PFB Architects is pleased to announce the addition of Gary W. Collins, AIA as principal in our Chicago, Illinois office.  Collins joins PFB with over three decades of design and marketing experience, including the last seven years with top ranked healthcare design firms Anshen+Allen and NBBJ.

Collins' expertise guiding teams and forging strategic partnerships is integral to the design and delivery of innovative facilities that are collaboratively formed, partnership driven, and patient-centered. He is a Vice President on the leadership team and past president of the Health Care Institute, an IFMA Alliance Partner where he created the Facility Management Track for HealthCare Design for the past three years and developed the Green Patient Room.  

The GPR was a nationally recognized exhibit for three years at 15 conferences with exposure to more than 75,000 attendees and 150 hospitals that demonstrated green materials and technologies and showcased a healing environment based upon evidence-based design.  His marketing efforts lead the design-build win for the $321 million OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital Neuroscience Institute and Bed Tower in Columbus.

"We look forward to the greater depth of exposure Gary can bring to our growing national healthcare practice. Gary's desire to be more integral to the entire lifecycle of a project fits well with PFB's current customer service practice and attention to excellence." Indicated Thomas C. Jeziorski, PFB Chicago’s recently appointed Managing Partner.

PFB Architects, Inc. has been serving the Southwest and Midwest markets for the past 59 years with offices currently in Cincinnati, Ohio and Chicago, Illinois. PFB has evolved its practice from a smaller local presence to a national practice concentrating on the execution of commercial and institutional projects ranging in size from single commissions, to large master planning, as well as long term care and health facility clients.

Collins may be reached at 312 622 3732 or by email at gcollins@pfbchicago.com