Reported Interior Design: 
“Shedding several smaller buildings around London as part of a major, ongoing consolida­tion effort has allowed the BBC to introduce a unified technology system—one IT department, one type of training. Not to mention the huge economic payoff.”

Innovation in healthcare architecture, says Chuck Siconolfi, begins by clarifying the problem. Hospital design in the new millennium starts with this question: “Who is in these hospital beds?”

The design of this hybrid operating theater for the Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital in Singapore allows staff to conduct diagnostic procedures and surgery without moving the patient.

CNN featured Barry Hughes, an architect in HOK’s London office, in a showcase of the Baku Flame Towers project for its Great Buildings series.

“If you go back to the region of Azerbaijan, the Zoroastrians populated this entire area,” explains Hughes. “They worshiped the flame. Allied to that, one of the things that is propelling the economy forward in Azerbaijan today is natural gas. It does start with that one gestural sketch that says, ‘this is the idea.’”

CNN’s profile of the Flame Towers project in Baku, Azerbaijan, notes that in addition to building the three towers in the shape of a flame, the challenges included weighting the towers to withstand potential earthquakes, constructing parts without the use of cranes due to Baku’s harsh winds, and making all the office, retail and residential spaces work together seamlessly.