RANDALL PAUL STOUT

STOUT, RANDALL PAUL - age 56, architect, of Los Angeles, and native of Knoxville, passed away at home on July 11, 2014, following an inspiring battle with cancer. He was a loving husband, father, son, and brother, and was a faithful member of Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church in Lake Arrowhead, California. He was a prominent, internationally awarded design architect, known for his evocative design aesthetic, environmental stewardship, and cultural context. His major designs include the Alberta Gallery of Art in Edmonton, Canada, the Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoke, Virginia, and the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He grew up in Halls and graduated from Halls High School in 1976. He graduated atop his class from the University of Tennessee in 1981 with a bachelor of architecture. He received a master of architecture degree from Rice University in 1988 and was inducted as a fellow by the American Institute of Architecture in 2003. From 1989 - 1996, he was a senior associate of renowned architect, Frank Gehry. In 1996, he started his own practice, Randall Stout Architects in Los Angeles. He received numerous awards for excellence in architecture for cultural, commercial, civic, recreational, and residential projects in Canada, Europe and the United States, including three time winner of Chicago Athenaeum Architecture Award. In addition, he was active in academia. He taught and lectured as an adjunct professor at UCLA, the University of Southern California, the University of Texas, and was awarded the E. Fay Jones chair in Architecture at the University of Arkansas. At the time of his death he was professor of architecture at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. He lectured internationally, including the prestigious Sapienza Universita di Roma in Torino, Italy. He authored monographs on his work, including "Architectural Alchemy" (2004) and "Peak Design" (2006). His work was recently featured in "The Book of Drawings + Sketches: Architecture" by Chris van Uffelen, which was dedicated to the most influential architects of our time. He was preceded in death by his father, Roger Leo Stout; and his grandparents, Clemie and Ruth Stout, and E.W. "Bert" and Marie Mynatt, all of Knoxville. He is survived by his wife, Joelle Stout; and children, Colton, Logan, and Grace Stout of Lake Arrowhead, California; mother, Gloria Mynatt Stout of Knoxville; brother and sister-in-law, Steven and Kathy Stout of Norris, Tennessee; sister and brother-in-law, Mike and Marcie Stout Wasson of Norris, Tennessee; nieces and nephews, Matthew Stout of Brunswick, Georgia, Sarah Stout Miller of Lawrence, Kansas, and Rand and Emma Wasson of Norris, Tennessee; and special father-in-law and mother-in-law, Dr. Dennis and Susan Roginson of Malibu, California, whose love and assistance during his illness was invaluable. A memorial service will be held on Monday, July 21, 2014, at Beaver Dam Baptist Church, 4328 East Emory Road, in Halls Crossroads, at 7:00 p.m., with visitation to follow. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the East Tennessee Foundation, Randall Stout Memorial Scholarship Fund, 625 Market Street Suite 1400, Knoxville, TN 37902, or to your favorite charity.