Duncan Fulton, FAIA

Duncan Fulton, FAIA, is founder and retired chairman and CEO of GFF. For more than 40 years, he has exemplified the citizen architect through sustained leadership in Dallas civic life. Fulton has served the AT&T Performing Arts Center, Dallas Arboretum, Methodist Health System, Dallas Theater Center, Dallas Assembly, and City of University Park, guiding projects ranging from work on the historic DeGolyer House and Kalita Humphreys Theater master plan to the revitalization of Snider Plaza and the creation of seven new major medical centers. More recently, he has been helping to lead the campaign to preserve I.M. Pei’s Dallas City Hall, making a forceful public case for its preservation.

Brien Graham, AIA

Brien Graham, AIA, NOMA, is civic, municipal, and cultural market leader at KAI Design and has served as a strategic equity leader across all levels of AIA and NOMA. He is a pipeline builder whose work is marked by deep commitment to mentorship, licensure, scholarship initiatives, and youth outreach programs. Graham is the NOMA South Region vice president, serves on TxA’s Nominating Committee, and recently completed a term on the AIA Strategic Council. He is recognized for helping to expand the EDI conversation and establish an architecture summer camp at AIA Dallas, and for guiding the adoption of equitable practice principles at his former firm, LPA.

Kate Aoki, AIA

Kate Aoki, AIA, is co-founder of the exhibit and design consultancy Golden Egg Creative, where she draws on her years at DSGN Associates and as head of exhibition design at the Dallas Museum of Art. She served as president of AIA Dallas in 2023, prioritizing membership engagement and EDI while leading an overhaul of the chapter’s website and publications. She has also served on the TxA Government Affairs Steering Committee and TAC Advisory Board. As an adjunct professor at UTA and board member of the Dallas Architecture Forum, Aoki is committed to mentoring emerging professionals and advancing design culture in Dallas.

Corey Guidry, AIA

Corey Guidry, AIA, is an architect and project manager at Fitzpatrick Architects, where he has worked since joining the firm as an intern in 2011. Committed to professional growth and mentorship, he supports colleagues pursuing licensure, trains new interns, and helps foster a culture of learning within the office. Guidry is recognized for helping to lead the transition of the Northeast Texas chapter to a section of AIA Dallas, organizing local events, and developing videos highlighting historic buildings across the region. He also engages students through outreach programs and has led teams in design competitions including the NASA Mars 3D Habitat Challenge.

Lisa Casey, Hon. TxA, ASLA

Landscape architect Lisa Casey has strengthened the architectural profession through advocacy, interdisciplinary collaboration, education, and service at the local, state, and national levels. Since joining AIA Dallas in 2015, Casey has played a significant role on the chapter’s Communities by Design, Public Policy, and Columns Magazine committees, broadening professional dialogue around sustainability, ecosystems, resiliency, and inclusive public space. Her advocacy work has supported communities across Texas, particularly through efforts focused on tree preservation and environmental responsibility. She also writes and presents widely on resilient design practices, ecological systems, trauma-responsive environments, and the integration of nature into civic life.

KRob Competition

Founded by AIA Dallas in 1974, the Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation Competition (KRob) has evolved in its 52-year history into the world’s longest-running architectural drawing competition and a global benchmark for the craft of representation. Through its digital archive and livestreamed awards programs, the program has reached viewers in more than 160 countries, and its content is frequently featured in publications like Dezeen, ArchDaily, and Architizer. By recognizing both traditional drawings and emerging forms of representation like AI-generated imagery, VR, and 3D printing, KRob continues to elevate architecture and Texas architects on a global stage. The competition was named in memory of Ken Roberts, a prominent young architect highly skilled in hand-drawn renderings who led the program in its inaugural year.

Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center

Designed by I.M. Pei and Partners and completed in 1989, the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center stands among Texas’ most significant cultural and architectural landmarks. Pei reimagined the traditional concert hall by rotating its shoebox form 26 degrees off the street grid and surrounding it with a curving glass lobby that opens toward the Dallas skyline. The building’s limestone and glass exterior features interconnecting circles, curving planes, and sweeping arches, creating a distinctive civic presence, while its warm interior houses the acoustically renowned Eugene McDermott Concert Hall. The Meyerson helped catalyze the growth of the Dallas Arts District into the nation’s largest contiguous urban arts district.

Architect: I.M. Pei and Partners