Merrill Elam

Merrill Elam
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia State University
Occupation	Architect
Practice	Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects
Projects	Austin E. Knowlton School of Architecture

Merrill Elam is an American architect and educator based in Atlanta, Georgia. She is a principle with Mack Scogin in Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects where their work spans between buildings, interiors, planning, graphics and exhibition design, and research.^[1] In addition to an active practice, she is a visiting professor at schools of architecture and lectures widely about their work.

Education, experience and affiliations

She received a Bachelor of Architecture from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1971 and a Master of Business Administration at the J. Mack Robinson College of Business Georgia State University in 1982. She worked as an architect and senior associate at Heery & Heery Architects & Engineers for 12 years prior to establishing Scogin Elam and Bray Architects in 1984. ^[2] In 2000, Mack Scogin and Merrill Elam Architects was established. She has been a licensed architect in 13 states, a member of the American Institute of Architects and is NCARB certified. She has been a visiting architecture professor in architecture programs across the country including Harvard University, Yale University, University of Toronto, University of Virginia, The Ohio State University, Syracuse University, and University of Texas at Austin.

Selected projects

• One Midtown Plaza Lobby, Atlanta, Georgia, 2007
• Health Services Center, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 2006
• Ernie Davis Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, 2005
• Gates Center for Computer Science and Hillman Center for Future Generation Technologies, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2005
• Zhongkai Sheshan Villas, Shanghai, China, 2004
• Carroll A. Campbell Jr. Graduate Engineering Center, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, 2004
• U.S. Federal Courthouse, General Services Administration, Austin, Texas, 2003
• Lulu Chow Wang Campus Center and Davis Garage, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts, 2001
• Austin E. Knowlton School of Architecture, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1998^[3]
• Jean Gray Hargrove Music Library, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, 1998
• Mountain Tree House, Dillard, Georgia, 1998

Honors and awards

• 2014 Design Leader award, Women in Architecture Awards, Architectural Record, 2014^[4]
• Shutze Medal, Georgia Institute of Technology with Mack Scogin, 2013^[5]
• Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award for Architecture with Mack Scogin, 2012 ^[6]
• Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize in Architecture, American Academy of Arts and Letters with Mack Scogin, 2011^[7]
• Royal Institute of British Architects, International Fellow, 2008^[8]
• Chrysler Award for Innovation in Design with Mack Scogin, 1996
• Arts and Letters Award in Architecture, American Academy of Arts and Letters with Mack Scogin, 1995^[9]

References

1. "Merrill Elam". Archinect. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
2. "Merrill Elam « Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects". msmearch.com. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
3. Architect Staff (25 January 2010). "AIA Announces 2010 Institute Honor Awards". Architect. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
4. "Architectural Record Announces Winners of First Annual Women in Architecture Awards - News - Architectural Record". archrecord.construction.com. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
5. "Georgia Tech College of Architecture". gatech.edu.
6. "Chronicle of Honorees & Jurors". Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum.
7. "American Academy of Arts and Letters - Award Winners". artsandletters.org.
8. "RIBA International Fellowships 2008". architecture.com.
9. "American Academy of Arts and Letters, Architecture, 1995". Retrieved 14 November 2015.

External links

• Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects
• International Archive of Women in Architecture, http://lumiere.lib.vt.edu/iawa_db/view_all.php3?person_pk=278&region=&table=bio&cSel=