The 2018 Jury of Fellows from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) elevated 152 member-architects to its prestigious College of Fellows, an honor awarded to members who have made significant contributions to the architecture profession. The fellows will be honored at a ceremony on June 22 at the AIA Conference on Architecture 2018 in New York City.
The fellowship program was developed to elevate those architects who have achieved a standard of excellence in the profession and made a significant contribution to architecture and society on a national level. Prospective candidates must have at least 10 years of AIA membership and demonstrated influence in at least one of the following categories:
- Promoted the aesthetic, scientific, and practical efficiency of the profession;
- Advanced the science and art of planning and building by advancing the standards of architectural education, training or practice;
- Coordinated the building industry and the profession of architecture through leadership in the AIA or other related professional organizations; or
- Advanced the living standards of people through an improved environment.
The stringent requirements result in only three percent of the AIA’s more than 91,000 members being recognized as fellows. Currently, there are 3,425 living fellows globally.
Fellows are selected by a seven-member Jury of Fellows. This year’s jury included Karen Nichols, FAIA (Chair), Michael Graves Architecture & Design; Peter Bardwell, FAIA, Bardwell + Associates, LLC; Mary A. Burke, FAIA, Burke Design and Architecture PLLC; Philip Castillo, FAIA, JAHN; Mary P. Cox, FAIA, Virginia Commonwealth University; Paul Mankins, FAIA, Substance architecture and David Messersmith, FAIA, University of Texas.
The newly elevated members and their AIA component affiliations are listed below.
Edward H. Adelman Boston Society of Architects/AIA
Jennifer Aliber Boston Society of Architects/AIA
Joseph J. Aliotta AIA New York Chapter
Joseph M. Antunovich AIA Chicago
Dror Baldinger AIA San Antonio
Jay Bargmann AIA New York Chapter
Alan Barlis AIA New York Chapter
Jonathan Barnes AIA Columbus
Larry Barr AIA Washington DC
Denise M. Berger AIA New York Chapter
Andrew Bernheimer AIA New York Chapter
Randall J. Biallas AIA Washington DC
Kiki Bolender AIA Philadelphia
Craig Borum AIA Huron Valley
Gerald Warren Briggs AIA Washington DC
Eric Bunge AIA New York Chapter
Gregory John Burke AIA Treasure Coast
Mary Burnham AIA New York Chapter
Nathan R. Butler AIA Orlando
Robert Calvani AIA Albuquerque
Pablo Castro AIA New York Chapter
Vishaan Chakrabarti AIA New York Chapter
Katherine Kai-sun Chia AIA New York Chapter
David J. Chilinski Boston Society of Architects/AIA
Leigh Christy AIA Los Angeles
Jonah Cohen AIA Portland
Jose R. Coleman-Davis Pagan AIA Puerto Rico
Chris Cooper AIA New York Chapter
Stuart L. Coppedge AIA Colorado South
Joseph Coppola AIA New York Chapter
Joseph Coriaty AIA Los Angeles
Bernard Costantino AIA Columbus
Andrew M. Cupples AIA Los Angeles
William (Griff) Davenport AIA Minneapolis
Jules Dingle AIA Philadelphia
Martine Dion Boston Society of Architects/AIA
Wendy Dunnam Tita AIA Austin
Craig Dykers AIA New York Chapter
Tamara Eagle Bull AIA Lincoln
Aimee Eckmann AIA Chicago
Rand Ekman AIA Chicago
Glenn Fellows AIA Albuquerque
Joshua Flowers AIA Memphis
Viviana Frank-Franco AIA Lower Rio Grande Valley
Anna Franz AIA Washington DC
Verity L. Frizzell AIA Jersey Shore
R David Frum AIA Seattle
William B. Gallagher Jr. AIA Washington DC
Donald F Gatzke AIA Fort Worth
Brian George AIA Dallas
Rocco Giannetti AIA New York Chapter
Joann Gonchar AIA New York Chapter
F. Eric Goshow AIA New York Chapter
Dina A. Griffin AIA Chicago
Timothy J. Griffin AIA St. Paul
Jacquelyn Hale AIA Orlando
Melody Harclerode AIA Atlanta
Kristine A. Harding AIA North Alabama
Laura Hartman AIA East Bay
Cynthia Hayward AIA Huron Valley
Laura Heim AIA New York Chapter
Mark C. Hirons AIA Chicago
James House AIA Los Angeles
Zena K. Howard AIA Triangle
Jonathan Humble AIA Connecticut
David J. Insinga AIA Washington DC
Mark Jensen AIA San Francisco
Pamela Jerome AIA New York Chapter
Bruce Johnson AIA Asheville
Leonard Kady AIA New York Chapter
Bernhard Karpf AIA New York Chapter
Arlan Kay AIA Southwest Wisconsin
James H. Kolker AIA St. Louis
Matthew Kreilich AIA Minneapolis
Lee Ledbetter AIA New Orleans
Mindy Lehrman Cameron AIA Seattle
Thomas Leslie AIA Iowa
David Leven AIA New York Chapter
Ismael Leyva AIA New York Chapter
Brian J Mac AIA Vermont
Emily Marthinsen AIA East Bay
Don H. May AIA Albuquerque
Ronnie McGhee AIA Washington DC
Samuel Miller AIA Seattle
Adrienne Montare AIA Columbia
Suzanne Napier AIA San Francisco
James A. Nicolow AIA Southwest Michigan
Christopher Noll AIA San Francisco
Samuel Óghale Oboh AIA Canada
Sean O'Donnell AIA Washington DC
Joyce Owens AIA Florida Southwest
Haril Pandya Boston Society of Architects/AIA
Wendy Pautz AIA Seattle
Frederick (Rick) Petersen AIA Denver
Donna Phaneuf AIA Hampton Roads
Naomi Pollock AIA Japan
Kenneth Radtkey AIA Santa Barbara
Sharon Refvem AIA Santa Clara Valley
David W. Robinson AIA Houston
J. Todd Robinson AIA Middle Tennessee
Candid Rogers AIA San Antonio
Zigmund Rubel AIA San Francisco
Wolf Saar AIA Seattle
Patricia Saldaña Natke AIA Chicago
Tania S Salgado AIA Denver
John Lynch Sanders AIA East Tennessee
Thomas Savory AIA Columbia
Clemens Bruns Schaub AIA Treasure Coast
Edwin Schmidt AIA Northern Virginia
Charles L. Schreckenberger AIA Akron
John M. Sellery AIA Hong Kong
Nick Serfass AIA Richmond
Stephen L. Sharp AIA Dayton
Brian Shea AIA New York Chapter
Christopher N. Shears AIA Denver
Rosa Sheng AIA San Francisco
Troy Sherrard AIA Columbus
Lloyd Sigal AIA Buffalo/Western New York
George C. Skarmeas AIA Philadelphia
Charles Davis Smith AIA Dallas
Z. Smith AIA New Orleans
Traci Dawn Sooter AIA Springfield
Jonathan Scott Sparer AIA Las Vegas
Robert Steele AIA Richmond
Carrie Strickland AIA Portland
Dean Strombom AIA Houston
James Susman AIA Austin
Robert J. Svedberg AIA Atlanta
Karen Hargarther Thomas AIA Seattle
Kermit Duncan Thompson AIA Connecticut
Henry Tom AIA Southern Arizona
Ronald J. Tomasso AIA Washington DC
Eric Tomich AIA San Francisco
Sean Towne AIA San Diego
Edward Tucker AIA West Virginia
Bryan Turner AIA Utah
Grant Uhlir AIA Chicago
David Urschel AIA Chicago
Peter F. Vieira, Jr. Boston Society of Architects/AIA
Lois Vitt Sale AIA Northeast Illinois
Ingalill Wahlroos-Ritter AIA Los Angeles
David E. Wark AIA Portland
Louis Wasserman AIA Milwaukee
Angela E. Watson Boston Society of Architects/AIA
Ellen Watts Boston Society of Architects/AIA
David West AIA New York Chapter
Paul Whalen AIA New York Chapter
Stephen Wierzbowski AIA Chicago
Graham S. Wyatt AIA New York Chapter
Mark Yoes AIA New York Chapter
Steve Ziger AIA Baltimore
Dawn Zuber AIA Huron Valley
2018 Honorary Fellows
Two honorary fellows were also elevated this year by the 2018 Jury of Fellows in conjunction with the 2018 Jury of Honorary Fellows. The Honorary Fellows of the Institute was developed as the international counterpart to the fellowship program. It recognizes the achievements of foreign architects as individuals and also elevates before the global public and the profession, model architects who have significantly contributed to the profession on an international level. This year’s honorary fellows are:
Taro Ashihara , Taro Ashihara Architects , Tokyo, Japan
Sathirut Nui Tandanand, Dhevanand Co. Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand
This year’s Jury of Honorary Fellows included Ric Bell, FAIA (Chair), New York City Dept. of Design & Construction; Peter Bardwell, FAIA, Bardwell + Associates, LLC; Mary A. Burke, FAIA, Burke Design and Architecture PLLC; Philip Castillo, FAIA, JAHN; Mary P. Cox, FAIA, Virginia Commonwealth University; Lester Korzilius, FAIA, EllisWilliams Architects; Paul Mankins, FAIA, Substance architecture; David Messersmith, FAIA, University of Texas and Karen Nichols, FAIA, Michael Graves Architecture & Design.
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