John Chapman, AIA

A founding principal of KCCT, John Chapman is a leading authority on US diplomatic design worldwide, borne out through an extensive portfolio of secure, sustainable facilities for government, institutional, and private clients spanning diplomatic, military, intelligence, and transportation market sectors. He has overseen the delivery of 11 new embassy campuses, six new diplomatic office buildings, 20 major embassy renovations, and 15 historic building restorations, 10 of which were listed on the Secretary of State’s Register of Culturally Significant Properties. He has managed over 80 stand-alone projects and 200 task orders worldwide; additionally, he has managed design and construction of 35 diplomatic facilities overseas through design-build partnerships.

John has served on the AIA Federal Architecture Task Group and the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations Industry Advisory Panel, leveraging the perspective he has gained from design efforts that date back to the early Inman program. An untiring advocate of design innovation, John routinely probes and tests underlying security assumptions that drive current embassy planning and design criteria. His efforts over three decades have yielded increased design flexibility on blast-resistant storefront and curtain walls, proven the viability of operable blast windows, decoupled the anti-ram and anti-climb components of perimeter walls, and helped to redefine Limited Access Area to offer more flexibility in blocking and stacking. For each of his projects, John establishes strategic direction, facilitates stakeholder collaboration, and ensures administrative compliance with contract requirements and allocation of the full breadth of KCCT’s corporate resources.