Laticrete, manufacturer of innovative systems for the installation of ceramic tile and stone, has appointed industry veteran Robert Smith to the position of regional sales manager, North Carolina.

The National Building Museum will present its tenth Vincent Scully Prize to Robert A.M. Stern, dean of the Yale School of Architecture, celebrated author, and founder and senior partner of Robert A.M. Stern Architects. Stern was named Scully Prize laureate "for his years of teaching at Columbia and Yale Universities, his leadership as the dean of the Yale School of Architecture, and his seminal publications reflecting on the history of architecture in New York."

HGA has won a national Honor Award for the Performance and Studio Arts Campus at Columbus State University in downtown Columbus, GA. Sponsored by the Society for College University Planning (SCUP)/American Institute of Architects-Committee on Architecture for Education (AIA-CAE), the Excellence in Architecture program recognized HGA for helping rejuvenate an historic part of downtown Columbus while raising the visibility of the college's growing arts programs.

Vocon Inc., an architectural and interior design firm located in downtown Cleveland, has added three new members to its team including Heather Schmucker, Erica Shiever and Robynn Schindler.

Morris Architects, a 70-year-old design firm with offices in Houston, Orlando, Los Angeles and Rio de Janeiro, announced the appointment of Christof Spieler, P.E. to the newly created position of director of technology and innovation.

Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum, Inc. (HOK), announced today that Nicholas Watkins and Henry Chao have joined the health care practice in the New York office.