Houston, TX — WHR Architects will begin the application period for the 2012 Tradewell Fellowship this fall with applications due on or before January 20, 2012.

The Tradewell Fellowship was created to help build careers of aspiring healthcare architects. Each year, the Tradewell Fellow is involved with clients in early master planning and design with a particular focus on healing environments and collaborative design methods. The year-long Fellowship typically begins and ends in July and includes employment at WHR Architects in Houston.

“This fellowship offers a very unique opportunity for someone particularly interested in healthcare facility planning and design,” says Charles Cadenhead, FAIA, FACHA, FCCM – Senior Principal and Tradewell Fellow Mentor. “The Fellows gain broad experience during their year at WHR and many have stayed with the firm. All have achieved great things.”

In addition to working directly with senior medical planners and clients, Fellows receive unique experience and career guidance from leaders in the healthcare industry and a network of past Tradewell Fellows. At the completion of the Fellowship, participants have begun to develop the skills and experiences to become leaders and mentors.

The Tradewell Fellow is someone who wants to be a lifelong learner and mentor to others.  In order to develop particular expertise in an area of his or her interest, the Fellow will choose a topic related to the design of healing spaces and create a body of writing or project that is suitable for presentation and/or publication. The Fellow will also receive a scholarship to attend a national healthcare conference, and the opportunity to attend and lead many in-house educational presentations.  No two Fellowship years have ever been the same.

Other educational opportunities for the Fellow include: assisting with teaching a graduate level course on health facility planning, design, and construction; participating in evidence-based design activities; and assisting members of the firm in authoring speeches, articles, presentations, or books.

For more information about the Tradewell Fellowship, visit www.whrarchitects.com/tradewell, or follow @tradewellfellow on Twitter.

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About WHR Architects, Inc.
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 110 people in Houston and Dallas, Texas, Washington DC and New Jersey, the 32-year-old firm is working on projects throughout the US for top–tier public and private education and medical institutions. WHR was named the 2010 IIDA Texas/Oklahoma Large Firm of the Year and 2008 AIA Houston Firm of the Year.