The Oregon Architecture Awards planning committee is pleased to announce the jurors for the 2020 OAA:
Gina Emmanuel, AIA
Principal
Centric Architecture
Nashville, TN
When you stop and think about everything Gina accomplishes in a given day/week/month, you start to wonder if she somehow created a secret clone of herself… and if anyone were to figure out how to do that, it would be her. Gina prides herself on being the true well-rounded architect, caring just as much about true Design as art, but also skillful project execution and management, all while keeping genuine care and service to the client above all else. She also still manages to be uber-“involved” – from serving on the NAIOP board, to the Housing Trust Fund Commission, to The Catholic Charities board, and past stints with the board of the USGBC. And yet somehow still finds time to be a devoted wife and mother of 2 rowdy little boys at home.
Through it all, Gina finds a way to make everything she touches better and is constantly looking for ways to expand and improve the way we practice architecture. An almost life-long Nashvillian (by way of South Africa at a very young age), Gina was a high school valedictorian, whose passion for craft and creating beautiful things surfaced as early as age 12. Gina came to Centric post-graduation in 2002 and has been here ever since. And when you hear how fast she talks, you’ll quickly understand that her brain is just operating in a different gear than the rest of us!
Zena Howard, FAIA
Principal, Managing Director, North Carolina
Perkins and Will
Charlotte, NC
Zena Howard is a Principal and Managing Director of the North Carolina practice of global architecture and design firm Perkins and Will. Zena is known for her success leading visionary, complex, and culturally-significant projects including the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC and the Motown Museum Expansion in Detroit, MI. Her current projects include LA’s Destination Crenshaw, the City of Vancouver Hogan’s Alley initiative, and the City of Greenville Town Common Sycamore Hill Gateway project. Zena is helping these and other clients envision and create cultural destinations that will celebrate the history and context of displaced, forgotten communities.
Zena’s avid interest in shared cultural roots has shaped a body of design work that exemplifies her belief that the built environment can be a framework through which to share essential stories—strengthening the wellbeing and advancement of communities. Her career has been defined by visionary, complex, and culturally-significant projects, such as the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., that navigate social issues of equity and justice, restoring lost cultural connections by honoring history and memory.
Matthew Kreilich, FAIA
Design Principal and Partner
Snow Kreilich Architects
Minneapolis, MN
Matthew Kreilich is a design principal at Snow Kreilich Architects in Minneapolis. Recently the studio received AIA’s 2018 Architecture Firm Award, an honor that recognizes a practice that consistently has produced distinguished architecture for at least 10 years. He is the heart of the firm's collaborative working model with an active participation in both strategic and detail design resolution. Matt provides his design leadership on all the firm's projects. Additionally, he has taught at the University of Minnesota College of Design and Syracuse University as well as participated in visiting critiques at GSD and Washington University. Matthew was recently a juror for the Progressive Architecture Award and continues to participate on AIA juries throughout the country as well as lectures in both academic and professional settings.
Patti Rhee, FAIA
Partner
EYRC Architects
Culver City, CA
Patricia Rhee is a Partner at Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects, where she has practiced for 20 years, and was recently elevated to AIA’s College of Fellows. Patricia received her Master's degree in Architecture from Harvard's Graduate School of Design and her Bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania. She is the recipient of the 2017 Culver City Women in Business Council Visionary Award, and was also a Founding Co-Chair of the AIA Los Angeles Women in Architecture committee. In 2015, her firm received the 2015 National AIA Firm Award, one of the industry’s highest honors.
Patricia has served as Partner in Charge and Lead Designer for several of the firm’s most notable projects including the Culver Steps, John M. Roll Federal Courthouse and The Press Adaptive Re-Use. Her project experience ranges from civic to institutional and commercial developments of all scales and multiple delivery methods including design-build. She has lectured internationally, most recently at University of Melbourne’s School of Design where Parlour co-hosted the Transformations: Actions in Equity Symposium.
Scott Wolf, FAIA
Partner
Miller Hull Partnership
Seattle, WA
Scott Wolf, FAIA, is a Partner at The Miller Hull Partnership, recipient of the 2003 AIA Architecture Firm Award and widely recognized as a leader in environmentally responsible design. Since joining Miller Hull in 1993, Scott has built a national reputation as a sustainable design leader, with a focus on innovative and responsible water, wastewater and stormwater strategies. His projects have received widespread recognition, including multiple local & regional awards, two AIA National COTE Top Ten Earth Day Awards, an AIA National Housing Honor Award and three AIA National Honor Awards for Architecture. In 2012, Scott was elevated to the AIA College of Fellows as the result of the design work that he has led at Miller Hull exploring the rich and diverse opportunities of sustainable water, wastewater and stormwater systems in his projects.
Scott is a graduate of North Carolina State University and earned his Masters in Architecture from the University of Oregon. He has served on numerous architecture and landscape architecture design awards juries including acting as Chair of the AIA National Honor Awards for Architecture in 2014. Scott has also lectured throughout the United States and Canada on sustainable infrastructure, high performance buildings and the work & office culture of Miller Hull.