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BuildingSmart Laboratories with Chirag Mistry
Chirag Mistry, Associate, Lab Planner for HOK Science + Technology Chirag Mistry has been at HOK for eight years and is one of our leading Building Information Modeling (BIM) experts, focusing...
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Happy 4th!!
What a better way to start summer than with a Summer kick off/Independence Day party?! We had a great turn-out on a perfect day today… Clear skies, not too hot, nice breeze and a ton of fantastic food...
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Leadership in Sustainability
For the third year in a row, the Design Futures Council and DesignIntelligence have ranked HOK as the most-admired firm in the world for its leadership in sustainable and high-performance design. This...
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ASAI Honors HOK Visualization Specialist Jarek Bieda
Jarek Bieda, ASAI, leader of the Design Visualization Group in HOK’s Washington, DC, office, has received one of the highest honors the architectural illustration profession can bestow. Jarek’s...
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Celebrating Diversity Week in St. Louis
I would like to congratulate chairs Donovan Olliff, Teresa Bridges and the entire St. Louis Diversity Task Force (Rebecca Nolan, David Chassin, Julie Donovan, Dianne Brown, Kelly Heet, Penny Malina,...
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Where did you summer?
In the United States, HOK offices on the West Coast, East Coast and everywhere in between hired the nation’s top college students to intern in a variety of disciplines such as architecture,...
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IIDA Dallas Fashion Show + Fairytales
HOK Dallas participated in the 2nd Annual CRE8 Challenge and Fashion Show benefiting Texas CASA. This year’s theme was “fairytales.” The HOK team (Kelsey Berry, Jennifer Cocker, Hoshi Kamiya, Jessica...
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How is Generation Y Transforming the Workplace?
I’m a hard-core Gen Xer. The year I was born falls right in the middle of the “sandwich generation” between the Baby Boomers and their babies. I know that it drives me crazy when people make gross...
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Terry Mattison Celebrates 50 Years with HOK!
Senior specifications writer Terry Mattison is celebrating 50 years at HOK – and counting. Members of the St. Louis office gathered on August 30 to celebrate with Terry, whose 11-page resume includes a...
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Morning Habits of Highly Successful People
Eat the frog first?! That’s what Fast Company Magazine recommends in Kevin Purdy’s article What Successful People Do With the First Hour of Their Day. I am not one to eat the frog first, for sure. My...
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Q+A with Stan Chiu: New Management Principal in HOK’s Los Angeles Office
Twenty-year architectural veteran Stan Chiu, AIA, LEED AP, an industry leader in lean design and integrated project delivery (IPD), joined HOK’s Los Angeles office on Sept. 4 as a new senior vice...
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Q+A with Russ Drinker: New Management Principal in HOK’s San Francisco Office
Thirty-four-year architectural veteran Russ Drinker, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, joined the leadership team in HOK’s San Francisco office on Sept 4. as a new senior vice president and management principal. As...
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Diversity Quilt (Part One)
2012 Diversity Week in St. Louis brought some fun activities to the staff, but the one I was (and still am) most excited about is the Diversity Quilt. The quilt, a scheme brought to life by Penny...
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Diversity Quilt (Part 2) – The Squares
As part of the HOK Diversity Quilt posts, I’ll be highlighting some squares. I want to share the ideas and talent that have come from this project; I also want to give others inspiration; I mostly...
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Diversity Quilt (Part 3) – The Squares
A continuation of the HOK Diversity Quilt posts … today we are featuring “all about me” squares. We’ve found that each square represents the maker in a unique way, and the next two were uniquely made:...
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Gingerbread Build Off
T’was a warm winter day in Houston when the 4th Annual Gingerbread Build-Off took place in Hermann Square. HOK’s team built a holiday version of James Turrell’s Skyspace that was made of green cake...
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Q+A: Kenneth Drucker FAIA, Design Director for HOK in New York
Like a proud father, Kenneth Drucker, FAIA, notes that two of his New York team’s projects that began more than half a decade ago have opened in recent months: Harlem Hospital’s new Mural Pavilion and...
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1,000 Days without a Car: A Transformation of Transportation
It has been nearly one thousand days since Earth Day 2010. I’m proud to be part of a firm that celebrates this day as passionately as we do. It means something. Our belief in and commitment to...
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The Secret to Productivity Is…
Not only have I been seeing this NYT article (Relax! You’ll Be More Productive) circulating around Facebook lately, but a coworker also just emailed it to our whole group. It seems that many people...
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Q+A: HOK President Bill Hellmuth
Bill Hellmuth, AIA, who joined HOK in 1991 and ascended to president in 2004, leads design projects worldwide. But he is especially proud of the local architectural contributions of HOK’s Washington...
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