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1,600 people in 24 cities living 4 values for 1 goal:
To use design to help our clients succeed.

We create exceptional environments that meet our clients' most complex design challenges.

We inspire people through our work by expressing timeless cultural, organizational and personal values.

We connect people and place with ideas that come from many minds and imaginations.

We care about serving our clients, enriching lives, improving communities and protecting our natural environment through design.

We are a global architecture, design, engineering and planning firm.

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In 2012, HOK was once again the #1 role model in sustainable and high-performance design.

“HOK is a firm often cited for making a difference. … HOK is recognized for breaking new ground with clear, practical and informational leadership. HOK’s staff is admired for its compelling case studies, engaging thought leadership and insights that lead to making wise decisions to benefit the planet’s future condition.”

- James Cramer
Co-Chair, Design Futures Council
Founding Editor, DesignIntelligence

How We Help Clients

HOK’s global practice is made up of people committed to partnering with clients to be responsible stewards for the environment. We deliver solutions that satisfy people’s needs, improve the environment and provide value for our clients while creating lively, memorable places.

Our ability to integrate high performance into all our planning and design solutions, combined with our sustainable consulting expertise, enables HOK to provide life-cycle sustainable services for clients.

 

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Anica LandreneauAnica Landreneau
Director of Sustainable Consulting
+1 202 944 1490
anica.landreneau@hok.com

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Expertise

Expertise

Back in 1999, we wrote the book. Today, we help organizations address sustainability as a business imperative.

Leadership

Leadership

We deliver sustainable solutions for every building type, region and budget. This has led to numerous sustainable firsts and accolades.

Innovation

Innovation

From our alliance with Biomimicry 3.8, to our FIT tool, Process Zero design and net zero project, we’re pushing into new frontiers.

Action

Action

A Sustainable Roadmap and Operations Plan guide our actions. We have signed onto The 2030 Challenge and the AIA’s 2030 Commitment.

Measurement

Measurement

We achieve measurable outcomes. We provide design analysis services, follow a “6 Steps to Energy Optimization” process and use BIM to forecast and monitor performance.

Thought Leadership
Thought Leadership

HOK and Biomimicry 3.8 have released the Genius of Biome report, a tool that explores how nature’s solutions apply to challenges in the built environment.

Thought Leadership
Thought Leadership

The HOK-led City of St. Louis Sustainability Plan earned the 2013 Outstanding Planning Award for a Plan from the St. Louis Metro Area section of the American Planning Association.

Design

DC Mayor Vincent Gray’s video tour of the city’s new Consolidated Forensic Laboratory includes an interview with HOK’s Tim O’Connell.

Thought Leadership
Thought Leadership

What can designers learn from biomimicry? The USGBC asked HOK’s Thomas Knittel.

Design
Design

Three decades after designing San Francisco’s Moscone Center, HOK returned to upgrade the convention center to achieve LEED Gold certification - just in time to host Greenbuild.

Design

HOK’s Daniel Mills on providing the architecture, engineering and interior design for NASA’s greenest building on earth.

Design
Design

With the end of oil in sight, Saudi Arabia’s KAPSARC residential community is a vision of a sustainable future.

Thought Leadership
Thought Leadership

Healthcare Design Magazine interviewed HOK Healthcare Sustainable Design Leader Mara Baum. Read part 1 and part 2 of the interview.

Design

HOK designed The Change Initiative store in Dubai, which sells environmentally friendly household and construction products and is targeting LEED Platinum certification. Watch the Dubai TV report, which starts at 1:14 of the video.

Thought Leadership
Thought Leadership

How can you know if a green certification is legitimate? Sustainable Knowledge Leader Debi Fuller discusses greenwashing.

100%

Amount of natural air used for ventilation at the DC Consolidated Forensic Laboratory

Thought Leadership
Thought Leadership

Why should we be concerned with sustainable design? New York Director of Specifications Steven Danielpour explains.

Design
Design

The Net Zero Court design by HOK and The Weidt Group is theoretical, but doable, reports the St. Louis Business Journal. Visit the Net Zero Court project website.

Thought Leadership
Thought Leadership

HOK is leading a pilot composting initiative that has diverted roughly 15 tons of waste in the largest Class A office building in downtown St. Louis.

162

Number of LEED, BREEAM, Green Mark and Green Globe certified projects designed by HOK

Thought Leadership

How can we engage building occupants in energy savings? Sustainable Design Leader Tim Gaidis explains.

Design

The Jean Canfield Government of Canada Building sets the standard for environmentally progressive government buildings in Canada.

Thought Leadership
Thought Leadership

Now in its second edition, the HOK Guidebook to Sustainable Design offers practical information on the project process, cost implications and lessons learned.

12

Number of HOK offices that are LEED certified (including two Platinum)

Design

The greenest square foot is the one you don’t build, says Chuck Siconolfi, discussing sustainable design strategies for hospitals.

Design

Team members talk about designing Net Zero Court as a 170,000-sq.-ft. net zero carbon emissions office building prototype in St. Louis. 

Thought Leadership
Thought Leadership

Read about sustainable strategies that benefit employees, the environment and the bottom line in The Green Workplace by Leigh Stringer.

#1

The New Songdo City Sheraton Incheon Hotel is the first LEED-certified hotel in Korea

Thought Leadership

Ernest Cirangle, design director in HOK’s Los Angeles office, says integrated design leads to the most sustainable projects.

Thought Leadership
Thought Leadership

A team of young designers won Metropolis magazine’s Next Generation Design Competition by retrofitting a 1960s GSA building with a surprising material.

Design
Design

HOK’s net zero “Battery Park” for San Francisco was a winner in the international Architecture at Zero competition.

Design
Design

GreenSource highlights HOK’s ambitious conversion of San Francisco’s Old Mint into a zero-energy-capable museum.

Thought Leadership

Amy Patel, from HOK’s buildingSMART team, describes how to perform LEED calculations in a BIM platform.

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