RALEIGH, N.C. — WHR Architects has expanded its healthcare presence in North Carolina, establishing an office in Raleigh. While WHR has been working with clients in the region since 2009, the strategic decision was based on increased demand for healthcare services in North Carolina, as well as WHR’s growth and its recent merger with EYP.
Charles H. Griffin, AIA, FACHA, EDAC, WHR’s senior principal who has been actively engaged with REX Healthcare on the new North Carolina Heart & Vascular Hospital, will lead the healthcare practice. “Our involvement in the region has shown us that there is an exceptional opportunity to combine our national experience with North Carolina’s accomplished healthcare organizations and leaders to meet the needs of the market. We look forward to collaborating with the finest minds in the Research Triangle and beyond.”
The healthcare studio leaders for the Raleigh office are Michelle McNutt, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, senior project architect and Terence McCabe, AIA, CSI, LEED AP, senior project manager. Together, they oversee all WHR healthcare projects in North Carolina. McNutt and McCabe bring two decades of experience working with leading North Carolina healthcare and research institutions including Duke University Medical Center, East Carolina University, Morehead Memorial Hospital, New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Randolph Hospital, REX Healthcare, Sampson Regional Medical Center, Triangle Physician Network, UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine, UNC Healthcare and multiple UNC Hospitals.
Additional WHR specialists will work with the Raleigh team. Mark Vaughan, AIA, ACHA, a senior medical planner who has worked with REX Healthcare alongside Griffin, will be the senior medical planning resource for the Raleigh office.
WHR’s recent national healthcare and research project experience includes work with CHRISTUS St. Vincent Regional Medical Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico; Stamford Hospital’s New Hospital in Stamford, Connecticut; Jersey Shore University Medical Center Cancer Center in Neptune, New Jersey; Children’s Medical Center Dallas, Texas; Houston Methodist Hospital’s North Campus expansion and Memorial Hermann Hospital’s Texas Trauma Institute in the Texas Medical Center.
