Merrill Elam
General Information
Occupation: Architect
Date of Birth: 1943
Birth City: Nashville
Birth State/Province: Tennessee
Birth Country: United States
Resident City: Atlanta
Resident State/Province: Georgia
Resident Country: United States
Specialties
No specialties on record
Jobs
Employer: Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects, Inc.
City: Atlanta
State: Georgia
Country: United States
Notes: http://www.arch.udmercy.edu/exhibit/elam.html Firm has changed name. Was also called Parker and Scogin Architects and Scogin Elam and Bray
Employer: Scogin Elam and Bray Architects
Title: Principal
City: Atlanta
State: Georgia
Country: United States
Start Date: 1984
Notes: present
Employer: Heery and Heery Architects
Title: Architect, Vice President
City: Atlanta
State: Georgia
Country: United States
Start Date: 1969
End Date: 1984
Collaborators
No collaborators on record
Apprenticeships
No apprenticeships on record
Awards
Name: South Atlantic Region AIA Honor Award
Name: Georgia AIA Design Award
Name: National AIA Honor Award for Excellence
Name: Architectural Record Houses Award
Exhibitions
Title: Architecture Intimate Space the House for the 21st Century
State: Georgia
Country: United States
Notes: 1998 at Stefan Stux Gellery
Title: The Un-Private House
City: New York
State: New York
Country: United States
Notes: Summer 1999 at the Museum of Modern Art
Title: Four Projects
City: Atlanta
State: Georgia
Country: United States
Notes: Autumn 2001at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center
Notable Projects
Title: John J. Ross-William C. Blakley Law Library
City: Tempe
State: Arizona
Country: United States
Notes: Part of Arizona State University
Title: Don and Sylvia Shaw Salon and Spa
City: Atlanta
State: Georgia
Country: United States
Title: Nomentana Residence
City: Lovell
State: Georgia
Country: United States
End Date: 1999
Notes: National AIA Award for Excellence, 1999
Title: Carol Cobb Turner Branch Library
City: Morrow
State: Georgia
Country: United States
Title: The High Museum at Georgia-Pacific Center
City: Atlanta
State: Georgia
Country: United States
End Date: 1984
Title: Atlanta Chamber of Commerce - Corporate Headquarters
City: Atlanta
State: Georgia
Country: United States
End Date: 1985
Title: Headquarters building for Clayton County Library
City: Jonesboro
State: Georgia
Country: United States
End Date: 1986
Title: Buckhead branch, Atlanta-Fulton Library
City: Atlanta
State: Georgia
Country: United States
Title: Greene County Health Center, (CDBG)
Description: Elderly Services/Medical
State: Georgia
Country: United States
Title: Medical College of Georgia, Auxiliary Services Building
Description: Education/Academic/Board of Regents
City: Augusta
State: Georgia
Country: United States
Title: Pfizer Distribution Center
Description: Industrial Public/Private
City: Memphis
State: Tennessee
Country: United States
Title: Webster's Restaurant
Description: Hospitality
City: Kalamazoo
State: Michigan
Country: United States
Title: Beta Theta Pi Fraternity House, Emory University
Description: Residential/Multifamily
City: Atlanta
State: Georgia
Country: United States
Title: Alpha XI Delta Sorority House, Georgia Institute of Technology
Description: Residential/Multifamily
City: Atlanta
State: Georgia
Country: United States
Education
Institution: Georgia Institute of Technology
Degree: Bachelor of Arts in Architecture
End Date: 1971
Institution: Georgia State University
Degree: Master in Business Administration
End Date: 1982
Licensing
No licenses on record
Professional Affiliations
Organization: American Institute of Architects (AIA)
Role: corporate member
Organization: Architecture Society of Atlanta
Role: past president and member
Organization: Georgia State Board of Architects
Role: past president and member
Organization: Board of Directors of Art Papers
Role: past member
Publications By
Title: Tips on House Design: Scogin Elam and Bray
Co-author: Mack Scogin, Lloyd Bray, and Yoshio Futagawa
Publication: GA Houses
Issue: 61
Page: 30-41
Notes: September 1999
Title: Dropping the Baton
Publication: RIBA Journal
Volume: 103
Issue: 7
Page: 86
Notes: July 1996
Title: Practitioners Grade the Schools
Co-author: Randall Lynn Elliott et. al.
Publication: Architecture
Volume: 85
Issue: 8
Page: 90-91
Notes: August 1996
Title: Interview
Publication: Practices
Issue: 3-4
Page: 2-8
Notes: Spring 1995
Title: Projects for Two Libraries
Co-author: Mack Scogin
Publication: Assemblage
Issue: 7
Page: 56-86
Notes: October 1988
Publications About
Title: The Architect: Women in Contemporary Architecture
Author: Maggie Toy ed.
Page: 54-59
Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications
Notes: 2001