Ian Merker

Architect. “Sometimes you have to put reason aside and make something beautiful.” -Oscar Niemeyer

[Ian Merker @IanMerker]

@ericcoreyfreed @CannonDesign plugged our Bateson project as a case study+carbon tools w/an illustrative panel of preservation leaders 2 push 4 language, fact & data shares with clients/campuses 2 not knock down concrete-"Taming the Brut" #A23con @UMass @GoodyClancy @GettyMuseum

[Ian Merker @IanMerker]

Carol Ross Barney FAIA @r_barc
shapes Chicago and the minds of future architects with social and climate responsibility at heart. Congrats on the 2023 @AIANational Gold Medal
#a23con

[Ian Merker @IanMerker]

@AIA_COTE network came in droves to toast the best performing projects in our profession. Thanks to @LMS_arch for inviting us to your comfy home bedecked with many past #cotetop10 past accolades #A23Con

[Ian Merker @IanMerker]

@evelynmlee represents a lot of things to a lot of people. To me, she is an architect that inspires us to think big, work different, and balance life. Congrats on #101 - your friend is here to help make it awesome @AIACALIF @AIANational @AIAYAF https://t.co/j69bz7iytz #A23Con

[Ian Merker @IanMerker]

Barbara Bouza FAIA @Disney Imagineering and fellow alum @calpolypomona leads an impressive team of 100+ disciplines with the mind of an architect, "We immersive our guests in experiences that create memories of a lifetime" #a23con #WeAreCPP

[Ian Merker @IanMerker]

Open source research, complicated work that brings positive change. Kudos as @mithun_design takes the Firm Award at #a23con

[Ian Merker @IanMerker]

https://t.co/GoDzgfA7je @li_na_bo encourages us to see, hear, smell, touch, and dance through the topographies and textures of the city. #A23CON GT101 'happening' again on Saturday.

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@zeyneparhon presented instead of Nicole.

[Ian Merker @IanMerker]

Chris Allen @JacobsConnects Kevin Halsey of Ecometrix, Nicole Miller @Biomimicry38 Sean Quinn @HOKNetwork discuss strategies of regenerative, resilient design we can bring home and leverage development, activating nature in buildings. Real and necessary design solutions @ #A23CON

[Ian Merker @IanMerker]

"If you want to have the best people, find a way to keep those people inspired and engaged." Uber-mentor and my inspiration for chill leadership @BKasdan chats with @PracticeofArch 115: Leading a Culture of Mentorship https://t.co/vuJaahVC3x #OneTeamOneDream

[Ian Merker @IanMerker]

@24_architect @KIERANTMBERLK The doorknobs and exit signs on inswinging doors are a dead giveaway 😄

[Ian Merker @IanMerker]

CannonDesign made Interior Design's 2023 Top 100 Giants list at #7 overall and #1 in health & education design. Plus, we were named the most admired interior design firm by our industry peers. https://t.co/D9YmmJECbG

[Ian Merker @IanMerker]

@HsnRgb @joshuamings

[Leigh Christy @leighschristy]

Regenerative Design “aims to use human intervention to not just stop environmental degradation, but also to restore the relationships between natural, social, and man-made systems…” #innovation #arccadigest @AIACALIF
https://t.co/Ux4BasDxn5

[Ian Merker @IanMerker]

@evelynmlee No but I just finished my ADAs and ZNEs

[Ian Merker @IanMerker]

@L2DesignLLC

[Ian Merker @IanMerker]

@JodyBrownArch Arcade Fire - Sprawl

Sometimes I wonder if the world's so small
That we can never get away from the sprawl
Living in the sprawl
Dead shopping malls rise like mountains beyond mountains
And there's no end in sight
I need the darkness, someone please cut the lights

[Ian Merker @IanMerker]

This bonus season, try not to look purely at compensation and take a step back to evaluate who you are as a professional and global citizen. @PracticeofArch 100: Best of Practice Disrupted is my reminder https://t.co/hIBVetGhsP

[Ian Merker @IanMerker]

As players of Civilization V already know, the discovery of nuclear fusion gets us only one thing

giant death robots

[Ian Merker @IanMerker]

Chatting with @etroxel of @tectapp on the @AIANational #A22Con expo floor. Thanks for the opportunity to share what makes me tick. https://t.co/mVPoxCgCfi