Since joining PAYETTE in 2005, Wes has demonstrated a wide range of design skills and technical knowledge across award-winning project work in both healthcare and research typologies. He recently led the design of the envelope for the Northeastern University Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex. With project roles spanning all aspects of planning, design and construction, Wes has been particularly influential in the design, technical development and graphic documentation of highly complex facade systems.
He was an early leader in the use of SketchUp and Revit at PAYETTE and is now leading the use of parametric modeling for analysis and documentation.
Wes is very active in professional activities inside and outside the firm, conducting architectural forum discussions in the office and speaking at trade conferences. Wes has been an active Studio Instructor at the Boston Architectural College teaching undergraduate design studios for over ten years and serving as a critic and lecturer for the distance masters program.
EDUCATION
B.Arch., Magna Cum Laude, 2004, Syracuse University School of Architecture
FEATURED PROJECTS
Brandeis University, Carl J. Shapiro Science Center
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Center for Surgical Innovation
Holyoke Soldiers' Home, Integrating Landscape with Building to Create a Healing Environment
Jefferson Health, Center for Advanced Medicine Study
Land's Sake Animal Barn, Land’s Sake Animal Barn
Land’s Sake 40-acre Master Plan, Land’s Sake 40-acre Master Plan
Land’s Sake Farmstand, Land’s Sake Farmstand
National University of Ireland, Galway, Hardiman Research Building
National University of Ireland, Galway, Biosciences Research Building
Northeastern University, EXP
Northeastern University, Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Cancer Institute
The Ragon Institute of Mass General, MIT and Harvard, The Ragon Institute of Mass General, MIT and Harvard
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Spinal Cord Injury Long-Term Care Facility
Veterans Home at Chelsea, Community Living Center
HONORS & AWARDS
2024
Architizer A+Awards, Special Mention, Massachusetts Veterans Home at Chelsea
2024
Illumination Award for Interior Lighting Design, Massachusetts Veterans Home at Chelsea
2024
IIDA New England Design Award, Massachusetts Veterans Home at Chelsea
2024
AIA New England Design Awards, Citation, Massachusetts Veterans Home at Chelsea
2024
AIA Education Facility Design Award, Northeastern EXP
2024
Illumination Award for Interior Lighting Design, Northeastern EXP
2024
AIA New England Design Awards, Citation, Ragon Institute of Mass General, MIT and Harvard
2024
AIA New England Design Awards, Honor Award, Lands Sake Farmstand
2023
AIA New England Design Awards, Merit Award, Land’s Sake Animal Barn
2023
BSA Built Design Excellence Awards, Social Impact Advancement Commendation, Other, Land’s Sake Animal Barn
2022
AIA Education Facility Design Awards, Northeastern University
2021
AIA Regional & Urban Design Award, Northeastern University
2021
AIA Architecture Award, Northeastern University
2020
Boston Society of Landscape Architects Honor Award, Northeastern University
2019
AIA Young Architects Award
2019
AIA New England, Honor Award, Northeastern University
2019
AIA COTE® Top Ten, Northeastern University
2019
USGBC Green Building Showcase Market Leader – Health & Wellness, Massachusetts Veterans Home at Chelsea
2018
Harleston Parker Medal, Northeastern University
2018
Boston Society of Architects, Sustainable Award, Award, Northeastern University
2018
American Architecture Award, Northeastern University
2018
SCUP/AIA-CAE Excellence in Architecture: New Building, Merit Award, Northeastern University
2018
Illumination Award for Interior Lighting Design, Northeastern University
2017
AIA New England, Merit Award, National University of Ireland, Galway
2017
AIA New York COTE, Merit Award, Northeastern University
2017
I2SL Go Beyond Award, Buildings Category, Northeastern University
2017
Boston Society of Architects, Honor Award for Excellence, Northeastern University
2017
AN Best of Design: Digital Fabrication, Honorable Mention, Northeastern University
2016
Boston Society of Architects, Sustainable Design, Citation Award, National University of Ireland, Galway
2016
AIA COTE Top Ten Recipient, National University of Ireland, Galway
2015
I2SL Go Beyond Award, Buildings Category, National University of Ireland, Galway
2015
SCUP/AIA-CAE Excellence in Architecture: New Building, Merit Award, National University of Ireland, Galway
2014
Boston Society of Architects, Healthcare Facilities, Citation, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
2014
Boston Society of Architects, Healthcare Facilities, Award, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
2014
Architizer A+ Special Mention, Health & Wellness, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
2013
AIA/Modern Healthcare, Award of Excellence, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
2012
AIA Pennsylvania, Honor Award, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
2011
AIA New England, Merit Award, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
2011
AIA/Modern Healthcare, Award Citation, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
2011
SCUP, Honor Award for District Planning, Brandeis University
2011
Boston Society of Architects, Higher Education Award Citation, Brandeis University
2010
CARITAS Project, Generative Space Health Improvement Award, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
2010
Boston Society of Architects, Healthcare Facilities Design Award, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
2009
Boston Society of Architects, Honor Award for Design Excellence, Brandeis University
2009
AIA New England, Merit Award, Brandeis University
TEACHING & LECTURES
“Overcoming Design Challenges of High Performance Envelopes,” ABX, November 2018
“Overcoming the Design Challenges of High Performance Building Envelopes,” AIA Conference, June 2018
“Resiliency Design Case Studies in the Developing World,” AIA Conference, June 2018
“Planning and Design Strategies for High Performance STEM Buildings: Two Case Studies and Lessons Learned,” Tradeline College & University Science and Engineering Facilities, April 2018
“Planning and Design Strategies for High Performance STEM Buildings: Two Case Studies and Lessons Learned,” Tradeline College & University Science and Engineering Facilities, April 2018
“Integrating Design and Performance for a High-Performance Façade,” I2SL Conference, October 2017
“Northeastern ISEC: Integrating Design and Performance for a High Performance Façade,” 2017 International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories (I2SL) Conference
Guest Critic, Undergraduate and Graduate Comprehensive Design Studios, Northeastern University School of Architecture, 2016-2018
“Beyond Homogeneity – Boston’s Solution,” PAYETTE + Metropolis Think Tank Panelist, 2016
PAYETTE Sho-Ping Chin Memorial Scholarship, Juror, 2018
“Multimodal Image and the Guided Surgical Suite—Cross Sharing for Translational Research & Clinical Outcomes,” Healthcare Design Conference, 2013
“A Hybrid Surgical CT/MRI Imaging Suite for Humans and Animal Research: First of its Kind,” Tradeline Academic Medicine and Allied Health Conference, 2014
AIA Thermal Performance of Building Envelopes, AIA Upjohn Research Grant, 2012
Instructor, Drawing, Design, Foundation Design, Boston Architectural College, 2006-2012
Guest Lecturer and Critic, Distance Master’s Thesis Program, Boston Architectural College, 2012-2013
Guest Critic, Foundation Design, Boston Architectural College, 2014-2017
Tradeline Academic Medicine and Allied Health 03/14
Healthcare Design Conference 03/13
Boston Architectural College: Guest Lecturer and Reviewer, 2012-2013 Full List of Teaching & Lectures
Boston Architectural College: Instructor, 2006-2012
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