Recent Articles
AIA Palm Beach honors two LEO A DALY projects
The Toby & Leon Cooperman Sinai Residences in Boca Raton received an award in the residential category and LEO A DALY’s West Palm Beach studio received an interiors award.
LEO A DALY signs MEP 2040 pledge, pushing forward sustainability goals
LEO A DALY has signed on to MEP 2040, a movement to radically reduce total carbon emissions associated with building systems through collective action. Signatories seek to achieve operational net zero in their projects by 2030 and net zero embodied carbon by 2040.
Danette Riddle joins LEO A DALY to lead strategy and growth
Danette Riddle will develop and lead LEO A DALY’s brand strategy and marketing, in collaboration with other firm leadership. She will play a key role in the firm’s ambitious near-term growth goals.
LEO A DALY experts share decarbonization strategies with Facilities Management Advisor
Leo A. Daly Company CEO Ed Benes and LEO A DALY embodied carbon subject matter expert Jake Zach were featured in Facilities Management Advisor, sharing strategies for reducing embodied carbon in buildings.
King Hamad American Mission Hospital Receives NHRA Highest Level of Accreditation
Compliant with NHRA and International Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), the multi-specialty hospital design gives specific attention to hospital-acquired infections.
Eduardo Egea to Lead Southeastern and Caribbean Healthcare at LEO A DALY
LEO A DALY’s Eduardo Egea, CAAPPR, AIA, NCARB, has taken a new role as a vice president and regional healthcare leader, overseeing the firm’s healthcare work across Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas and the Caribbean.
Egea’s 30-year career has focused on large-scale healthcare projects such as trauma centers, oncology, research labs, behavioral health settings, academic medical centers, and specialty care models. In these major projects, Egea’s expertise lies in the early development stages, including project initiation, programming, operational mapping, and concept design. He has extensive expertise with women’s and children’s facilities, pediatric care units in Florida and across the region.
A graduate of Clemson University, Egea earned a bachelor’s degree in arts and a master’s degree in architecture with a focus on healthcare. In his work he often collaborates with the Clemson College of Architecture Center for Health Facility Design and Testing. Egea is also a frequent speaker at international and regional conferences, where he shares his insights on change management through design.
“I am eager to help hospital systems around the region use data to find customized design solutions to their unique needs,” Egea said. “End users, medical staff and patients, are always top of mind in my work, and I know this will lead to great collaborations with existing and new clients.”
As LEO A DALY’s first regional healthcare market leader, Egea will develop and maintain partnerships and relationships within the health and life science industries. He will offer his considerable expertise to clients across the southeast and in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, serving as the healthcare subject matter expert for clients in those areas.
“Eduardo’s deep expertise with pediatrics, focus on people and knowledge of design will be a great asset to all those we serve in the southeast region,” said Joshua Theodore, ACHE, EDAC, NCARB LEO A DALY’s global health practice leader. “He’s been a great partner to me in the time we’ve worked together, and I know he will serve our clients well.”
Bill Hanser
Bill Hanser will assume Egea’s former position as LEO A DALY Miami studio managing principal, in addition to Hanser’s current role as West Palm Beach studio managing principal, unifying the firm’s presence and offerings in Florida.
LEO A DALY’s West Palm Beach studio was named AIA Florida’s 2024 Firm of the Year.