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HOK designs aquaponics facility to alleviate Kansas City’s food desert

Nonprofit Nile Valley Aquaponics is raising fish in a Kansas City food desert—and they’re creating jobs, providing...

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Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium to be NFL’s first-ever LEED Platinum venue

Located at the top of the Proctor Creek Watershed, the Mercedes-Benz Stadium (MBS) makes water conservation and...

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This proposed flying off-grid hotel lets you travel anywhere in the world

The Driftscape hotel comprises two modular units: the “driftcraft,” an approximately 205-square-foot autonomous...

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Exciting new designs for Heathrow Airport’s expansion unveiled

The shortlist for the expansion Heathrow Airport has just been announced, together with conceptual images of the...

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Architects create extraordinary homes for Los Angeles’ feral cats

Each architect took a unique approach to designing homes for cats that many humans would be proud of. The 3D-printed,...

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INTERVIEW: HOK’s Yann Weymouth Discusses Designing the Hurricane-Resistant Salvador Dalí Museum

This article was originally published in October of 2011. Earlier this year we reported on the opening of the...

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INTERVIEW: HOK’s Bill Odell on the Design of Saudi Arabia’s KAUST University, the World’s Largest LEED Platinum Project

This interview was first published in November, 2011 Opened late 2009, the King Abdullah University of Science...

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HOK Unveils Plans for New LEED Gold Medical Campus in Buffalo

Last year, the State University of New York at Buffalo announced that it had selected HOK Architects to design...

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HOK Breaks Ground on Eco-Friendly Master Plan for Istanbul’s New International Financial Center

With With 13.5 million residents, Istanbul is the second-largest city in the world, behind only Shanghai....

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Amtrak Announces Ambitious Eco-Plans for HOK-Designed Overhaul of Washington D.C.’s Union Station

Amtraks unveiled plans on July 25th to give D.C.'s Union Station a major overhaul and a slew of new upgrades. The...

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HOK’s Net Zero “Battery Park” for San Francisco Has an Algae Facade

HOK's San Francisco office received a jury recognition award for their net-zero "Battery Park" design, which features...

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HOK Teams Up With USGBC to Unveil Sustainable Orphanage and Children’s Center for Haiti

The U.S. Green Building Council recently announced that it has selected HOK as an official design partner for...

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Fantastical New Salvador Dalí Museum in Florida is Also Hurricane Resistant

To house such a spectacular collection, HOK designed the museum to complement the art, and give visitors a "Dalí-esque"...

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HOK’s KAUST Library is at the Heart of the Largest LEED NC Platinum Project Ever Built

To date, KAUST is the largest LEED NC-Platinum project ever built and was done so at a rapid pace. The design team...

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Chicago Parking Garage Harvests Energy From Windy City Gusts

Located at the corner of Kinzie and Clark Streets, the wind energy system consists of 12 paired vertical axis wind...

HOK Unveils Sustainable British Embassy in Jakarta

Balancing the harsh conditions of Jakarta, Indonesia, is quite a challenge - the area faces high pollution, high...

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HOK’s LEED Gold-certified Straw Bale Building

A mix of desert climate, high performance goals and the insight of a leader in sustainable design has yielded one...

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