Emilio Ambasz, Hon. FAIA
Italy
Nominator: Carol Rusche Bentel, FAIA
His remarkably prolific, international work as a lifelong designer, teacher, theorist, and curator has served to link practice with theory, architecture with industrial design, and past with present, reflecting extraordinary wit, deep intellectual curiosity, and profound human intelligence.

Victor Canãs, Hon. FAIA
Costa Rica
Nominator: Metcalf Crunp, FAIA
A significant emerging design force in the Central Americas and the Caribbean region, he is leading the way as an architect and professor to design site-sensitive architecture, applying exquisitely detailed glass, metal, concrete, and stone in ways uniquely appropriate to tropical settings.

David Chipperfield, Hon. FAIA
United Kingdom
Nominator: Carol Rusche Bentel, FAIA
Since his early days working at the side of Britain’s most renowned living architects, he has distinguished himself as an original, significant design talent and a leading force in the profession. His work now spans the globe, garnering universal acclaim for its power and unstinting drive for excellence.

Francine M. J. Houben, Hon. FAIA
Netherlands
Nominator: Carol Rusche Bentel, FAIA
Exercising profound influences in both the formal and the intellectual realms, she is among Europe’s most active architects, leading her firm and the Netherlands to interweave social, technical, and human factors in achieving uniquely wonderful, unorthodox designs. Her work reflects both analysis and intuition, combining a range of design disciplines with remarkable sensitivity for light and beauty.

Victor Manuel Legorreta Hernandez, Hon. FAIA
Mexico
Nominator: Buzz Yudell, FAIA
He has established himself as a leading international architect through a body of work that is bold and sculptural and deeply humane, sensitively connected to its context and responsive to place and environment, supporting a commitment to the humanistic values of architecture while addressing the contemporary needs of society.

Adolfo Natalini, Hon. FAIA
Italy
Nominator: Arch. Giancarlo Alhadeff, AIA
His work, from the founding of Superstudio to his body of built projects in Europe, emphasizes the compelling line drawn from the youthful, utopian approach to the language of built forms through to the humanistic reinterpretation of traditional forms.

Dominique Perrault, Hon. FAIA
France
Nominator: Carol Rusche Bentel, FAIA
Whatever the size of the project, the buildings have transformed the architectural landscape like the elementary volumes of a minimalist sculpture transform the surrounding space.

Eduardo Souto de Moura, Hon. FAIA
Portugal
Nominator: Anne Schopf, AIA
He has distinguished himself as a leading cultural mediator, architect, and teacher through the simplicity and strength of his architecture, combined with his vast knowledge and skilled application of modernist principles, drawn from both North America and Europe.

Chris Wilkinson, Hon. FAIA
United Kingdom
Nominator: Michael Lischer, AIA
His unique use of materials, manipulation of form and space, and creation of elegant long span structures has greatly influenced modern British design. His contributions to architecture were recognized by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II in 2000.

Kun-Chang Yi, Chairman, Architects Regional Council of Asia (ARCASIA)

Abel Salazar Vargas, President, Colegio de Arquitectos de Costa Rica

Ivan Cervantes Erosa, President, Federación de Colegios de Arquitectos de la Republica Mexicana (FCARM)

Mitsuru Senda, President, Japan Institute of Architects

Yael S. Kinsky, AIA, Chair, Israeli Association of Independent Architects

Alec Tzannes, FRAIA, President, Royal Australian Institute of Architects

Kyoshi Matsuzaki, FRAIC, President, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC)

Jack Pringle, President, Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)

Gaetan Siew, President, International Union of Architects

Douglas K. Engebretson, FAIA, First Vice President, National Council of Architectural Registration Boards

Bruce E. Blackmer, FAIA, First Vice President, National Architectural Accrediting Board

Theodore C. Landsmark, MEvD, JD, PhD, President, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture

Jonathan Bahe, President, American Institute of Architecture Students

Jean-François Susini, Architects’ Council of Europe (ACE)

Kun-Chang Yi, ARCASIA

Francisco Mendez, El Colegio de Arquitectos de Costa Rica (CACR)

Ivan Cervantes Erosa, FCARM

Alec Tzannes, RAIA

Kiyoshi Matsuzaki, RAIC

Jack Pringle, RIBA

Joint Meeting of the IC and the Overseas Chapters
The meeting was an opportunity to bring these two constituencies together, to discuss the International Situation Assessment and ideas for moving international cooperation forward; along with other issues of concern to the overseas chapters and international practitioners.

The meeting was much more enjoyable for the milk and cookies provided by sponsor NDH Search, a firm specializing in strategic recruiting and professional placement for architecture and design.

AIA-JIA Business Meeting

The AIA and the Japan Institute of Architects (JIA) held their traditional biannual business meeting at convention, attended by AIA and JIA officers, IC Advisory Group members, and National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) officers. Discussions focused on the further development of the new JIA Architects Registration system, the Japan Accreditation Board for Engineering Education (JABEE), Integrated Practice, and UIA activities.