The Architectural Team's Bob Verrier Elected to AIA College of Fellows

CHELSEA, Mass., Feb. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Award-winning architecture, historic restoration, preservation and master-planning firm The Architectural Team has announced that managing principal, Robert J. Verrier, has been elected to the American Institute of Architects (AIA) prestigious College of Fellows.

The Fellowship program, one of the highest professional honors for American architects, was developed by the Washington, D.C.-based AIA 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.

"It's a tremendous honor to be recognized as an AIA Fellow, and one that reminds us that our mission goes beyond designing buildings," says Verrier, "It is a life-work commitment to making the world a better place in which to work, to live, to learn and to grow."

This year, 105 architects from around the country were awarded the Fellow designation, by showing they are "advancing the living standards of people through an improved environment" and "making the profession of ever-increasing service to society."

Verrier is well known nationally among architects involved in historic landmarks, affordable housing and multifamily development. His projects are noteworthy for revitalizing communities, especially waterfront sites, historic mills, hospitals, and disadvantaged zones of his native greater Boston.

Verrier's love of old buildings, and his passion for the preservation of historic fabric, has overlapped with his devotion to creating "quality, safe and attractive housing for those who could not afford it otherwise." Historic restoration projects with affordable housing include The Franklin Square House and Kenmore Abbey, both in Boston. Verrier enjoys an unusually strong reputation among real estate developers, business and institutional leaders, and charitable groups.

The announcement comes as The Architectural Team celebrates its 41st anniversary, and it adds to Verrier's long list of honors, including a lifetime achievement designation from Habitat for Humanity of Greater Boston in 2010.  

Founded in 1971, The Architectural Team, Inc. (www.architecturalteam.com) is a 60-person master planning and architectural firm with a portfolio of distinctive solutions for large urban mixed-use developments, multifamily residential, commercial, hospitality, recreational, and academic facilities, and a national reputation for historic preservation and adaptive reuse.

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SOURCE The Architectural Team, Inc.