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Two Portland architects and a Portland State University architecture professor have been named 2015 Fellows of the American Institute of Architects.

Nathan Good, founder of Nathan Good Architects; John Weekes, principal at Dull Olson Weekes-IBI Group Architects; and PSU professor Barbara Sestak are among 147 AIA members from across the country selected this year by the Jury of Fellows. Good, Weekes, Sestak and other honorees will be recognized at this year’s AIA national convention, May 14-16 in Atlanta.

The AIA developed the fellowship program to recognize architects who have made significant contributions to architecture and society, and achieved a standard of excellence in the profession.

Good in 2005 founded Nathan Good Architects, which has received numerous design awards from the AIA and other organizations. The mostly residential firm has offices in Portland and Salem.

Good’s design work emphasizes balancing environmental performance with aesthetics. This includes efforts to reduce projects’ environmental impact through thoughtful site planning, reduction of energy consumption and careful selection of building materials.

Weekes is a founding principal of Portland-based Dull Olson Weekes Architects, which was acquired by IBI Group, a Canadian firm, in 2011. He specializes in educational design, and has contributed to projects such as Sandy High School, Parkrose Middle School, Canby Applied Technology Center, Gladstone High School and Gladstone Center for Children and Families.

Outside of Oregon, Weekes has served as an adviser for the New York City Department of Education’s School of One project, an educational model that customizes instruction based on each student’s needs.

Weekes has served on the AIA’s Committee on Architecture for Education. He is involved with the Council of Educational Facilities Planners International, the U.S. Green Building Council and the U.S. Coalition for Green Schools.

Sestak worked in architecture offices in Seattle and Portland before joining the PSU faculty in 1982. She teaches design studio, structures, building technology, environmental design and leadership courses.

At PSU, Sestak has served as dean of the College of Arts, associate vice provost for sponsored research and chairwoman of the architecture and art departments. While dean of the College of Arts, she oversaw remodels to Shattuck and Lincoln halls as well as creation of the master of architecture degree program and Center for Public Interest Design.

Sestak is a former president of the AIA Portland chapter. She also served for 12 years on the Oregon Board of Architect Examiners and has been involved with the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards.