Merrill Elam
EDUCATION
- Georgia State University, Master of Business Administration, 1982
- Harvard Graduate School of Design, Management of Design and Planning Firms Short Course, 1980
- Georgia Institute of Technology, Bachelor of Architecture, 1971
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Principal, Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects, Inc., 2000–present
- Principal, Scogin Elam and Bray Architects, Inc., 1984–2000
- Architect and Senior Associate, Heery and Heery, Architects and Engineers, Inc., 1969–1981
- Intern, Taylor and Collum Architects, 1967–1969
SELECTED TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- Visiting Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Architecture, Atlanta, Georgia, 2015,
- Visiting Professor, Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, California, 2014
- Harry S. Shure Visiting Professor in Architecture, University of Virginia, School of Architecture, Charlottesville, Virginia, 2010
- Visiting Critic, Syracuse University, 2007
- Visiting Dist. Professor, The City College of New York, 2006
- Gehry International Visiting Chair in Architectural Design, University of Toronto, 2005
- Herbert Baumer Dist. Visiting Professor, Austin E. Knowlton School of Architecture, The Ohio State University, 2003–2004
- Ruth Carter Stevenson Chair Visiting Professor of Architectural Design, The University of Texas at Austin, 2003
- William Henry Bishop Visiting Professor of Architectural Design, Yale University, 1996
- Visiting Critic, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, 1987, 1993, 1994
- Louis Henri Sullivan Research Professor of Architecture, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1994
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION
- Architecture Society of Atlanta, Founding Member, Past President
- U.S. Green Building Council, Corporate Member
- American Institute of Architects, Corporate Member
- American Institute of Architects, Atlanta Chapter, Member, Book Center Board of Directors, Past Chairperson, Past Executive Committee Member
- Georgia State Board of Architects, Past President, Member
- Women in Architecture, Member
- American Institute of Architects, National Committee on Design, Member, Membership Committee Chair
REGISTRATION
- Georgia
- Alabama
- Texas
- Pennsylvania
- Illinois
- New York
- Florida
- Arizona
- California
- Connecticut
- Virginia
- Ohio
- Louisiana
- Arizona
- Maryland
- Missouri
- Rhode Island
- NCARB Certification
- American Institute of Architects
- U.S. Green Building Council Corporate Member
SELECTED HONORS
- Architectural Imagination, United States Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale, 2016
- Design Excellence Award, University of Florida, 2015
- Design Leader, Architectural Record, Women in Architecture, 2014
- Shutze Medal, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013
- AIA Atlanta Silver Medal Award, 2012
- Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award for Architecture, 2012
- Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize in Architecture, American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2011
- Royal Institute of British Architects, International Fellow, 2007
- 1999 Charles and Ray Eames Lecture, University of Michigan
- 1996 Chrysler Award for Innovation in Design
- Academy Award in Architecture, American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1995
- Panel Member: ASA / Corporation for Olympic Development in Atlanta Design Competition Symposium; Public Space in the New American City, Atlanta, Georgia, 1994; 1996
- Critical Architecture / Architecture Criticism: The Work of Scogin Elam and Bray, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, May 1990
- Silver Medal for Consistent Pursuit and Achievement in Architectural Design, Atlanta Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, 1989
- Art Papers, Board of Directors, 1986–1994; Editorial Advisory Board, 2000–present
- Honored for Achievement in Architecture at the celebration of “Women’s Work” sponsored by Atlanta Women in Film, 1983
- Competition Winner, “A Tower of Southern Memories,” Arts Festival of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia 1982
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
- Exhibitor: “The Architectural Imagination,” The United States Pavilion hosted by Venice Architecture Biennale at the 15th International
Architecture Exhibition, Venice, Italy, May–November 2015 - Exhibitor: “White Napkins,” Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia, April 2015
- Exhibitor: “PM60: Column | Cover,” Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, April 2013
- Exhibitor: “Work + Work,” Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, January 2013
- Exhibitor: “Leathers, Feathers and Legs,” The United States Pavilion hosted by Venice Architecture Biennale at the 13th International
Architecture Exhibition,, Venice, Italy, May–November 2012 - Exhibitor: “Exhibition of Work by Newly Elected Members and
Recipients of Honors and Awards,” American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, New York, May–June 2011 - Exhibitor: “East and West Meet in Architecture Exhibition,” Domus China, Joyart–798 Art District, Beijing, China, November 2010
- Exhibitor: “Maine Modern: 50 Years of Modern Architecture in Maine,” Storefront for Architecture Maine, Portland, Maine, October–November 2010
- Exhibitor: “Southern Exposure: Contemporary Regional Architecture,” Virginia Center for Architecture, Richmond, Virginia, February–June 2008
- Exhibitor: “Syracuse Builds: After the Masterplan,” Syracuse University, School of Architecture, The Warehouse Gallery, Syracuse, New York, October–December 2007
- Exhibitor: “Unbuilt Atlanta,” Eyedrum, Atlanta, Georgia, September 2007
- Exhibitor: “Build Boston 2006,” Boston Society of Architects, Seaport World Trade Center, Boston, Massachusetts, November 2006
- Exhibitor: “GA Houses Project 2006,” GA Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, Spring 2006
- Exhibitor: “Civic Spirit: Changing the Course of Federal Design,” Center for Architecture, New York, New York, September–December 2004
- Exhibitor: “Architectural Freehand Drawing,” GA Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, September–October 2001
- Exhibitor: Permanent Collection, Deutsches Architektur Museum, Frankfurt, Germany, 1999
- Exhibitor: “The Un-Private House,” Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, Summer 1999
- Exhibitor: “Architecture: Intimate Space, The House for the 21st Century,” Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, New York, 1998
- Exhibitor: GA Gallery: “Enric Miralles, Scogin Elam and Bray, Bolles Wilson,” Tokyo, Japan, Summer 1994
SELECTED RECENT AWARDS
- AIA New York, Design Merit Award, 2016: Ernie Davis Hall—Syracuse University
- General Services Administration Honor Award, 2014: United States Courthouse
- Georgia AIA Merit Award, 2014: Ernie Davis Hall—Syracuse University
- Georgia AIA Test of Time Award, 2014: Buckhead Branch Library— Atlanta, Georgia
- Georgia AIA Honor Award, 2014: Yale Health Center—Yale University
- Design with Brick President’s Award, 2014: Yale Health Center—Yale University
- South Atlantic Region AIA Merit Award, 2012: Ernie Davis Hall— Syracuse University
- National AIA Insttitute Honor Award of Excellence, 2012: Gates Center for Computer Science and Hillman Center for Future Generation Technologies—Carnegie Mellon University
- Georgia AIA Honor Design Award, 2010: Gates Center for Computer Science and Hillman Center for Future Generation Technologies—Carnegie Mellon University
- Georgia AIA Merit Award, 2010: Carroll A. Campbell Jr. Graduate Engineering Center—Clemson University
- Georgia AIA Citation Design Award, 2010: Two Alliance Center—Atlanta, Georgia
- National AIA Honor Award of Excellence, 2010: Austin E. Knowlton School of Architecture, The Ohio State University
- South Atlantic Region AIA Honor Award, 2009: Bailey HouseStudio
- South Atlantic Region AIA Honor Award, 2009: Jean Gray Hargrove Music Library, University of California, Berkeley
- General Services Administration Citation in On-the-Boards Architecture, 2008: United States Federal Courthouse—Austin, Texas
- Boston Society of Architects Harleston Parker Medal, 2006: Lulu Chow Wang Campus Center and Davis Garage, Wellesley College
- South Atlantic Region AIA Special Commendation, 2006: Lulu Chow Wang Campus Center and Davis Garage, Wellesley College
- South Atlantic Region AIA Honor Award, 2006: Austin E. Knowlton School of Architecture, The Ohio State University
- National AIA / ALA Award of Excellence, 2005: Austin E. Knowlton School of Architecture, The Ohio State University
- National AIA Award of Excellence, 2005: Mountain Tree House
- Georgia AIA Design Award of Excellence, 2004: Jean Gray Hargrove Music Library, University of California, Berkeley
- Architectural Record Houses Award, 2004: Bailey HouseStudio
- Architectural Record Houses Award, 2003: Mountain Tree House
- South Atlantic Region AIA Honor Award, 2003: Herman Miller Cherokee Operations
- South Atlantic Region AIA Honor Award, 2003: Willow Street Residence Hall, Tulane University
- South Atlantic Region AIA Honor Award, 2003: Lee B. Philmon Branch Library
- National AIA / ALA Award of Excellence, 2003: Lee B. Philmon Branch Library
- South Atlantic Region AIA Honor Award, 2000: 64 Wakefield
- National AIA Award of Excellence, 1999: Nomentana Residence
- Architectural Record Houses Award, 1998: 64 Wakefield
- Architectural Record Houses Award, 1997: Mountain House
- Architectural Record Interiors Award, 1996: Clark Atlanta University Art Galleries
- Architectural Record Interiors Award, 1996: Don and Sylvia Shaw Salon and Spa
- South Atlantic Region AIA Honor Award, 1994: John J. Ross – William C. Blakley Law Library, Arizona State University
- National AIA Award of Excellence, 1993: Buckhead Branch Library
- South Atlantic Region AIA Honor Award, 1992: Turner Village at the Candler School of Theology, Emory University
- National AIA Honor Award, 1992: House Chmar
- South Atlantic Region AIA Honor Award, 1992: Carol Cobb Turner Branch Library
- National AIA Honor Award of Excellence, 1989: Clayton County Headquarters Library
- National AIA Honor Award of Excellence, 1988: High Museum at Georgia-Pacific Center
SELECTED RECENT BUILDINGS AND PROJECTS
- 2014 Queens Plaza, Tishman Speyer Properties, New York, New York
- 2014 Harvard Science Center and Cabot Library—Harvard University,Cambridge, Massachusetts
- 2013 One Museum Place, Atlanta, Georgia
- 2012 Chinese University of Hong Kong, China, Invited Competition with Morphosis, Hong Kong, China*
- 2012 Pulaski Street House, Athens, Georgia
- 2012 Threshold, Atlanta, Georgia
- 2012 Kaiser Family Foundation, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- 2012 Helsinki Central Library, Helsinki, Finland, International Competition
- 2011 The Round House, Wilton, Connecticut
- 2011 Kiener Plaza Cafe, St. Louis, Missouri
- 2010 Kaohsiung Maritime Cultural and Popular Music Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Invited Competition*
- 2010 Museum of the Second World War, Gdansk, Poland, International Competition*
- 2010 The Gee’s Bend Quilters Collective for the Gee’s Bend
Foundation in Boykin, Alabama* - 2008 Common Spaces Feasibilty Study — Harvard University
- 2007 Various projects, Tishman Speyer Properties
- 2006 Yale University Health Services Center — Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
- 2005 New Student Housing Project — Syracuse Univeristy, Syracuse, New York
- 2005 Harvard University Allston Campus and First Science Buildings — Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- 2005 Gates Center for Computer Science — Carnegie Mellon Univeristy, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- 2004 Carroll A. Campbell Jr. Graduate Engineering Center — Clemson University, Greenville, South Carolina
- 2004 Zhongkai Sheshan Villas, Shanghai, China
- 2003 Nexus — Barnard College, New York, New York,Invited Competition*
- 2003 School of Fine Arts — University of Connecticut, Storrs,Connecticut, Invited Competition*
- 2003 U.S. Federal Courthouse, General Services Administration, Austin, Texas
- 2001 Lulu Chow Wang Campus Center and Davis Garage — Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts
- 2000 Bailey HouseStudio, Atlanta, Georgia
- 1999 Wolfsburg Science Center, Wolfsburg, Germany, Invited Competition†*
- 1999 Woodland Park Offices, Tishman Speyer Properties, McLean, Virginia†
- 1998 Jean Gray Hargrove Music Library — University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California†
- 1998 Austin E. Knowlton School of Architecture — The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio†
- 1998 Mountain Tree House, Dillard, Georgia†
- 1997 Laban Centre for Movement and Dance, London, England, Invited Competition†*
- 1997 Bank for International Settlements, Basel, Switzerland, Invited Competition†*
- 1997 Herman Miller Cherokee Operations, Herman Miller, Inc., Canton, Georgia†
- 1995 Lee B. Philmon Branch Library, Clayton County Library System, Riverdale, Georgia†
- 1995 Willow Street Residence Hall — Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana†
- 1994 Nomentana Residence, Stoneham, Maine†
* Construction of project unrealized
† Completed as Scogin Elam and Bray Architects, Inc.