Elizabeth Whittaker, AIA

• position:
  Principal
• contact:
  beth@mergearchitects.com
  617-670-0265 ext. 10
• bio:
  Elizabeth Whittaker, AIA is the founder and principal of MERGE Architects.
  
  Elizabeth has served on the Boston Society of Architects (BSA) /AIA Board of Directors, the BSA/AIA Rotch Traveling Fellowship Committee and the BSA/AIA Nominating Committee. She was a recipient of the 2015 AIA Young Architects Award, and Merge Architects was honored with the 2014 Design Vanguard Award from Architectural Record (recognizing the top ten emerging firms in the world) and the 2015 Emerging Voices Award from the Architectural League of New York. Elizabeth graduated from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design with Distinction where she received numerous awards during her graduate studies including the Core Studio Prize, the Faculty Design Award, and the John E. Thayer Award for overall academic achievement.
  
  Elizabeth approaches architecture as a discipline embedded in both practice and academia. She has taught design studios in several Architecture programs including Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Northeastern University, the Boston Architectural College, and Harvard University (GSD), where she was also Lead Faculty in Architecture in their Career Discovery Summer Program.
  
  Elizabeth currently holds a faculty position as Associate Professor in Practice of Architecture at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design.