Merrill Elam was inducted as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters for 2023 in a ceremony in New York. The American Academy of Arts and Letters was founded in 1898 as an honor society of the country’s leading architects, artists, composers, and writers. Early members include William Merritt Chase, Childe Hassam, […]

The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA) announced plans for a new facility at The Goat Farm Arts Center in West Midtown Atlanta. Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects is the architect for the new permanent home for MOCA GA included as part of the expansion of the Goat Farm arts complex. MOCA GA […]

Gathering Place was selected as a winner of the 2019 Urban Land Institute Global Awards for Excellence. Gathering Place named the Best New Attraction in the nation by USA Today 10Best Reader’s Choice 2019. Gathering Place named a World’s Greatest Place 2019 by TIME Magazine. Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects designed the ONEOK Boathouse, Williams […]

The U.S. General Services Administration released the approved design concept for the $136.6 million new U.S. Courthouse in Des Moines, Iowa. Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects is the Lead Design Architect and Neumann Monson Architects is the Architect of Record / Executive Architect. The new 229,000 square-foot courthouse will feature nine courtrooms and has a […]

Tishman Speyer’s Jackson Park project in Long Island City, Queens, New York includes three high rise apartment buildings and amenity building, designed by Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects and Hill West Architects. The towers are 42, 44, and 53 stories tall and has 1,871 rental units total. The five story The Club at Jackson Park, […]

The Pritzker Commons and Godfrey Lowell Cabot Science Library Transformation project at the Harvard University Science Center, completed by Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects, has been LEED v4 certified by the U.S. Green Building Council. The project is the second ever LEED v4 project in Massachusetts. The project is also a recipient of a 2019 […]

The current exhibition at the Druker Design Gallery at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design entitled “Inscriptions: Architecture Before Speech” features six projects by Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects. Inscriptions is a broad survey of work that problematizes, resists, and exceeds signification by appealing to other kinds of cultural engagements, agreements, and fantasies of […]

Merrill Elam will be speaking at the Architectual Record’s ‘Record on the Road’ event in Atlanta on Tuesday, 28 March 2017. The event will bring together leaders in design who will showcase their recent work and participate in a panel discussion and Q&A on Buildings in the Public Realm: Innovations in Civic and Commercial Architecture. […]

Merrill Elam will speak at the Ventulett Symposium exploring the process of Origination in Design & Collaboration at Georgia Tech Friday 11 March 2017. Please visit the Georiga Tech School of Architecture website for more information: SoA

The General Services Administration announced the selection of Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects, in assocation with Neumann Monson Architects, for the New Federal Courthouse in Des Moines, Iowa. Article: The Des Moines Register

Merrill Elam will present on Houses on Thursday 19 May 2016 at 6:00pm at Chicago’s Merchandise Mart. This event is sponsored in part by the AIA Chicago. Event information: AIA Chicago

Merrill Elam will present at the Monterey Design Conference at the Aslimar Conference Grounds in Pacific Grove, CA on Saturday 17 October 2015 at 11:15am.

Merrill Elam will be teaching a Design + Research Studio entitled “On Audacity and Imagination” at the Georgia Institute of Technology College of Architecture for the 2015 Fall term. Link: GATech CoA

The Architectural League of New York presented its President’s Medal to Henry N. Cobb during a dinner at the Metropolitan Club for over 300 guests.

Mack Scogin and Merrill Elam have been awarded the Design Excellence Award from the College of Design, Construction and Planning (DCP) at the University of Florida.

Merrill Elam will present at the School of Architecture at the College of Design at the North Carolina State University on Monday 06 April 2015 at 6:00pm in the Burns Auditorium of Kamphoefner Hall.

Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects will host an Office Tour and Dinner Event at the 2015 AIA National Convention on Wednesday 13 May 2015 from 7:00pm to 10:00pm with dining provided by Hugh Acheson’s Empire State South.

Mack Scogin and Merrill Elam will present at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis on Monday 23 March 2015 at 1:15pm in the Steinberg Auditorium. Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects is one of three finalists to design the Annabeth & John Weil Hall for the Sam […]

Merrill Elam will receive the Design Leader Award from Architectural Record at the Women in Architecture Forum & Awards luncheon on 10 October 2014.

On 12 September 2014, Mack Scogin will speak at Grounded Visionaries, the campaign for the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

In Architectural Record‘s first Women in Architecture Awards, Merrill Elam is named Design Leader.

Merrill Elam, at the invitation of Kenneth Schwartz, FAIA, Dean and Favrot Professor of Architecture at the Tulane School of Architecture, will speak at the opening reception for “Provocations” at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art.

Mack Scogin and Merrill Elam will present as the General Shale Lecture at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville – College of Architecture and Design on Monday March 31, 2014 at 5:30 pm in the UT A+A McCarty Auditorium.

Mack Scogin and Merrill Elam will present the final keynote for the AIAS South Quad Conference 2014 in conjunction with the American Institute of Architecture Students, Georgia Tech Chapter on Saturday March 29, 2014 at 7:00 pm.

Merrill Elam will be teaching a Vertical Studio DS entitled “Curious (curiosity + imagination)” at SCI-Arc for the 2014 spring term. Link to Faculty Profile: SCI-Arc

The contribution entitled: Leathers, Feathers and Legs that was exhibited at the 13th International Architecture Exhibition at the Venice Biennale, which was curated by Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, is featured in the book entitled: Wunderkammer. Links: Amazon | Yale University Press

Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects have been selected to lead plans for the redevelopment of MIT’s East Campus and Kendall Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

On Thursday November 14, 2013 at 5:30pm Merrill Elam and Helen Han will present “On Imagination: Conversations with Architects.” This 90-minute video looks at imagination through the musings of some of today’s most creative architects.

Merrill Elam is scheduled to speak at Clemson University as part of The Architecture of Regionalism in the Age of Globalization, A Symposium in Celebration of Clemson Architecture’s 100th Anniversary. The event takes place on Friday October 18, 2013 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in the Lee Hall Auditorium.

Mack Scogin and Merrill Elam are lecturing at Auburn University on Monday October 14, 2013 at 3:30 pm in B6 Auditorium in Dudley Commons, as part of the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture Fall 2013 Lecture Series. Mack Scogin and Merrill Elam are also lecturing at the Rural Studio on Tuesday October 15, […]

Mack Scogin and Merrill Elam have been awarded the Shutze Medal, which is the highest honor given by the Georgia Tech College of Architecture.

Mack Scogin and Merrill Elam’s thoughts on the demolition of I.M. Pei’s first building, the 1949 Gulf Oil Building in Atlanta, Georgia, are featured on Burnaway.org as well as in the 2013 publication of Modern Atlanta. Link to Article

Mack Scogin and Merrill Elam are giving a Design Talk in association with the Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian National Design Museum and the National Design Awards program. Joining them are artist Clifford Ross and Judge Andrew Austin, who were both collaborators on the recently completed United States Courthouse project in Austin, Texas.

Mack Scogin and Merrill Elam are lecturing at the University of Texas at Austin on Monday March 18, 2013 at 5:00 pm in the Goldsmith Lecture Hall, Room 3.120 at the School of Architecture building on main campus.

Merrill Elam is presenting “On Imagination: Conversations with Architects,” in Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This 90-minute video looks at imagination through the musings of some of today’s most creative architects. Both events are free and open to the public.

Mack Scogin is lecturing at the University of Florida on Monday February 18, 2013 at 6:30 pm in Turlington Hall, room L007, as part of the School of Architecture Spring Lecture Series. The lecture is titled “Carniful the Uglyful.” The event is free and open to the public.

On Wednesday January 30, 2013 at 5:45pm Merrill Elam is presenting “On Imagination: Conversations with Architects.” This 90-minute video looks at imagination through the musings of some of today’s most creative architects.

Merrill Elam is lecturing at Middlebury College on Tuesday January 22, 2013 at 7:30 pm in the Johnson Memorial Building, room 304. The lecture is titled “Work + Work.” Merrill Elam is the Cameron Visiting Architect at Middlebury College.

Mack Scogin and Merrill Elam accepted the award at the 13th annual National Design Awards Gala at Pier Sixty in New York on October 17. The gala was attended by artists, fashion designers, graphic designers, architects and numerous other design enthusiasts.

Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects was awarded the 2012 AIA Atlanta Silver Medal Award at “Build Something Great,” an event sponsored by Cosmos Granite and Marble, Manhattan Construction and Uzun and Case Engineers.

On Thursday September 13, 2012 at 6:30pm Merrill Elam and Helen Han are presenting “On Imagination: Conversations with Architects.” This 90-minute video

Mack Scogin and Merrill Elam are lecturing at the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. The lecture is titled “Carniful The Uglyful” and

The Pilot Project House designed by Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects in collaboration with Habitat for Humanity and Public Architecture received Platinum LEED Certification, the highest certification of sustainability.

Mack Scogin and Merrill Elam attended a luncheon at the White House, hosted by First Lady Michelle Obama, in honor of their receipt of the 2012 National Design Award in Architecture Design.

From August 16-19, Atlanta audiences will be able to check out the results of the unusual collaboration between architects and dancers as a team of dancers directed by Atlanta dancer Blake Beckham

On Wednesday, May 16, 2012 Merrill Elam will participate in a panel discussion at the High Museum of Art Atlanta entitled “Atlanta Embraces Modernism.”

Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects was awarded the National Design Award in Architecture from the The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. The Architecture Design Award is given to an individual or firm for exceptional and exemplary work in public, commercial, or residential architectural design.

Merrill Elam is scheduled to speak at the RISK: Present Predicaments in Architecture and Urban Planning Conference at University of Michigan Taubman College. The event takes place on Friday, March 30, 2012 at the Rackham Auditorium.

Mack Scogin is scheduled to participate in a discussion with David Adjaye at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles on Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 7pm. The event is part of the Hammer Conversations series and will take place in the Billy Wilder Theater.

Mack Scogin is scheduled to give a lecture on February 22, 2012 at 4:30pm at the University of Cincinnati Arnoff Center (DAAP), room 4400. The event is sponsored by the Student Society of the School of Architecture and Interior Design.

Merrill Elam will be speaking at North Carolina State University on November 21, 2011. The event will take place at 6 pm at the Burns Auditorium / Kamphoefner Hall. The event is part of the School of Architecture | AIA Triangle Joint Lecture Series.

Mack Scogin will be speaking at The City College of New York / CUNY on November 17, 2011. The event will take place in the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture Sciame Auditorium located at 141 Convent Avenue (at W. 135th Street) at 6:30 pm. The event is free and open to the public.

Merrill Elam will be speaking at the University of California, Berkeley on Wednesday, September 21, 2011. The event will take place at 112 Wurster Hall at 7:30 pm. The event is co-sponsored by the East Bay Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

Merrill Elam will be speaking at Mississippi Celebrates Architecture at the Mississippi War Memorial Building in Jackson, Mississippi this Thursday March 31, 2011. The event is sponsored by AIA Mississippi.

Mack Scogin and Merrill Elam have been awarded the Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize in Architecture, an award given to a preeminent architect from any country who has made a significant contribution to architecture as an art.

Merrill Elam will be lecturing on October 18, 2010 in Room 153 of Campbell Hall at the University of Virginia School of Architecture. The event will begin at 5:30 pm.