Francis Cauffman Architects

Francis Cauffman Architects, which practices as FCA, is an architecture firm with offices in Philadelphia and New York and a practice weighted toward healthcare and science-and-technology facilities. The firm designed the new acute care tower at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, an 11-story, 600,000-square-foot addition that moves the hospital to all private rooms and expands its emergency, surgical, and intensive-care capacity. FCA’s healthcare work centers on the operational realities of modern hospitals, from private-room standards to hybrid operating suites, and it pairs that with interiors and planning services across the Northeast.

Francis Cauffman Architects — now branded FCA — traces its roots to 1954, when University of Pennsylvania alumni James Francis, George Wilkinson, and their partner founded Francis, Cauffman & Wilkinson. The name shortened to Francis Cauffman in 2007 and rebranded to FCA in 2018. The firm works from four offices — Philadelphia, New York, New Haven, and Orlando — and is licensed to practice in 37 states, with national and international projects.

FCA’s practice covers architecture, interior design, and master planning, with notable depth in workplace, healthcare, and science and technology environments. Recent work has included corporate headquarters interiors such as EisnerAmper’s New York City offices.

For clients across the Northeast and beyond, FCA offers the continuity of a firm that has adapted through seven decades and several name changes while keeping its University of Pennsylvania design lineage. The multi-office structure lets it serve corporate and institutional clients across a wide licensing footprint from a single practice.