Erin Elizabeth
Sterling LewisFAIA
(1978– )
Lewis is a native of Illinois and grew up in Yazoo City MS. Inspired by her mother, who as a PTA president in Mississippi fought to improve public school conditions despite numerous death threats, Lewis' own optimism focuses on making the most of her profession, community, and practice. She graduated from the University of Kentucky in 2002 with a BA in Architecture and worked for Frank Harmon in Raleigh NC. Among other projects, Lewis was design and project manager for AIA North Carolina's new headquarters. The nation's first chapter home built from the ground up, the AIA North Carolina Center for Architecture and Design opened in 2011, and Lewis became a leading force behind its programming and outreach initiatives. In 2010, she and Matt Griffith started their own firm in situ studio. She was President of AIA North Carolina in 2017, received the AIA National Young Architects Award in 2018, and won the AIA North Carolina Deitrick Medal in 2019. In 2020, Lewis started open studio with Ashley Ozburn.
2014 Lewis talks with students at McMichael High School for Project BauHow
Sources include: Matt Griffith; Erin Sterling Lewis; Frank Harmon Architect.
