Arizona Architects Medal
The Arizona Architects Medal is bestowed upon AIA Arizona members who have advanced the profession of architecture with outstanding professional achievements and evidence of social responsibility within the greater community.
Each nominee’s work and career will be evaluated with special regard to professional and social integrity, and will be judged based upon their devotion to the art and craft of architecture, design, and desire to better the physical environment. Nominees may be considered upon the basis of notable career accomplishments or upon the basis of a single outstanding achievement.
Nominees for the Arizona Architects Medal are reviewed by a special jury composed of two Arizona-based AIA Fellows and three AIA Fellows based outside the state.
The nomination period for the 2025 Arizona Architects Medal will open in May 2025, with an expected deadline in July 2025. More information will be available within that timeframe here, on the awards portal.
Most Recent Winners
Arizona Architects Medal Honorees
2024 Damon Leverett, AIA
2022 Gary Nelson, AIA
2021 James Trahan, AIA
2020 Robert Miller, AIA
2020 Caroline Lobo, AIA
2019 Mark Ryan, FAIA
2018 Edward Jones, FAIA
2017 Neal Jones, FAIA
2016 Diane Jacobs, FAIA
2016 Constantine “Dino” Sakellar, FAIA
2014 Brian Cassidy, AIA
2013 Jack DeBartolo 3, FAIA
2012 Don Ryden, AIA
2012 Philip Weddle, FAIA
2011 Marlene Imirzian, FAIA
2011 Rich Pawelko, AIA
2010 Mark Roddy, FAIA
2010 Henry Tom, FAIA
2008 Will Bruder, FAIA
2008 Jeremy Jones, AIA
2008 James Richärd, FAIA
2008 Gordon Rogers, AIA
2007 Tom Posedly, FAIA
2007 Wellington “Duke” Reiter, FAIA
2006 Dave Burns, AIA
2006 Mark Vinson, FAIA
2004 Edward Marley, FAIA
2005 Ron McCoy, FAIA
2003 Hugh Knoell, AIA
2002 Douglas Whitneybell, AIA
2001 John Kane, FAIA
2000 John Douglas, FAIA
1999 Ronald Peters, AIA
1998 Herman Orcutt, AIA
1998 Howell “Chip” Shay, III, AIA
1997 Morris Stein, FAIA
1996 Stuart Siefer, AIA
1995 David Scheatzle, FAIA
1994 Patrick Rehse, FAIA
1993 Charles Albanese, FAIA
1992 Doug Sydnor, FAIA
1990 Robert Hershberger, FAIA
1989 James Abell, FAIA
1989 Les Wallach, FAIA
1988 Zsitvay Gabor Lorant, FAIA
1986 Richard Goewey, AIA
1986 Penny Posedly, FAIA
1986 Robert Swaim, AIA
1985 Philip Wade Dinsmore, FAIA
1984 R. Brooks Leonard, AIA
1984 James Wares, AIA
1983 Richard Anderson, FAIA
1983 Jimmie Nunn, FAIA
1982 Nicholas Sakellar, FAIA
1982 William Cook, FAIA
1982 Craig Walling, AIA
1981 Gordon Heck, AIA
1981 Ned Sawyer, AIA
1980 Earl Kai Chann, FAIA
1980 Richard Drover, AIA
1980 Thomas Zimmerman, FAIA
1977 Bernie Friedman, AIA
1977 Robert Sexton, FAIA
1976 Dwight Busby, AIA
1976 Frederick Mark Edson, AIA
1975 Michael Goodwin, FAIA
1975 Gordon Luepke, AIA