Kirk Hamilton
 D Kirk Hamilton, FAIA, FACHA, EDAC is an Associate Professor of Architecture and Associate Director of the Center for Health Systems & Design at Texas A&M University. His professional degree in architecture is from the University of Texas and his master’s degree in organization development is from Pepperdine.
The focus of his academic research is the relationship of evidence-based health facility design to measurable organizational performance. He teaches healthcare design studios and seminars in the Master of Architecture program.
Hamilton is a board certified healthcare architect with 30 years of active practice and is a founding principal emeritus of WHR Architects. He has completed healthcare projects in 20 states and eight other countries. Hamilton is a past president of the American College of Healthcare Architects and the AIA Academy of Architecture for Health. He is one of only three architect members of the Society of Critical Care Medicine.
Hamilton has served on the not-for-profit board of The Center for Health Design for more than two decades and is co-editor of the peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary Health Environments Research & Design Journal (HERD). He is the co-author, with David Watkins, FAIA, of Evidence-Based Design for Multiple Building Types, published by Wiley & Sons, and is the co-author, with Mardelle Shepley, D.Arch, of Design for Critical Care: An Evidence-Based Approach published by Architectural Press of Elsevier.
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