Merrill Elam

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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

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[citation needed]
  • Arts and Letters Award in Architecture, American Academy of Arts and Letters with Mack Scogin, 1995[9]

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