Texas A&M College of Architecture former students Jean Mah ’71 and Gordon E. Landreth ’67 were elected to the American Institute of Architects’ College of Fellows in January 2008. The investiture of Mah, Landreth and other new AIA Fellows will take place during the AIA National Convention in Boston this month.
Fewer than 2% of all registered architects in the United States are elected to fellowship in the AIA.
Mah, a principal and healthcare planner in Perkins+Will’s Health Design Group, is recognized as a leading expert in the planning and design of complex, state-of-the-art healthcare facilities, bringing transformative ideas to a variety of healthcare planning and design projects. An Outstanding Alumna of the Texas A&M College of Architecture, Mah also servers on the college’s Dean’s Advisory Council.
Throughout her 25-year career, she has worked with clients to create “first of its kind” spaces, designing flexible environments that encourage collaboration, accommodate advanced technology, and support leading research to develop cures for the most challenging illnesses.
Notable projects include the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, the Johns Hopkins Hospital New Clinical Building in Baltimore, and the new RUSH University Medical Center in Chicago, all recognized as several of the largest, most complex projects being designed and built in the world today.
Landreth is president of Cotten Landreth Kramer Architects & Associates, Inc. in Corpus Christi. The firm was founded in 1977.
He has served for eight years on the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners, the last four as board chairman. He has also served on the AIA’s Continuing Education System committee for four years.
Cotton Landreth Kramer Architects & Associates, Inc. specializes in a wide range of projects, including healthcare, religious, and higher education facilities, office buildings, commercial developments, municipal projects, high-rise and low-rise condominiums, memorials, residential projects and industrial and community buildings.
“The College of Fellows, founded in 1952, is composed of members of the institute who are elected to fellowship by a jury of their peers,” states the AIA website. “Fellowship is one of the highest honors the AIA can bestow upon a member. Elevation to fellowship not only recognizes the achievements of the architect as an individual but also elevates before the public and the profession those architects who have made significant contributions to architecture and to our society.”
