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Allen is remembered for his many skills and talents as a planner and designer. Allen worked on many significant international projects throughout his career including US Hospitals at Augsburg, Landstuhl, Bad Cannstatt, Hanau and Ramstein AFB, Germany; and Cakmakli, Turkey. In addition to Allen’s national and international experience he also collaborated on many significant projects within the Wichita Falls community (i.e., the Bridwell Tower, United Regional Health Care System, 11th Street Campus, which opened its doors in August of 2009; the J.S. Bridwell Hall, Allied Health Sciences Center, Midwestern State University; and the Kay Yeager Coliseum, Multi-Purpose Events Center (MPEC)).
In closing, we want to thank all of our friends and clients for the opportunities given us to provide professional services and thank those who supported us in our mission over the last 55 years.
In joint venture with HKS, Inc. of Dallas, Texas, for the last 30 years the firm has been responsible for the design of many significant hospitals representing 5.6 million square feet in design and 4.5 billion dollars in construction for the military (i.e., Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland; Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas; Institute of Surgical Research and Clinical Investigation, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas; Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Aurora, Colorado; and Bassett Army Community Hospital, Fort Wainwright, Fairbanks, Alaska). HKS/Wingler & Sharp was recently awarded the design contract for two major DoD replacement hospital projects for military communities located at Fort Hood, Killeen, Texas and Fort Knox, Kentucky.
Allen’s architectural knowledge and experience with his God-given ability to work with people, (clients and employees) who found him to be a consistent, genuine, caring and honorable man combined with the attributes of leadership, dependability, toughness and directness enabled him to do well the job at hand. He never considered architecture as work but a challenge of a new problem to be solved daily.
