The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is a professional organization for

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. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the AIA offers education, government advocacy, community redevelopment, and public outreach to support the

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profession and improve its public image. The AIA also works with other members of the design and construction community to help coordinate the building industry. The AIA is currently headed by Lakisha Ann Woods, CAE, as EVP/Chief Executive Officer and Dan Hart, FAIA, as 2022 AIA President. OctagonHouse-Washington-DC_DSC6648

History

The American Institute of Architects was founded in

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in 1857 by a group of 13 architects to "promote the scientific and practical perfection of its members" and "elevate the standing of the profession." This initial group included

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Architecture Professor Charles Babcock,

Henry W. Cleaveland Henry William Cleaveland (1827 – May 29, 1919) was an American architect based in New York, New York, and then San Francisco, California, and Portland, Oregon. He was one of the founding members of the American Institute of Architects, an ...

, Henry Dudley,

Leopold Eidlitz Leopold Eidlitz (March 10, 1823, Prague, Bohemia – March 22, 1908, New York City) was a prominent New York architect best known for his work on the New York State Capitol (Albany, New York, 1876–1881), as well as "Iranistan" (1848), P. T. Bar ...

, Edward Gardiner, Richard Morris Hunt,

Detlef Lienau Detlef Lienau (17 February 1818 – 29 August 1887) was a German architect born in Holstein. He is credited with having introduced the French style to American building construction, notably the mansard roof and all its decorative flourishes. Trai ...

,Hodgson Hall
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Fred A. Petersen, Jacob Wrey Mould, John Welch,

Richard M. Upjohn Richard Michell Upjohn, FAIA, (March 7, 1828 – March 3, 1903) was an American architect, co-founder and president of the American Institute of Architects. Early life and career Upjohn was born on March 7, 1828 in Shaftesbury, Dorsetshire, E ...

and Joseph C. Wells, with

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serving as the first president. They met on February 23, 1857, and decided to invite 16 other prominent architects to join them, including Alexander Jackson Davis,

Thomas U. Walter Thomas Ustick Walter (September 4, 1804 – October 30, 1887) was an American architect of German descent, the dean of American architecture between the 1820 death of Benjamin Latrobe and the emergence of H.H. Richardson in the 1870s. He was ...

Frederick Clarke Withers Frederick Clarke Withers (4 February 1828 – 7 January 1901) was an English architect in America, especially renowned for his Gothic Revival ecclesiastical designs. For portions of his professional career, he partnered with fellow immigrant Cal ...

, and

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. At the time of their establishment of the AIA, anyone could claim to be an architect, as there were no schools of architecture or architectural licensing laws in the

. They drafted a constitution and bylaws by March 10, 1857, under the name New York Society of Architects. Thomas U. Walter, of

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, later suggested the name be changed to American Institute of Architects. The members signed the new constitution on April 15, 1857, having filed a certificate of incorporation two days earlier. The constitution was amended the following year with the mission "to promote the artistic, scientific, and practical profession of its members; to facilitate their intercourse and good fellowship; to elevate the standing of the profession; and to combine the efforts of those engaged in the practice of Architecture, for the general advancement of the Art." Architects in other cities were asking to join in the 1860s, by the 1880s chapters had been formed in Albany,

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, Indianapolis,

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, St. Louis, and Washington, D.C. As of 2008, AIA had more than 300 chapters. The AIA is headquartered at 1735 New York Avenue, NW in Washington, D.C. A design competition was held in the mid-1960s to select an architect for a new AIA headquarters in Washington. Mitchell/Giurgola won the design competition but failed to get approval of the design concept from the United States Commission of Fine Arts. The firm resigned the commission and helped select The Architects Collaborative (TAC) to redesign the building. The design, led by TAC principals Norman Fletcher and Howard Elkus, was ultimately approved in 1970 and completed in 1973. In honor of the 150th anniversary of the organization, the building was formally renamed in 2007 the "American Center for Architecture" and is also home to the American Institute of Architecture Students, the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture and the National Architectural Accrediting Board.

Organization

Membership

More than 95,000 licensed architects and associated professionals are members. AIA members adhere to a code of ethics and professional conduct intended to assure clients, the public, and colleagues of an architect's dedication to the highest standards in professional practice. There are five levels of membership in the AIA: *Architect members (AIA) are licensed to practice architecture by a licensing authority in the United States. *Associate members (Assoc. AIA) are not licensed to practice architecture but they are working under the supervision of an architect in a professional or technical capacity, have earned professional degrees in architecture, are faculty members in a university program in architecture, or are interns earning credit toward licensure. *International associate members hold an architecture license or the equivalent from a licensing authority outside the United States. *

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members have been AIA members for 15 successive years and are at least 70 years of age or are incapacitated and unable to work in the architecture profession. *Allied members are individuals whose professions are related to the building and design community, such as engineers,

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s, or planners; or senior executive staff from building and design-related companies, including publishers, product manufacturers, and research firms. Allied membership is a partnership with the AIA and the American Architectural Foundation. There is no National AIA membership category for students, but they can become members of the American Institute of Architecture Students and many local and state chapters of the AIA have student membership categories. The AIA's most prestigious honor is the designation (FAIA) of a member as a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. This membership is awarded to members who have made contributions of national significance to the profession. Slightly more than 2,600, or 2% of all members, have been elevated to the AIA College of Fellows. Foreign architects of prominence may be elected to the college as Honorary Fellows of the AIA.

Structure

The AIA is governed by a board of directors and has a staff of more than 200 employees. Although the AIA functions as a national organization, its 217 local and state chapters provide members with programming and direct services to support them throughout their professional lives. The chapters cover the entirety of the United States and its territories. Components also operate in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, the Middle East, Japan, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Canada.

Service

By speaking with a united voice, AIA architects influence government practices that affect the practice of the profession and the quality of American life. The AIA monitors legislative and regulatory actions and uses the collective power of its membership to participate in decision making by federal, state, and local policy makers. To serve the public, the AIA's community-based programs work with federal legislators and local governments to elevate the design of public spaces, protect the nation's infrastructure, and develop well-designed affordable housing for all Americans. The American Institute of Architects announced in June 2013 at CGI America (an annual event of the Clinton Global Initiative) the creation of "Designing Recovery," a design contest in partnership with the charities Make It Right, SBP, and Architecture for Humanity. Sponsored by Dow Building Solutions, a total of $30,000 in prize money was divided equally among three winning designs in New Orleans, Louisiana, Joplin, Missouri, and New York City. Entrants submitted single-family housing designs with the objective of "improving the quality, diversity and resiliency of the housing in each community." Organizers made the portfolio of designs (even from non-winners) available to communities recovering from natural disasters.

Professionalism

The AIA serves its members with professional development opportunities, contract documents that are the model for the design and construction industry, professional and design information services, personal benefits, and client-oriented resources. In contributing to their profession and communities, AIA members also participate in professional interest areas from

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to regional and urban development and professional academies that are both the source and focus of new ideas and responses. To aid younger professionals, an Intern Development Program,

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preparation courses, and employment referral services are frequently offered by local components. The AIA holds an annual conference in late spring / early summer that draws the largest gathering of architects in the world.

Public education

The AIA attempts to meet the needs and interests of the nation's architects and the public by raising public awareness of the value of architecture and the importance of good design. To mark the AIA's 150th anniversary and to showcase how AIA members have helped shape the built environment, the AIA and Harris Interactive released findings from a public poll that asked Americans to name their favorite 150 works of architecture. Two of the AIA's public outreach efforts, the Blueprint for America nationwide community service initiative marking its 150th anniversary and the Sustainability 2030 Toolkit, a resource created to encourage mayors and community leaders to advocate environmentally friendly building design both earned an Award of Excellence in the 2007 Associations Advance America Awards, a national competition sponsored by the American Society of Association Executives and the Center for Association Leadership.

Honors and awards

The AIA has long recognized individuals and organizations for their outstanding achievements in support of the architecture profession and the AIA.

Honors Program

AIA Gold Medal The AIA Gold Medal is awarded by the American Institute of Architects conferred "by the national AIA Board of Directors in recognition of a significant body of work of lasting influence on the theory and practice of architecture." It is the Ins ...

* Architecture Firm Award * AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education

Institute Honors

For new and restoration projects anywhere in the world: * Institute Honor Awards for Architecture * Institute Honor Awards for Interior Architecture * Institute Honor Awards for Regional and Urban Design *

Twenty-five Year Award The Twenty-five Year Award is an architecture prize awarded each year by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) to "a building that has set a precedent for the last 25 to 35 years and continues to set standards of excellence for its architect ...

This award, recognizing architectural design of enduring significance, is conferred on a project that has stood the test of time for 25 to 35 years. The project must have been designed by an architect licensed in the United States at the time of the project's completion.

For Professional Achievement: * Associates Award * Collaborative Achievement Award * Edward C. Kemper Award *

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Awards for Public Architecture *

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Award * Young Architects Award *College of Fellows honor – Benjamin Latrobe Prize for Architectural Research *AIA Committee on the Environment AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Projects

Cosponsored programs

* AIA/ ALA Library Building Awards * AIA Housing Awards * AIA/ HUD Secretary's Housing and Community Design Awards

Membership Honors

* Honorary Membership (Hon. AIA) * Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (

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) * Honorary Fellowship (Hon. FAIA)

Magazine

''Architect: The Journal of the American Institute of Architects'' is the official magazine of the AIA, published independently by Washington, D.C.-based business-to-business media company Hanley Wood, LLC. ''Architect'' hands out the annual Progressive Architecture Award, in addition to the

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(for research and development). ''Architect'' formerly conducted an Annual Design Review, which it described as "a unique barometer of the business of architecture." Previously, the official publication of the American Institute of Architects was ''Architecture'', which was preceded in turn by the ''Journal of the American Institute of Architects''. Both of these publications are currently defunct. The successor, Architect Magazine, is not owned by but is affiliated with AIA, and uses their name on their ''

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Presidents

The following people served as presidents, all of whom were elevated to Fellows of the American Institute of Architects: *

1857–1876 * Thomas Ustick Walter 1877–1887 * Richard Morris Hunt 1888–1891 *

Edward Hale Kendall Edward Hale Kendall (July 30, 1842 – March 10, 1901) was an American architect with a practice in New York City. Biography Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Kendall was one of the first generation of Americans to study in Paris; he apprenticed ...

1892–1893 *

Daniel H. Burnham Daniel Hudson Burnham (September 4, 1846 – June 1, 1912) was an American architect and urban designer. A proponent of the '' Beaux-Arts'' movement, he may have been, "the most successful power broker the American architectural profession has ...

1894–1895 * George Browne Post 1896–1898 6th *

Henry Van Brunt Henry Van Brunt FAIA (September 5, 1832 – April 8, 1903) was a 19th-century American architect and architectural writer. Life and work Van Brunt was born in Boston in 1832 to Gershom Jacques Van Brunt and Elizabeth Price Bradlee. Van Brunt ...

1899–1900 * Robert Swain Peabody 1900–1901 *

Charles Follen McKim Charles Follen McKim (August 24, 1847 – September 14, 1909) was an American Beaux-Arts architect of the late 19th century. Along with William Rutherford Mead and Stanford White, he provided the architectural expertise as a member of the par ...

1902–1903 * William S. Eames 1904–1905 *

Frank Miles Day Frank Miles Day (April 5, 1861 – June 15, 1918) was a Philadelphia-based architect who specialized in residences and academic buildings. Career In 1883, he graduated from the Towne School of the University of Pennsylvania, and traveled to Europ ...

1906–1907 * Cass Gilbert 1908–1909 * Irving Kane Pond 1910–1911 * Walter Cook 1912–1913 * Richard Clipston Sturgis 1913–1915 *

John Lawrence Mauran John Lawrence Mauran, FAIA (1866–1933) was an American architect responsible for many downtown landmarks in St. Louis, Missouri. He was also active in Wisconsin and Texas. Life Mauran was born in Providence, Rhode Island and studied at th ...

1915–1918 * Thomas Rogers Kimball 1918–1920 *

Henry H. Kendall Henry Hubbard Kendall (March 4, 1855 – February 28, 1943) was an American architect from Boston, Massachusetts. He wrote a letter to the U.S. Civil Service commission critiquing the low pay for government architects. Kendall was the senio ...

1920–1922 *

William B. Faville William Baker Faville (1866-1946) was an American architect. He was born in California, did some growing up in western New York State, studied Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He met Walter Danforth Bliss, with whom he later partnered, and ...

1922–1924 *

Dan Everett Waid Dan Everett Waid (1864–1939) was a prominent 20th century architect operating primarily in Illinois and New York. As chief architect for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company ( New York City), he and his partner designed the Hom ...

1924–1926 * Milton Bennett Medary 1926–1928 * Charles Herrick Hammond 1928–1930 *

Robert D. Kohn Robert D. Kohn (May 12, 1870 – June 16, 1953) was an American architect most active in New York City. Life and career Kohn was born in Manhattan, attended Columbia University, and spent four years at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, fro ...

1930–1932 *

Ernest John Russell Ernest John Russell FAIA (1870–1956) was an English-born American architect in practice in St. Louis from 1900 until his death in 1956. From 1932 to 1935 he was president of the American Institute of Architects. Life and career Ernest John Ru ...

1932–1935 *

Stephen F. Voorhees Stephen Francis Voorhees FAIA (February 15, 1878 – January 23, 1965) was an American architect in practice in New York City from 1910 until 1959. From 1935 to 1937 he was president of the American Institute of Architects. Life and career Voor ...

1935–1937 * Charles Donagh Maginnis 1937–1939 *

George Edwin Bergstrom George Edwin Bergstrom (March 12, 1876 – June 17, 1955) was an American architect who designed The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia. Biography George Edwin Bergstrom was born in Neenah, Wisconsin, of Norwegian immigrant ancestry. His ...

1939–1941 *

Richmond Harold Shreve Richmond Harold Shreve (June 25, 1877 – September 11, 1946) was a Canadian-American architect. Biography He was born on June 25, 1877 in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, the son of Richmond Shreve, an Anglican priest, and Mary Catherine Parker Hocke ...

1941–1943 *

Raymond J. Ashton Raymond J. Ashton (1887–1973) was an American architect in practice in Salt Lake City from 1919 until 1970. From 1943 to 1945 he was president of the American Institute of Architects. Life and career Raymond Joy Ashton was born January 23, ...

1943–1945 *

James Richard Edmunds Jr. James Richard Edmunds Jr. (April 1, 1890 – February 4, 1953) was an American architect. Biography He was born on April 1, 1890 in Baltimore, Maryland. He received his education at University of Pennsylvania.AlumniAssociation, p. 250 He worked ...

1945–1947 * Douglas William Orr 1947–1949 * Ralph Thomas Walker 1949–1951 *

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1951–1953 * Clair W. Ditchy 1953–1955 *

George Bain Cummings George Bain Cummings (1890–1974) was an American architect in practice in Binghamton, New York, from 1920 until 1961. From 1955 to 1956 he was president of the American Institute of Architects. Life and career George Bain Cummings was born ...

1955–1956 *

Leon Chatelain Jr. Leon Chatelain Jr. (1902–1979) was an American architect in practice in Washington, D.C. from 1932 to 1974. From 1956 to 1958 he was president of the American Institute of Architects. Life and career Leon Chatelain Jr. was born March 8, 190 ...

1956–1958 *

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1958–1960 *

Philip Will Jr. Philip Will Jr. (1906–1985) was an American architect in practice in Chicago from 1935 to 1980. He was cofounder of the global architectural firm Perkins & Will in 1935 and was president of the American Institute of Architects from 1960 to 1 ...

1960–1962 *

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1962–1963 *

J. Roy Carroll Jr. J. Roy Carroll Jr. (1904–1990) was an American architect in practice in Philadelphia from 1935 to 1985. He was president of the American Institute of Architects from 1963 to 1964. Life and career Jefferson Roy Carroll Jr. was born Septembe ...

1963–1964 *

Arthur Gould Odell Jr. Arthur is a common male given name of Brythonic origin. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The etymology is disputed. It may derive from the Celtic ''Artos'' meaning “Bear”. Another theory, more wi ...

1964–1965 *

Morris Ketchum Jr. Morris Ketchum Jr. (1904–1984) was an American architect in practice in New York City from 1938 to 1980. He was president of the American Institute of Architects for the year 1965–66. Life and career Morris Ketchum Jr. was born May 5, 1904 ...

1965–1966 * Charles M. Ness Jr. 1966–1967 *

Robert L. Durham The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

1967–1968 *

George E. Kassabaum George E. Kassabaum (December 5, 1920 – August 14, 1982) was an American architect, and one of the co-founders of the HOK architectural firm. Early life George Edward Kassabaum was born in Atchison, Kansas. He was the only child of George K ...

1968–1969 *

Rex Whitaker Allen Rex Whitaker Allen (1914–2008) was an American healthcare architect in practice in San Francisco from 1953 to 1987. He was president of the American Institute of Architects for the year 1969–70. Life and career Rex Whitaker Allen was born ...

1969–1970 *

Robert F. Hastings Robert F. Hastings (1914–1973) was an American architect in practice in Detroit. He spent his entire career with Smith, Hinchman & Grylls, now SmithGroup, and was its president from 1960 to 1971 and chair from 1971 to 1973. He was president ...

1970–1971 *

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1971–1972 *

S. Scott Ferebee Jr. S is the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet. S may also refer to: History * an Anglo-Saxon charter's number in Peter Sawyer's, catalogue Language and linguistics * Long s (ſ), a form of the lower-case letter s formerly used where "s ...

1972–1973 * Archibald C. Rogers 1973–1974 *

William Marshall Jr. William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conques ...

1974–1975 *

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1975–1976 * John McGinty 1976–1977 *

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1977–1978 * Ehrman B. Mitchell Jr. 1978–1979 *

Charles E. Schwing Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "f ...

1979–1980 *

Robert Randall Vosbeck The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

1980–1981 * Robert Lawrence 1981–1982 *

Robert Broshar The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

1982–1983 * George M. Notter 1983–1984 *

R. Bruce Patty R. or r. may refer to: * ''Reign'', the period of time during which an Emperor, king, queen, etc., is ruler. * '' Rex'', abbreviated as R., the Latin word meaning King * ''Regina'', abbreviated as R., the Latin word meaning Queen * or , abbreviat ...

1984–1985 *

John A. Busby Jr. John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...

1985–1986 *

Donald J. Hackl Donald is a masculine given name derived from the Goidelic languages, Gaelic name ''Dòmhnall''.. This comes from the Proto-Celtic language, Proto-Celtic *''Dumno-ualos'' ("world-ruler" or "world-wielder"). The final -''d'' in ''Donald'' is part ...

1986–1987 *

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1987–1988 *

Benjamin E. Brewer Jr. Benjamin ( he, ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right")blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's thirt ...

1988–1989 *

Sylvester Damianos Sylvester or Silvester is a name derived from the Latin adjective ''silvestris'' meaning "wooded" or "wild", which derives from the noun ''silva'' meaning "woodland". Classical Latin spells this with ''i''. In Classical Latin, ''y'' represented a ...

1989–1990 * Jim Lawler 1990–1991 *

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1991–1992 *

Susan A. Maxman Susan A. Maxman (born 30 December 1938) is an American architect who founded a firm called Susan Maxman Architects in 1985, which she expanded to Susan Maxman & Partners Ltd in 1995. Her firm is associated with a large number of projects involving ...

1992–1993 *

L. William Chapin II Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, th ...

1993–1994 *

Chester A. Widom Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Loca ...

1994–1995 *

Raymond Post Jr. Raymond is a male given name. It was borrowed into English from French (older French spellings were Reimund and Raimund, whereas the modern English and French spellings are identical). It originated as the Germanic ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᛗᚢᚾᛞ ( ...

1995–1996 *

Raj Barr-Kumar Raj Barr-Kumar FAIA FRIBA, also known as Raj Barr, is an American architect, professor of architecture and was the 1997 national president of the American Institute of Architects. Personal life and education Raj Barr was born in Colombo, Briti ...

1996–1997 *

Ronald Arthur Altoon Ronald is a masculine given name derived from the Old Norse '' Rögnvaldr'', Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006) p. 234; Hanks; Hodges (2003) § Ronald. or possibly from Old English '' Regenweald''. In some cases ''Ronald'' is an Anglicised form o ...

1997–1998 *

Michael J. Stanton Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and ...

1998–1999 *

Ronald L. Skaggs Ronald is a masculine given name derived from the Old Norse '' Rögnvaldr'', Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006) p. 234; Hanks; Hodges (2003) § Ronald. or possibly from Old English '' Regenweald''. In some cases ''Ronald'' is an Anglicised form o ...

1999–2000 *

John D. Anderson (architect) John D. Anderson Jr. (born October 1, 1937) is the Curator of Aerodynamics at the National Air and Space Museum at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., Professor Emeritus in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University ...

2000–2001 *

Gordon H. Chong Gordon may refer to: People * Gordon (given name), a masculine given name, including list of persons and fictional characters * Gordon (surname), the surname * Gordon (slave), escaped to a Union Army camp during the U.S. Civil War * Clan Gordo ...

2001–2002 *

Thompson E. Penney Thompson may refer to: People * Thompson (surname) * Thompson M. Scoon (1888–1953), New York politician Places Australia *Thompson Beach, South Australia, a locality Bulgaria * Thompson, Bulgaria, a village in Sofia Province Canada * ...

2002–2003 * Eugene C. Hopkins 2003–2004 *

Douglas L. Steidl Douglas may refer to: People * Douglas (given name) * Douglas (surname) Animals *Douglas (parrot), macaw that starred as the parrot ''Rosalinda'' in Pippi Longstocking *Douglas the camel, a camel in the Confederate Army in the American Civil W ...

2004–2005 *

Katherine Lee Schwennsen Katherine Lee Schwennsen is an American architect. She is a fellow with the American Institute of Architects and was the group's president from 2005 to 2006.Katherine Lee Schwennsen has been elected to be the AIA's first-vice-president/president- ...

2005–2006 *

R. K. Stewart RK Stewart (born August 16, 1952) is an American architect based in Salt Lake City Utah. He is a fellow at the American Institute of Architects, where he was the group's president in 2006 - 2007 and is also a senior fellow at New Buildings Institut ...

2006–2007 *

Marshall Emmiett Purnell Marshall Purnell (born June 8, 1950) is a prominent African-American architect and 2008 president of the American Institute of Architects. Early life and education Born in Toledo, Ohio, and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Marshall Purnell is ...

2007–2008 *

Marvin J. Malecha Marvin may refer to: __NOTOC__ Geography ;In the United States * Marvyn, Alabama, also spelled Marvin, an unincorporated community * Marvin, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Marvin, North Carolina, a village * Marvin, South Dakota, a town * R ...

2008–2009 * George H. Miller 2009–2010 *Clark D. Manus 2010–2011 *Jeff Potter 2011–2012 *Mickey Jacob 2012–2013 *Helene Combs Dreiling 2013–2014 *

Elizabeth Chu Richter Elizabeth Chu Richter is a Chinese-born American architect. As of 2015, she is the 91st President of the American Institute of Architects, and has served as the Vice President of the Texas Society of Architects since 2007, representing over 85,5 ...

2014–2015 *Russell A. Davidson, FAIA 2015–2016 * Thomas Vonier, FAIA 2016–2017 *Carl Elefante, FAIA 2017–2018 *William J. Bates, FAIA 2018–2019 *L. Jane Frederick, FAIA 2019–2020 *

Peter J. Exley Peter Exley (born August 2, 1964 in Harrogate, England) is the co-founder of Architecture Is Fun, a Chicago-based architecture and design firm. Exley’s projects include the DuPage Children’s Museum, the House in the Woods, a 21,000-square- ...

, FAIA 2020–2021 *Daniel S. Hart, FAIA, PE 2021–2022 (Current) *

Emily Grandstaff-Rice, FAIA Emily may refer to: * Emily (given name), including a list of people with the name Music * "Emily" (1964 song), title song by Johnny Mandel and Johnny Mercer to the film ''The Americanization of Emily'' * "Emily" (Dave Koz song), a 1990 son ...

, 2022–2023 (President-elect) *

Kimberly Dowdell Kimberly Nicole Dowdell, AIA, originally from Detroit, Michigan, is a Chicago-based architect, real estate developer, and educator. Dowdell is currently a principal at HOK's Chicago office, and she served as the 2019-2020 national president of ...

, AIA 2023–2024 (President-elect)

Footnotes

External links

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