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General:

Marilyn Archer is a Principal and Professional Services Practice Leader with Gensler.  After receiving her BFA degree with honors, she continued her education with graduate courses in architecture and business at Rice University. Her interest in the creative process is one that is strongly rooted in both academic interest and professional practice.

Marilyn’s work for corporations, law firms and consulting firms has provided a consistent and long-standing platform for innovation and creative problem solving.  It has also lead to her induction into IIDA’s College of Fellows and her inclusion on several professional and academic boards.

Speaking / Jury Engagements:

•    Juror:    IIDA Texas Chapter Conference, San Antonio, Texas 1997

TAID State Conference, Houston, Texas, 1996

•    Moderator:    TSA/IIDA Conference, Fort Worth, Texas 2003

TSA/IIDA Conference, Austin, Texas 2002

IIDA, “Knock Offs”, 1994

IIDA, “Breaking the Corporate American Paradigm, 1992

IIDA, “Designing with the Big Boys”, 1990

•    Panelist:    IIDA, “How To Get Your Work Published”, University of Houston, 1999

IIDA, Texas Chapter Conference, Houston, Texas, 1998

IIDA, Texas Chapter Conference, San Antonio, Texas, 1997

•    Speaker:    IIDEX NeoCon, Canada, 2004

            NeoCon, Chicago, Illinois, 2005

            NeoCon, Chicago, Illinois, 2004

            NeoCon West, Los Angeles, 2004

            NeoCon, Chicago, Illinois, 2003

            Office Users National Conference, San Antonio, Texas 2001

            TSA/IIDA Conference, San Antonio, Texas 2000

            IIDA Conference, Houston, Texas, 1998

            IIDA Conference, San Antonio, Texas, 1997

Professional Affiliations:

•    International Interior Design Association

•    Rice Design Alliance, Past President, Board of Directors

•    American Society of Interior Designers

•    Texas Association for Interior Design

•    American Institute of Architects

•    Texas Society of Architects

Awards:   

•    Susman Godfrey, Houston, IIDA Design Excellence in Commercial Interiors, 2007

•    Pillsbury Winthrop, Houston, ASID Honorable Mention, 2007

•    AIA Honor Award, Houston Chapter, 2003

•    Design Excellence Award, IIDA Texas Oklahoma Chapter, 2003

•    Honorable Mention, IIDA Texas Oklahoma Chapter, 2003

•    AIA Honor Award, Houston Chapter, 1998

•    First Place, Corporate, IIDA Texas Chapter Competition, 1998

•    First Place/ Commercial, ASID, Gulf Coast Chapter, 1989