AIA Fellowship
AIA Fellows are recognized with AIA’s highest membership honor for their exceptional work and contributions to architecture and society. Architects elevated to fellowship can be identified by the designation FAIA after their name. Only 3% of the AIA members have earned this prestigious distinction.
Maureen Guttman, FAIA, celebrates being inducted into the AIA College of Fellows at the Investiture ceremony | Photo Credit: Chloe Jackman Photography
Fellowship is extended to members with at least 10 cumulative years of architect membership. Members are nominated and elevated to the College of Fellows for their achievements in one of the six categories or objects of nomination outlined below.
Object Two: Practice Management, or Practice Technical Advancement
Object Three: Led the Institute, or a related organization
Object Four: Public service, government, industry, or organization
Object Five: Alternative career, volunteer work with organizations not directly connected with the built environment, or service to society
Object Six: Education, Research, Literature
Application resources
Annually, the national chapter of the AIA accepts applications for the College of Fellows. Through education and outreach, we encourage AIA Pennsylvania members to apply for fellowship to honor their achievements and contributions and connect to the AIA College of Fellows to advance their efforts to give back through leadership, mentorship, and service.
Our current regional representative to the College of Fellows, Christine Mondor, FAIA, serves as the liaison to Pennsylvania’s fellows. AIA Philadelphia Fellows Committee chair Michael Prifti, FAIA, is another resource for members across the state in their pursuit of fellowship.
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Save the date to celebrate
Join us, AIA New York State, and AIA New Jersey annually at the AIA Conference on Architecture & Design for the AIA Tri-State Fellows Reception, a celebration of newly inducted fellows from Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey.
Pennsylvania’s Fellows
Meet the 98 Pennsylvania architects who have been elevated to Fellow dating back to 1990, sorted by their inductee class. For a complete history of the College of Fellows’ membership, visit the Red Book Directory.
2023
Maureen Guttman, FAIA
2022
Daniel Rothschild, FAIA
2021
Stefani Danes, FAIA
Billie Faircloth, FAIA
David Hollenberg, FAIA
Robert Kelly, FAIA
Brian Phillips, FAIA
Laura Finkel Stagner, FAIA
2020
Jeff Goldstein, FAIA
Samuel Olshin, FAIA
David Schrader, FAIA
Jason Smith, FAIA
2019
Michael Johns, FAIA
Dominique M. Hawkins FAIA
Louis A. Meilink, Jr. FAIA
Christine Mondor, FAIA
2018
Jules Dingle, FAIA
George C. Skarmeas, FAIA
Kiki Bolender, FAIA
2017
Michael D. Garz, FAIA
Robert S. Pfaffmann, FAIA
Gregory J. Scott, FAIA
Joseph N. Biondo, FAIA
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