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Reasons to reinvent the Midcentury academic library

DLR Group's Interior Design Leader Gretchen Holy, Assoc. IIDA, shares the idea that a designer's responsibility to embrace a library’s history, respect its past, and create an environment that will serve student populations for the next 100 years.



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Life at HOK | Jun 20, 2013

Virtual meetings enhance design of University at Buffalo Medical School

HOK designers in New York, St. Louis and Atlanta are using virtual meetings with their University at Buffalo (UB) client team to improve the design process for UB’s new School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.

Jim Young | Jun 18, 2013

TD Bank in Fort Lauderdale may be first net-zero bank in U.S.

TD Bank says that solar panels at a branch location in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., have allowed the building to generate more energy than it uses.

Drew Ballensky | Jun 17, 2013

New North Tower opens at Greensboro, N.C.’s Moses Cone Hospital expansion/renovation

A $200 million expansion and renovation at Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital in Greensboro, N.C. reached a big milestone this month with the opening of the new North Tower.  

Drew Ballensky | Jun 13, 2013

L.A.'s natural history museum completes reimagining of buildings and grounds

The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles completed a full-scale transformation this month with the opening of its new Nature Gardens and Nature Lab and the Otis Booth Pavilion with an iconic Fin Whale specimen. 

Life at HOK | Jun 12, 2013

‘Talking’ Braille maps help the visual impaired

Talking pen technology, combined with tactile maps, allows blind people to more easily make their way around BART stations in the Bay Area.

Sasha Reed | Jun 11, 2013

Dear cloud: What would you like to tell cloud-based technical providers about your needs for a solid solution?

There are many uses for the cloud applicable to those in the building industry—mainly storage of up-to-the-minute project drawings and data, giving accessibility to all project team members regardless of their location. But is that enough?

Life at HOK | Jun 6, 2013

Get smart about space utilization in the workplace

As we continue to look for more effective ways to improve the overall workplace experience, one tool we can use is measuring and analyzing space utilization.

Drew Ballensky | May 31, 2013

$3 million renovation leads to rebirth of Boston hotel with new upscale identity

After a $3 million renovation, the Bulfinch Hotel in Boston has been reborn as the Boxer, a more upscale property.

Rob Cassidy | May 30, 2013

The Make It Right squabble: ‘How many trees did you plant today?’

A debate has been raging in the blogosphere over the last few months about an article in The New Republic, “If You Build It, They Might Not Come,” in which staff writer Lydia DePillis took Brad Pitt’s Make It Right Foundation to task for botching its effort to revitalize the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans.

Drew Ballensky | May 28, 2013

Renovated casino part of redevelopment project at Los Angeles-area racetrack

Hollywood Park racetrack in Inglewood, Calif., will soon become Hollywood Park Tomorrow, a 238-acre development project.

Sasha Reed | May 23, 2013

Is the 'bring your own device' discussion stumping your IT group?

A new twist to the communication challenge most companies and IT departments face is the “bring your own device,” or BYOD, conundrum. I call it a conundrum because it is stumping many IT professionals.