I’m in Seoul, South Korea, with Korean gas company Samchully, helping to design their new headquarters building. This is my second trip to Korea, and each has been a pleasurable, humbling experience. In addition to having serious flashbacks from the movie Lost in Translation, it has been fascinating to be embedded in a business that is truly Asian.
With the ceremonial guard at Gyeongbokgung Palace in northern Seoul
The incredible cast of HOK people working on this project includes Ken Drucker (NY), Josh Schroeder (Hong Kong), James Mallory (NY), Phillip Luse (NY), Seung Lee (NY), Neil McClelland (NY) and Claire Whitehill (NY). I would be …
Like a proud father, Kenneth Drucker, FAIA, notes that two of his New York team’s projects that began more than half a decade ago have opened in recent months: Harlem Hospital’s new Mural Pavilion and a replacement hospital for the University Medical Center at Princeton.
While keeping an eye on all of the projects coming out of HOK’s New York studio, Ken is also designing a headquarters for Korean energy company Samchully in Seoul and the Singapore Chancery infill building in Manhattan. He recently began design of a new ambulatory care center for New York-Presbyterian Hospital on a prominent Upper East Side site. Finally, he just returned …
SEOUL, KOREA – Last we heard from Todd and Cagri, they were fresh off their adventures in Cairo. We join the duo this time as they reflect on their adventures in Seoul, Korea.
As the second leg of the Medical Tourism Association’s Todd Fitz, Director of Healthcare Consulting and Cagri Kanver, Advance Strategies Senior Consultant, were able to travel to the East Asian country, the Republic of Korea for the it’s 1st Global Healthcare & Medical Tourism Conference. The conference took place April 13-15.
Todd and Cagri, similar to their experience in Egypt, were invited to …
Kirk Millican shares some of his insights during his three decades working as a project designer and project manager for HOK Dallas. Yes, I said THREE decades — that’s a long time!
What brought you to HOK?
I was working in Houston as a designer for a large architecture firm, and HOK somehow got my name from a recommendation. They contacted me to see if I was interested in coming to the Dallas office. I am originally from Fort Worth, so I would be closer to family.
When I left Washington University in St. Louis, HOK was not on my mind. They were the big firm downtown, so when HOK called me …
MVRDV Designs Gwanggyo Green Power Center
by Alexandra Kain
MVRDV’s masterplan provides space for housing, offices, shops, and educational facilities. Designed as a cluster of structures rising up in concentric rings, each floor in the city is lined with lush box hedges that improve ventilation while reducing energy and water usage. An internal irrigation system stores extra water from the buildings and uses it to sustain these green facades. MVRDV states: “This diverse program has different needs for phasing, positioning and size. To facilitate this
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