Dietz & Company Architects, Inc. is pleased to announce the recent addition of three new employees to the firm.
Norell Ferguson has joined Dietz & Company as an Interior Designer where she is excited to explore hospitality design and dive deeper into housing and community-based projects. She comes to Dietz with over ten years of experience in interior design and urban planning and policy from her work at architecture firms and with local and regional governments. In addition, Norell is an adjunct professor at the University of Hartford and University of New Haven where she teaches architecture, lighting, and interior design courses. She holds a Master of Science in Interior Architecture from Philadelphia University and a Bachelor of Art in Art History with a minor in Architecture from the University of Hartford. Norell also earned a Master of Public Policy from the University of Connecticut.
Ethan Cattanach joins us in the role of Architectural Staff. He specializes in utilizing BIM programs and their integration into the project workflow and most recently used those skills while working for another local architecture firm with a focus on commercial manufacturing and retail. In his role at Dietz, Ethan will be helping to manage local projects and developing project documents and detailed 3D models. Ethan holds a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and is currently pursuing his Master of Architecture degree at The Boston Architectural College.
Maryam Javanmard also joins us in the role of Architectural Staff, bringing over 15 years of experience as an architect and construction manager and specializing in sustainability and regenerative design. At Dietz, she will be assisting on projects throughout all phases of design. Maryam has an impressive academic background with two PhDs in Architecture and a Master of Structural Engineering from universities in Italy and Iran and is a Certified Architect in Iran; she is currently pursuing professional architecture licensure in the U.S. In addition to her work as an architect, Maryam worked as a professor teaching courses in architecture, sustainable design, and visual arts at Zarand Industrial and Mining College and the University of Applied Science and Technology in Iran. Most recently, Maryam worked for a Boston architecture firm and continued to expand her expertise in life-cycle assessment and sustainable design as a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow at Northeastern University. She is also currently a lecturer at Roxbury Community College teaching classes on architecture and sustainability.