{"id":1004163485,"date":"2017-01-09T06:19:21","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T14:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004163485"},"modified":"2022-12-08T17:32:34","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T01:32:34","slug":"aia-nj-elects-ben-lee-as-2017-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/aia-nj-elects-ben-lee-as-2017-president\/","title":{"rendered":"AIA-NJ Elects Ben Lee as 2017 President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/01\/Lee_Ben-e1483971508459.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1004163522\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/aia-nj-elects-ben-lee-as-2017-president\/lee_ben\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/01\/Lee_Ben-e1483971508459.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"350,336\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D600&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1405596034&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;70&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.076923076923077&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lee_Ben\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/01\/Lee_Ben-e1483971508459.jpg?w=350\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1004163522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/01\/Lee_Ben-e1483971508459.jpg\" alt=\"Lee_Ben\" width=\"300\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/01\/Lee_Ben-e1483971508459.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/01\/Lee_Ben-e1483971508459.jpg?resize=300,288 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Mahwah, N.J<\/strong>.\u2014 The American Institute of Architects \u2013 New Jersey recently announced Ben Lee, AIA, as the organization\u2019s 2017 president. Lee, a resident of Wayne, will be formally installed during AIA-NJ\u2019s annual awards gala, which will be held on Jan. 14 at the Sheraton in Mahwah, N.J. Lee has been an active board member of AIA-NJ for the past five years, serving as president elect in 2016, first vice president in 2015, and treasurer in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>As president of AIA-NJ, Lee\u2019s objective for the year is to make architects more aware of how the design of the built environment can impact health and wellness, in addition to the other strategic initiatives of AIA New Jersey. Under his direction, AIA-NJ will work with the New Jersey State Legislature and will implement a government and public awareness advocacy campaign to enhance the well-being of individuals across the state through the design process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs architects, we are best positioned to improve the population\u2019s health through our design for housing, schools, offices and commercial buildings,\u201d Lee said in a statement. \u201cBy developing physical space that promotes walking, biking, parks and recreation and public gathering, we are creating a healthier and more livable community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With more than 35 years of experience in architecture, Lee is managing principal and chief financial officer of Morristown-based NK Architects, a national architectural, structural engineering, planning and interior design firm. A board-certified health care architect, he has applied his design and management skills to advance NK\u2019s Healthcare Design Group.<\/p>\n<p>Lee is also a member of several other professional groups such as the American Society of Hospital Engineers, the American Hospital Association, the Healthcare Facilities Management Society of New Jersey and the USGBC<i>. <\/i>He is a LEED accredited professional and a member of the New Jersey Chapter of the American Planning Association.<\/p>\n<p><i>Image<\/i><em>\u00a0via NK Architects Inc.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As president of AIA-NJ, Lee plans to raise awareness among architects about how the design of the built environment can impact health and wellness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":463,"featured_media":1004163522,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21742,10,21744],"tags":[33378],"class_list":["post-1004163485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-northeast","category-people","tag-the-american-institute-of-architects"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - 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