Architect Scott Merrill | Career Timeline
Scott Merrill Career Timeline
1956: Born in Oxford, Ohio
1979: Completes a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Virginia and begins a two-year tour of the U.S., absorbing architecture across the country
1982: Enters the School of Architecture at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, where Merrill Earns a master’s degree in architecture in 1984 and begins his professional career in Washington D.C. with two architectural firms – McCartney Lewis and Cass & Pinnell
1988: Marries wife Zo Anne and heads south after receiving an invitation from developer Robert Davis to work as town architect in Seaside, Florida, where he serves for two years
1990: Starts his own practice in Vero Beach, Florida, later called Merrill, Pastor & Colgan Architects
1990: Receives a National American Institute of Architects Award of Excellence for Seaside’s Honeymoon Cottages – his first project as a sole practitioner
1997: Hires partner George Pastor
1999: Hires partner David Colgan, who opens the firm’s second office in Atlanta, Georgia
2000: Receives a national AIA Design Award for the Windsor Town Center – his first group of buildings
2004: Receives a national AIA Design Award for the Seaside Chapel and the Arthur Ross Award from the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art in New York