Meet the distinguished 2007 Regional Design Awards Jury at the Regional Conference!

We would like to take this opportunity to introduce our jury members and encourage everyone attending the Regional Conference to welcome the jurors and engage in a creative design discussion!

Clark Llewellyn AIA
Professor & Director, School of Architecture
University of Hawaii - Manoa
An AIA Member since 1976, Clark Llewellyn served on the board of AIA Montana 1998-2003 and as its President in 2003, before his election in 2004 to the AIA national Board of Directors, representing the AIA NW + Pacific Region. Registered to practice in California, Oregon and Washington, he has worked for architectural firms in Portland, Seattle and Tacoma. For the past 25 years, he has maintained a small independent practice, Llewellyn Architects, recipient of three AIA Montana awards, numerous community design awards, and recognition from the State of Montana for historic preservation and for "Library of the Year."

JON SCHLEUNING, FAIA
Principal, SRG Partnership, Inc.

As a noted designer and team leader, Jon brings an enthusiastic and collaborative approach to a wide range of civic, education, science/technology and healthcare projects throughout the Northwest and Western regions. His innovative designs have earned numerous local and national awards for design and sustainability. Recognized projects include the Oregon Coast Aquarium, the Mount St. Helens Visitor’s Center, the Oregon State University Forest Ecosystem Research Lab, the UC Davis Veterinary Medicine complex, the UC Riverside College of Engineering II, and Genentech’s Founders Research Centers I and II.

Jon is a founding principal of SRG Partnership, Inc., a 70-person architectural, planning and interiors firm with offices in Portland, Seattle and San Francisco. The firm is highly acclaimed for its quality design and fully integrated sustainable principles. A native of the Northwest, Jon is a graduate of the UC Berkeley, has served in numerous civic and professional positions, and is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.

Paul Hirzel, AIA

Professor of Architecture

Graduate Program Coordinator

Washington State University

Paul Hirzel holds Bachelors degrees in Humanities from Washington State University, Art Education and Industrial Education from University of Washington, and Architecture from Cornell University. He earned his Master of Architecture with a minor in Landscape Architecture from Cornell University in 1984 winning both the Eschweiler Prize and Cornell Marshall Award for design excellence. His professional experience includes private practice throughout the country where he has won regional, national and international recognition for projects involving interior design, landscape design and building design. Selected awards include an American Institute of Architects National Housing Award, an AIA-Sunset Western Home Award, and an AIA Seattle Honor Award. In addition to private practice, Hirzel has worked in both landscape architecture offices (The Berger Partnership in Seattle) and architecture offices (James Cutler, Architects, Bainbridge Island, Washington and SOM, Portland, Oregon). His work has been published in Architectural Record, Sunset Magazine, and Inland NW Homes and Lifestyles and was featured in a Rizzoli/Universe book publication by Linda Leigh Paul entitled: The Cabin Book.

His academic experience includes both secondary education where he was a high school art instructor and higher education where he has taught architecture at Washington State University since 1989. Hirzel's academic emphasis at WSU has focused on the introduction of landscape significance into the architecture curriculum. His site design course has won national awards from the American Institute of Architects: The AIA National Education Award (the professions most prestigious award to educators for teaching excellence) and the National Associated Collegiate Schools of Architecture: The ACSA Design Studio Award and has been featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Publications produced by his site design course include a trilogy of books on Eastern Washington: Pullman: A Book of Secrets, The Palouse: An Extra Terrestrial Feast, and Eastern Washington: Conditions and Aberrations; and the SR26 Gift Collection which includes two books: Motion Pictures: Stories of SR26 and 133.53 Miles: A Visual Travel guide for SR26, a postcard collection: SR26 Landart Series, and a music CD set: SR26 Rhythm of this Highway. Other publications include a portfolio of images and texts about yellowness in Pullman, Washington called The Yellowtown Collection and a book about water and architecture entitled Waterproofs: A Submission of Evidence at Carpenter Hall. Two of the above books won ACSA National Design awards.

Ron Tan, FAIA

Ron Tan, FAIA was born in Singapore, an island located on the southern tip of the Malaysian peninsula. A graduate of the University of Idaho, he was the recipient of the Arthur L. Swim Award, for leadership and creativeness. He has taught, lectured and been a public speaker reaching countless architecture students, public school students and students of all walks of life in his advocacy of architecture and the arts. He has served the profession as a two-term Member of the Washington State Board of Registration for Architects, chaired the Western Region of NCARB, Master Grader and Design Exam Writer for the Architects Registration Examination and is currently serving his third term on the Washington state Capitol Campus Design Advisory Committee.

As artist, sculptor, craftsman, fundraiser, board member, teacher and performing arts enthusiast, he is uniquely identified as The Area Architect/Artist.

Susan H. Jones, AIA                            

atelierjones llc

atelierjones is an architecture and design firm focusing on creating delight within sustainable, dense urban environments.   Their work has won multiple design awards and been published and exhibited nationally and internationally.  A strong emphasis on uniting design, research, and sustainability, the firm engages in competitions, international sustainable research, and revitalizing our dense urban core.  An Affiliate Associate Professor at the University of Washington, its founding principal, Susan Jones, a LEED professional, has worked and taught design in cities around the world including San Francisco, Boston, Vienna and Berlin.

We still need volunteers! Anyone interested in participating in the Regional Design Awards Committee please contact Melissa McFadgen at 838-6904.