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