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Naim Jabbour is an assistant professor of architecture at the Pennsylvania College of Technology. He is also owner and principal designer of Atlelier Naim Jabbour, an architectural design consulting firm specializing in research, high-end residential architecture, and sustainable design. Naim received a Bachelor of Architecture from LSU in 2001. He also earned a Master of Science in architecture with an emphasis on sustainable design from Carnegie Mellon University in 2009, and a Master of Liberal Arts in sustainability from Harvard University in 2018. Naim holds a Doctor of Design in architecture degree from Carnegie Mellon University. He also earned post graduate certificates in daylighting buildings and Green Building and Community Sustainability from Harvard University. Naim is a LEED Accredited Professional and an Associate AIA.

Paul Russell Lentz (BArch 1977) is president of the architecture firm Lentz Morrisey Architecture, Inc. Located in the Artists Village area of Santa Ana, California, LMA has provided professional services to clients since 1998. The firm’s principals bring more than 45 years of project experience to the firm, including experience in industrial, commercial, institutional, and educational architecture.

A Center for the Arts at the University of Redlands designed by Paul Russell Lentz of Lentz Morrisey Architecture

Billy May, AIA, earned his license to practice architecture in Louisiana in July 2014. A designer with the firm since 2007, May is a senior associate at Tipton Associates, a professional architectural, interiors, and planning firm in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. William has served as project architect and studio leader on numerous projects throughout the region including University of Virginia, University of Mississippi, and Baylor University. As senior associate of the firm, William continues his current project responsibilities while also taking on increased leadership roles, such as participating in partner meetings and firm leadership discussions.

May earned his Bachelor of Architecture from LSU in 2006 and has worked and studied abroad in Sweden and Austria. He is a USGBC LEED Accredited Professional in building design and construction. His current projects include Baylor University’s Penland Hall and Mississippi State University’s Fresh Food Company. Tipton Associates is a 30-member interdisciplinary team of architects, interior designers, landscape architects, and urban/campus planners, working in 30 states out of its Baton Rouge office.

James Catalano (BArch 2013) is co-founder of New Orleans-based architecture firm CICADA.

He and Adrienne Trahan (BArch 2013) started their own 3D printing business, Future Factory, which specializes in 3D-printed jewelry and custom digital modeling and rapid prototyping for the New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Lafayette areas.

James’s Portfolio

Patrick Fess (BArch 2010) is a principal and co-owner of Construct: Custom Architectural Fabrication, a custom fabrication shop that specializes in millwork, furnishings, and specialty projects. The company has evolved into a full design-build operation offering unique design, fabrication, and build services for commercial, residential, and event spaces. Patrick and co-owner Jonathan Smith (BArch 2010) have a showroom and meeting space on Magazine Street in New Orleans and a workshop in New Orleans East, where the mills and general fabrication equipment is housed and where LSU School of Architecture alumnus Drew Wallace (BArch 2010) works as the company’s shop director. The three of them are able to offer extensive backgrounds in architectural design, furniture making, and carpentry. The team collaboratively works with contractors and designers to create unique and captivating spaces and products. Construct’s clients include Besh Restaurant Group’s Pizza Domenica, Eskew+Dumez+Ripple, Gould Evans, Montgomery Roth, Solomon Group, the National World War II Museum, and the New York Times. Construct has also designed and built furniture for the Make It Right Foundation’s annual gala.

Patrick’s Portfolio

Jonathan Smith (BArch 2010) is a principal and co-owner of Construct: Custom Architectural Fabrication, a custom fabrication shop that specializes in millwork, furnishings, and specialty projects. The company has evolved into a full design-build operation offering unique design, fabrication, and build services for commercial, residential, and event spaces. Jonathan and co-owner Patrick Fess (BArch 2010) have a showroom and meeting space on Magazine Street in New Orleans and a workshop in New Orleans East, where the mills and general fabrication equipment is housed and where LSU School of Architecture alumnus Drew Wallace (BArch 2010) works as the company’s shop director. The three of them are able to offer extensive backgrounds in architectural design, furniture making, and carpentry. The team collaboratively works with contractors and designers to create unique and captivating spaces and products. Construct’s clients include Besh Restaurant Group’s Pizza Domenica, Eskew+Dumez+Ripple, Gould Evans, Montgomery Roth, Solomon Group, the National World War II Museum, and the New York Times. Construct has also designed and built furniture for the Make It Right Foundation’s annual gala.

Jonathan’s Portfolio