An influential leader in integrated architecture, planning and interior design, The Architectural Team has announced strategic promotions for four longstanding team members.

Acclaimed producer and actor Frances McDormand will narrate Buildings Speak, created by The Kitchen Sisters and Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation. The one-hour special draws from the life stories of pioneering architects, including Julia Morgan, Amaza Lee Meredith and Natalie de Blois.

A national leader in architecture and the arts has been named the new executive director for the leading women’s advocacy organization Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation.

International, award-winning architecture firm Oppenheim Architecture has been selected as the 2023 Laureate of The American Prize for Architecture. The prestigious award is regarded internationally as the highest honor for architecture in the United States.

Key leadership posts have been announced by Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation, leaders in women’s advocacy. Angelica T. Baccon, AIA, has been named chair of BWAF’s Board of Trustees. Baccon is principal at SHoP Architects, which led the design of The Bev, BWAF’s new headquarters and multipurpose space.

Ware Malcomb announced Jan. 30 that Shannon Suess has joined the firm’s Seattle office as director of interior architecture and design. In this role, she will focus on the growth of the office’s interior architecture and design practice, and overall business development within the Seattle market and beyond.

With stricter energy codes on the horizon in cities nationwide, real estate leaders are more focused on sustainability and energy efficiency than ever before – and they are relying on creative, forward-looking architects to ensure both new and renovated buildings will meet both upcoming mandates and their own green design goals.

Legendary architect and champion of women practitioners Beverly Willis, FAIA, is featured in the Museum of Modern Art exhibition Emerging Ecologies: Architecture and the Rise of Environmentalism, which opened Sept. 17.

Not every architect has the opportunity to build skyscrapers. In Pennsylvania, architect and industrial designer Anna Wagner Keichline used her talents to improve the lives of her neighbors by designing their houses and gathering places.

The leading women’s advocacy organization Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation has announced a leadership change, as architect and innovator Cynthia Phifer Kracauer, AIA, the organization’s executive director for the last seven-plus years, plans to leave the post by the end of this year.