Perkins+Will Announces That Robert Counter Joins Los Angeles Office as Healthcare Market Sector Leader
Last Updated: January 14, 2010
Perkins+Will, a global leader in sustainable architecture and design, has announced the appointment of Robert Counter , AIA, as Healthcare Market Sector Leader of the Los Angeles office. In his new role, Counter will be responsible for client relations and project management, providing strategic direction, and guiding new business development efforts for a key practice area of the firm.
Counter comes from a strong background in both healthcare and science and technology, and joins Perkins+Will after spending six years at another architectural firm. With more than 30 years working in the Southern California design community, Counter brings a range of client experience and knowledge of the local area with notable project accomplishments that include: Kaiser, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, City of Hope and County of Ventura. Counter has conducted extensive work on a global scale as well, with projects including: Middle Eastern UAE Hospital and Chest Disease Hospital, Kuwait. "We're honored to welcome Bob to Perkins+Will. He is a valuable addition to the firm with a wealth of experience and insight that will continue to help us meet the unique design needs of our healthcare clients," said Gabrielle Bullock, AIA, Managing Director of Perkins+Will, Los Angeles. Perkins+Will pioneered the development of healthcare design as a specialty focus in the 1950s. The firm is perennially ranked as a Top 5 design firm by Modern Healthcare magazine, and was recently recognized by Healthcare Design magazine with two of the firm's leading architects ranking among the "Most Influential people in healthcare design." To date, the firm has completed more than 1,000 planning and design projects for more than 400 leading healthcare institutions in the United States and overseas.
About Perkins+Will Established in 1935, Perkins+Will is an integrated design firm serving clients from offices in Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Dubai, Hartford, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New York, Orlando, Research Triangle Park, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Shanghai, Vancouver, and Washington, DC. With more LEED® Accredited Professionals than any firm in North America, Perkins+Will is recognized as the preeminent sustainable design firm in the country. The firm practices architecture, interiors, branded environments, planning + strategies and urban design with clients in aviation, corporate + commercial + civic, healthcare, higher education, K-12 education, and science + technology markets. Perkins+Will routinely ranks among the world's top design firms and has received hundreds of awards, including the prestigious American Institute of Architects' "Firm of the Year Award."
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