Great Things at IONIC

We are really excited to announce the promotion of a few family members at Ionic DeZign Studios to leadership roles. It is with great pride we celebrate the following promotions:

Matthew Mazzoni, AIA, LEED AP, CCCA has been promoted to Director of Architecture for all of Ionic DeZign Studios. Matt has been with IONIC for five years and has excelled. He brings the best efficiency and productivity to our team. Matt will lead the firm's production into the future while continuing to focus on building client relationships and exceeding their expectations. He handles many of our financial institutional projects locally and in other areas including Florida, Texas, Rhode Island and Maryland. We look forward to his guidance.

Dahlia White, Assoc. AIA has been promoted to Director of Restaurant Architecture for the firm. Dahlia has been with IONIC for over nine years and has handled a myriad of different projects during that time. She has excelled in project management while working on many of our restaurant projects. Dahlia has managed more than 150 Wendy's Restaurants for corporate and franchise owners. Her relationship with owners and contractors has allowed IONIC continued and expansion in the restaurant industry.

Joy Thorpe, Assoc. AIA has been promoted to Director of Interior Architecture for the firm. Joy has been with IONIC three years. She came to us with experience of running her own design firm for many years prior. Her background and attention to detail has allowed her to grow our interiors department while also managing many of the residential and multi-family projects. Her knowledge of furniture specification has provided IONIC the ability to offer furniture procurement services to our clients as well.

We all welcome the growth and progression of our family into leadership roles and look forward to what the future holds for us all. Congratulations.

D. Eugene Thompson, AIA

Founder + President

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Congratulations Are In Order

We want to congratulate our very own Matthew Mazzoni for recently passing the A.R.E. tests and becoming an official licensed architect. We all know how much work it takes to get through school, apprenticeship and then studying for the tests. It certainly isn't easy and so many fail to move forward with this important step. Matt is one of the leaders in our office and handles much of the Contract Administration duties for various projects. Currently he is overseeing the construction of the newest Navy Federal Credit Union being built in Chesapeake while wrapping up the exterior construction drawings for the new Chartway Federal Credit Union headquarters in Virginia Beach. Matt also has been working on the documents for the new 22,000 square foot Shore Christian Academy to be built in Exmore. We are all proud of Matt and look forward to his continued success with us here at IONIC.

Take a look at Matt's profile on our website and be sure to tell him congratulations!
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Matt Mazzoni - Third Base

Matthew Mazzoni Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, CD

project manager
construction administrative coordinator


Matt Graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Architecture and Design with a Bachelor of Architecture in May 2007. When taking classes outside of his major he focused on sustainability and achieved a minor in business administration. Matt also participated in the student chapter of the American Institute of Architects and spent several summers interning in the facilities department of Education Management Corporation.

Before joining IONIC, he has worked for several offices and has been recognized for several achievements. He started out working for Michael Brady Inc. of Knoxville, Tennessee where he focused on design build and hospitality projects, and became a certified Constructions Documents Technologist (CDT) through the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI). He then moved onto Stuck Associates Architects of Jonesboro, Arkansas where he was involved in nursing home design, updating existing facilities for ADA compliance and worked on LEED Certified projects. While there he graduated from the chamber of commerce's Leadership program, received his LEED accreditation, and was the winner of the 2010 USGBC Natural Design Competition for emerging professionals in the state of Arkansas.

Matt brings a vast knowledge of Building Information Modeling to IONIC. Considered the future of the design and construction industry, BIM allows for better coordination between architects and engineers, contractors and architects, and provides project owners with great amounts of data to manage their facilities more efficiently long after construction.

 

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Ionic DeZign Studios awarded another project with NFCU

Ionic DeZign Studios was awarded another small project with Navy Federal Credit Union. The small renovation project will take place at the existing Norfolk NAS location. The project begins immediately and expects to be released for bidding at then of August 2011.  Matthew Mazzoni, Assoc AIA with Ionic will be the project manager for the duration of the work. Jorvas Rodgers with IDS+E has been contracted to accommodate the Mechanical design required for the renovations.