2021 AIA President-Elect
Peter Exley has established an internationally recognized practice of award-winning architecture for children, families, and communities, elevating the standards of design for learning and play environments. He is the co-founder of Architecture Is Fun, a Chicago-based architecture, design, and consulting firm. Dedicated to helping the next generation of architects, Peter has also been a professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) for more than 25 years. He will serve as the 97th President of the American Institute of Architects in 2021.
Pritzker Laureate Balkrishna Doshi is a fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architect and a Fellow of the Indian Institute of Architects. After initial study at the J J School of Architecture, Bombay, he worked for four years with Le Corbusier as Senior Designer (1951-54) in Paris and four more years in India to supervise his projects in Ahmedabad. His office Vastu Shilpa (Environmental design) was established in 1955.
Co-founders, Barclay & Crousse Architecture
Sandra Barclay received the 2018 Woman in Architecture Award from the Architectural Review. She is a foreign member of the French Académie d’Architecture and Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
Jean Pierre Crousse is Director of the Master Program in Architecture at the PUCP, Peru. Design Critic at Harvard GSD (2015). Member of the jury for the Mies Crown Hall Architecture Prize, Chicago, 2016.
Sandra and Jean Pierre were co-curators of the Peruvian Pavilion at the 15th Venice Biennale, 2016, which obtained the Special Mention of the Jury.
Honorary Fellows Keynote Lecture: Working with What is Available
The internationally acclaimed architect Francis Kéré garnered critical praise from the beginning of his architectural practice when awarded the prestigious Aga Khan Award for Architecture (2004) for his first ever building - a primary school he designed, raised the funds for and realised in collaboration with the residents of his native Gando, Burkina Faso.
2019 President, American Institute of Architects
Special International Correspondent, Architectural Record
AIA CE First Vice-President
Past President of AIA Continental Europe
AIA IR Director for AIA UK
AIA IR Singapore - City in Nature: Towards a greener, cleaner and healthier tomorrow
Co-founder and VP of Human-Machine Interactions, HAL Robotics
Associate Professor, MIT
Principal, Brooks + Scarpa Architects
Dean of the School of Architecture, Art and Design, American University in Dubai
CEO, Emergency Architecture & Human Rights (EAHR)
Founder, PI Architect
Commissioner, Professional Regulation Commission
Director, Somaya & Kalappa Consultants (SNK)
President of the American Institute of Architects, 2014
Lead Designer, NBBJ
First Vice President, AIA International Region
