On the Move: AIA Names 2017 Fellows
The American Institute of Architects has announced its 2017 Fellows (FAIA), which honors outstanding contributions in architecture, urban design, preservation, education, public service, and volunteerism, among other categories. Approximately 3% of AIA's membership carry this distinction.
Among this year’s fellows is 2015 Hall of Fame inductee John Cetra; Anne Marie Decker, whose firm Duvall Decker Architects received a 2017 Emerging Voices Award from the Architectural League of New York; and Daniel Libeskind, who served on the jury of Interior Design’s inaugural NYCxDESIGN Awards.
View John Cetra and Nancy Ruddy's Hall of Fame documentary:
See the full list of 2017 Fellows on the AIA’s website.
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Perkins+Will
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ArkDes
ArkDes, the Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design, has appointed Kieran Long as director. Long joins the institution from London’s Victoria & Albert Museum, where he oversaw design, architecture, and digital operations since 2013.
Shepley Bulfinch
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Simeone Deary Design Group
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ForrestPerkins
Claudia Woods has returned to architecture and design firm ForrestPerkins to lead the New York City design studio. Woods has previously worked at Rockwell Group, Yoo USA, and Clodagh Design.
Herman Miller
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SmithGroupJJR
Architecture, engineering, and planning firm SmithGroupJJR has announced that four members have been elevated to the American Institute of Architects’ College of Fellows (FAIA): Tom Butcavage, vice president and leader of the higher education studio at the Washington, DC office; Sam D’Amico, vice president and design leader for the firm’s health practice in San Francisco; Mark Kranz, vice president and design director; and David Varner, vice president and director of the Washington, DC, office.
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Art Dubai Group
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Scott Group Studio
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Watch Libby Ferin, Scott Group Studio CMO, and Larry Hokanson discuss his rug collection and design inspiration:
UT Austin School of Architecture
The University of Texas at Austin has named Michelle Addington the next dean of the School of Architecture, effective July 1. Addington joins UT Austin, where she will hold the Henry M. Rockwell Chair in Architecture, from the Yale School of Architecture, where she served as the Hines Professor of Sustainable Architectural Design since 2010.
Gunlocke
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HNI Corporation
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Arper
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Inscape
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Pride Family Brands
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Camira
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Carnegie
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The Frick Collection
Elizabeth Mugar Eveillard has been appointed the next Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Frick Collection, effective June 2017. She will succeed Margot Campbell Bogert, who has led the New York–based institution’s board for the past eleven years.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Thomas Campbell, director and CEO of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, has announced he will resign effective June 30, 2017. The Met’s president, Daniel Weiss, will serve as interim CEO.
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