Elen Zurabyan Archives

Skolkovo University Celebrates Opening East Ring Campus

October 11, 2018

Elen Zurabyan

Celebrated with students and faculty from all over the world, SkolTech is the University’s new hub and center of research life. [...]

Celebrating Accomplishments: Elen Zurabyan

July 25, 2018

Elen Zurabyan

Elen Zurabyan recently passed her final ARE exams, and is on her way to becoming a licensed architect. Today we celebrate her accomplishments. [...]

Construction Update: SkolTech

October 30, 2017

Elen Zurabyan

PAYETTE’s involvement with SkolTech continues as we assist the institute in developing research fit-outs. [...]

Construction Update: SkolTech

June 20, 2017

Elen Zurabyan, Hal Spiers, Jeff DeGregorio

Check out the latest construction photos of our Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (SkolTech) project. [...]

Takeaways from WiD Negotiations Series, Part 1

November 23, 2015

Alison Laas, Elen Zurabyan, Lynn Petermann

Women are roughly 2-3 times less likely to initiate negotiations than men and often don't hold out as long for their needs. [...]

Fit-out Challenges

January 22, 2015

Elen Zurabyan

As a fit-out project for a building designed by others, one of the biggest challenges is to understand the design intent that drove the base building design. [...]

Combusting and Extracting

December 2, 2014

Elen Zurabyan, Liz Pawlak

A quick look at hydrocarbon recovery engineering facilities and how they (occasionally) intersect with our work. [...]

Touring the Clark Art Institute

June 30, 2014

Elen Zurabyan, Hilary Barlow

Special construction tour of Tado Ando's Clark Institute addition. [...]

Tours + Travel: The Netherlands

June 18, 2014

Elen Zurabyan, Matthew Fickett

Our project team recently toured two facilities at the Delft Technical University: the Kavli Nanolab’s cleanroom and the Aerospace Structures and Materials Laboratory. [...]

Take the Payette Step Challenge!

March 21, 2014

Elen Zurabyan, Hal Spiers, Liz Pawlak, Matthew Fickett, Ramsey Bakhoum, Ron Blanchard

A few of us have decided to embark on an informal and judgment-free experiment by documenting our team’s daily stepping habits. [...]

Stem Cell Laboratory Visits

February 7, 2014

Elen Zurabyan, Liz Pawlak

Comparing two different stem cell laboratories allowed us to better understand the evolution of biomedical facility design over the past 30 years. [...]

Where will you be in 2024?

January 9, 2014

Elen Zurabyan, Elizabeth Cox, Liz Pawlak, Meghan McNamara

The two-hour intensive event focused on the importance of setting goals and how to make consistent progress towards them. [...]

When Hallways Turn to Streets

November 6, 2013

Elen Zurabyan

One interesting factor in dealing with a project of this scale at a core and shell level has been the need to introduce electro carts as means of transportation. [...]

Engaging Young Professionals

March 15, 2013

Elen Zurabyan

This month Mike Davis, FAIA, president of the BSA, shared his presentation about the presence and role of emerging professionals within the practice of architecture. [...]

Elen joined Payette in 2013. At Wentworth Institute of Technology, Elen earned her M.Arch. and received a Design Excellence Award. While at Wentworth, Elen produced a thesis on the topic of Exploring Architecture as a Narrative. In her free time Elen dances with the Sayat Nova Dance Company, explores photography of spatial interactions and seeks out visually stimulating images and concepts.

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