Mr. Robert E. Chisholm, FAIA, NCARB, (B. Arch University of Florida 1973, master’s in urban design, University of Miami 1977) was formerly a staff member of the Metro Dade County Manager’s Office in the Office of Community and Economic Development (OCED) during the 1970’s. Mr. Chisholm was Lead Principal Planner in charge of planning and implementation of capital improvement projects in several urban neighborhoods. Mr. Chisholm dealt directly with members of the Federal, State, County and City governments in planning, funding, and implementation of projects. In 1983 Mr. Chisholm was a finalist for the post of Assistant Secretary of Transportation for the United States Department of Transportation under President Ronald Reagan.

At the urban planning level, Mr. Chisholm has won national urban design awards for the Park West National Urban Design Competition and for the Miami Beach Art Deco District Historic Preservation Master Plan. The project also won planning awards of special recognition at the state level. Since 1975 Mr. Chisholm has assisted in drafting, planning, and establishing design guidelines for the Little Havana District. He was appointed to the Latin Quarter Review Board in which he served as Vice Chairman over a four-year period; he was also Chairman of the Urban Development Review Board for the City of Miami.

Since the early 1980’s, Mr. Chisholm has been involved in numerous architectural and urban design projects which include public school design, rapid transit stations, state laboratories, university facilities, school facilities, surgical centers, commercial centers, theater, and airport facilities; many of the projects have received design award recognition.

He later served as member of the Board of Directors of the State of Florida/American Institute of Architects in the following years. Mr. Chisholm was named to the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the Community Partnership for the Homeless, Inc. (CPH) in Miami-Dade County, Florida in 1993 and was also chairman of the Design and Construction Committee, which he designed and completed two prototype homeless assistance centers (HAC) to assist the 6,000 homeless men, women, and children in South Florida. The first, HAC/1 was selected for an Award of Excellence in Design by the American Institute of Architects in 1995 and declared the National Model for Homeless Facilities.

Mr. Chisholm was named chairman of the CPH Board of Directors by Mr. Chapman in September 2005 and served in that capacity until September 2010. The CPH Board of Directors established the Robert E. Chisholm Service Award upon his retirement as Chairman of the Board. He remains on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee and assists in the CPH Expansion plans and as Chairman of Design and Construction.

RE Chisholm Architects, Inc. was named Architectural Firm of the Year in 1992 and Mr. Chisholm was elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA) in 1996, the highest AIA honor attainable by any member architect for this 164-year-old organization.

In May of 1998, the Everglades Farmworker Villages, a designed community for 3,000 migrant workers and families through the United States Department of Agriculture, received a National Maxwell Award of Excellence for Planning –and design from the Fannie Mae Foundation in Washington, D.C.

In May 1999, R.E. Chisholm Architects, Inc. was named Entrepreneur of the Year by The South Beach & Greater Miami Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

In May 2001 Mr. Chisholm was awarded the Jubilee 2000 Pontifical Medal by the Vatican and the Archdiocese of Miami.

In June 2002, Mr. Chisholm was named Chairman of the South Florida National Parks Trust, which is part of the National Parks Foundation, chartered by Congress in 1967, and chaired by David Rockefeller Jr. which works directly with the United States National Parks System and the US Department of the Interior.

In 2004, Mr. Chisholm was named to the Miami-Dade College Hall of Fame in Architecture and awarded the State of Florida American Institute of Architects Charles W. Clary Award.

In 2005, Mr. Chisholm was awarded the Miami/American Institute of Architects Silver Medal Award for architectural excellence and leadership.

In 2006, Mr. Chisholm was selected to receive the Alvah H. Chapman Jr. Humanitarian of the Year Award in recognition for leadership in helping the homeless in Miami-Dade County.

In 2006, Mr. Chisholm received the March of Dimes Award for Excellence in Architecture for South Florida.

In July 2007, Robert E. Chisholm, FAIA received the State of Florida American Institute of Architects Silver Medal Award.

In March 2007, R.E. Chisholm Architects, Inc. was named to the Top 100 Minority Business in Dade County by the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce.

In April 2008, Mr. Chisholm received the Ronald McDonald House Twelve Good Men Award for outstanding community service and involvement.

In September 2010, Community Partnership for Homeless, Inc established The Robert E. Chisholm FAIA Service Award. Mr. Chisholm was given the first annual award of this type for any individual or corporation for service to the homeless.

In May 2011, Mr. Chisholm was inducted into the La Salle High School Alumni Hall of Fame and in 2013 in the Sports Hall of Fame.

In January 2015, Mr. Chisholm was awarded a scholarship by the Goldman-Sachs and Babson College 10,000 Small Business Program to study Advance Business Entrepreneurship.

In January of 2016, Mr. Chisholm and R.E. Chisholm Architects, Inc. were selected as Architect and Architect Firm of the year by the South Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

In April 2019, Mr. Chisholm and R.E. Chisholm Architects, Inc. won the Architect R.E.A.L. Award by the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce.

In February of 2021, the US Green Building Council selected the Oak Grove Community Center Project as a Finalist of The Innovative Project of the Year 2020.

In March 2022, Mr. Chisholm was honored with the Philanthropist Award by the South Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in the Hispanic Leadership Awards.

In October 2022, Mr. Chisholm was inducted into the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Hall of Fame.

He is married to Lilliam Chisholm and has a son Robert Michael and a daughter Jacqueline Annette. He has six grandchildren and resides in Coral Gables, Florida.