Overview

fazio is an architectural tourism mapping app for mobile devices that enables tourists to map their journey and see information about nearby architecture. Entries from both folio (our printed annual) and fazio link to fusion, our online index of places, photo galleries, video documentaries, history and more.

Contents

2020 AIA Memphis Design & Honor Award winners (complimentary inclusion with the award)

Architectural sites (submitted and sponsored by our membership)

Membership Directory Map (Architects/Associates, Firms and Corporate Partners; complimentary with membership)

Audience

Tourism

Property owners and developers

Elected officials

Economic development professionals

Community and City Planning professionals

Format

mobile device app available on the iTunes (Apple) and Google Play stores; free to download

Be a Part

Options for inclusion are:

• Be a paid member of AIA Memphis (architect, associate or corporate partner; required for all inclusions)
• Earn a 2020 Design or Honor Award (complimentary profile)
• Submit a project and/or firm profile on fusion (the website)



Rates

While inclusion in fazio is complimentary, it does require that you are an AIA Memphis member or Corporate Partner. To have an architectural project indexed on the app, please refer to the fusion (our website) price list. Once a project is loaded to fusion, it will automatically appear in fazio.

Dr. Michael Wright Fazio was an architectural historian, author and educator at Mississippi State University's College of Architecture, Art and Design since its founding in 1974. His indelible imprint on the profession cannot be overstated.

In 2017 while sharing coffee with Amber Lombardo (Executive Director of AIA Mississippi at the time), Michael imagined a future that could deliver the architectural story through the mapping apps that also deliver tourism content. He longed for his students and contemporaries to be properly credited for their ingenuity and creative works.

In February 2020, Michael passed away after a long battle with Leukemia, writing manuscripts until the very end.

In March 2021, Buildings of Mississippi, a book he co-authored with longtime friend and colleague, Jennifer Baughn, finally landed in book stores and will serve as a lasting interpretation of the state's complex landscape.

Learn more about Michael's career and accomplishments to understand why Fazio, the mobile app indexing architectural treasures, bears his name as a reminder to pursue the craft with excellence, humility and an insatiable appetite for understanding the broader societal story through the spaces we inhabit.

Godspeed, good friend.