2024 | Alana Lovegren, Katherine Berger, and Brian Stancavage share insights and career advice.

"I am inspired to design every day by seeing the impact that the built environment has on everything we do. I am often critiquing the spaces I visit, and while some inspire a different approach, their influence shows the importance of architectural design, and inspires me to figure out how to improve our built environment. If a space is not created with thoughtful intention, it can have adverse effects on our emotions and well-being, but on the contrary, spaces that have been well designed have the power to excite our emotions, be productive workplaces and be healing places of respite".

Alana Lovegren, Building Enclosure. See the full article here.

"Intrigued by human behavior, I briefly considered art therapy as a profession. However, after exposure to interior design, I began to understand its ability to improve the human condition through the built environment. I decided to pursue a degree at the New England School of Art & Design, and never looked back. The marriage of these passions continues to drive my ambition to bring wellness and beauty into the daily lives of my clients".

Katherine Berger, Women in Construction 2024, NEREJ. See the full article here.

"My career in architecture started during high school. I have always been interested in the arts—continually sketching out ideas on paper until I was able to attend a class where I could use clay or mediums to make it reality. It was through the guidance of one particular teacher that I discovered the path to a residential construction class, an initially unforeseen connection that would shape my career. In this class, we delved into drafting floor plans and constructing scaled models, igniting a passion for the creative process within me. This led me to pursue a degree in architectural engineering technology at the University of Hartford".

Brian Stancavage, Lab Design News. See the full article here.