The IIDA Texas-Oklahoma Chapter would like to thank the Judges of our 2008 Design Excellence Awards. We appreciate the time they give to review all the entries and select the winners for each category.

Bill Clegg, FIIDA
Schoenhardt Architecture + Interior Design

Bill Clegg has been involved in creating the built environment since 1974. His expertise in interior design and project management is a valuable asset to our company.

Bill joined Schoenhardt in 1990 to establish the firm’s interior design practice. It has greatly flourished—our interior design services now constitute about 50% of the firm's total practice. As principal of interiors, Bill shares his enthusiasm with the Schoenhardt staff and our clients. He enjoys hand-on contacts with clients and takes pride in leading the design process for many complex, high-profile interior design projects.

Bill provides leadership for all aspects of the firm, particularly marketing and design. Bill is also very involved in the International Interior Design Association, interior designers' leading professional organization. He is committed to the interior design profession and fosters the mentoring of Schoenhardt's junior designers.

Bill's enthusiasm for design is palpable. Leadership, passion, and commitment to providing the highest quality design and service: these are the strengths that Bill brings to each project.

John Lijewski, FIIDA, LEED AP
Bank of Amercia, Corporate Workplace

John A. Lijewski is the Senior Vice President / Interior Design Executive at Bank of America Corporate Workplace. He provides Design leadership for the Bank's Investment Properties, including the fifty-one story State-of-the-art Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park in New York City and the One Bank of America Center project that includes a thirty-two story office tower, Ritz Carlton Hotel and Urban Garden in Charlotte, North Carolina.

For the past eight years Mr. Lijewski has co-chaired the International Interior Design Association Leaders Breakfast event in New York City, as well as served on the Board of Directors on the international level. He presided as President of IIDA 2004-2005 term and in 2003 served as President of the New York Chapter prior to being appointed Vice President of Chapters in 2001.

Mr. Lijewski has been a guest panelist on numerous Round Table events throughout the country and has juried many Interior Design competitions. In the life of his career he has taken part in multiple speaking engagements, and participated as guest critic for Parsons, New York School of Interior Design and School of Visual Arts. Mr. Lijewski's work has been published in various Interior Design periodicals, including Interior Design, Architectural Record and Contract Magazine.

Nick Luzietti, FIIDA, AIA
VOA

The epitome of poise and elegance, Nick Luzietti is loved and revered both for his outrageous earthly behavior and his passionate off-screen crusade as comical ambassador for all living things. A registered architect and certified interior designer, Nick reigns as design principal in the Chicago VOA interior design office where he brings a balanced structural perspective and strong creativity to each one of his projects and endeavors.






Mitchell E. Sawasy, FIIDA, AIA
Rothenberg Sawasy Architects, Inc

Mitchell E. Sawasy is a California Licensed Architect and is Co-Founder, Executive Vice President and Design Principal of Rothenberg Sawasy Architects, Inc. He is primarily responsible for directing the firm's architectural and interior design divisions where project information and constraints are transformed into the actual form and character of the firm's wide range of architectural and interior design projects. The firm has won numerous design awards and regional recognition. With offices in Los Angeles, San Diego and Beijing, RSA is well positioned to serve a variety of clients, project types and sizes. The firm is divided into 5 Design Studios: Urban, Retail, Housing, Workplace, and Strategic Facilities. Currently the firm is working on projects totaling over 45 million square feet worldwide.