An Ideas Based Practice

David Body, FAIA, RIBA

Los Angeles

Email: dbody@cannondesign.com

Heralded as “the George Washington of modern university athletic buildings,” David Body is recognized as one of the prime creators of the contemporary student recreation center. Body has established international renown through more than three decades of planning and designing sports and recreational complexes, wellness facilities, and “fusion” buildings, including such pioneering facilities as the John Wooden Center at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the RIMAC Center at the University of California, San Diego, a project honored with the prestigious IOC/IAKS Award. A member of the Society of Architectural Historians, he is a frequent lecturer and author on sports and recreation master planning and design.

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