Global architecture and design firm Perkins and Will appointed Matt Lamp AIA, an architect with 20 years of healthcare experience, as senior medical planner. He joins the Durham-based healthcare studio and will provide data-driven strategy and planning for the firm’s health system clients in the Carolinas and beyond.

“Matt’s ability to analyze the comprehensive and often complex needs of modern healthcare institutions offers our clients an additional level of evidence-based planning and programming,” said Sean Murphy AIA, principal and leader of Perkins and Will’s North Carolina healthcare practice. “His success in developing creative options and applying proven research methods aligns with our or approach to healthcare design and to the needs felt by clients. We are thrilled to welcome Matt to our growing healthcare team.”

Lamp earned a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the Illinois Institute of Architecture, is a registered architect, member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), and serves as an instructor at the Lean Construction Institute.Prior to joining Perkins and Will, he worked with national and international architecture firms and developed a distinctive ability to understand, through data and occupancy review, how designed environments can best meet the needs of healthcare workers and patients.Lamp’s work integrates analytics tools including modelling, process mapping, and digital simulation to improve the patient and staff experience.

“I am thrilled to be joining the Perkins and Will North Carolina team at a time when design is becoming increasingly important in the strategic planning of heathcare organizations ,” Lamp said. “The firm’s incredible resources and its tradition of applying research to every design create an exciting, enjoyable environment for doing the kind of work I love.”