Carol S. Sakata, FAIA

Courses Currently Taught

ARCH 434—Professional Practice & Ethics

Educational Background

Arch.D., University of Hawaii, 2000

B.Arch., cum laude, University of Washington, 1969

Registration

Hawai‘i

California

Guam

NCARB

Experience

A lecturer at the School since 1992 and a member of the College of Fellows of the AIA, Carol Sakata has been active in the development of the School’s professional practice curriculum and was awarded fellowships to two AIA/ACSA Design/Professional Practice Summer Institutes. She has also conducted production techniques seminars for architects and engineers at UH and the University of Wisconsin, and was a principal contributor to two editions of Guide to Production Procedures published by AIA Hawai‘i State Council and AIA/Honolulu Chapter. Carol Sakata is senior principal of CDS International, a Honolulu-based award-winning architectural firm. Professional activities have included Member, Hawaii Board of Engineers, Architects, Surveyors and Landscape Architects; Chair, NCARB Architect Registration Examination (ARE) Committee; Chair, City and County of Honolulu Building Board of Appeals; Chair, National AIA International Markets & Practice and Women in Architecture committees; President, Treasurer and Director of the Hawaii Society/AIA (now AIA Honolulu).

Recent Honors and Awards

2006 Ernest H. Hara, FAIA Distinguished Service Award and SoA Commencement Speaker; 2003-2004 Historic Hawai‘i Foundation Historic Preservation Honor Award for the Careful Restoration and Revitalization of a Historic Building Into a Successful Adaptive Re-use Project, Building 78 Navy Lodge at Ford Island, US Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawai‘i.

Recent Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity

“A Curriculum for the Practicum Studio: Exploring a Comprehensive Definition of Design”, Program and Participant Guide for the Arch.D. Degree Program (Arch.D. Final Project), 2000.

Current Academic, Professional and Public Service

Member, SoA Professional Practice Committee; Chair, NCARB Committee on Examination; Secretary/Treasurer and Director, Asia-Pacific Center for Architecture; Member, Kkulu Hale Awards Committee, National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP), Hawai‘i Chapter; Member, Rotary Club of Honolulu; Member, Zonta Club of Honolulu.

Professional Memberships

American Institute of Architects, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Historic Hawaii Foundation, National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (Hawaii Chapter)