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Michelle Pinkston

Born and raised in a small town in Iowa, Michelle is a landscape architect in St. Louis who loves working with the element of our physical environment that is alive and ever-changing. She joined HOK to work at projects of every scale - and because she enjoyed arguing with Jim during her first interview and thought it would be a fun place to work.

After graduating from Iowa State University, Michelle joined Thomas Balsley Associates in New York City before joining HOK.

When she is not working or designing, she can be found sewing Christmas stockings, iPod covers and little monsters. Her favorite is sewing superhero capes in both children's and adult sizes.

Though the KAUST campus in Saudi Arabia and the POLE project in Russia have been two of her coolest projects, Michelle enjoys working on the small landscape details as much as the large-scale stuff. She loves working across different teams and hanging out with the St. Louis team outside of work. She adores her cat, Nixon, who she claims is "uber-charming and charismatic to your face before he goes behind your back and eat a whole roll of toilet paper," and is looking forward to buying a new house soon.

According to Michelle, HOK stands for:

History: It’s a big firm that has been around for more than half a century.

Originality: There are so many things that we are doing outside the box.

K (c)ontemporary and K(c)ollaborative

(written by Chirayu)

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