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December 20, 2006

RK Steward is AIA national president

RK Stewart, a principal at Gensler Architecture, Design & Planning, became the 83rd president of The American Institute of Architects on Dec. 8. He succeeds Katherine Schwennsen and will represent 80,000 AIA members.

Stewart helped form the AIA’s position on using sustainable design to reduce by at least 50 percent the amount of fossil fuels used to construct and operate buildings by 2010.

“Climate change, carbon emissions, greenhouse gases, green design — call it what you will, the need to change how we inhabit the planet to avoid catastrophic consequences is now widely accepted,” Stewart said.

Stewart was named an AIA Fellow in 2001. Additionally, he has been recognized by the industry with such awards as the Octavius Morgan Distinguished Service Award, the Preservation Design Award, the U.S. Institute of Theater Technology Award and the First Place award in the 18th Interiors Magazine Awards for Public Spaces & Entertainment.




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