WBMA News 2007 (PDF format)

Announcements

WALTER B. MELVIN ARCHITECTS, LLC is pleased to announce the promotion of Dorian Yurchuk to Associate in the firm. A graduate of the Cooper Union and McGill University Graduate School of Architecture, he received his Master of Architecture Degree in 1998. Dorian has been with the firm as Project Manger for ten years, and is licensed to practice architecture in New York State.

Awards
The prestigious 2006 Lucy B. Moses Restoration Award for work on the façades of Kips Bay Towers was given to Walter B. Melvin Architects, LLC, with Senior Associate Edward Eacker overseeing the extensive three year restoration.
 
The restoration of the Bell Tower and surrounding mission tile roofs at the Cloisters Museum were recognized with a Lucy B. Moses award last year.

New additions to the firm:

James V. Banta, M.S. Historic Preservation, University of Pennsylvania,1995

Katherine Allen , M.S. Historic Preservation, Columbia University, 2006

Mary-Jordon Boler, B.A. Architecture, Mississippi State University, College of Architecture, Art & Design, 2006
Susannah Jackson Bull, M.S. Historic Preservation, Columbia University, 2005
Sergio De Orbeta, M.S. Historic Preservation University of Pennsylvania, 2006
Anne E. Hinsman , M. Arch. University of Michigan, 2001, licenced Architect in the State of Texas
Mia Ho , M.S. Historic Preservation, U. of Pennsylvania, 2004

Jessica Najdek brings her expertise to the administrative staff

Returning: 
Janet Shelley, rejoins the firm after a year working for an architectural restoration firm in Toronto.
Greg Larangiera, returns after a year of travel in the far east.