Barry Svigals is an architect and sculptor recognized for his unique contribution to the field as he was elevated to the prestigious Fellowship of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA) in 2007. Svigals has been honored with many top professional awards throughout his career, including the 2004 American School & University Louis I. Kahn Citation; a 2003 Connecticut Inner City 10 Entrepreneurship Award; the 2002 International Masonry Institute Golden Trowel Award; the 2000 AIA Connecticut Drawing Award; and the AIA CT Emerging Architect Award in 1990. A member of the American Institute of Architects, Svigals was a faculty member of the Yale School of Architecture, New Haven, and was previously a visiting critic and lecturer at the Unite Pedagogique d’Architecture, Charenton, France. He has conducted conferences on facility planning for creative enterprises at the Graduate School of Business at Harvard University and at Stanford University.