Diantha Korzun, AIA LEED AP

Diantha S. Korzun, AIA, LEED AP, is a partner at gbA Architecture and Planning.  For over thirty years Diantha has lived and worked all over the world which has fueled her passion for discovering the unique qualities of people and place in order to design spaces that fit the environment and are also of the time.

Diantha has extensive design and project leadership experience and specializes in working with schools and communities.  She is committed to socially conscious projects and the creation of beautiful, sustainable buildings that are suited to their place through studying the culture, climate and environment.  She has lived and studied in Rome, Italy; Cuernavaca, Mexico; and Paris, France.  International K-12 school projects have taken her to Bucharest, Romania; Basa, Nepal; Sofia, Bulgaria; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Paris, France; and Waterloo, Belgium.

She is currently the Vermont Representative on the AIA National Strategic Council, as well as a member of the AIA Committee on Climate Action and Design Excellence.  Previously, Diantha has been President of AIA Vermont and also of AIA New England.  She has been a guest juror at both Norwich University and Middlebury College, and has lectured at several local and international conferences. 

In her free time during the ski season, she is a PSIA Level 3 Certified Alpine Instructor and Staff Trainer at Smugglers Notch Vermont.

 

Education

Master of Architecture from the University of Washington
Bachelor of Fine Arts with a minor in European studies from Carnegie Mellon University

Community Service

National AIA Climate Action and Design Excellence Committee 2023-2024
National AIA Strategic Council – Vermont Representative. 2022 - 2024
AIA Vermont President 2013
AIA New England President 2014

Professional Affiliations

NCARB
AIA Vermont, AIA Washington, AIA New Hampshire
LEED AP