Directory - Triangle Modernist Houses

Kenneth A. Lambla, AIA
U n iversity Rep resentative
Ken Lambla, AIA is Dean of the College of
Architecture, UNC Charlotte,where he also served
as Chair from 1997-2002. He received his
Bachelor of Environmental Design degree from
the University of Kansas, and his Master of
Architecture degree from the University of
California, Berkeley. His career in both education
and practice is focused on architecture as community
development and advocates social
responsibility, craft, and innovation and has
taught in lllinois, California, Canada and North
Carolina. His teaching has focused on design,
design process, and history. He has worked as an
architect and urban designer in Belfast (Northern
lreland), Chicago San Francisco, and during his
tenure at UNC Charlotte throughout North
Carolina on educational and institutional projects.
As Co-Director of the "Elizabeth Urban
Design and Transportation Study" (Charlotte), he
won a national ASLA award and used this
research in advocating zoning changes in
Charlotte. He has directed architectural programs
in London (UK),The Netherlands, France,and ltaly,
as well as being foreign resident director for university
programs. His research has focused on
social histories of housing projects completed in
Chicago and Rotterdam,The Netherlands.
Marvin J. Malecha, FAIA
U n ive rsity Rep rese ntative
Marvin J. Malecha, FAIA, was appointed dean of
the College of Design at N.C. State University in
1994. He holds a bachelor of architecture from
the University of Minnesota and a Master of
Architecture from Harvard University. Malecha is
an Association of Collegiate Schools of
Architecture (ACSA) Distinguished Professor. In
2006 AIA sponsored his book, The Learning
Organization and the Evolution of practice
Academy Concepts. Malecha is the 2003 Topaz
Medallion Laureate for Excellence in Architectural
Education awarded by the AIA and the ACSA.In
2002, he was awarded the National Council of
Architectural Registration Boards' (NCARB) prize
for creative integration of practice and education
in the academy. Malecha is a distinguished alumnus
of the University of Minnesota, College of
Architecture and Landscape Architecture. Prior to
his appointment at N.C. State, Malecha was dean
for 12 years of the College of Environmental
Design at California State Polytechnic University,
Pomona. Malecha has served as president of the
ACSA and the California Council of Architectural
Education and has served as a master juror for
NCARB and on the National Architectural
Accrediting Board. As an architect, he gained
experience working with the firm of Hugh
Stubbins and Associates in Cambridge, Mass. He
maintains a consulting practice while acting as an
academic administrator.
Robin Abrams, PhD
U n iversity Represe ntative
Dr. Robin Abrams, AlA, ASLA, has been selected
as the result of a nationwide search as the first
female head of the School of Architecture in
North Carolina State University's College of
Design.
Abrams was previously an assistant and
associate professor of architecture at Texas A&M
University while maintaining a professional
practice in urban design. Most recently she
served as associate department head in the
Department of Architecture. Previously she was
chair of the Bachelor of Environmental Design
program, the Master of Architecture program,
and the Ph.D. program, as well as coordinator for
the London Summer Study Abroad Program.In
addition to her tenure at Texas A&M, Abrams
served as Visiting Associate Professor in the
Master of Landscape Architecture program at
The University of Texas and Visiting Lecturer in
the Department of Landscape, Faculty of
Architecture at the University of Sheffield,
England.
She is a registered architect and a registered
landscape architect who holds membership in
both The American Institute of Architects and
the American Society for Landscape Architects.
Abrams received her bachelor's degree in urban
studies from Northwestern University, her master
of science in urban and regional planning as
well as her master of architecture from The
University of Texas at Austin, and her Ph.D. in
Landscape Studies from The University of
5heffield, England.
Samuel H.Johnson, Esq.
Legal Counsel
Sam Johnson has served as legal counselfor AIA
North Carolina since 1985. He is senior partner in
the Raleigh law firm of Johnson, Hearn,Vinegar,
Gee & Glass, PLLC and an honorary affiliate
member of AIA North Carolina. A past member
of the North Carolina General Assembly,
Johnson is the AIA lobbyist at the General
Assembly. He is past chairman of both the House
Appropriations Committee and the House
Judiciary Committee, and he has served as a
UNC Board of Trustees member. Johnson
received his undergraduate and law degrees
from the University of North Carolina.
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