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Press Clippings 29 January 2007 Santa Clarita Transit Maintenance Facility Featured in AIArchitect The LEEDŽ Gold facility's diverse sustainable technologies include straw-bale construction. 25 January 2007 New Calgary Hospital Being Built to Achieve LEEDŽ Silver Certification The HOK-designed Peter Lougheed Centre "has gone green." 23 January 2007 BusinessWeek.com on Green Airport Design Among the changes impacting the design of the world's airports is a desire to reduce the environmental impact of these buildings. 22 January 2007 Touring the New Indianapolis Airport Construction is proceeding on the $1.1-billion project, the largest development initiative in the city of Indianapolis' history. 1 January 2007 HOK's Steven Townsend on Sustainable Design in Asia Group Vice President of The HOK Planning Group in Hong Kong has authored a "Greening Asia" article in Urban Land magazine. 1 January 2007 Bill Valentine Earns 2007 Legend Award from Contract Magazine HOK's ego-free chairman has spent the past 45 years with the firm. 1 January 2007 Metropolis Magazine Features HOK Toronto Studio "With natural lighting and amenities for transportation, HOK's downtown Toronto studios set the gold standard for office interiors." 1 January 2007 Chinese Guidebook on Sustainable Design Features Four HOK Projects Darwin Centre, Franchise Tax Board Offices, Southeast Regional Treatment Center, and IBM Tivoli Headquarters are showcased as case studies. 1 January 2007 HOK Featured in IIDA Article on Sustainable Design Mary Ann Lazarus comments on HOK's holistic approach green design. 1 December 2006 Toronto Office Featured on Cover of Eco-Structure Magazine The design team set a high benchmark of LEEDŽ-CI Gold for the office while keeping in mind the needs of their 160 colleagues. 1 November 2006 Keeping a Constant Eye Toward Green Design HOK is taking the unique tact of approaching every new project with sustainability in mind – whether or not the client/owner has requested it. 1 November 2006 Sandy Mendler Authors Article for Laboratory Design Handbook HOK S+T Design Principal Sandra Mendler, AIA, has authored an article on green lab design titled "Improving Performance, Eliminating Waste." 1 November 2006 Denver Courthouse Featured on Cover of eco-structure magazine The precedent-setting sustainable design of GSA's Alfred A. Arraj U.S. Courthouse expansion is showcased in a six-page article with 16 photos. 31 October 2006 HOK Designs First U.S. Pre-Certified LEEDŽ Gold Building for Allsteel Atlanta office designed new 15,000-square-foot showroom and education and resource center in Atlanta. 16 October 2006 Adobe Proves It's Never Too Late to Go Green Business 2.0 article calls company's San Jose headquarters the "greenest office in America" for earning LEEDŽ-EB platinum certification. 3 October 2006 HOK Toronto Office Wins ARIDO Award of Excellence Innovative studio project also earned a LEEDŽ-CI Gold from the U.S. Green Building Council. 1 October 2006 Bill Valentine Believes in Less National Public Radio (NPR)'s "This I Believe" website published the HOK chairman's essay on the topic: "The Lesson of My Sweater." 1 October 2006 Government of Canada Project Featured in ED+C The Jean Canfield Building in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, which will open in spring 2007, is on track to earn LEEDŽ Gold. 25 September 2006 The New Academic Health Sciences Facility for the University of Alberta Toronto office will work in association with Stantec Architecture to design the $185 Million Edmonton Clinic to LEEDŽ Silver standard. 11 September 2006 HOK Forms Alliance to Advance Sustainable Design Innovation FIrm collaborates with Advanced Environmental, a specialist environmental division of Australia-based Lincolne Scott consulting engineers. 5 September 2006 HOK Forms Alliance with Australian Engineering Firm to Advance Sustainable Design Innovation Environmental design consultant from Advanced Environmental division of Lincolne Scott has relocated to HOK San Francisco office. 1 September 2006 Lowering Airport Terminal Costs Through Sustainable Design Scheduled to open in late 2008, the Indianapolis Airport's new Midfield Terminal is expected to receive LEEDŽ certification. 1 September 2006 Are 'Sustainable' Projects More Profitable? Environmental Building News notes that data from HOK has challenged the belief that sustainable design is not as profitable as conventional projects. 15 August 2006 New Health Sciences Facility for the University of Alberta HOK Canada and Stantec Architecture will design a new $185-million academic health sciences facility in Edmonton. 14 August 2006 LEEDŽ Simplified A California Real Estate Journal article on LEED features quotes from HOK Sustainable Design Director Mary Ann Lazarus. 9 August 2006 Santa Clarita Transit Facility Featured in The Wall Street Journal The city of Santa Clarita, Calif., wanted to use a $26 million transit-administration building as a straw-bale and eco-friendly demonstration project. 2 August 2006 HOK Lands LEEDŽ Certification for Logan Terminal The new Terminal A at Boston's Logan International Airport is the world's first airport facility to be certified from the U.S. Green Building Council. 1 August 2006 Designing Healthy Hospitals With its mission of promoting comfort and wellness, the health care industry is well-positioned to make the most of sustainable design, writes HOK's Paul Strohm. 1 August 2006 10,000-Acre Planned Community in India Is Becoming a Reality Based on New Urbanism principles and located near Pune, India, a new township planned by The HOK Planning Group is under construction. 1 August 2006 Edificio La Nacion in Downtown Buenos Aires The new office tower designed by HOK in Argentina is unique in terms of building technology. 1 August 2006 Book Review Endorses Revised HOK Guidebook to Sustainable Design "We all owe [HOK] a huge debt of gratitude for their recently reissued and revised Guidebook to Sustainable Design," writes Martin Muscoe. 27 July 2006 Forbes.com: Three HOK Projects Among 'World's Greenest' IBM Tivoli, USAA and Edificio Malecon projects are featured in a slide show that accompanies a feature article about the benefits of green office buildings. 27 July 2006 New Miami Children's Courthouse Will Aim for LEEDŽ Certification HOK Tampa presented preliminary plans for a new $110 million county children's courthouse. 20 July 2006 Seven Questions With Bill Halter HOK Atlanta's design director discusses architecture and development trends in a CoStar Group interview. 1 July 2006 Designers of HOK Toronto Office Know 'Green' Environmental Design + Construction profiles the sustainable design focus of HOK's Toronto office. 20 June 2006 New Gold Coast Stadium Could Be Australia's Best 'The Gold Coast's new footy stadium will be the best regional facility in Australia.' 9 June 2006 Green Buildings: What's Working, What's Not BD&C's eNews reports on preliminary findings from HOK's recent post-occupancy evaluation of green buildings. 1 June 2006 Winrock Helps Put Little Rock on the Map as Green Building Destination A new magazine from the publishers of Architectural Record features a detailed case study on the HOK-designed headquarters of Winrock International. 1 June 2006 Symantec's New Culver City R&D Campus Company broke ground on a research and development campus designed by HOK in Culver City, California. 1 June 2006 Greening the Phoenix Convention Center Expansion HOK Venue has been part of the design team for the first two phases of the $600 million project on 22 acres in downtown Phoenix. 1 June 2006 Mission Accomplished at Winrock Headquarters High-performance office building is "an abstraction of the traditional Arkansas dogtrot," according to HOK Design Architect Kenneth Drucker. 1 June 2006 Canadian Design Magazine Profiles HOK Toronto Office AZURE features several images and a long article on HOK's 'cutting-edge' sustainable office design. 1 June 2006 10 Simple Things Designers Can Do to Bring Sustainability Into Projects Interiors & Sources magazine has reprinted the list of 10 Simple Things from The HOK Guidebook to Sustainable Design. 1 June 2006 Sustainable Design Leadership Award Cited by Middle East Publication HOK was the "design firms" winner in the 2006 Sustainable Leadership Awards, co-sponsored by AIA, IIDA and CoreNet Global. 5 May 2006 Sustainable Design at HOK's New Kansas City Office The Kansas City Business Journal reports on HOK Sport + Venue + Event's new offices in a feature on sustainable design practices in local projects. 1 May 2006 Contract Magazine Showcases Old National Bank Eight-story office building on riverfront in downtown Evansville, Indiana, links all customer-contact spaces to encourage interaction and communication. 1 May 2006 Landscape Architects Help Keep Green Buildings on Track Canada’s Building magazine reports about the important role of landscape architecture in earning LEEDŽ points. 24 April 2006 The Environmentally Progressive New Government of Canada Building HOK Canada and Bergmark Guimond Hammerlund Jones have aimed for LEEDŽ Gold certification in the design of the Jean Canfield Building. 20 April 2006 Firm Offsets Worldwide Electricity Use Through Wind Purchase HOK is cutting down on pollution and consumption of fossil fuels by offsetting electricity use at its two dozen offices worldwide. 12 April 2006 New St. Louis Animal Shelter Will Have Environmentally Friendly Design Building will meet the requirements for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. 1 April 2006 Designing a New Benchmark for Canadian Public Buildings The federal government is pushing the boundaries of sustainability in the $28 million Jean Canfield Building under construction in Charlottetown, PEI. 31 March 2006 Washington University Emphasizes Sustainable Design Education Sustainability is a topic close to the heart of Jerry Sincoff, former HOK Chairman and currently the dean of Architecture at Washington University. 20 March 2006 Ten Principles for Rebuilding New Orleans HOK professionals were among the 160 design and construction specialists and community leaders who helped guide the rebuilding of New Orleans. 13 March 2006 Centerpiece of University of Maryland's Research and Technology Park HOK is the lead design and interior architect for the NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction at the M-Square Research and Technology Park. 1 March 2006 Calgary Hospital Aims for LEEDŽ Silver Certification Work has started on the Calgary Health Region's expansion and renovation of the Peter Lougheed Centre, an acute care hospital in the city's northeast area. 1 March 2006 NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction Under Construction The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has officially broken ground on its new $50 million Center designed by HOK in Rockville, Maryland. 1 March 2006 Two Hong Kong Design Magazines Feature Winrock Headquarters Hinge and Perspective showcase HOK’s sustainable design innovations at Winrock International's new office building in Little Rock, Arkansas.  Press Releases 3 January 2007 Santa Clarita Transit Maintenance Facility Earns LEEDŽ Gold Rating from U.S. Green Building Council Straw-bale building envelope highlights list of sustainable design innovations in HOK-designed project. 17 November 2006 HOK Honored by U.S. Green Building Council for Organizational Leadership in Sustainable Design National award is presented to global architectural design firm at annual Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in Denver. 21 April 2006 HOK Makes Global Investment in Wind Power Architectural design firm’s 'Earth Day' purchase of renewable energy credits will offset 100% of the electricity used in its offices worldwide.