San Francisco, Calif. (August 31, 2020) —Taylor Design, an employee-owned architectural, interior design and design strategy firm, recently expanded its healthcare team in Sacramento and San Francisco. Joining the team are Teresa Endres, AIA, EDAC, AAH, and Ian Lawlor, AIA, LEED AP, both as project directors.

“Teresa and Ian are both uniquely suited to help our clients address their current challenges and future needs,” says Kevin Hinrichs, AIA, LEED AP, president, Taylor Design. “With these important additions to our team, we are excited to continue expanding our healthcare design portfolio in Northern California. San Francisco is a known hub for excellent healthcare, of course, but the Sacramento area is also growing a vibrant, world-class network of healthcare facilities, and we’re pleased to be contributing to this growth.”

Teresa Endres, AIA, EDAC, AAH. With over 25 years of experience as an architect, healthcare planner, and project manager, Endres specializes in healthcare projects. Her expertise includes evidence-based design, healthcare planning, Lean health facility transformation, and OSHPD compliance. She has planned and managed over 25.5 million square feet of projects with a total construction cost of more than $18 billion. Her projects have received awards from the AIA, Healthcare Design magazine, the ASHE Vista award, and Constructech magazine, among others. In addition, Teresa serves as the Chair of the Central Valley chapter’s AIA Academy of Architecture for Health (AAH), and is a member of the AIA National AAH Advisory Group. She is recognized as a leading expert in Lean planning and programming, having delivered numerous presentations and training sessions on the subject throughout her career.

“Taylor Design has a corporate culture that is deeply rooted in collaboration,” said Endres. “I am looking forward to working with a great team of people who are truly passionate about design.”

Ian Lawlor, AIA, LEED AP. Lawlor has a reputation as a project team leader for sustainable, high-performance architecture. He has more than 30 years of experience as a project architect, manager, and coordinator in the planning, detailing and construction of large-scale, complex healthcare and academic projects. Prior to joining Taylor Design, Lawlor was a project director for Stantec (formerly Anshen+Allen), where he collaborated on the LEED Gold certified UCSF Bakar Precision Cancer Medicine Building, the award-winning projects at VA Puget Sound Mental Health & Research Building in Seattle, and the Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center in Cleveland.

“I have worked alongside many of the staff members at Taylor Design throughout my career,” said Lawlor. “Joining the team feels like family already.”

About Taylor Design: Taylor Design is a strategy-based design firm with practices in Architectural Design, Interior Design, and Design Strategy. The firm has five offices in California – Irvine, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Sacramento. Since 1979, Taylor Design has built a national reputation in the healthcare, education, science & technology, and senior living sectors. Taylor Design works with clients to discover, develop, and design solutions for the built environment. Clients include Kaiser Permanente, UC Davis, UC San Francisco; Stanford University; SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory; UC Berkeley; San Mateo County; Scripps Health, San Diego; UC San Diego Health System, San Diego; Sharp HealthCare; UC Irvine Health, Orange County; Hoag Health Network, Orange County; as well as others throughout California. For more information on the firm visit www.WeAreTaylor.com

Contact: Jerry Guerra at jguerra@jagg-group.com or 781-718-2403