Healthcare Architecture, Programming , and Planning

Experience

Principal.

FKP Architects, Inc. / CannonDesign

1994 – 2000; 2001 – 2019

Served in various leadership roles, including Principal, Chair of Principal Group and Member of the FKP Board of Directors for FKP Architects, which is a large American architecture firm based in Houston, Texas specializing in the design of major academic, research, scientific, and healthcare projects. FKP Architects merged with Cannon Designs in November 2017 leveraging 19 office locations nationwide, creating an entry point for Alan to transition to private practice.


Healthcare Experience

  • Covenant Children’s Hospital; Lubbock, Texas

  • Cook Children’s Medical Center; Fort Worth, Texas

  • Dayton Children’s Hospital; Dayton, Ohio

  • MD Anderson Cancer Center; Houston, Texas

  • Community Heart and Vascular Hospital; Indianapolis, Indiana

  • Harris Health System; Houston, Texas

  • Boston Children’s Hospital; Boston, Massachusetts

  • Children’s Hospital of Colorado Denver, Colorado

  • LeBonheur Children’s Hospital; Memphis, Tennessee

  • Children’s Medical Center; Dallas, Texas

  • Texas Children's Hospital; Houston, Texas

  • Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital Ambulatory Care Center; Beaumont, Texas

  • Christus St. Joseph Ambulatory Services Facility; Houston, Texas

  • Hermann Pavilion- Hermann Hospital; Houston, Texas

Research / Lab Experience

  • Baylor College of Medicine Alkek Research Tower; Houston, Texas

  • Education Experience

    • Texas A&M Health Science Center Medical and Nursing School; Bryan Texas

  • Speaking / Presentation Experience

    • Abbott Nutrition Health Institute Faculty Lecturer 2016-17: Milk Bank and Formula Room Design

    • Gravens Conference 2013: “I Want My Own Room” Private Room NICU Presentation

    • CHA Facilities Winter 2012: Clinics: Standardize Customize or Both?

    • CHA Facilities Winter 2012: NICU Panel Discussion

    • Healthcare Design 08: Technology Forum

    • AIA/ASHE PDC 2006: Evidenced Based Design

    • NACHRI Facilities 2006: “Architectural Yoga”

    • NACHRI Spring 2003: “Morphology of a Pediatric Hospital”

Project Experience.


Prior Experience.

HOK Architects, Inc 2000 to 2001

WHR Architects, Inc. 1991 to 1994


Education.

Master of Architecture - University of Houston, Houston, Texas - May 1991

Bachelor of Business Administration - Baylor University, Waco, Texas - May 1986


Registered Architect in Texas #17810; ACHA; LEED AP

American Institute of Architects National Houston Chapter

Texas Society of Architects

Past-Chair Committee on Architecture for Health

American College of Healthcare Architects

USGBC

Registrations & Affiliations.