Helen Bush Sittler, AIA, MLA, LEED AP

Principal at CIVITECTS


Experience

  • CIVITECTS Architects & Planners LLP, Wareham , MA : Managing Partner
  • Project experience includes institutional, public, corporate, industrial, historical and residential projects. Recent clients include Massachusetts Maritime Academy , University of Massachusetts Dartmouth , Cape Cod Community College
  • ABACUS Architects & Planners, Wareham , MA : Managing Partner
  • Dyer/Brown & Associates, Inc., New Bedford , MA : Project Architect
  • Brown & Lindquist, Inc., Yarmouthport , MA : Draftsman
  • Sippican Inc., Marion , MA : Construction Manager
  • Thompson Consultants, Inc., Marion , MA : Designer and Construction Manager

 

Education

  • Master in Landscape Architecture; Rhode Island School of Design
  • Master of Architecture: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Bachelor of Arts: Wellesley College

 

Professional Registration

  • Hawaii
  • Massachusetts
  • New Hampshire
  • NCARB Certified
  • LEED Accredited

 

Professional Affiliations

  • American Institute of Architects
  • Boston Society of Architects (BSA), Board of Directors 1996-98, 1999-2000
  • BSA Task Force on Growth Management, Chairman, 1989-99
  • American Planning Association

 

Academic

  • Guest Critic, Rhode Island School of Design, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2004

 

Lectures

  • “Maintaining Community Character – The People Aspect”, American Planning Association, Regional Conference
  • “New England, Myth and Reality”, Wellfleet , MA
  • “Planning for Living in the Small Town ”, Fairhaven , MA
  • “Guiding Growth in the Small Town ”, Sandisfield , MA
  • “Zoning New England ”, Build Boston , Boston Society of Architects
  • “SmartGrowth”, Massachusetts State House
  • “SmartGrowth”, a presentation for developers, Framingham State College

 

Other Activities

  • Marion 2015 Long-Range Planning Committee, current
  • Marion Housing Committee 1988-2005
  • Marion 40B Task Force, 2003-2004
  • Marion Historic District Committee, 2001-2003
  • Marion Handicapped Awareness Program, Founder