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AIA Elevates 93 Architects to the College of Fellows

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February 13, 2025

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is elevating 83 member-architects and 10 non-member-architects to its College of Fellows, an honor awarded to architects who have made significant contributions to the profession. 

The fellowship program was developed to elevate 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 architect membership and demonstrated influence in at least one of the following areas:

•    Promoted the aesthetic, scientific, and practical efficiency of the profession.
 •    Advanced the science and art of planning and building by advancing the standards of practice.
 •    Coordinated the building industry, and the profession of architecture.
 •    Ensured the advancement of the living standards of people through their improved environment.
 •    Dedicated oneself to a profession that continually grows in its service to society.
 •    Advanced the science and art of planning and building by advancing the standards of architectural education and training.

Fellows are selected by a 10-member Jury of Fellows. This year’s jury included Chair Carl D'Silva, FAIA, Perkins&Will; Roderick Ashley, FAIA, Roderick Ashley Architect; Margaret Carney, FAIA, Cornell University; Sanford Garner, FAIA, RGCollaborative; Julie Hiromoto, FAIA, HKS; John Horky, FAIA, Ripples, by design; Mary Ann Lazarus, FAIA, Cameron MacAllister; Marilys Nepomechie, FAIA, Florida International University; Anne Schopf, FAIA, Mahlum and Jose Javier Toro, FAIA, Toro Arquitectos.
 
 The newly elevated members and their AIA component affiliations are listed below. 

Name

AIA Chapter

David W. Altenhofen

AIA Philadelphia

Farooq Ameen

AIA Los Angeles

Raiford B. Baldridge

AIA Austin

Thomas R. Bayer

AIA Houston

Kathy S. Berg

AIA Oregon

Graciela Carrillo Cifuentes

AIA Long Island

Stephen J. Cavanaugh

AIA Chicago

Lisa I. Cholmondeley

AIA Washington DC

Laura A. Clary

AIA Detroit

Brendan P. Connolly

AIA Seattle

John F. Corkill

AIA Potomac Valley

James Crispino

AIA New York Chapter

Karl Daubmann

AIA Detroit

Laura DuCharme Conboy

AIA San Diego

William S. Duff

AIA San Francisco

Stuart Emmons

AIA Oregon

Eric C. Y. Fang

AIA New York Chapter

John E. Folan

AIA Arkansas

Jonathan D. Moody

AIA Columbus

Arathi P. Gowda

AIA Washington DC

Elizabeth M. Hallas

AIA Colorado

Michael J. Hanrahan

AIA Central New Jersey

Jay M. Brotman

AIA Connecticut

Richard W. Hayes

AIA New York Chapter

Susan N. Heinking

AIA Chicago

Ali C. Hocek

AIA New York Chapter

Katherine M. Hogan

AIA Triangle

Robert K. Iopa

AIA Honolulu

Camille U. Jobe

AIA Austin

Benjamin I. Kasdan

AIA Washington DC

Carolyn Kiernat

AIA San Francisco

Julie J. Kim

AIA Atlanta

Stephanie M. Kingsnorth

AIA Los Angeles

Suzanne R. Klein

AIA Washington DC

Jennifer Townsend Knudsen

AIA Los Angeles

William G. Kontess

AIA Alaska

Andrea D. Lamberti

AIA New York Chapter

Steven M Langston

AIA Orlando

Keith L. Lashley

AIA Orlando

Bryan C. Lee Jr

AIA New Orleans

Regal H. Leftwich

AIA Washington DC

Steven R. Raike

AIA San Antonio

Eric Logan

AIA Wyoming

Karen A. Lu

AIA Minneapolis

Jose Luis Alvarez

AIA New Orleans

Heath Allen May

AIA Los Angeles

Praful M. Kulkarni

AIA Los Angeles

Paul R. Menard

AIA Central Valley

Brian H. Messana

AIA New York Chapter

Alan Metcalfe

AIA Philadelphia

Christopher P. Meyers

AIA Columbus

Daniel J. Chenin

AIA Las Vegas

Erick D. Mikiten

AIA East Bay

Deborah Finkelstein Moelis

AIA New York Chapter

Kimberly N. Montague

AIA Detroit

Derek A. Moore

AIA New York Chapter

Catherine C. Morrison

AIA Charlotte

Peter V. Noonan

AIA Potomac Valley

JinHwa Paradowicz

AIA Chicago

Stephen Sawyer

AIA Phoenix Metro

Garfield L. Peart

AIA Atlanta

Anthony E. Pellicciotti

AIA Memphis

Matthew T. Porreca

AIA San Diego

Joshua Ramus

AIA New York Chapter

Thomas F. Robinson

AIA Oregon

Jeffrey S. Seabold

AIA Mississippi

Pierluigi Serraino

AIA San Francisco

Frank W. Shirley

Boston Society of Architects/AIA

David Jack Silverman

Boston Society of Architects/AIA

Stephen Springs

AIA Dallas

Adrianne Steichen

AIA San Francisco

James C. Stevens

AIA South Carolina

Gary L. Strang

AIA San Francisco

Mark J. Thaler

AIA New York Chapter

Georgeen A. Theodore

AIA Brooklyn

Anne Mary Torney

AIA San Francisco

Suchitra M. Reddy

AIA New York Chapter

Ekaterina Velikov

AIA Huron Valley

Taylor C. Walker

AIA Minneapolis

Thomas J. Walsh

AIA Colorado

Brian Wickersham

AIA Los Angeles

Jerry Yin

AIA Shanghai

James W. Zack

AIA San Francisco


The AIA Honorary Fellowship program honors international architects for their exceptional work and contributions to architecture and society on an international level. Honorary Fellows were selected by the 10-member Jury of Fellows, along with Honorary Fellows Juror, Joseph P. Ruocco, FAIA, SOM. 10 Honorary Fellows are being elevated this year:

Full Name

City, Country 

Tatiana Bilbao

Mexico City, Mexico

Alison Brooks

London, England

Kain Bon Albert Chan

Shanghai, China

Jun'ya Ishigami

Tokyo, Japan

Hu Li

Beijing, China

Lyndon Uykim Neri

Shanghai, China

Michel Rojkind

Mexico City, Mexico

Masaharu Rokushika

Tokyo, Japan

Brinda Somaya

Mumbai, India

Kerstin Thompson

Melbourne, Australia


New Fellows will be honored at the AIA Conference on Architecture & Design (AIA25) in Boston.  Learn more about the AIA College of Fellows and newly elevated Fellows.

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