HOUSTON, TEXAS – The Green Workplace Booksigning Tour made its long awaited stop in the Lone Star State, after multiple stops in St. Louis, NY, WDC and Chicago. HOK along with Hines and Knoll sponsored the one night booksigning event which proved to be a lively yet intimate green evening. The event took place Wednesday, February 17, 2010, in the KNOLL showroom and in the lobby of the recently certified LEED Gold Williams Tower.
Leigh Stringer from Advance Strategies Washington DC, was the special guest to present findings and sign her book, The Green Workplace: Sustainable Strategies that Benefit Employees, the Environment and …
About a year ago, I gave you an update of what was going on in my work life. Looking back over the last year of Life@HOK, I thought it might be fun to revisit that post,and let you know what’s going on now! You’ll see from the list below that some things have stayed the same, but lots of cool new things have come up too!
Revisiting old news:
- GSA Unit Cost Study: just about wrapped up!
- U.S. Capitol Complex Master Plan (still going, and I still can’t tell you more or I’d have to shoot you)
- Blogging on The Green Workplace
- Blogging on Life@HOK
Sharing new news:
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HOK London has been chosen to supply the workplace and interior design for the second phase of the BBC’s Broadcasting House development in central London.
The BBC is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world, with a mission to enrich people’s lives with programmes that inform, educate and entertain. It is a public service broadcaster, established by a Royal Charter.
The project team – who you can see below (and yes that is me)! – are incredibly excitied about this opportunity and looking forward to getting started. We will draw on our extensive experience in interior design and workplace strategy (Advance Strategies) including Guardian News and Media (subject of a previous blog post), some great shots of which can be found on their own website. But
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I’ve talked before about how HOK is committed to continuing education, and also about the company’s commitment to health (on thegreenworkplace.com). Yesterday, the DC office tied the two together with a fabulous presentation by Steelcase: the movement toward wellness in the workplace.
This presentation was not your typical lecture on traditional ergonomics (monitor height, seat position, etc)….it went quite a bit further and discussed how wellness in the office relies on a combination of human resources policies and facility management solutions (good furniture!).
The presenters discussed how movement is a critical element for the body and mind, and also for collaboration. Movement keeps us refreshed, focused, and energized…and we need our workspaces …
Found this site while doing some research. Thought I would share my discovery here.
If you have ever been curious to see where people work, what their offices look like – now is your chance. Office Snapshots is a site that lets you look inside offices of companies you may deal with on a regular basis…GOOGLE, Facebook, Twitter and Apple to name a few. While the site is mostly focused on Web/Tech companies, there are also some larger more ‘traditional’ offices. No – HOK is not there…YES another very large architectural firm is…we can change that status! Are there any HOK clients among …
Are you dying for your opportunity to meet some of Life@HOK’s famous names? Leigh and I will be presenting Wednesday, October 29, at NeoCon East in Baltimore. Leigh will be presenting with Kevin Kelly from GSA about furnishings, and I will be talking tech with Claire Whitehill from HOK Advance Strategies, WDC later in the day.
Hope to see you there!
Furnishing the Future: Leaner and Greener Workplace [W7]
Wednesday, October 29 • 9–10 a.m.
How can organizations create workplaces that support the workforce of the future while meeting the growing number of environmental mandates and guidelines? Gain specific strategies for creating lean and green workplace environments that minimize the use of economic and environmental resources. Case …
