Randall Stout, FAIA, is the President and Principal-in-Charge of Los Angeles-based Randall Stout Architects, Inc. Regarded as a visionary whose evocative design aesthetic consistently challenges architectural conventions, Stout creates environments that capture the unique composition of their natural surroundings, while transforming light, shadow, form, and materials into dynamic architecture.

Directing projects worldwide, Stout’s design experience encompasses museum, civic, educational, commercial, institutional, industrial, recreational, and residential facilities. Across this broad spectrum of project types, his buildings are known for dynamic forms, state of the art technology, and environmental sustainability. Current projects include the Art Museum of Western Virginia, the Art Gallery of Alberta, and the Institute for the Visual Arts at the University of Alabama, Birmingham.

Holding many roles including educator, mentor, and environmentalist, Stout is an active leader in the profession. Frequently serving as an adjunct professor, lecturer, or architecture studio critic, Stout has contributed to the academy by teaching innovative design and sustainability strategies and lecturing at academic and professional conferences across the country. Most recently Stout served as the E. Fay Jones Chair of Architecture at the University of Arkansas.

A passionate advocate for environmental responsibility, Stout is a LEED Accredited Professional. He lectures widely on the topic of green design and focuses on real strategies and results for sustainable design both in the U.S. and abroad. Notable sustainable projects include the Steinhude Sea Recreational Facility which was awarded an AIA-COTE Top Ten Green Award and the German SOLTEC 98 Award for “Innovation in Technology.”

Featured in international publications and exhibitions, Stout’s projects have been honored with a number of awards for excellence in design and sustainability. Most recently, the Art Museum of Western Virginia was recognized for an American Architecture Award from the Chicago Athenaeum. RSA projects have been published in books and magazines in North America, Europe and Asia, and are featured in the monograph, Environmental Alchemy: Randall Stout Architects.

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

• American Institute of Architects (FAIA) #131334 College of Fellows 2003
• Architect: States of Alabama (6224), California (C20852), New Mexico (004542), North Carolina (7728), Ohio (11885), Rhode Island (2584), South Carolina (7229), Texas (10124), Tennessee (16,443) and Virginia (011091)
• National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) #29679
• Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) #109731
• Alberta Association of Architects (AAA) #RA3033
• California Council of Interior Design Certification (CCIDC) #2415
• Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
• General Services Administration, National Registry of Peer Professionals, 2004-2006 Peer
• U.S. Green Building Council, Firm Member

AWARDS & HONORS

• Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Commission Award 2008: Dockweiler State Beach Youth Center
• Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award 2007: Taubman Museum of Art
• American Institute of Steel Construction, Innovative Design in Structural Steel (IDEAS2) 2006: Hunter Museum of American Art
• AIA Gulf States Design Award 2006: Hunter Museum of American Art
• AIA/LA Decade Honor Award 2006: Steinhüde Sea
• Prix Special Du Jury Audace Laureat/Archizinc Special Jury Prize for Innovation 2006: Hunter Museum of American Art
• Tennessee AIA Award of Excellence 2005: Hunter Museum of American Art
• Metal Architecture Design Award 2005: Hunter Museum of American Art
• Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award 2004: Hunter Museum of American Art
• Wood Design and Building Honor Award 2004: Cognito Films
• AIA Top Ten Green Award 2003: Steinhüde Sea Recreational Facility
• AIA/LA Design Citation Award 2003: Steinhüde Sea Recreational Facility
• California Council AIA Merit Award 2003: Cognito Films
• California Council AIA Merit Award 2002: Blair Graphics
• AIA/LA Merit Award 2001: Cognito Films
• AIA/LA Honor Award 2000: Blair Graphics
• AIA/LA Design Citation Award: 2000 Rehme Water Station
• Architecture Magazine sponsored participant "First Annual Conference on Applied Brilliance," June 2000
• Expo 2000 Tour: Four projects sanctioned by Expo for "Energy + Environment Boulevard"
• AIA/LA Next LA Honor Award 1998: Steinhüde Sea Recreational Facility
• AIA/LA Merit Award 1998: North Minden Power Plant
• SOLTEC 98 Award "Innovation in Technology": Germany
• AIA Honor Award 1995: Toledo Museum of Art - FOG/A
• Progressive Architecture Award 1993: Disney Concert Hall - FOG/A
• CCAIA Honor Award 1992: Toledo Museum of Art - FOG/A
• Texas Society of Architects: Graphic Design Award, 1988
• Morris R. Pittman Travelling Fellowship: 1988
• Graduate Program Fellowship, Rice University: 1987-1988
• Houston Proud - Community Service Award for Airport Corridors Project, 1985
• Henry Adams AIA Medal for Excellence in Architecture: 1981
• Chancellor's Citation for Extraordinary Professional Promise: 1981
• General Shale Scholarship for Architectural Studies: 1980
• ASC/AIA National Design Competition Design Award "Energy House of the 80's"
• Tau Sigma Delta Honor Society, Architecture and Allied Arts
• TAAST Design Award: 1981
• Honors Studio-Walter Netsch: 1980
• The National Dean's List: 1980-81
• Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society

PUBLIC AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

• General Service Administration (GSA) - Design Excellence Peer Review
• AIA Los Angeles, Fellows Nominating Committee, 2004-2006
• AIA Los Angeles Chapter, Director 2003-2004
• University of Tennessee School of Architecture Board of Advisors 2002-2004
• AIA California Council, Sustainability Task Force 2001-2004
• Member of Los Angeles Chapter AIA Awards Committee 1999-2000
• Chair of Los Angeles Chapter AIA Award Exhibits Committee 1999
• Member of AIA Committee on the Environment 1997-present

EXHIBIT VENUES OF RSA WORK

• Art Museum of Western Virginia: "Process and Promise in a New Art Museum", Spring 2005
• The Chicago Athenaeum, American Architecture Awards Exhibition, Winter 2005
• LA 34, Architecture + Design Museum exhibit, sponsored by the Los Angeles Architecture Foundation, November 2004-February 2005
• 50 Years of Tennessee Architecture: Tennessee Society of Architects, September 2003
• Hunter Museum of American Art: November 2002
• Bel Age Hotel, West Hollywood: "Traveling Exhibit of AIA/LA Awards Program, Winning Entries" 12/8-1/5/01
• Form Zero Gallery, LA: "Traveling Exhibit of AIA/LA Awards Program Entries" November 27- December 7, 2001
• BGH Gallery/Bergamont Station: "Traveling Exhibit of AIA/LA Awards Program Entries" October 5-7, 2001
• University of Tennesse, School of Architecture - 35th Anniversary Alumni Exhibit, October 2000
• Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles: "Millennium Models" March 29 - June 01, 2000
• Bünde Town Hall Exhibit Center, Germany: RSA retrospective "Architecture + Energy" January-June 2000
• Energy Forum Innovation, Germany: RSA retrospective "Architecture + Energy" June - September 1999
• Art Center College of Design: May-June 2000
• BGH Gallery/Bergamont Station: October 1998, October 1998, 1999, 2000
• Southern California Institute of Architecture: October 1998, November 1999
• University of Southern California: November 1998, December 1999, April 2001
• University of California at Los Angeles, Extension: January & February 1999; February & March 2000, 2001
• Woodbury University: March 1999, April 2000, March 2001
• California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
• College of Architecture & Environmental Design: November 1999
• California Polytechnic State University, Pomona, Environmental Arts Department: October 2000
• Wilshire-Ebell Theater/AIA Gala: October 2000

LECTURES / STUDIO GUEST CRITIC / JUROR

• Bruner Loeb Forum "Anchor Institutions: Expanding Roles in Placemaking and Sustainability", Guest Lecturer, Memphis, Tennessee, May 2008
• Virginia Tech School of Architecture and Design, Guest Lecturer, Blacksburg, Virginia, April 9, 2008
• Virginia Tech - Digital Craft and Collaboration in Today’s Architectural Practice Symposium Sponsored by AIA Blue Ridge and Virginia Society AIA, Guest Speaker, Blacksburg, Virginia, September 2007
• AIA Arkansas, Lecturer, Little Rock, Arkansas, April 2007
• USGBC Arkansas - Sustainable Arkansas 2007 Conference, Guest Speaker, Rogers, Arkansas, April 2007
• AIA Arkansas, Guest Lecturer, Little Rock, Arkansas, April 2007
• Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums - Building Museums Conference, Roundtable Presenter, Washington, D.C., February 2007
• Auburn University School of Architecture, Guest Lecturer, Auburn, Alabama, February 2007
• University of Arkansas School of Architecture, Guest Lecturer, Fayetteville, Arkansas, January 2007
• Virginia Society AIA, Architecture Exchange East Conference, Keynote Speaker, November 2006
• DesignTrends Architectural Roundtable, Guest Speaker, Calgary, Alberta, November 2006
• Annual Green Building Expo, Keynote Speaker, October 2006
• AIA South Atlantic Region Conference, Guest Speaker, Chattanooga, Tennessee, October 2006
• ArtCity Festival of Art, Design, and Architects - ArtTalk Speaker and Peepshow Competition Juror, Calgary, Alberta, September 2006
• AIA South Atlantic Region Conference, Guest Lecturer, Chattanooga, Tennessee, October 2006
• Banff Session, Guest Lecturer, “Environmental Alchemy,” Banff, Alberta, March 2006
• International Architectural Roundtable, Guest Lecturer, Calgary, Alberta, November 2005
• AIA Portland Awards Juror, 2005
• AIA Florida Emergent Practice Conference, Keynote Speaker, 2005
• AIA Georgia Awards Juror and Guest Lecturer, “Environmental Alchemy,” 2005
• AIA Tennessee Convention, “The Music of Architecture”, Keynote Speaker, August 2005
• American Art Forum of the Smithsonian Institute Conference, Chattanooga, TN, May 2005
• Royal Architecture Institute of Canada, Annual Festival, Edmonton, Canada, May 2005
• Mississippi State University, Lecturer, April 2005
• University of Idaho, Lecturer, March 2005
• Public Arts Commission Annual Lecture, Chattanooga, TN, Lecturer, January 2005
• Cornell University, Renewable Energy Society, Lecturer, "Environmental Alchemy", November 8, 2004
• USC School of Policy, Planning and Development, Sustainability Lecture: "Benchmarking public policy man- dates for environmentally responsible development - How integrating standards through LEED can create a coherent design language", USC Urban Growth Series, panelist.  February 2004.
• Hunter Museum of American Art, Annual Chairman's Circle Lecture, "The New Hunter: Responding to Art, Society and Technology", June 2003
• Los Angeles Symposium Panel, "Key to the Global Thermostat - The Architect's Role in Global Warming", October 2003
• Construction Sciences Forum 2002 - California Polytechnic Univ., Keynote Speaker, "Falling Toward the Future"
• AIA Pasadena & Foothills Chapter, Guest Lecturer, "Energy + Architecture", 2001
• Tennessee State AIA Convention 2001, Guest Lecturer, "Adventures in Architecture"
• California State Polytechnic University, Architecture College of Environmental Design, Pomona, Spring Quarter Lecture Series, 2001
• Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Keynote speaker, "Solar Symposium," 2001
• University of Tennessee, General Shale Endowed Lecture at TAAST, 2001
• Architecture LA at the Hammer, UCLA Hammer Museum Lecture Series, 2000
• California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo: College of Archt. & Envir. Design Schoolwide Lecture "Current Works", 1999
• Los Angeles Forum for Architecture & Urban Design, Lecture Series - "Out There Doing It", 1999
• American Solar Energy Society National Conference - "Emerging Architecture", 1999
• Monterey Design Conference: "California Emerging Talent" (moderator Charles Jencks), 1999
• Pacific Design Center Westweek- "Export LA" panelist (moderator, Christopher Coe), 1999
• C2C Home Design and Construction Competition, Juror, January 2005
• AIA Miami Chapter, Annual Awards Program, Juror, October 2004
• Woodbury University: Guillermo Honles Studio, 2001
• UCLA Extension: Michael Hricak Studio, 2001
• Art Center College of Design: Tracy Stone Studio, 2000
• California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo: Tom Fowler and James Franklin Studios, 1999
• University of Tennessee: Integration Studio - Professors: Shell, Martella, Jones, Rabun, 1998
• University of Texas: Vincent Snyder Studio, 1997
• Mount San Antonio College: Richard Claridge Class, 1996
• Southern California Institute of Architecture: Gregory Walsh Studio, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000
• Rice University 1989: Danny Samuels Studio

ACADEMIC POSITIONS AND AUTHORED PUBLICATIONS

• E. Fay Jones Chair in Architecture - Spring 2007, University of Arkansas
• AC Martin Visiting Professorship - Fall 2005, University of Southern California School of Architecture
• Environmental Alchemy: Randall Stout Architects, Inc. monograph by Edizioni Press, Summer 2004
• Building Envelopes, Monograph for NCARB's Professional Development Program, Fall 2004
• Member, 2002 Recruitment Committee, University of California at Los Angeles
• Member, 2002 Admissions Review Committee, University of California at Los Angeles
• Reviewer, National ACSA Technology Conference, "Skins; Where Design and Technology Meet"
• Adjunct Professor/ Lecturer - Spring 2001, University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture
• Adjunct Professor - Winter 2001, University of California at Los Angeles, School of Architecture and Urban Design