Life at HOK » Video http://www.hoklife.com Meet the HOK people behind the projects Thu, 23 May 2013 19:33:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Time IS Money http://www.hoklife.com/2013/05/22/time-is-money/ http://www.hoklife.com/2013/05/22/time-is-money/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 23:27:32 +0000 nico.stearley http://www.hoklife.com/?p=30292 Imagine going to a lecture hall that automatically transforms into a banquet hall with minimal human effort.

This is truly an option at the the Plenary Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. Recently a guest from Australia enlightened me….so I am excited to pass this along. Check out this place out in action!

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]]> http://www.hoklife.com/2013/05/22/time-is-money/feed/ 0 HOK’s Steven Danielpour on Specifying Sustainable Design http://www.hoklife.com/2012/07/13/hoks-steven-danielpour-on-specifying-sustainable-design/ http://www.hoklife.com/2012/07/13/hoks-steven-danielpour-on-specifying-sustainable-design/#comments Fri, 13 Jul 2012 21:39:20 +0000 Megan McClure http://hoklife.com/?p=28291 Why should we be concerned about sustainable design? Steven Danielpour, the director of specifications for our New York office, discusses what vehicles are available for implementing sustainable design and how to implement sustainable design in specifications documents. The presentation is from the 2012 ArchiSpec Summit in Henderson, Nevada. Enjoy:

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]]> http://www.hoklife.com/2012/07/13/hoks-steven-danielpour-on-specifying-sustainable-design/feed/ 1 An X a Day. TEDx Atlanta – David Butler http://www.hoklife.com/2012/03/01/an-x-a-day-tedx-atlanta-%e2%80%93-david-butler/ http://www.hoklife.com/2012/03/01/an-x-a-day-tedx-atlanta-%e2%80%93-david-butler/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2012 03:20:29 +0000 john.cantrell http://hoklife.com/?p=27477 Check out this inspiring video of David Butler and his view of design from the context at Coca-Cola!

Pretty inspring message here about affecting real change. You can also read some more over at Fast Company.

Enjoy!

]]> http://www.hoklife.com/2012/03/01/an-x-a-day-tedx-atlanta-%e2%80%93-david-butler/feed/ 0 An X a Day. TEDx Atlanta – India Arie & Idan Raichel http://www.hoklife.com/2012/02/28/an-x-a-day-tedx-atlanta-india-arie-idan-raichel/ http://www.hoklife.com/2012/02/28/an-x-a-day-tedx-atlanta-india-arie-idan-raichel/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:43:01 +0000 john.cantrell http://hoklife.com/?p=27463 Leading up to TEDx Atlanta’s ‘Community’ event on March 13th, I’ve decided to ratchet up my posting to get you up to speed on the amazing thought leadership and exciting innovative conversation in the Atlanta community these last few TEDx Events. Mad-props to Unboundary for putting all of this on for so long and truly elevating the conversation around innovation and creativity.

I wont be posting much text, but with that I’ll leave you with the exceptional and beautiful words and talent of India Arie and Idan Raichel.

]]> http://www.hoklife.com/2012/02/28/an-x-a-day-tedx-atlanta-india-arie-idan-raichel/feed/ 0 Navy Pier – More eye candy! http://www.hoklife.com/2012/02/10/navy-pier-more-eye-candy/ http://www.hoklife.com/2012/02/10/navy-pier-more-eye-candy/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:44:12 +0000 Michelle Pinkston Ohle http://hoklife.com/?p=27330   Thanks to the awesome folks over at ArchDaily, there are some more shots of the !melk/HOK/UrbanLab submission to the Navy Pier Competition.

We’ve mentioned it on here before, and shown you the video, but we also wanted to point out that the full public presentation video is up for your viewing pleasure!

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As we discussed earlier in the week, the HOK-designed Indianapolis International Airport is getting rave reviews from some of the 40,000+ extra passengers flying through it this week. We’re thrilled to hear about how Indianapolis leaders are using the Super Bowl as an opportunity to transform the city, and we’re especially excited that the HOK-designed JW Marriott Indianapolis is the official media headquarters for Super Bowl XLVI.

Here’s what it looks like in the off-season:

In the 2012 Super Bowl Host Committee‘s video tour of the hotel, JW Marriott’s Cory Chambers credits the airport, JW Marriott and other major projects with creating “this amazingly compelling story above and beyond any other city in the country right now.”

“When you add it all up, it’s about $3 billion worth of investment,” Chambers said, ”and the JW is the bookend, or the last phase, of that reinvention of the city.”

The hotel facility – the largest JW Marriott in the world – is connected to Lucas Oil Stadium and has the capacity to host all media operations under one roof. Fans can scout out celebrities in the media HQ’s “Radio Row,” where an estimated 5,000 media workers have set up shop to broadcast Super Bowl news to the world.

Looking for more Super Bowl architectural eye candy? Check out the JW Marriott Indianapolis Facebook page to view stunning day and night photos in the hotel’s Lombardi Trophy Photo Contest.

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Excitement for Super Bowl XLVI is building, and the Indianapolis Airport Authority and Indianapolis Super Bowl Host Committee’s preparations are already paying off. The Authority is prepared to accommodate an additional air-traffic load of 40,000 people at Indianapolis International Airport this week, with 75 additional commercial flights and 60 additional charter flights. Among the visitors are thousands of sports media members who are descending on Indianapolis to cover the world’s biggest annual sporting event.

Yesterday, ESPN’s Colin Cowherd raved about the airport on his radio show.

“They have a new airport in Indianapolis,” said Cowherd. “If you are in any part of this country, small to large metroplex, and planning on building a new airport in the next decade, come to Indianapolis and check out how they did it. That’s got to be the best airport I have been to in a decade. Clean, great signage, wide walkways. …. You literally land, walk down to the baggage area and it’s there! It’s incredible!”

“The airport is visitors’ first and last impression of this city, and it’s having the impact we’d hope it would have,” said Chris Gahl, spokesman for the Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association, in an Indianapolis Business Journal story. “Visitors are first impressed by the reduced taxi times from the runway to the terminal. Then they’re telling us they are wowed by the convenient layout of the terminal, the architecture and the art exhibits.”

Civic Plaza

The IAA worked with the NFL to create appropriate Super Bowl décor throughout the terminal, including customized signage and other themed displays. The entertainment options include a stage in “Civic Plaza,” a 200-foot-diameter, daylit room at the heart of the terminal.

Last February, USA Today reported that Airports Council International named it the best regional airport in North America and that it was being honored as one of the USA’s 40 Customer Service Champions by J.D. Power and Associates.

In November, the U.S. Green Building Council announced that the Indianapolis Airport midfield terminal designed by HOK had achieved LEED® certification, making it one of the largest LEED certified buildings in the United States and the first airport to earn LEED certification for an entire terminal campus. Read more about the energy-saving design in this Indianapolis Star story.

HOK’s Ripley Rasmus remembers the genesis of the Indianapolis terminal design team’s “big idea,” which he drew with a green pencil borrowed from his daughter:

For more Super Bowl airport info, check out IND’s Facebook page and follow them on Twitter at @INDairport.

]]> http://www.hoklife.com/2012/01/31/airport-helps-indianapolis-make-strong-super-bowl-impression/feed/ 0 Garden Plot-ting http://www.hoklife.com/2012/01/05/garden-plot-ting/ http://www.hoklife.com/2012/01/05/garden-plot-ting/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:36:12 +0000 jeannette.thompson http://hoklife.com/?p=27040 Click here to view the embedded video.

Bet you never saw the subversive side of gardening. This evil plot really can change the world… well worth the 18 minutes to watch!

]]> http://www.hoklife.com/2012/01/05/garden-plot-ting/feed/ 0 HOK’s Bill Valentine on What’s Next for Sustainable Design http://www.hoklife.com/2012/01/05/hoks-bill-valentine-on-whats-next-for-sustainable-design/ http://www.hoklife.com/2012/01/05/hoks-bill-valentine-on-whats-next-for-sustainable-design/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:42:46 +0000 John Gilmore http://hoklife.com/?p=27014 As we look forward to 2012, we recently came across a video from Greenbuild 2011 in Toronto focused on what’s next for sustainable design. In this Greenbuild interview, HOK Chairman Bill Valentine talks about partnering with the USGBC for Project Haiti, designing affordable net zero carbon buildings and bringing new life to existing buildings.

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]]> http://www.hoklife.com/2012/01/05/hoks-bill-valentine-on-whats-next-for-sustainable-design/feed/ 1 Happy Holidays from HOK! http://www.hoklife.com/2011/12/19/happy-holidays-from-hok-3/ http://www.hoklife.com/2011/12/19/happy-holidays-from-hok-3/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:09:13 +0000 Megan McClure http://hoklife.com/?p=26978 Click here to view the embedded video.

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