David Allison

Title: Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in Architecture + Health
Department: Architecture
Expert Area: Health care design and health facilities architecture; architecture and the environment

Email: adavid@clemson.edu
Phone (o): 864.656.3897
Phone (h): 864.653.4120
Web site: http://www.clemson.edu/caah/architecture/architecture-plus-health/index.html

David Allison FAIA, ACHA is a Professor of Architecture and the Director of Graduate Studies in Architecture + Health at Clemson University, the most comprehensive professional [M.Arch] degree program in the nation with a concentration in Architecture and Health. The A+H program at Clemson is nationally recognized for the quality of its curriculum and consistent emphasis on design excellence within the discipline of healthcare architecture. It is focused on preparing architectural graduates to engage in the integrated planning and design of health care facilities, the healthful design of communities, and the healthful design of the built environment in general. The A+H program is committed to the integration of innovative design with academic scholarship and research in healthcare environments and has won numerous national awards for its work, and the work of its students, under David Allison's direction. Professor Allison is a registered architect in California, South Carolina, and North Carolina, and is NCARB certified. He speaks and writes on issues related to the healthful design of healthcare facilities and other architectural settings and has served on numerous national health environments design award juries. He was a founding member of the American College of Healthcare Architects and the Coalition for Health Environments Research. He is also a member of the Leadership Council of the AIA Academy of Architecture for Health where he served a three year term as an AIA/AAH National Advisory Board member. He was selected in 2012 as one of the eight most-influential people in health care design by Healthcare Design Magazine. In 2007, he was named among the magazine's "Twenty Making a Difference," and in 2009, a national poll conducted by the magazine identified him as one of the 25 most influential people in healthcare design.