Cannon Design Selected to Design Medical Center Expansion for the University of California at San Diego

Cannon Design Beats Out 20 Firms for Prestigious Major Project

LOS ANGELES, (June 18, 2008) – Cannon Design, a nationally ranked architectural, engineering and planning firm, announced that they have been selected by the University of California, San Diego for a major expansion of the University’s Medical Center in La Jolla. (middle left photo)

“We are very excited for our team to have been selected for this important project,” said Scott Reed, (top right photo) AIA, principal, West Coast and Pacific Northwest regional market and practice leader.

Cannon Design was chosen over 20 major health care design firms in a highly competitive selection process. The project is in a new inpatient bed tower that doubles the capacity of the 119-bed John M. and Sally B. Thornton Hospital. The university also operates the UC San Diego Medical Center in Hillcrest, Calif. The highly competitive selection process concluded with an on site interview in Los Angeles by the UCSD selection committee.

The interview team from Cannon Design consisted of Mehrdad Yazdani, Lee Brennan, Frank Sica, Mike Pukszta and Scott Reed. Pending final approval by the University Of California Board Of Regents, the project is expected to break ground in early 2012 with a completion date of mid 2015. Cannon Design is recognized as one of the design industry leaders in Academic Medical Centers with a particular emphasis on Cancer Care.

Cannon Design’s Los Angeles office, located at 1901 Avenue of the Starts, Suite 175, was founded in 1994, and now has 70 employees with plans to expand to 100.

About Cannon Design
Cannon Design is ranked among the leading North American firms in planning and design for healthcare, science & technology, education, government, sports & recreation and civic/justice projects.

At present, the firm employs a staff of over 750, delivering services in 14 offices throughout North America, as well as abroad in Shanghai, China. For more information, please call 310.229.2800 or visit http://www.cannondesign.com/

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