Alumni Updates

The Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters awarded Robert Ivy, FAIA (A ’76) the Noel Polk Lifetime Achievement Award. Ivy is executive vice president and chief executive officer of the American Institute of Architects.

The U.S. Postal Service used a photograph of the National Museum of African American History and Culture by architectural photographer Alan Karchmer (A ’78) as artwork for a commemorative Forever® stamp.

Photo: Alan Karchmer.

Angela O’Byrne, FAIA (A ’83), president of New Orleans-based firm Perez, spoke at the 2017 AIA Women’s Leadership Summit about her experience building and leading an international firm.

Tulane Magazine featured Morris Adjmi, FAIA (A ’83) in a July 2017 article on the Standard at South Market development he designed in New Orleans. Adjmi’s work on a residential building at 83 Walker St. in New York City caught the eye of The Architect’s Newspaper, who highlighted the project in the June 2017 article, “Inverted facade pays tribute to history of cast iron architecture.”

California-based March Studio, founded by Todd Erlandson, AIA (A ’87) and Sherry Hoffman (NC ’84), celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2018.

The PBS television series “Impossible Builds” featured construction of the One Thousand Museum by Zaha Hadid Architects, a luxury condominium project in Miami, Florida, in February. Brad Meltzer (A ‘90) is president of Plaza Construction, the firm overseeing the building process.

Andy Byrnes (A ’92) and colleagues presented case studies from their Arizona practice, The Construction Zone, Ltd., at the Small Center in a November 2017 session titled, “Process and Practice: Lessons from the Construction Zone.”

Architectural Digest featured work by Jamie Bush (A ’93) on the iconic coastal California Butterfly House designed by architect Frank Wynkoop in the May article, “AD Goes Inside Carmel’s Iconic Butterfly House.”

Artwork by Jacob Brillhart (A ’99) was included in “Flat Land: Four Architects Drawing Miami,” an art exhibit considering Miami’s struggle to accommodate growth, conflicting interests and natural threats in an area surrounded by water. The Miami-Dade Public Library presented the exhibit.

Dwell Magazine’s July 2017 article, “A Professor and Designer Tests a New Hybrid Material on His Miami Beach Home,” profiled Nick Gelpi’s (A ’02) family home renovation using a new wood-based concrete.

One Thousand Museum by Zaha Hadid Architects.

Allison Albericci, AIA (A ’04) received the 2018 AIA Young Architects Award. The award recognizes those who demonstrate exceptional leadership and make significant contributions to the profession early in their careers.

A New York City apartment renovation by Christopher Kitterman, AIA (A *04) of Stadt Architecture was a 2018 NYCxDESIGN Awards Honoree in the Kitchen/Bathroom category.

Jing Liu (A ’04) received the 2018 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Architecture for her innovative interdisciplinary work and new approaches to urban housing. Liu’s firm, SO – IL, in collaboration with Laisné Roussel architects, won the Paris Reinventer La Seine competition for the Place Mazas site.

Online culture and entertainment publication The Vulture featured Mara LePere-Schloop (A ’05) for her production design work on the TNT drama, The Alienist. The January article is titled, “How The Alienist Recreated 1896 New York in Budapest.”

Work by Nicholas Cecchi, AIA (A ’10) and Emily Handley, Assoc. AIA (A ’10) was included in AIA Chicago’s “Functional Objects by Architects,” a pop-up exhibit in conjunction with the 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial.

The Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans named Danielle Del Sol (MPS ’11) as executive director in February 2017. Del Sol is also an adjunct lecturer in the Preservation Studies program.

Corey Squire, AIA (A *12) was selected to serve on the AIA Committee on the Environment Advisory Group. Squire is co-leading a committee project to create an AIApublished sustainable design guide.

Wells Megalli (A *17) is one of 10 emerging architecture professionals chosen for AIA New York’s 2018 Civic Leadership Program.

Chris Daemmrich (A ’17) received the Graduate Student Research Honor Award from the 2017 AIAS Honor Awards.