Habitat For Humanity | Life at HOK

19 November 2009 | Posted inBlog News & Updates, Cool Stuff

“Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting…” – Dr. Seuss

For the second consecutive year, the Toronto studio participated in Habitat for Humanity’s Gingerbread Build. The design inspiration for this years house was the 2010 winter Olympics with a sprinkle of Dr. Seuss’ Who-ville.

The base is a sugar covered “Whistler” mountain with a competative skier making her way down the slalom course. At the finish line the Olympic mascots, including Quatchi the Sasquatch, Sumi the Thunderbird and Miga the Sea Bear, cheer her on! The house mimics a home from Who-ville painted in all 5 official Olympic colours and they’ve even included an Inukshuk marker at the top of the mountain to represent a guiding light for all our Canadian athletes!

GO CANADA GO!

All gingerbread houses will be auctioned …

Not Afraid to Get Our Hands Dirty

Hong Kong team helps restore the island of Yim Tin Tsai in the Sai Kung District.

When HOK people on three continents signed on to complete service projects in our local communities, it wasn’t to seek awards or accolades. We just wanted to enrich our schools, parks and neighborhoods through design expertise and good old-fashioned sweat equity.

But, lo and behold, the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) caught wind of our work and selected HOK to receive the organization’s national Design for Humanity Award for 2009. Also accepting the award was Greg Mortenson, of the Central Asia Institute, who co-authored …

Service project work reaches Indonesia

Go to Indonesia with HOK Singapore…check out this very cool video documentary of the Singpaore office’s service project with Habitat for Humanity in Batam, Indonesia, July 2008.

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