In Memoriam:
Aric J Lasher
August 29, 1961 - June 6, 2024
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The Aric Lasher Art Fund at UVA
Aric’s last built project is the Edgar Shannon Library at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. In his memory, the Aric Lasher Art Fund has been created to establish a restricted endowment to maintain art in libraries in perpetuity. Donations may be made online here.
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Professional Projects
Aric worked at Hammond Beeby Rupert Ainge (HBRA) from 2005 to 2010 before succeeding Thomas H. Beeby as President and Director of Design in 2011. In 2016, he became a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA). He retired form HBRA in 2022.
At HBRA, his projects included buildings for government, cultural, academic and public institutions, residential projects, landscapes, renovations and restorations of historic structures. Notable projects include the Edgar Shannon Library at the University of Virginia, The Corrida Harrington Center for Student Success at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, the Jenkins-Nanovic Halls at Notre Dame University, the Tuscaloosa Federal Building and Courthouse in Tuscaloosa AL, The Deering Library at Northwestern University, Evanston IL, and the Salt Shed concert venue in Chicago IL.
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Set Designer for Films
The Island (2005)
Team America: World Police (2004)
The Haunted Mansion (2003)
Duplex (2003)
Stuart Little 2 (2002)
Minority Report (2002)
Zoolander (2001)
Pearl Harbor (2001)
Stuart Little (1999)
The Haunting (1999)
Practical Magic (1998)
What Dreams May Come (1998)
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Links
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Photos & Articles
Essay by Thomas Beeby about Aric's career (PDF)
Aric at University of Arkansas Fayetteville 2022
Aric’s University of Virginia Shannon Library
Slideshow of Aric and his projects through the years
Aric designed The Salt Shed venue just before his retirement.
WBEZ recently wrote about Aric's role on the project.
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Books
Aric co-authored Plans of Chicago with R. Samuel Roche in 2010
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Videos
Driehaus Foundation Built Environment Symposium 2019
That Far Corner: Frank Lloyd Wright in Los Angeles, KCET Los Angeles, 2018
Richard H. Driehaus Prize Colloquium, 2016
In 2022, the late Pauline Saliga of the Society of Architectural Historians invited colleagues of Aric's to record video tributes to him on the event of his retirement from HBRA. The videos are linked here.
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Aric Lssher prints available at Bert Green Fine Art
BGFA has published two images of Aric's drawings in open editions, with more to come over time. Each print comes with an official monogram stamp from the estate, and an embossed print chop from our printing partner, Big Brother Publishing / Modern Multiples in Los Angeles.
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Contact
Bert Green
312-434-7544
bertgreenfineart@gmail.com
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