PROFESSIONAL Barry has fostered a collaborative spirit rooted in actionable, sustainable design for almost five decades. With Founding Partner Todd Walker, FAIA and a host of archimaniacs, he has helped advance the practice to national prominence. archimania has been ranked as high as 8th nationally in design via ARCHITECT Magazine’s ARCH50. archimaia is the most award winning firm in the history of Tennessee and has the distinction of realizing the world’s first two dual-certified Zero Energy and Zero Carbon buildings by International Living Future Insititute, Both buildings met the AIA 2030 Challenge a full decade early, are LEED Platinum certified, and are AIA COTE® Top Ten award recepients, the industry’s best-known award program recognizing innovative projects integrating exemplary performance with compelling design. Barry was elevated to AIA Fellowship in 2010 for his contributions in design. He received the 2022 William Strickland Lifetime Achievement Award for the Profession of Architecture, AIA Tennessee’s highest individual award. His work has been recongized with over 115 awards. And a fun fact, Barry’s birthday is on Earth Day, April 22. SERVICE Barry is an architect first, yet is also an author, educator, juror, mentor, speaker, and community board member. He has lectured at over a hundred forums including the American Institute of Architects, The Architect’s Newspaper, ASLA, NACORE, PSMJ Resources, SMPS, ULI, and USGBC. This includes speaking at a AIA National Convention and numerous AIA regional, state, and local conventions, and an AIA YAF/YCF National Conference. Barry has served on a variety of AIA Tennessee and AIA Memphis committees. He authored PSMJ’s Guide to Successful Alliances for A/E/C Firms Design Alliances. He has served on community boards including: Chair of Big Brothers / Big Sisters of Greater Memphis, Chair of Memphis in May International, Vice Chair of Hattiloo Theatre, Board Member of Visible Music College, and Member of the Chairman’s Circle of the Memphis Regional Chamber. Barry was a Charter Member of the University for Tennessee College of Architecture and Design Board of Advisors for almost a decade and a graduate of Leadership Memphis, Class of 1996. EDUCATION The University of Tennessee School of Architecture . Bachelor of Architecture . August 1978 INTERNATIONAL DESIGN EXPERIENCE US Navy in Khas Kunar Afganistan, a private developer in Bogata Columbia, and US Department of State in Beijing Peoples Republic of China REGISTRATIONS Barry was first licensed in Tennessee in 1982. He also holds or has held licenses in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Virginia. Reciprocity for the remaining states is provided via NCARB. CAREER 2024 Forbes Magazine “America’s Top 200 Residential Architects” . Edited by Richard Olsen 2024 The University of Tennessee College of Architecture+Design . Commencment Address Speaker 2022 Metropolis Magazine October 2022 “This Firm Reshaped Its Office into the Hub of a ‘Carbon Neutral Corridor’, Tennessee architecture office archimania charts a new path for green building in a carbon-intensive neighborhood.” By Ethan Tucker 2022 Global Design News and The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, Future House Awards and Book 2022 The Chicago Athenaeum and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies, Green GOOD DESIGN® Awards and Book 2022 International Living Future Institute . 663 South Cooper - “world’s second dual-certified Zero Energy and Zero Carbon building” 2022 Memphis Magazine May 2022 [cover story] - “Civitas. The World’s First Net-Zero [/ Net-Carbon] Single Family Home” and “High Design, High Performance” by Chris McCoy 2022 AIA Upjohn Research Initiative for “Carbon Neutral Corridors” – “...the jury chose to award your project a $30,000 grant, the full amount requested...” Michele A. Russo, LEED AP, Vice President, Research & Practice, The American Institute of Architects 2021 Fast Company World Changing Ideas Awards, Honorable Mention in Architecture, Carbon Neutral Corridors 2021 Dwell Magazine November December 2021 - “A Radically Efficient Memphis Home Raises the Bar for Sustainability Architect Barry Alan Yoakum draws on decades of experience to build what, by one measure, is the first zero-energy /zero-carbon home in the world.” 2021 International Living Future Institute . Civitas - “the world’s first dual-certified Zero Energy and Zero Carbon building” 2021 Oxford American Magazine Summer 2021 - “A South Forty, Contemporary Architecture & Design in the American South” Text by Peter MacKeith, Dean and Professor of Architecture, Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design, University of Arkansas. 2021 Venice Biennial “A South Forty, Contemporary Architecture & Design in the American South” Exhibition via Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design, University of Arkansas. Venice, Italy May 22-November 21 2021 2021 PacClad, Peterson, A Carlise Company “High-Performance Metal, Civitas | Net Zero Design” ad in many publicaitons including multiple issues of ARCHITECT in 2021 and Architectural Record in 2021 and as a Case Study at casestudy@pac-clad.com/civitas 2020 LG “Solar Energy Powers Home of the Future - LG Solar Residential Case Study Memphis TN” at LG-x-civitas-Solar-Case-Study 2020 Metal Architecture Design Book [cover] - “A Study in Light and Shadow. A private residence in Memphis aims foe zero energy/zero carbon ” by Paul Deffenbaugh, Editorial Director 2019 ARCHITECT The AIA Journal November 2018 - The ARCHITECT 50 Ranked Nationally - 24th in Sustainability 2019 Residential Design Vol 3 2019 - “Parti Shot - Future Proof” by S. Clair Conroy. “Barry Yoakum’s eureka moment came after reading the book Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo’ by Nicholas de Monchauux, an architecture and urban design professor at the University of California” 2019 Mississippi State School of Architecture at McNeel Architecture Gallery - An exhibition on “archimania—Culture, Context and Process” 2018 ARCHITECT The AIA Journal November 2018 - The ARCHITECT 50 Ranked Nationally - 8th in Design 2018 The Architect’s Newspaper Top 50 Interior Architects Nationally 2017 ARCHITECT The AIA Journal October 2017 - ““Net Zero in All Climates” Text by David Hill as part of main story “The climate is changing. So must Architecture text by Ned Cramer 2016 Architectural Digest April 25, 2017- “11 Amazing Examples of Subterranean Architecture, AD uncovers 11 subterranean structures around the world, from an event venue to a winery” by Katherine Wisniewski 2008 Architectural Record 05 2008 - “Three: PARK IT HERE Memphis Tennessee” and “Applying vision to modest materials and a tight budget” archimania energizes humble, but ubiquitous, building type,” by Sara Hart, Contributing Editor 2005 PSMJ Guide to Successful Alliances for AEC Firms - A book [ISBN 1-55538-192-8] by Barry Alan Yoakum, FAIA 2001 Became Consulting Executive Director of Insight Alliance which was comprised of Callison, TVS and WATG - ”the world’s largest architectural design alliance”. 2001 Became Partner of archimania and led the firm with Founding Partner Todd Walker, FAIA. 1993 The National Academies Press - “Fourth Dimension in Building: Strategies for Avoiding Obsolescence - USPS “Kit of Parts” 1990 Federal Design Achievement Award - USPS “Kit of Parts” 1989 Progressive Architecture May 1989 . “A New Standard for Postal Design” by Vernon Mays 1980s USPS “Kit of Parts’ - Barry was an architect with USPS, created the concept, and collaborated with architect Francis Mah, designer Massimo Vignelli, sustainability guru Harry Gordon, lighting designer Bill Lamm, and later, architect Samuel ‘Sambo’ Mockbee.