Boston – saam Architecture, a Boston-based design firm, recently announced they have established new executive positions and expanded the team of principals with a promotion and a new hire. The company has welcomed Ed Bourget as a principal.
Ed Bourget
Bourget comes to saam with 27 years of experience in architecture, with projects including multi-family residential, higher education facilities, town halls, and libraries.
Co-founders Diana Nicklaus and Koos Louw will shift focus to executive roles, with Nicklaus serving as president and CEO and Louw as vice president and COO. Current senior associate Diana Ostberg has been elevated to principal.
Diana Nicklaus, co-founder of saam Architecture, has more than 20 years of experience in the industry. She has practiced in both the United States and Italy, and her work includes high profile large scale institutional projects including those in higher education, healthcare, cultural arts, and K-12 education sectors.
With over three decades of experience, saam co-founder Koos Louw has successfully completed residential, commercial, institutional, and healthcare projects for private clients, corporations, and state agencies in the United States, Africa, and the Middle East. He formerly served as managing principal of the Burt Hill Boston office and has extensive executive-level managerial experience.
Diana Ostberg joined saam in July 2014 as senior associate and has played a key role in establishing the firm as an innovator in the industry. As the VDC/BIM leader, she has received industry recognition as an authority on the use of Building Information Modeling on the Virtual Design and Construction of large, complex projects.
