical twin brother of Terry Brown, FAIA who are widely believed to be the only identical twins to have been elevated into the AIA College of Fellows.
Terry Brown was the 2016 Edward C. Kemper Award recipient. With a background in international advocacy, outreach, disaster recovery and disaster mitigation, he has created, promoted and led the development of international cooperation and educational programs.
His work has helped the AIA, the profession and the public prevent, survive and withstand catastrophe. His efforts have also irrevocably reshaped the Institute’s capacity and capabilities to assist, serve, protect and aid communities.
Beyond Fellowship they share the following distinctions:
Distinguished Alumni of Texas Tech University College of Architecture
Eagle Scouts with Silver Palm
Silver Beaver Award
Doctorate of Commissioner Science Award
James E. West Fellow
Vigil Honor Member of the Order of the Arrow District Award of Merit
Distinguished Commissioner Award
Commissioner Award of Excellence in Unit Service
Community Organization Award
Powder Horn Award
Arrowhead Honor
If you know a Fellow whose example would inspire other readers of the Quarterly, please reach out to the AIA COF Executive Committee (cof@aia.org).
If you don’t know who your Regional Rep is please check the directory in the 2023 Regional Representative Welcome Packet, found on ISSUU. These hardworking Fellows are, as always, there to answer your questions and share your concerns with me and with the Executive Committee of the College, and I encourage you to make contact. Which brings me to the moment when we get to thank those who have served you over the last three years, (four of them a bit longer).
Welcome to the New Year! I am your brand new 2023-25 Chair of the College of Fellows Council of Regional Representatives and very much look forward to working with all the new and continuing Regional Representatives.
Four years ago, when I was asked if I would be interested in being the COF Regional Representative for the Michigan Region, I did not even know there was such a thing as a Regional Representative. Sucker for volunteerism that I am, I accepted and picked up the task assignments and responsibilities pretty quickly. Hopefully, my efforts made a small impact and it was fun!
Regional Reps keep track of Fellows in their region, coordinate and share their Region’s Fellows activities, encourage mentoring of future Fellows, and help raise contributions to the Fellows Fund. Most important is the communication link both ways between individual Fellows and the Executive Committee.
My point is that there is a great opportunity for all Fellows, especially new Fellows, to get involved by volunteering to be a Regional Representative. It is not overly time-consuming and encourages whatever creative energy is available. It allows getting to know your own Region’s Fellows better along with the other Regional Reps from other Regions. Please let me or your Regional Rep know if interested.
Leaving the Council of Regional Reps this year are Central States Rep Brandon Dake, FAIA, Florida Caribbean Rep Gregory Burke, FAIA, Gulf States Rep Don Brown, FAIA, New Jersey Rep Martin Santini, FAIA, Ohio Valley Rep Tony Costello, FAIA , South Atlantic Rep Brian Wurst, FAIA, Texas Rep Steve Curry, FAIA, and Western Mountain Rep Stuart Coppedge, FAIA. Please accept our heartfelt thanks for your years of service to the College.
Happily, when Reps leave the Council, new Reps generally join us. I would like to introduce you all to our incoming Reps. Central States will add James Walbridge, FAIA and Florida Caribbean will gain Nathan Butler, FAIA. Gulf States will add David Powell, FAIA and Illinois will add John Syvertsen, FAIA. Michigan gains Lis Knibbe, FAIA and New Jersey adds Suzanne DiGeronimo, FAIA. Ohio Valley is fortunate to add Lisa Gomperts, FAIA. Our newest South Atlantic RR is Tom Savory, FAIA, and Texas adds Gregory Ibañez, FAIA. Our new Western Mountain RR is Gregory M. Friesen, FAIA.
If you know them, fantastic! If you don’t – reach out. All of our new Reps are profiled in this issue of the Quarterly, so you will learn a bit more about each of them.
Thanks!
Stuart Pettitt, FAIA
Nathan Butler is an architect with 27 years of experience applied across a range of project types including educational, government, transportation, research, sports, health, and public safety facilities.
Nathan is a past President of both AIA Florida and AIA Orlando, and a past Florida/Caribbean regional representative to the AIA National Strategic Council. Nathan was elevated to the AIA College of Fellows in 2018, under Object 3 – Leadership of the Institute.
Beyond his leadership and engagement in the profession, Nathan is an active community leader, currently serving on several local civic boards and committees. Nathan is a Principal with HKS, Inc., where he leads an office of 50 professionals in the delivery of significant regional projects.
Ms.DiGeronimo is a licensed architect, planner and interior designer having run her own architectural firm for 50 years. Over that time duration, she has steered her firm to effectively provide a high-quality architectural commission that produce value-added to completed construction for clients, public agencies, schools, and private businesses. The firm is a Women-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE), headquartered in Paramus, New Jersey.
She earned her AAS Degree in interior design from the Fashion Institute of Technology in 1967. Attended Pratt Institute and Columbia University School of Architecture, Urban Planning, and Preservation. She graduated with a B of Arch Degree from The Cooper Union School of Architecture in 1970. Her work includes urban infrastructure projects in transportation architecture, multifamily housing, and schools. Ms. DiGeronimo has developed designs and planning templates for modular housing to meet disaster relief needs and for military construction applications.
She was elevated’ Fellow’ by her peers of both the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME.) She was honored by SAME with a Gold Medal and the Golden Eagle Award, that organizations two highest honors. Ms. DiGeronimo continues to be a pioneer, inspiring women in architecture and business for five decades.
Gregory M. Friesen, FAIA is the Principal Architect at CSNA Architects in Colorado Springs, Colorado and a Founding Principal of the Springboard Preservation Studio. He was in the 2008 Class of Fellows, Object 2.
For AIA Colorado he has served as local component President, on Design and Honor Award Committees, and for nearly a decade has been a member of the AIA Colorado Fellows Committee. He has participated on design award juries for AIA Santa Fe, AIA Alaska, AIA Arizona, AIA Eastern Oklahoma, and AIA Illinois.
He has completed master plans for private liberal arts colleges and private high schools around the country, and has subsequently implemented many of the projects included in them. For over twenty-five years he has been helping Saint John’s University in Minnesota safeguard, renovate and add on to their spectacular collection of Marcel Breuer buildings. He has been both Campus Architect and a member of the Design Review Committee for two Colorado universities.
Gregory is interested in identifying and promoting AIA colleagues for Fellowship. He hopes to share experience with the AIA Colorado Fellows Committee to the Western Mountain Region.
Lisa Gomperts, AIA, LEED AP, has been a principal of Schmidt Associates for over 18 years and is an active and essential contributor on design teams for a wide range of extraordinary projects. Lisa’s attention to detail and dedication to her work produces plans that ensure people are productive in their spaces, bringing a sense of pride to their organization so that every occupant enjoys coming to school or work each day. Her passion for education and putting things together has led to her career focus working with some of Indiana’s most recognized higher education and K-12 institutions.
Her passion for education goes beyond working with colleges and universities, and extends to her daily life. As a firm leader, she has created an in-house training program and leads the Talent Development initiatives at Schmidt Associates. Lisa is also an exceptional leader and advocates for continuing education in the architectural profession nationally, regionally, and locally. Her commitment to architecture and education as well as her professionalism and dedication to the profession is evident through her outstanding service over the last 30 years.
Committed to growing the profession, Lisa has devoted time and talent to mentoring youth and emerging professionals and educating her peers and the public through active engagement and training.
APrincipal at Ibañez Shaw Architecture in Fort Worth Texas, Greg has produced a significant body of work that has been recognized with 28 Design Awards from local and regional AIA chapters. In 2006 he was awarded the Charles R. Adams Award for Design Excellence by AIA Fort Worth in recognition of his career accomplishments. He was elevated to the AIA College of Fellows in 2012, and has subsequently sponsored two other Fellows.
His long history of service to the AIA includes as President of AIA Fort Worth, the Texas Society of Architects Board and Executive Committee, and as an incoming Texas Architecture Foundation board member. He was previously Chair of the Fort Worth Public Art Commission and has been a Visiting Adjunct Professor of Architecture at Texas Tech University and The University of Texas at Arlington.
Greg has been a presenter at the Dallas Architecture Forum, The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, and the Texas Society of Architects convention. An active member of Docomomo US, he currently chairs the North Texas Chapter. Greg received his Bachelor of Architecture in 1980 from the Illinois Institute of Technology.
For 40 years, Elisabeth Knibbe, FAIA (Lis) used her architectural career to help rebuild cities (Detroit, Lansing, Toledo, Jackson) through the reuse of historic buildings. After 25 years of running Elisabeth Knibbe Architects, she joined her firm with Quinn Evans, now one of the largest majority women owned firms in the country.
Her work ranged from traditional restoration of historic landmarks to the adaptive use of historic buildings in very poor condition. Her work began with the restoration of the Old Wayne County and Fox Theater Buildings in Detroit, two of Detroit’s architectural gems, and ended with the adaptive use of the Metropolitan and Wurlitzer Buildings, two of Detroit’s most notorious ruins. Her career included the adaptive use of houses, offices, industrial buildings, schools and hospitals into housing, offices, hotels and schools.
Throughout her career Lis volunteered with professional and community based organizations including the Michigan Board of Architects, NCARB, the Michigan Historic Preservation Review Board, and the Michigan AIA Fellows committee.
David M. Powell, FAIA, has been designing nationally recognized, award-winning architecture since 1991. As a former musician, Dave’s work shares vocabularies across art forms—drawing from the creative community and storytelling culture formed by the legendary songwriters of his home city of Nashville, Tennessee. As a Principal of HASTINGS, Dave’s diverse body of work has garnered many accolades, including over fifty AIA design awards, and has been recognized by ARCHITECT Magazine, Architectural Record, The Chicago Athenaeum, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and the Urban Land Institute.
In 2016, Dave was elevated to the American Institute of Architect’s prestigious College of Fellows for his design excellence, leadership, and positive contributions to architecture and society. He is currently serving as the inaugural Advisory Board Chair for the new College of Architecture and Design at Belmont University, and on the Founding Board for the Museum of Contemporary Arts Nashville (MoCAN). Additionally, he has served on a variety of boards and committees for non-profit organizations such as the Urban Land Institute, Urban Housing Solutions, Thistle Farms, Restore Ministries, and Nashville Repertory Theatre, and as President of the Board of Directors for AIA Middle Tennessee and the Nashville Civic Design Center.
Tom Savory, FAIA, is a principal with McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture, with 8 offices throughout the Carolinas and Georgia. Prior to merging with MPS, from 2000 to 2021, Tom was a founding principal of Watson Tate Savory. Since 2000, Tom has led his team to receive more than 65 AIA design awards, including the 2016 winning competition entry for the AIA South Carolina Center for Design, currently under construction.
Tom has chaired numerous AIA Design Awards juries, including AIA New Hampshire, AIA Indiana, and AIA Detroit. He is a lecturer at Clemson University, where he frequently teaches architecture studio at the graduate and undergraduate level, and regularly serves on academic juries.
In 1997, he co-founded the Columbia Design League with his wife, Adrienne Montare, FAIA, on which they co-presented at the 2017 AIA National Convention. Prior to returning to South Carolina in 1996, Tom lived in New York City for 12 years, where he was an Associate with Richard Meier & Partners.
In 2018 Tom was elevated to the AIA College of Fellows, in Object One: Design and currently serves as chair of the AIA SC Fellows Committee.
John Syvertsen is a visionary leader committed to improving the built environment, often with an emphasis on community outreach, social impact, and environmental sustainability. In his forty year career, John has devoted himself tirelessly to design excellence, focusing much of his time working with colleges and universities and religious organizations across the United States. For ten years John was President of OWP/P Architects. He led the merger with Cannon Design where he was a member of the Executive Leadership Team. He left Cannon in 2015 to spend full time in support of several not for profit organizations.
Civic engagement is a hallmark of John's philosophy. He has served as Chair of the American Institute of Architects National Committee on Design, as President of the Graham Foundation for Advanced Study in the Arts, President of the Chicago Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Chicago Architecture Foundation. He was also Chair of the Board of Regents of the American Architectural Foundation and Chair of the Board of Directors of Archeworks, an alternative, socially focused design educator. In 2006, John was the inaugural recipient of the AIA Illinois Gold Medal in recognition of a career of service. In 2019 John was recognized with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Chicago Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.
James is trained as an architect, contractor-builder, and craftsman with 35+ years in the A/E/C arena. His career spans creative/design pursuits, business development, management, operations, logistics, collaboration building, and community outreach. James’ architectural project experience ranges from corporate, civic, hospitality, housing, education, and performing arts as a designer, project manager, or principal in charge.
In 1995, James founded Tekton Architecture in San Francisco, an award-winning Architect-led Design-build firm. He then migrated to the Midwest in 2017 where he worked as the Director of Civic Architecture for HDR. In 2020, he joined Shive-Hattery and is currently a Business Development & Operations Architectural Team Leader for the firm. Over the past 28 years, James has held leadership positions on a local, state, and national level in the American Institute of Architects, and was elevated to Fellow in 2021.
James is a nationally-recognized and sought-after speaker, a premier voice in the AIA and the profession providing industryleading leadership, business development, communication and practice establishment training. A tireless passion for coaching, mentoring and teaching, he has helped thousands of architects, from emerging professionals and established practitioners, become more effective and influential project leaders, business owners, and industry peers.
Doug Kelbaugh, FAIA
Damian Farrell, FAIA
Rodney O'Hiser, FAIA
James (Jim) Thomas Kienle, FAIA
Philip Cristy Henderson, FAIA
Thomas M. Payette, FAIA
Dale L. Gibbs, FAIA
Colin Louis Melville Smith, FAIA
Hyman Myers, FAIA
John Henry Schruben, FAIA
James Stuart Polshek, FAIA
Howard Charles Parker, FAIA
Arthur Cotton Moore, FAIA
John K. Rauch, FAIA
Joachim C. Grube, FAIA
Ray Kingston, FAIA
Carl Frederick Luckenbach, FAIA
George (Jud) Daniels, FAIA
Earl Simcox Swensson, FAIA
Harold G. Sadler, FAIA
Ted Garduque, FAIA
Thomas Corwin Van Hou-
sen III. FAIA
David Hansen, FAIA
Gregory Palermo, FAIA
Norman Lamar Koonce, FAIA
Marty Zelnik, FAIA
Richard Quinn, FAIA
William H. Truex Jr., FAIA
Harold Adams, FAIA
Thomas H. Teasdale, FAIA
Bruce Jensen, FAIA
Thang Do, FAIA
Lloyd Walker Jary, Jr, FAIA
Edward A. Feiner, FAIA
Duane Eugene Landry, FAIA
Robert W. Peters, FAIA
Correction: We apologize for serious omissions in the "Fellows Remembered" article about Bill Vosbeck, FAIA, on page 24 in the Quarterly 2022 Q4 edition. The article noted Bill had 3 sons, but failed to note that he also had two daughters and a daughter-in-law, who survive along with his wife.
Hilario F. Candela, FAIA
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Edward J. Kodet Jr., FAIA
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Roger Schluntz, FAIA
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William D. Chilton, FAIA
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William A. Edgerton, FAIA
Thomas B. Gerfen, FAIA
Manuel G. Gonzalez, FAIA
Graham Gund, FAIA
John F. Hartray Jr., FAIA
L.Jane Hastings, FAIA
Russell V. Keune, FAIA
Stephen J. Kieran, FAIA
Peter G. Kuttner, FAIA
Norman L. Koonce, FAIA
Carroll J. Lawler, FAIA
Lawrence J. Leis, FAIA
Rev. Howarth L. Lewis, FAIA
Paula J. Loomis, FAIA
Steven Loomis, FAIA
Lenore M. Lucey, FAIA
Marvin J. Malecha, FAIA
Clark D. Manus, FAIA
Judsen R. Marquardt, FAIA
George H. Miller, FAIA
Thompson E. Penney, FAIA
Raymond G. Post Jr., FAIA
William A. Rose Jr., FAIA
Burton Roslyn, FAIA
Albert W. Rubeling Jr., FAIA
Harry Rutledge, FAIA
John A. Ruffo, FAIA
Jeffrey A. Scherer, FAIA
Robert I. Selby, FAIA
Jim M. Singleton IV, FAIA
Kalavati Somvanshi, FAIA
Jonathan Sparer, FAIA
Douglas L. Steidl, FAIA
RK Stewart, FAIA
Kim M. Tanzer, FAIA
James D. Tittle, FAIA
Edward T. M. Tsoi, FAIA
Edward A. Vance, FAIA
R.Randall Vosbeck, FAIA
Chester A. Widom, FAIA
Douglas Wignall, FAIA
Joseph J. Wisnewski, FAIA
F.M. Wong, FAIA
Enrique A. Woodroffe, FAIA
Hofu Wu, FAIA
Raymond Ziegler, FAIA
The AIA College of Fellows is grateful to everyone who contributed in 2022 to support the College of Fellows Fund. Your generosity is genuinely appreciated, especially during such a trying year. Your gifts are extremely important to the College as they allow us to continue and increase support for our Mission and three primary Goals:
• Promote Research and Scholarly Work
• Mentor Young Architects and Emerging Professionals
• Sustain the College
On behalf of those who benefit from your donations, especially those who will become Fellows and the AIA leaders of tomorrow, the College of Fellows Executive Committee and all Fellows thank you for your generous donations!
Frances Halsband, FAIA, 2023 Chancellor
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Natividad Soto
Lourdes Solera
Ted Pappas
GEORGIA
Antonin Aeck
HAWAII
Norman Hong
Dwight Mitsunaga
IOWA
Michael Broshar
ILLINOIS
Martha Bell
Jeff Bone
David Chasco
Randall Deutsch
Renee Doktorczyk
Rada Doytcheva
David Eckmann
Holly Gerberding
Joseph Gonzalez
Gaines Hall
Helen Kessler
Robin Randall
Thomas Roszak
Mark Sexton
Rael Slutsky
Charles Smith
John Syvertsen
KANSAS
Robert Condia
Wendy Ornelas
KENTUCKY
Michael Jacobs
LOUISIANA
Michael Bell
Ronald Blitch
Raymond Post
MASSACHUSETTS
Janette Blackburn
Philip Chen
Tom Chung
Doris Cole
Jason Forney
Diane Georgopulos
Emily Grandstaff-Rice
Margo Jones
Thomas Kearns
Peter Kuttner
Anne-Marie Lubenau
Nancy Ludwig
John Martin
William Ruhl
Mardelle Shepley
Louis Sirianni
MARYLAND
Kathy Dixon
Suzanne Frasier
Edward Hord
Thomas Liebel
David Metzger
Albert Rubeling
Kevin Sneed
Randy Sovich
Karl Stumpf
MICHIGAN
John Allegretti
Craig Borum
Tamara Burns
Timothy Casai
John Castellana
Alan Cobb
Brian Craig, FAIA
Jan Culbertson
Paul Dannels
Damian Farrell
Sharon Haar
C. Richard Hall
Rainy Hamilton
Douglas Hanna
William Hartman
Jeff Hausman
Betty-lee Hepworth
Eric Hill
Gene Hopkins
Brian Hurttienne
Dennis King
Elisabeth Knibbe
Sandy Laux
Saundra Little
Thomas Mathison
Arnold Mikon
Dorian Moore
Michael Neville
Mark Nickita
Constantine Pappas
J. Stuart Pettitt
Dan Pitera
Cynthia Pozolo
Daniel Redstone
David Richards
Carl Roehling
Matthew Rossetti
Victor Saroki
James Chaffers
Gary Skog
Arthur Smith
Tod Stevens
Leslie Tincknell
Benedetto Tiseo
Paul Urbanek
Stephen Vogel
Robert Ziegelman
Dawn Zuber
MINNESOTA
Michelle Allen
Thomas DeAngelo
Gary Demele
Stephen Fiskum
Thomas Hysell
Edward Kodet
Rosemary McMonigal
Julia Robinson
MISSOURI
John Burse
Brandon Dake
Cynthia Frewen-Wuellner
Kirk Gastinger
Karl Grice
Mary Ann Lazarus
MISSISSIPPI
Anne Decker
Roy Decker
MONTANA
Chere LeClair
NORTH CAROLINA
John Atkins
Heister Cease Jr
J. Cox
Danie Johnson
Danie Johnson
Donald Kranbuehl
Kevin Montgomery
Dennis Stallings
Walton Teague
Charles Travis
NEBRASKA
Gary Bowen
Jeffrey Day
Dan Worth
Thomas Trenolone
James Walbridge
NEW JERSEY
Carla Bonacci
William Brown
Robert Cozzarelli
Robin Murray
Martin Santini
David West
NEW MEXICO
Terrance Brown
Robert Calvani
Glenn Fellows
Don May
Mark Rohde
Roger Schluntz
NEVADA
Charles Kubat
Thomas Schoeman
NEW YORK
Ann Marie Baranowski
Jay Bargmann
Raymond Beeler
Barry Benepe
Deborah Berke
Donald Blair
Heidi Blau
Madeline Burke-Vigeland
Mary Burnham
Katherine Chia
Joseph Coppola
Howard Decker
Umberto Dindo
Carl Galioto
Gerard Geier
John Gering
Rocco Giannetti
Mark Ginsberg
F. Eric Goshow
Frances Halsband
Frances Huppert
Pamela Jerome
Stephen Johnson
Peter Krasnow
Kenneth Levien
Susan McClymonds
George Miller
Victor Mirontschuk
Joseph Monticciolo
David Parker
Michael Plottel
Ronnette Riley
Pascale Sablan
Robert Shibley
John Sorrenti
Barbara Spandorf
John Sullivan
OHIO
William Ayars
Jonathan Barnes
Jack Bialosky
Timothy Hawk
Judson Kline
Hal Munger
Elizabeth Corbin Murphy
Norbert Peiker
Charles Schreckenberger
Bruce Sekanick
Stephen Sharp
Jodi van der Wiel
OKLAHOMA
Lisa Chronister
Ellis McIntosh
Jana Phillips
Fred Schmidt
OREGON
Roderick Ashley
Jan Willemse
William Wilson
PHILADELPHIA
Scott Compton
Frank Dittenhafer
Sam Olshin
Michael Prifti
RHODE ISLAND
Erik L'Heureux
Martha Werenfels
SOUTH CAROLINA
Adrienne Montare
Williston Dye
Linna Frederick
Brian Wurst
Kate Schwennsen
TENNESSEE
David Powell
Mark Weaver
TEXAS
Steven Curry
Wendy Dunnam Tita
Brian George
Daniel Hart
D. Michael Hellinghausen
Paul Kinnison
John Kirksey
Lisa Lamkin
Jay Macaulay
Michael Malone
Charyl McAfee-Duncan
Roksan Okan-Vick
Patricia Oliver
Stephen Pickard
Ronald Skaggs
Thomas Wurtz
L. M. Holder III, FAIA
UTAH
Roger Jackson
Jeanne Jackson
RK Stewart
VIRGINIA
Michel Ashe
Sanford Bond
Peyton Boyd
Robert Boynton
Robert Clayborne
William Cox
Harold Davis
Donna Dunay
Robert Dunay
Allison Ewing
Harry Falconer
Kathleen Frazier
Lori Garrett
W. Gilpin
Mary Katherine Lanzillotta
Daniel Lemieux
M. Celeste Novak
David Peabody
Jane Rathbone
Alice Raucher
Elizabeth Reader
Greg Rutledge
Joanna Schmickel
Robert Steele
Charles Swartz
Don Swofford
Nicholas Vlattas
R. Vosbeck
Ashley Wilson
VERMONT
Brian Mac
WASHINGTON
Robert Findlay
R David Frum
John Harrison
L. Hastings
Lisa Johnson
Lorne McConachie
Burcin Moehring
James Suehiro
Scott Wolf
WISCONSIN
John Horky
Lisa Kennedy
Kenneth Schwartz
Lawrence Schnuck
INTERNATIONAL
George Kunihiro, Kanagawa
Myron Goldfinger
C. Andrew McLean
John Sellery, Chai Wan
William Rose
Murat Soygenis
FIRMS
Allers Associates Architects, PC
Dake Wells Architecture
CAPRILE consulting
LBBA
KAA DESIGN GROUP, INC.
Thornton Tomasetti
Pepper Construction Company
YKK AP America Inc.
Antunovich Associates
HED (Harley Ellis Devereaux)
COLLEGE OF FELLOWS
Celebrating 70 years of MOVING THE PROFESSION FORWARD
