What Davis Stokes Collaborative Architects does

Davis Stokes Collaborative Architects, P.C. is a privately held professional architectural corporation founded in 1985 and headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee. The firm provides full-lifecycle architectural design and planning services, with a primary focus on healthcare facilities including acute care hospitals, specialty hospitals, cancer centers, surgery centers, medical office buildings, and clinical laboratories. Its service portfolio is organized around standard project phases (Programming, Preliminary Code Analysis, Schematic Design, Design Development, Construction Documents, Bidding and Negotiation, and Construction Administration) supplemented by 3D renderings, virtual reality visualization, and third-party drawing review.

The firm extends beyond healthcare into two adjacent verticals: senior housing (independent living, assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing) and K-12 educational facilities. It operates nationwide from a single Brentwood office, with documented project presence across the Southeast, Southwest, Midwest, Northeast, and West regions. The practice is led by four principals, each with 30-36+ years of healthcare architecture experience, and emphasizes complex renovation and expansion phasing in active medical environments as a core competency.

Revenue is generated through project-based professional services engagements with healthcare systems, senior living operators, and educational institutions. Pricing is not publicly disclosed, and no funding rounds, acquisitions, partnerships, or institutional investors are reported. The firm is privately held under a Tennessee professional corporation structure with no parent company. The company's stated value proposition is high client retention through relationship continuity, specialized healthcare facility expertise, and tailored design solutions sensitive to client objectives, construction budgets, and schedules.

Name

Davis Stokes Collaborative Architects

Legal name

Davis Stokes Collaborative Architects, P.C.

Website

https://dsccol.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Davis Stokes Collaborative Architects, P.C. is a privately held healthcare-specialized architecture firm founded in 1985, headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee. It provides full-lifecycle architectural services to healthcare systems, senior living operators, and K-12 schools nationwide, with a focus on complex hospital renovation and expansion projects.

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Product category

Healthcare Architectural Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Architectural Services (541310)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare Facility Construction (Hospitals, Clinics, Labs) (IMAFACAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Senior Living & Assisted Living Facility Construction (IMAFACAJ)

Keywords

• Healthcare architecture services
• Hospital design
• Medical office buildings
• Senior living design
• Cancer center design

Headquarters

HQ city

Brentwood

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

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Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D

Core offering

Davis Stokes Collaborative Architects, P.C. provides full-service architectural design for healthcare and institutional facilities, including programming, code analysis, schematic design, construction documents, and construction administration. Its core portfolio spans hospitals (acute care, specialty, LTAC, rehabilitation, women's), medical office buildings and clinics, cancer centers, ambulatory surgery centers, senior housing (independent living, assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing), and K-12 education facilities, delivered nationwide from its Brentwood, Tennessee headquarters.

Product overview

Davis Stokes Collaborative Architects, P.C. is an architectural services firm established in 1985, operating nationwide with a focus on healthcare and institutional architecture. The company offers a comprehensive suite of architectural services organized around project phases: Programming, Code Analysis, Design (Schematic and Design Development), Construction Documents, and Construction Administration. Their core project portfolio spans six major categories—Hospitals (acute care, specialty, LTAC, rehabilitation, and women's hospitals), Medical Office Buildings and Clinics, Cancer Centers, Surgery Centers, Senior Housing (independent living, assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing), and Education Facilities (K-12 schools). The firm combines these service modules with their project type expertise to deliver tailored architectural solutions, with particular emphasis on healthcare facilities that require specialized knowledge of medical infrastructure, regulatory compliance, and patient-centered design.

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Products and services

• Hospital Design Services Complete architectural design services for acute care hospitals, specialty hospitals, LTAC hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals, and women's hospitals, including new construction, expansion, and renovation projects. Delivered to healthcare systems, medical centers, and specialty hospital owners nationwide.
• Medical Office Buildings and Clinics Design Architectural design services for medical office buildings, multi-specialty clinics, outpatient pavilions, and ambulatory care centers serving various healthcare specialties. Targeted at health systems and physician groups developing outpatient real estate.
• Cancer Center Design Specialized architectural services for cancer treatment facilities, including radiation oncology, infusion centers, imaging, and supportive care areas. Designed for hospitals and oncology providers developing new or expanded cancer programs.
• Surgery Center Design Design services for ambulatory surgery centers and outpatient surgical facilities, including operating rooms, procedure rooms, and recovery areas. Delivered to hospitals, physician groups, and ASC developers.
• Senior Housing Design Architectural services for senior living facilities spanning independent living, assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing communities. Served to senior living operators and developers across new construction and renovation.
• Education Facility Design Design services for educational institutions, including elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools, covering new construction and renovation. Intended for K-12 school districts and educational institutions.
• End-to-End Project Delivery (Programming, Design, Construction Documents, Construction Administration) Full lifecycle architectural service offering covering programming, preliminary code analysis, schematic design and design development, construction documents, construction administration, third-party review, and bidding and negotiation assistance. Engaged by healthcare systems, senior living operators, and educational institutions as a single integrated service for projects across hospitals, MOBs, cancer and surgery centers, senior housing, and education facilities.

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Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Direct peers

• Perkins&Will: Global architecture firm with deep healthcare expertise across hospitals, cancer centers, and senior living. Comparable healthcare architecture focus with similar project typologies.
• LEO A DALY: National architecture and engineering firm with healthcare, education, and senior living practices. Comparable institutional architecture portfolio with healthcare specialization.
• SmithGroup: Integrated design firm with a major healthcare practice spanning hospitals, ambulatory care, and academic medical centers. Directly comparable healthcare A&E specialization.
• Moody Nolan: Largest African-American-owned architecture firm with a healthcare practice covering hospitals and medical office buildings. Comparable institutional and healthcare architecture profile.
• HKS, Inc. Large national healthcare-focused architecture firm with deep hospital and health system portfolio. Directly comparable to DSC's healthcare architecture specialization, though at much greater scale.
• CannonDesign: National architecture firm with a leading healthcare practice covering hospitals, medical office buildings, and academic medical centers. Closely comparable in healthcare focus and project typology.
• HGA (Hammel, Green and Abrahamson): National architecture and engineering firm with a substantial healthcare practice. Comparable healthcare facility design portfolio including hospitals, clinics, and specialty care facilities.
• HDR, Inc. Global architecture and engineering firm with a major healthcare practice spanning hospitals, cancer centers, and academic medical centers. Comparable healthcare A&E focus to DSC, scaled nationally.
• EwingCole: East Coast architecture and engineering firm recognized for healthcare facility design including hospitals, cancer centers, and medical office buildings. Directly comparable healthcare architecture specialty.

Regional players

• Earl Swensson Associates: Nashville-based healthcare architecture firm with deep hospital and health system expertise. Closely comparable to DSC in size, healthcare focus, and Tennessee base — primarily serves Southeast regional market.

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Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

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Profiles4 records

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