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Dallas, TX — WHR Architects announces that Gerry W. Hicks AIA and Ronald F. Meyer AIA have joined the firm’s Dallas Healthcare Studio, bringing an enhanced depth of management and technical experience to the Dallas office and the firm nationally. "Our ability to attract senior professionals like Gerry and Ron is very important to WHR," says Mark W. Vaughan, AIA, ACHA, Principal–in-Charge of the Dallas office. “We are deeply committed to growing our Dallas office with high performance talent, capable of producing innovative design solutions. This is more important than ever as our healthcare clients are confronted with the realities of healthcare reform and their need for operationally efficient facilities.”
WHR’s commitment to creating people-friendly, high performance facilities was a strong draw for Hicks and Meyer. "WHR has an excellent reputation nationally, as well as in Dallas," notes Meyer. "I have known their work and their work culture for years — their projects at the Texas Medical Center and elsewhere are exceptional." Hicks concurs, saying, "With their focus on quality and informed process, which are so important in healthcare design, I knew the firm was a good fit for me."
As studio manager and senior project manager, Hicks brings 30 years of experience and expertise in project management, including large, multi-phase healthcare projects. He will work directly with clients, design consultants, and construction teams for projects in this region and across the country. Meyer assumes the role of senior project architect and project manager, bringing 20 years of healthcare architecture experience and significant depth producing documents utilizing Building Information Modeling (BIM) software. Both architects are graduates from Texas A&M; University, members of the American Institute of Architects, and are registered architects in the State of Texas.
"With senior leadership in place, WHR’s Dallas office is poised for continued growth," says Vaughan. "We have the design, management, and technological resources to deliver a range of projects — from small complex renovation projects to large replacement facilities, as well as college and university facilities.
"We are pleased to have Gerry Hicks and Ron Meyer join the WHR team," says WHR President and Chairman David Watkins, FAIA. "Respected professionals, they share our values and vision of ‘architecture with people in mind,’ and they strengthen our ability to deliver it."
Opened in 2004, the Dallas office has enjoyed steady growth, serving the firm’s long-time clients in the region and attracting new ones. Current and recently completed projects include: Hopkins County Memorial Hospital, Emergency Department and Bed Tower Expansion, Sulphur Springs, Texas; Leah M. Fitch Cancer Center at Comanche County Memorial Hospital, Lawton, Oklahoma; The Academic Building with Cancer Center at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas; Hospice Brazos Valley, Bryan, Texas; North Carolina Cancer Hospital and Heart & Vascular Center of Excellence, both new additions at Rex Hospital, Raleigh, North Carolina; University of Texas Southwestern, Animal Resource Center Remodel, Dallas, Texas; University of North Texas Music Hall, Denton, Texas; and the adaptive reuse of the Old Murphy School Community Center, Murphy, Texas.
WHR Architects is a full service architecture, interior design and technology planning firm. The firm’s commitment to critical thinking is balanced by an ingrained empathy that results in both improved project outcomes and positive working experiences for their clients. With over 160 people in Houston and Dallas, Texas, Washington DC and Lake Como, New Jersey, the 30-year-old firm is working on projects throughout the US for top–tier public and private education and medical institutions. WHR was named the 2008 AIA Houston Firm of the Year and 2010 IIDA Texas/Oklahoma Chapter Firm of the Year.
For more information visit www.whrarchitects.com
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