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LOS ANGELES – Global architectural design firm HOK has launched a new business: HOK Product Design, LLC. Through this venture, HOK designers from across the firm will design products for use in and around the firm’s core business of architecture and interior design. HOK Product Design will license its designs to manufacturers for fabrication and sale. 

“HOK has a history of harnessing our entrepreneurial culture as a way to advance our practice and profession. This is especially relevant in difficult economic times such as these,” says Riccardo Mascia, AIA, a member of HOK’s Executive Committee and head of HOK’s Idea Board. The Idea Board is a group of firm leaders and external business advisers charged with collecting, vetting and funding proposals for new business pursuits from HOK’s people. [More info after the break.]

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ST. LOUIS – J.D. Power and Associates has given the HOK-designed Col. H. Weir Cook Terminal at Indianapolis International Airport its highest marks in passenger satisfaction in a survey of 64 major airports. The $1.2 billion terminal earned 777 points – the most of any airport surveyed – in airport accessibility, baggage claim, check-in and baggage check-in process, terminal facilities, ease of security checks, and food and retail services. The terminal, which debuted in 2008, was the first designed with new security protocols following the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

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MISHAWAKA, INDIANA – The new 254-bed Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, located on the 90-acre Edison Lakes Medical Campus in Mishawaka, Indiana, has opened. The new 663,000 square-foot hospital and 155,000-square-foot medical office building serves the Northern Indiana region.

HOK provided the architectural design, planning, structural engineering and interior design services for the new $224 million replacement facility, which is a member of Trinity Health. More info and images after the break.
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INCHEON, SOUTH KOREA – The new 300-room, five-star-rated Sheraton Incheon Hotel recently opened in New Songdo City, Korea, offering a new state-of-the-art facility in the heart of a new urban center. The new 25-story hotel is adjacent to the city’s new Convention Center, the Northeast Asia Trade Tower and a large retail mall. HOK provided architectural design, landscape design and sustainable design services for the new 500,000-square-foot, LEED® certified hotel.

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CHICAGO – The first of three phases for the new Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research (WIMR) at the University of Wisconsin (UW) School of Medicine and Public Health has been completed. Phase One of the project included master planning and building design by HOK of a 469,000-square-foot East Tower at the center of the University of Wisconsin-Madison health sciences campus. Milwaukee-based Zimmerman Architectural Studios, Inc. (ZAS) served as architect of record.

The new seven-story tower houses the UW Paul P. Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center – one of the leading cancer research facilities in the U.S. It also accommodates Radiation and Imaging Sciences, Orthopedics and Regenerative Medicine Research, Medical Physics, and a Vivarium.
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Architectural Design Firm Emerges as #1 Practice on 2009 ENR Survey of ‘Top 100 Green Design Firms’

For the second consecutive year, HOK ranks as the greenest design firm on the planet. A new survey published in the July 6, 2009, issue of Engineering News-Record (ENR) magazine ranked the global architectural design practice as the firm engaged in the most sustainable work. The survey is based on revenue for design services generated in 2008 from projects actively seeking certification from major third-party environmental standards or ratings organizations, such as the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED® certification system.
    
HOK generated $197.54 million, or 26 percent of total revenue, from sustainable projects in 2008.
    
In the magazine’s individual rankings by sector, HOK ranked first in the “Education” sector; second in the “Commercial Offices” sector; second in the “Sports, Entertainment & Civic” sector; and third in the “Government Offices” sector. As a group, the Top 100 firms generated $2.85 billion in design revenue in 2008 from projects registered with, and actively seeking certification from, third-party ratings groups. This marked a 63.9% increase over $1.74 billion in revenue from 2007 for the group.
    
Despite the economic downturn that has slowed global construction, HOK’s green expertise and impact have continued to increase. “While the business has shifted dramatically in the past year, sustainable design continues to resonate among clients across all sectors and regions,” says HOK Sustainable Design Director Mary Ann Lazarus. “We are continuing to broaden our expertise to help clients solve their environmental, economic and social challenges through traditional and non-traditional strategies. And through our exclusive alliance with the Biomimicry Guild, we are applying nature’s innovations to the planning and design of buildings, communities and cities worldwide.” 
    
A pioneer in the green building movement since the early 1990s, HOK’s sustainable design expertise has led to 43 LEED certified projects, six BREEAM rated projects and more than 100 others actively pursuing certification. The firm has played a significant role in applying sustainable design strategies to emerging geographic regions, building types and sectors. In addition, HOK principals authored one of the industry’s most respected texts, “The HOK Guidebook to Sustainable Design,” published by John Wiley & Sons.
    
HOK is a global architectural firm that specializes in planning, design and delivery solutions for buildings and communities. Through its collaborative network of 24 offices worldwide, the firm serves diverse clients within the corporate, commercial, public and institutional markets. HOK is committed to developing resources and expertise to help lead the world toward sustainable communities and building environments. Founded in 1955, the firm’s expertise includes architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, lighting, graphics, facilities planning and assessment, and construction services.

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The 250-room hospitality development is located in a historic 19th Century house and features a unique interior mimicking a Faberge egg.

HOK is designing Russia’s most exclusive and luxurious hotel, a part of the luxury Mandarin Oriental Hotel chain. This five-star development will be located in the heart of Moscow.

The 250-room ‘upside-down’ hotel invites customers to check-in at the sky lobby level, giving visitors incredible views over Red Square and the Kremlin. HOK’s design combines the old and the new and is located on a compact, central site on Tverskaya Road – Moscow’s equivalent to London’s Oxford Street.

The new hotel will be housed in a redeveloped historic building, originally constructed in the early 19th Century as a private manor house. The building will retain two of the historic facades along with listed rooms on the ground and first floors. The hotel’s interior features a contemporary approach on a Faberge egg — a streamlined, spherical vessel cascading into the central atria similar to a waterfall. 

The Mandarin also will incorporate 70,000 square feet of retail space dedicated to luxury brands with underground parking for 270 cars. The hotel will feature two upscale ballrooms; health spa and wellness centre; an indoor swimming pool; fitness centre and a variety of restaurants and bars.

“This project is a fantastic opportunity to work with a listed building in one of the worlds most prestigious retail addresses,” says Vance Thompson, HOK London’s Head of Hospitality. “This luxury brand offers HOK the opportunity to create a contemporary modern building with a multitude of uses. The success of the project is based upon affording all rooms a unique view, an unrivalled customer experience and creating synergy between the hotel facilities and luxury retail.”

Following completion of the concept design, HOK will begin work on the project schematics and design and development stages. Construction is scheduled to begin on site toward the end of 2009 and the hotel is scheduled to open in 2011.

HOK is a global architectural firm that specializes in planning, design and delivery solutions for buildings and communities. Through its collaborative network of 24 offices worldwide, the firm serves diverse clients within the corporate, commercial, public and institutional markets. HOK is committed to developing resources and expertise to help lead the world toward sustainable communities and building environments. Founded in 1955, the firm’s expertise includes architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, lighting, graphics, facilities planning and assessment and construction services.

Project: Tyson Foods Discovery Center
Architect: HOK
Location: Springdale, Arkansas
Constructed Area: 100,000 sq. ft.

This R&D and training facility has transformed Tyson’s processes for creating new foods and bringing them to market. The center includes three interconnected elements: a four-story office building, a product development kitchen building and a pilot plant.

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