Architect Ann McCallum Named to Prestigious AIA Fellowship

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Ann McCallum

WILLIAMSTOWN, July 3, 2003 — Ann McCallum was inducted into the American Institute of Architects’ College of Fellows at a ceremony in May at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, Calif.

McCallum is one of 62 architects nationwide who were honored for their significant national contributions to society in the profession of architecture. Of the 70,000 AIA membership, fewer than 2,400 have been awarded the honor of fellowship. The elevation to fellowship is conferred on architects who have made significant contributions. McCallum was honored for her “promotion of the aesthetic, scientific, and practical efficiency of the profession.”

McCallum is principal with her husband, F. Andrus Burr, of Burr and McCallum Architects. A recent Boston Globe Magazine article (May 18, 2003) complimented the firm, “known for understated, tradition-anchored, and environmentally sensitive work. The small 21-year-old firm has had considerable experience with adaptive reuse, which often involves a lot of imagination and not enough money.”

Their projects include The Porches Inn in North Adams, the Fitchburg Art Museum, production facilities for Hemmings Motor News in Bennington, and the award-winning Hoepfner and the Tarses houses in Williamstown.

McCallum teaches architectural design at Williams College, and she has been commissioned by the college to design its new B&L Building at the end of Spring Street.

Before starting Burr and McCallum Architects, McCallum served as a designer and draftsman with Guiseppe Milanesi/Fabrizio Giraldi Architetti in Livorno, Italy and Herbert S. Newman Associates in New Haven, Conn., and as a project architect with Rafael Vinoly in New York.

She has been the recipient of many awards for her professional excellence, including the Boston Society of Architects Award for Excellence in Design, first prize in the biennial Andrea Palladio competition, and first and second prize in the Western Mass AIA Biennial Awards Programs.

She received her B.A. in economics from McGill University in 1974 and her M.A. in architecture from the Yale University School of Architecture in 1980.

Since 1857, the AIA has represented the professional interests of America’s architects. The AIA fellowship program was developed to elevate those architects who have made a significant contribution to architecture and society and who have achieved a standard of excellence in the profession. Election to fellowship not only recognizes the achievements of architects as individuals, but also their significant contribution to architecture and society on a national level.

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