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| Ralitsa Todorova |
CHICAGO, IL (July 5, 2016)
— KTGY Architecture + Planning, an award-winning national architecture and
planning firm, announced it has hired Joy
DeWitt and Ralitsa Todorova as
job captains at the firm’s Chicago/Midwest office.
Together, DeWitt and
Todorova bring more than 14 years of architecture and design experience in the
healthcare, mixed-use and senior housing sectors, among others.
“Joy and Ralitsa perfectly
complement the team at our growing Chicago office, as they both have extensive
experience within the sectors in which KTGY specializes,” said David M. Kennedy, AIA, LEED AP,
principal at KTGY Architecture + Planning’s Chicago/Midwest office.
“We’re excited to leverage their exceptional
talents and continue the firm’s Midwestern expansion into the healthcare,
mixed-use, senior housing and retail space.”
As job captains, DeWitt
and Todorova, both 31, will oversee construction document production and
building coordination for a number of national projects out of KTGY’s
Chicago/Midwest office. Both will also manage design solutions, code analysis
and space planning on behalf of the firm.
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| Joy DeWitt |
Prior to joining KTGY,
DeWitt worked at Chicago-based PFB Architects as a project manager,
specializing in healthcare and senior living developments. During that time,
she was involved in a number of medical projects at The University of Chicago
Medical Center.
Prior to that, DeWitt also spent several years
in Tianjin, China, working on master-planning competitions, high-rise housing
and several commercial projects. She earned a master’s degree in architecture
and a bachelor’s degree in design architectural studies from the University of
Nebraska.
Additionally, DeWitt is a certified Construction Documents
Technologist (CDT) through the Construction Specifications Institute.
Todorova comes to KTGY
from Chicago-based FitzGerald Associates Architects, where she spent two years
working alongside architects to develop feasibility studies and designs for
multiple mixed-use, mid-rise residential and single-family housing
developments.
She previously served in a
junior architect role at SAS Architects & Planners, where she led designs
for healthcare and senior living facilities. Prior to that, Todorova managed
commercial tenant build-out projects, focusing primarily on restaurant and
foodservice design, for Chipman Design Architecture.
She graduated with honors
from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago with a bachelor’s degree
in architecture.
For a complete copy of the company’s news release,
please contact:
Julie Liedtke,
jliedtke@taylorjohnson.com, (312) 267-4521
Abe Tekippe,
atekippe@taylorjohnson.com, (312) 267-4528
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