Meet the Speaker: Christian Sottile

Christian Sottile, AIA, NCARB, is principal of Sottile & Sottile, a Savannah-based urban design and architectural firm working extensively in Nationally Registered Historic Districts. His work includes civic design and master planning, emphasizing historic research, urban analysis, and community-wide engagement. Concurrently with his professional practice, Sottile is a professor of architecture and urban design at SCAD and is the former dean of the SCAD School of Building Arts, where he led the graduate and undergraduate programs in architecture, architectural history, preservation design, interior design, furniture design, and urban design. Sottile has received more than 50 awards for his work, including three international Charter Awards from the Congress for the New Urbanism, awards from the American Planning Association and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and three National Honor Awards from the American Institute of Architects. Sottile’s work has been featured in The New York Times, USA Today, Architect magazine, and Architectural Digest.