Mason Ellis Becomes Licensed Architect

WER Architects/Planners is pleased to announce that project designer, Mason Ellis, has passed the ARE exams and is a licensed architect. Mason joined WER in 2006 to gain experience in all aspects of the design process with a special interest in WER’s Restoration work. Mason has been a vital employee on the many teams that he has worked on involving both new construction and restoration/renovation. Working directly with Charles Witsell and John Greer, he has had many opportunities to advance his level of experience with projects that involve both restoration and renovation of existing buildings and design of new buildings within a contextural vocabulary involving significant historic buildings. Mason has been an essential component within WER to integrate building information modeling (BIM) to the design and production process. In 2007 WER made the decision that all new projects in the office were to be produced in BIM. Mason was one of the first to receive training and then incorporate that training to establishing the BIM guidelines for the production staff. As a result 100% of the production staff at WER has now been trained in BIM. Mason is also a LEED accredited professional participating in the various levels required on WER’s LEED projects.