ACHA Lifetime Achievement Award

​​​Congratulations to Karl Sonnenburg, AIA, FACHA for winning the 2023 ACHA Lifetime Achievement Award.

The ACHA Lifetime Achievement Award is the highest honor that the American College of Healthcare Architects can bestow on an architect. It is conferred by the national ACHA Board of Regen​ts in recognition of a significant body of work of lasting influence on the theory and practice of healthcare architecture.

Nomination deadline:  June 30

Nominations as outlined in the criteria linked above should be submitted to [email protected] by June 30. 

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Past Recipients of the ACHA Lifetime Achievement Award

  • 2022 – Mardelle Shepley, FAIA, FACHA
  • 2021 – Not awarded
  • 2020 – Not awarded
  • 2019 – David Allison, FAIA, FACHA
  • 2018 – Phil Tobey, FAIA, FACHA
  • 2017 – John Pangrazio, FAIA, FACHA​
  • 2016 – James R. Diaz​​, FAIA, FACHA
  • 2015 – H. Ralph Hawkins, FAIA, FACHA
  • 2014 – Frank S. Zilm, D.Arch., FAIA, FACHA
  • 2013 – E. Todd Wheeler, FAIA, posthumous
  • 2012 – James O. Jonassen, FAIA, FACHA, RAIC
  • 2011 – Morris A. Stein, FAIA, FACHA
  • 2010 – D.Kirk Hamilton, FAIA, FACHA / Joseph G. Sprague, FAIA, FACHA
  • 2009 – Eberhard Zeidler, OC, O.Ont., Dipl.Ing., LL.D., D.Eng., D.Arch., FRAIC, RCA, OAA, MAIBC, OAQ, Hon. FAIA
  • 2008 – Derek Parker, FAIA, FACHA, RIBA
  • 2007 – Ronald L. Skaggs, FAIA, FACHA, FHFI
  • 2006 – Martin H. Cohen, FAIA, FACHA
  • 2005 – Wilbur “Tib” Tusler, FAIA, FACHA
  • 2004 – Armand Burgun FAIA, FACHA
  • 2003 – Rex Allen, FAIA, HonFACHA

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