News Release: FKP Architects Recognizes Healthcare Leader: Prajakti Glasco Achieves ACHA Board Certification

HOUSTON, TX, August 14, 2013 – FKP Architects is pleased to announce Vice President and Market Sector Leader, Prajakti (PJ) Glasco, AIA, LEED AP, has received American College of Healthcare Architects (ACHA) board certification. She achieved the credential through an examination and a portfolio review demonstrating her contributions to healthcare architecture. According to the ACHA, this credential has only been achieved by about 400 U.S. architects.

“PJ has certainly earned this recognition from the ACHA, and her work history demonstrates that,” says Diane Osan, Chairman and Chief Visionary Officer for FKP. “This certification builds on her substantial healthcare career, and it highlights her expertise and dedication to design excellence. PJ continually pushes our healthcare team to explore new design approaches that reflect the evolution of healthcare delivery. Her work adds valuable benefits for our healthcare clients and the patients they serve.” 

Glasco focused her career over the past nine years on serving healthcare organizations and cancer treatment specialists. Her clients include many of the Texas Medical Center’s top institutions, including The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, CHRISTUS Health System, Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, The University of Texas Health Science Center, The Methodist Hospital, and Texas Children’s Hospital.

In addition to her extensive healthcare design experience, Glasco is currently serving as the chair of AIA Committee on Architecture for Health, Houston Chapter. In this role, she brings together hospital system leaders with design professionals to exchange ideas about the dynamic issues facing health professions. Glasco is a graduate of the University of Houston, and she was recently named one of Houston’s top 40 Under 40 by the Houston Business Journal.