Not to be outdone by Chicago, HOK WDC hosted a book-launch party for our own Leigh Stringer and her fabulous book The Green Workplace on Tuesday, October 6.

The HOK Advance Strategies, WDC team: Todd Pedersen, Claire Whitehill, LEIGH STRINGER, Daphne Kiplinger, Edmund Velasco, Jodi Williams

The event was held on the green roof of 700 Sixth Street, one of DC’s first LEED C&S Platinum buildings (designed by HOK, of course).  The building’s developer, Akridge, gracefully allowed HOK to use the roof deck (and downstairs lobby when the fall wind and a few sprinkles picked up), as well as providing tours of the space on the fourth floor (currently tracking LEED CI Gold!).  Food was provided by RSVP catering, who served all local and organic (and delicious) treats.

Ben Meisel, Director of Leasing at Akridge, opened the evening’s events with a few brief words about the venue.  HOK President Bill Hellmuth then spoke about green building trends, and introduced the star of the evening, Leigh Stringer.  Leigh began by thanking all the HOK supporters who provided research assistance and support throughout the process, and then went on to talk about the process of writing the book and some of the interesting findings.   Buy the book if you want to know more!

Lots of our favorite friends and clients were on hand to hear about the book, the building, and wish Leigh well.  Check out some video of the event and client testimonials (no comment as to whether or not I bribed any of these folks with beer or threatened to withhold their newly signed books).

And, here’s a Flickr slideshow for those of you not into streaming videos or getting motion sickness from the videography (thanks to Claire Whitehill and Daphne Kiplinger for their outstanding paparazzi work)!  Thanks are also due to HOK WDC’s Amber Majid, Kyle Sullivan, and Diana Shin who coordinated the event.

Check out the coverage in the Washington Business Journal, too!