Past President, AIA Phoenix Metro
Carlos Murrieta, AIA, is Co-Founder and Principal at Merge Architectural Group in Phoenix. He started his career in Mexico after graduating with a B.S. in Architecture from Tec de Monterrey in 1993. He started his own practice from 1994 to 2001. He decided to start practicing in the United States, founding Merge Architectural Group in 2012.
Carlos is a recipient of the AIA 2016 Young Architect Award (AIA10) and the AIA 2023 Allied Members Choice Award; he serves as the 2024 AIA Phoenix Metro President and the AZBTR Advisory Enforcement Committee; he is one of the founders of NOMA Arizona, where he served as President from 2020 to 2021; a former member of the NCARB Examination Committee from 2020 to 2023 and has served on the Education and Awards committees at the Construction Specifications Institute from 2004 to 2010.
Carlos has a great interest in being a catalyst for change; he decided to participate directly in the education of future generations, empowered by his participation in the AIA Young Architect’s Forum in Washington DC, where he represented Arizona over the SUMMIT-20. The influence of SUMMIT 20 not only triggered his interest in starting his own practice but also made him aware of the need to become an Arizona State University’s Master of Architecture program faculty member and a mentor to AIAS and NOMAS students in both Arizona State University and the University of Arizona, where change could be attained during the early years of training of younger generations.
Carlos is a recipient of the AIA 2016 Young Architect Award (AIA10) and the AIA 2023 Allied Members Choice Award; he serves as the 2024 AIA Phoenix Metro President and the AZBTR Advisory Enforcement Committee; he is one of the founders of NOMA Arizona, where he served as President from 2020 to 2021; a former member of the NCARB Examination Committee from 2020 to 2023 and has served on the Education and Awards committees at the Construction Specifications Institute from 2004 to 2010.
Carlos has a great interest in being a catalyst for change; he decided to participate directly in the education of future generations, empowered by his participation in the AIA Young Architect’s Forum in Washington DC, where he represented Arizona over the SUMMIT-20. The influence of SUMMIT 20 not only triggered his interest in starting his own practice but also made him aware of the need to become an Arizona State University’s Master of Architecture program faculty member and a mentor to AIAS and NOMAS students in both Arizona State University and the University of Arizona, where change could be attained during the early years of training of younger generations.