FTI Recognizes College of Fellows Inductees
The Facade Tectonics Institute (FTI) will hold its College of Fellows ceremony to induct ten individuals at the World Congress in Salt Lake City on October 9th.
The 2024 nominees include architects Karen Brandt, David Fixler, Rowan Georges, Lisa Heschong, and Stacey Hooper, engineers Richard Green Hamid Vossoughi, Façade consultant Chuck Knickerbocker, and Façade Tectonics Institute Board members Roger Fricke and Valerie Block.
The College of Fellows seeks to stimulate a sharing of interests among Fellows, promote the purposes of the Institute, advance the profession of Façade design, mentor young Façade creators, and be of ever-increasing service to the Institute. The College of Fellows, founded in 2016, is composed of members of the Institute who are elected to Fellowship by a jury of their peers. Fellowship is one of the highest honors the FTI can bestow upon a member. Elevation to Fellowship not only recognizes the achievements in Façade design as an individual but also elevates before the public and the profession those Façade creators who have made significant contributions to architecture and to the Institute.
In 2023, the College of Fellows introduced a series of podcasts on a variety of façade-related topics, enabling Fellows to share their expertise with students and young professionals. These podcasts are available on the FTI website.
About Facade Tectonics Institute
The Facade Tectonics Institute (FTI) is the premier member organization for building industry and professionals as well as academic, government, and nonprofit organizations and institutions focused on healthy and livable communities. The Institute’s primary objective is to fuel discussion and collaborative research that bridges fragmented market segments of the building industry, pairing government, academia, ownership, and industry professionals. Integral to this mission is the dissemination of historical, theoretical, and practical information derived from this research to the building marketplace, thereby acting as a conduit and facilitator for both learning and further collaborative research pursuits.