American, b. 1943
Merrill Elam is an American architect and educator based in Atlanta, Georgia. She is a principal with Mack Scogin in Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects where their work spans buildings, interiors, planning, graphics and exhibition design, and research. She received a Bachelor of Architecture from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1971 and a Master of Business Administration at the J. Mack Robinson College of Business Georgia State University in 1982.
Elam worked as an architect and senior associate at Heery & Heery Architects & Engineers for 12 years prior to establishing Scogin Elam and Bray Architects in 1984. In 2000, Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects was established.
In addition to an active practice, Elam has been a visiting professor in architecture programs across the country including Harvard University, Yale University, University of Toronto, University of Virginia, The Ohio State University, Syracuse University, and University of Texas at Austin. She also formerly acted as president of the Georgia State Board of Architects. In addition she aided in founding the Architecture Society of Atlanta and is the organization's former president.
Among her numerous awards and honors is the Design Leader Award, Women in Architecture Awards, Architectural Record, 2014; Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award for Architecture, 2012; Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize in Architecture, American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2011; Arts and Letters Award in Architecture, American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1995.
Elam worked as an architect and senior associate at Heery & Heery Architects & Engineers for 12 years prior to establishing Scogin Elam and Bray Architects in 1984. In 2000, Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects was established.
In addition to an active practice, Elam has been a visiting professor in architecture programs across the country including Harvard University, Yale University, University of Toronto, University of Virginia, The Ohio State University, Syracuse University, and University of Texas at Austin. She also formerly acted as president of the Georgia State Board of Architects. In addition she aided in founding the Architecture Society of Atlanta and is the organization's former president.
Among her numerous awards and honors is the Design Leader Award, Women in Architecture Awards, Architectural Record, 2014; Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award for Architecture, 2012; Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize in Architecture, American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2011; Arts and Letters Award in Architecture, American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1995.
