The American Institute of Architects (AIA) named the 178 newest members and eight honorary members of the Institute's College of Fellows, a recognition bestowed to individuals who have been a "significant" influence on architecture. Only about 3 percent of the AIA's total membership have received this designation.

To qualify, architects must have been AIA members for at least a decade, and are nominated under one of five categories:

  1. Promoted the aesthetic, scientific, and practical efficiency of the profession
  2. Advanced the science and art of planning and building by advancing the standards of architectural education, training or practice
  3. Coordinated the building industry and the profession of architecture through leadership in the AIA or other related professional organizations
  4. Advanced the living standards of people through an improved environment
  5. Made the profession of ever-increasing service to society

The 2017 College of Fellows

Gary M. Ainge
Category Two
AIA Chicago
Anthony Alofsin
Category Two
AIA Austin
Marcia Ascanio
Category Two
AIA Dallas
Roderick Ashley
Category Two
AIA Portland
F. Michael Ayles
Category Three
AIA Connecticut
Thomas G. Bacon
Category Five
AIA Houston
Martha L. Ball
Category Two
AIA Los Angeles
Navy F. Banvard
Category Two
AIA Los Angeles
Ann Marie Baranowski
Category Two
AIA New York Chapter
T. David Bell
Category One
AIA DC
Isaac Benton
Category Four
AIA Albuquerque
Lane Joseph Beougher
Category Four
AIA Columbus
Barbara Bestor
Category One
AIA Los Angeles
Jack Alan Bialosky, Jr.
Category Two
AIA Cleveland
Joseph N. Biondo
Category One
AIA Eastern PA
William Anthony Blanski
Category Two
AIA Minneapolis
Jeff Bone
Category Two
AIA Chicago
Robert Benjamin Borson
Category Five
AIA Dallas
Robert Lewis Bostwick
Category Two
AIA Cleveland
Patrick J. Burke III
Category Four
AIA New York Chapter
John B. Burse
Category Five
AIA St. Louis
Thomas A. Butcavage
Category Two
AIA DC
Sheila F. Cahnman
Category Two
AIA Chicago
Ellen Crozat Cassilly
Category Five
AIA Triangle
John A. Cetra
Category Two
AIA New York Chapter
Brian H. Chaffee
Category One
AIA Denver
Matthew S. Chalifoux
Category One
AIA DC
Renée Cheng
Category Two
AIA Minneapolis
Gaylaird Wiley Christopher
Category Two
AIA Pasadena & Foothill
Maria Theresita Ciprazo
Category Four
AIA San Francisco
Frank Clementi
Category One
AIA Los Angeles
Richard T. Connell
Category Two
AIA Connecticut
Gerald D. Cowart
Category Two
AIA Savannah
Jan K. Culbertson
Category Five
AIA Huron Valley
Charles L. Cunniffe
Category Five
AIA Colorado West
William Cunningham
Category Four
AIA New York Chapter
Steven F. Curry
Category Five
AIA Houston
Richard D. D'Amato
Category Two
AIA Long Beach/South Bay
Sam D'Amico
Category One
AIA San Francisco
Anne Marie Duvall Decker
Category One
AIA Mississippi
Donald R. Dethlefs, Jr.
Category Two
AIA Denver
Duo Dickinson
Category Five
AIA Connecticut
Kathy Denise Dixon
Category Three
AIA DC
Thang N. Do
Category Five
AIA Santa Clara Valley
Debra J. Dockery
Category Three
AIA San Antonio
Rada Doytcheva
Category Two
AIA Continental Europe
Timothy J. Dufault
Category Two
AIA Minneapolis
Matthew Dumich
Category Three
AIA Chicago
Williston Lamar Dye
Category Two
AIA Greenville
Jerome Leslie Eben
Category Three
AIA Newark & Suburban Arc
David E. Eckmann
Category Two
AIA Chicago
Timothy R. Eddy
Category Two
AIA Portland
Robert D. Eisenstat
Category Four
AIA New York Chapter
Michael Epp
Category Two
Boston Society of Architects
Paul R. Erickson
Category Two
AIA Northern Virginia
Gregory L. Erny
Category Three
AIA Northern Nevada
Harry M. Falconer, Jr.
Category Three
AIA DC
Martin Felsen
Category One
AIA Chicago
Timothy M. Fishking
Category Two
AIA Columbus
Richard C. Franko
Category One
AIA Seattle
Suzanne Floyd Frasier
Category Two
AIA Baltimore
Jocelyn Lum Frederick
Category Two
Boston Society of Architects
Lawrence Joel Friedberg
Category Four
AIA Denver
Lori Snyder Garrett
Category Two
AIA Richmond
Leslie Gartner
Category Two
AIA Atlanta
Michael D. Garz
Category Two
AIA Philadelphia
Edmond George Gauvreau
Category Four
AIA DC
Lisa C. Gomperts
Category Three
AIA Indianapolis
John Hugh Gormley
Category Four
AIA Los Angeles
Thomas L. Grassi
Category Four
AIA New York Chapter
Karl A. Grice
Category Five
AIA St. Louis
Randolph E. Guillot
Category One
AIA Chicago
Reb Haizlip
Category Two
AIA Memphis
D. Michael Hamner
Category Two
AIA Los Angeles
Gary Haney
Category One
AIA New York Chapter
Michael A. Harwood
Category Four
AIA Triangle
Charles R. Hasbrouck
Category Two
AIA Chicago
Kenneth Hau
Category Three
AIA Hong Kong
William K. Hellmuth
Category One
AIA DC
Kevin Hom
Category Two
AIA New York Chapter
David Hughes
Category Two
AIA Cleveland
Julia S. Hughes
Category Two
AIA San Diego
Scott B. Hunter
Category Two
AIA Los Angeles
John M. Hutchings
Category Two
AIA Dallas
Michael William Jacobs
Category One
AIA East Kentucky
Luis Jauregui
Category Two
AIA Austin
Lisa K. Johnson
Category Two
AIA Seattle
Mark R. Johnson
Category Four
Boston Society of Architects
Timothy Johnson
Category One
AIA New York Chapter
Jonathan R. Kanda
Category Two
AIA Los Angeles
Peter Kasavan
Category Five
AIA Monterey Bay
Thomas D. Kearns
Category One
Boston Society of Architects
Lisa L. Kennedy
Category Three
AIA Milwaukee
Daniel R. Kenney
Category One
AIA San Francisco
Sami Kirkdil
Category Two
AIA DC
Mark David Kranz
Category One
AIA Phoenix Metro
Charles A. Kubat
Category One
AIA Las Vegas
Kwendeche
Category Five
AIA Arkansas
Andrew Labov
Category Two
AIA Los Angeles
Philip L. Laird
Category One
Boston Society of Architects
Lisa Lamkin
Category Two
AIA Dallas
Mark L. Levine
Category Three
AIA Atlanta
Paul M. Lewis
Category One
AIA New York Chapter
Daniel Libeskind
Category One
AIA New York Chapter
Constantine Demetrios Liollio
Category One
AIA Charleston
Reynolds Logan
Category One
AIA New York Chapter
Timothy D. Love
Category One
Boston Society of Architects
Debra A. Lupton
Category Five
AIA Orlando
William Maclay
Category Two
AIA Vermont
Michael Frank Malinowski
Category Two
AIA Central Valley
Michael James Malone
Category Three
AIA Dallas
Anthony J. Markese
Category One
AIA Connecticut
Elisabeth Martin
Category Two
AIA New York Chapter
Richard C. Master
Category Two
AIA Chicago
Jane Gianvito Mathews
Category Five
AIA Asheville
David Mayhew
Category Four
AIA Baltimore
David B. Meleca
Category Two
AIA Columbus
Stanley Max Meradith
Category Two
AIA Omaha
Dwight Mitsunaga
Category Two
AIA Honolulu
Joeb Moore
Category One
AIA Connecticut
Stephan Mundwiler
Category One
AIA Los Angeles
Bhagchand D. Nayak
Category Five
Boston Society of Architects
Phillip W. Neuberg
Category Four
AIA DC
Michael Neville
Category Two
AIA Detroit
Mark Nickita
Category Four
AIA Detroit
Stephen Allen Nutt
Category Three
AIA DC
Mark A. Outman
Category One
AIA Denver
Wesley L. Page
Category Two
AIA Hampton Roads
Steve Parker
Category Two
AIA Potomac Valley
Edward M. Peck
Category Two
AIA Chicago
Eric O. Pempus
Category Two
AIA Cleveland
Jonathan D. Penndorf
Category Three
AIA DC
J. Stuart Pettitt
Category Two
AIA Detroit
Robert Shaw Pfaffmann
Category One
AIA Pittsburgh
Daria F. Pizzetta
Category Two
AIA New York Chapter
Michael Plottel
Category Four
AIA New York Chapter
Marcela Abadi Rhoads
Category Two
AIA Dallas
Shafik I. Rifaat
Category Two
AIA Houston
Allen D. Roberts
Category Two
AIA Utah
Mark Rohde
Category One
AIA Albuquerque
Anthony G. Rohr
Category Two
AIA Kansas City
Alissa D. Rupp
Category Two
AIA Seattle
John P. Salmen
Category Five
AIA Potomac Valley
Gregory J. Scott
Category Two
AIA Central PA
Bruce W. Sekanick
Category Three
AIA Eastern Ohio
David E. Sellers
Category One
AIA Vermont
Sandy Silverman
Category Two
AIA DC
Carolyn Jane Smith
Category Two
AIA New York Chapter
Peter G. Smith
Category Two
AIA St. Paul
Kevin G. Sneed
Category Two
AIA Northern Virginia
Kalavati Somvanshi
Category Two
AIA New York Chapter
JP Spickler
Category One
AIA DC
Kurt G. Spiering
Category Two
AIA Milwaukee
Tricia Stuth
Category Two
AIA East Tennessee
Charles Swartz
Category One
AIA Northern Virginia
David Louis Swartz
Category Two
AIA Los Angeles
John Howard Tabor
Category Five
AIA Charlotte
J.J. Tang
Category Two
AIA Chicago
Larry Dennis Thompson
Category Five
AIA Santa Barbara
Bruce Toman
Category Two
AIA San Francisco
L. Azeo Torre
Category Two
AIA New Orleans
Peter M. Trapolin
Category One
AIA New Orleans
Wayne J. Troyer
Category One
AIA New Orleans
Steven Richard Turckes
Category Two
AIA Chicago
David J. Varner
Category Two
AIA DC
Anil Verma
Category Two
AIA Los Angeles
Todd C. Voth
Category Two
AIA Kansas City
Norman Dean Ward
Category One
AIA Fort Worth
Michael S. Watson
Category Three
AIA Columbia
MIchael A. Wiencek, Jr.
Category Two
AIA DC
Douglas S. Wignall
Category Two
AIA Nebraska
Bruce Williams
Category Two
AIA Seattle
Stephen A. Wiser
Category Five
AIA Central Kentucky
Sharon Woodworth
Category Two
AIA San Francisco
James Michael Wright
Category Two
AIA DC
Takashi Yanai
Category One
AIA Los Angeles
Willy Yu
Category Two
AIA San Francisco
Howard L. Zimmerman
Category Two
AIA New York Chapter

The 2017 Jury of Fellows comprised: chair Mary Katherine Lanzillotta, FAIA, Hartman-Cox Architects; Peter Bardwell, FAIA, Bardwell+Associates; Mary Patton Cox, FAIA, Virginia Commonwealth University; Steve Crane, FAIA, VCBO Architecture; Marleen Kay Davis, FAIA, University of Tennessee; David Messersmith, FAIA, University of Texas, Arlington; and Karen Nichols, FAIA, Michael Graves Architecture & Design.

Furthermore, another eight members from foreign countries were named honorary members of the College of Fellows.

2017 Honorary Members of the College of Fellows

Mario Cucinella
Bologna, Italy
Mario Cucinella Architects Srl
Stein Halvorsen
Oslo, Norway
Stein Halvorsen Arkitekter As
Giancarlo Mazzanti
Bogota, Colombia
El Equipo de Mazzanti
Bong-Seok Oh
Seoul, South Korea
DONG IL Architects & Engineers Co., Ltd.
Jose Luis Salinas
San Jose, Costa Rica
Arquitectura y Diseno SCMTM
Javier Sordo Madaleno Bringas
Mexico City, Mexico
Grupo Sordo Madaleno
Bruno Stagno
San Jose, Costa Rica
Bruno Stagno Arquitecto y Asociados
Ishtiaque Zahir
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Vitti Sthapati Brindo Ltd.

The jury for the honorary membership comprised: chair Diane Legge Kemp, FAIA, CallisonRTKL; Peter Bardwell, FAIA, Bardwell+Associates; Rick Bell, FAIA, New York City Department of Design and Construction; Mary Patton Cox, FAIA, Virginia Commonwealth University; Steve Crane, FAIA, VCBO Architecture; Marleen Kay Davis, FAIA, University of Tennessee; Mary Katherine Lanzillotta, FAIA, Hartman-Cox Architects; David Messersmith, FAIA, University of Texas, Arlington; and Karen Nichols, FAIA, Michael Graves Architecture & Design.