Incoming Regional Representatives

Gregory Ibañez, FAIA Texas

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.

Lis Knibbe, FAIA Michigan

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.