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WE CRE AT EHOK Firm Profile

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WE CA REHOK Commitment to Sustainability

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WE INSPIRE

Representative Projects

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WE CONNECT

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F I R M P R O F I L E

“HOK did an awesome job.

The L Building design provides

100,000 square feet of student

space, complements the existing

historic context and provides a

long-needed central front door

to the campus.”

- Peter McAlister, Project Manager for

Humber College L Building

In Canada since 1997, HOK has over 150 people in its Calgary, Ottawa, Toronto, and Vancouver offices. Architects, interior designers, landscape architects, planners, graphic designers, and space programmers work in collaboration. This ensures a consistent vision throughout a project, from its overall design concept to the smallest, carefully considered details.

HOK combines global reach with local understanding. We have offices all around the world, which means that projects everywhere benefit from a team of experts with both international perspective and intimate knowledge of regional issues.

HOK’s Canadian teams offer experience in almost every sector: healthcare, corporate, retail, hospitality, science and technology, residential, education, government, justice and institutional. Every project is an opportunity to champion environmental responsibility. We have pioneered sustainable design for more than 15 years with books, research, and a commitment to the environment that is integrated into all our design and service businesses. Our creative problem-solving and client-based services result in loyal clients and successfully completed projects.

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10 WAYS YO U W I L L B E N E F I T W I T H H O K O N YO U R P R O J EC T.1. Strategic Problem Solving - HOK understands strategic and facilities planning, corporate finance and capital investment, organizational structure, decision-making methods and information analysis. Whether you are relocating or downsizing, renovating or building anew, reorganizing or rebranding, amalgamating or diversifying, HOK can help you succeed in today’s competitive economy.

2. Breadth and Depth of Knowledge - HOK works in more than a dozen market sectors from residential to corporate workplace, from health care to education. With knowledge and research

shared across the firm’s 24 offices, the cross-fertilization of ideas sparks innovative solutions that will benefit your organization. HOK has designed and delivered P3 projects in North America and Europe in both compliance and consortia participation.

3. Team Leadership - HOK has successfully managed large multi-disciplinary teams of specialist consultants working on demanding complex projects around the world. Best practices, tools and protocols are in place to guide your project to success. With HOK you can trust that your project will proceed smoothly and seamlessly.

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4. Design Creativity - HOK has gained awards internationally for its creative design solutions. Whether you need a landmark building to attract donors, a dynamic, cutting-edge office environment that will draw new knowledge workers or a refreshed retail brand to stay competitive in the market place, HOK can meet your needs.

5. Green Expertise - HOK has the expertise needed to green your facilities and your operations. More and more organizations are being challenged to illustrate a commitment to sustainability. HOK’s Sustainable Design Group can help develop new green operations plans, green new or existing buildings, even design entire green communities. Our sustainably focused services brings new life to existing buildings and optimizes impact of occupants on achieving energy conservation initiatives.

6. International Resources - HOK has offices around the world. Whether your project is in Canada or on the other side of the globe, it will benefit from our understanding of international standards, business procedures and technological solutions. If appropriate, HOK’s international specialists can even be part of your project team.

7. Multi-disciplinary Teams - HOK has a full range of design professionals including architects, urban planners, programmers, space planners, interior designers, brand specialists, graphic designers and landscape architects. Our multi-disciplinary approach ensures that the design of your entire project is consistent, from the overall concept to the smallest detail.

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8. Consensus Building - HOK’s Problem Seeking® methodology will help you and your stakeholder groups simplify seemingly complex problems and develop solutions that can be successfully implemented. Because our methodology covers qualitative (goals, concepts and problem statements) and quantitative (facts and needs) information, consensus will be achieved quickly and effectively.

9. Technology - HOK uses Building Information Modeling (BIM), a design and documentation methodology that makes available coordinated, computable information about a building project early in design and develops into a single model that can be shared with engineers, construction teams and, even when the time comes, your facilities managers.

10. Project Management - HOK has refined its system of processes and procedures over many years and many projects. Recognizing that every client has a different organizational structure and decision-making processes, HOK will tailor the way it works to suit your needs.

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We CARE

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We CARE

H O K C O M M I T M E N T T O S U S TA I N A B I L I T Y

L E A D I N G T H E W A Y I N S U S T A I N A B L E D E S I G N

S E C T I O N T W O

WALL PAINT: Low VOCs CORK TILES: Rapidly Renewable Material

CARPET: Locally Produced and Manufactured CARPET BACKING: Post-Consumer Recycled Content

RETROPLATE POLISHED CONCRETE: Reused building material

DOME LIGHT FIXTURE: Reused, On-Site Building Material

CAPER CAFE SEATING: Greenguard and MBDC Cradle to Cradle Certified

DUCT WORK: Existing Building Material

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C O M M I T M E N T T O S U S TA I N A B I L I T Y

Building on two decades

of hands-on experience

in sustainability, HOK is

committed to creating

short-term and long-term

value for our clients through

innovative, environmentally

responsible design.TABLE TOP: Locally Reclaimed Redwood

DIRTT ALUMINUM STOREFRONT: Reconfigurable Wall System

VODE LIGHT FIXTURE: Locally Produced and Manufactured, Low-Energy Consumption LED

VODE LIGHT FIXTURE: Locally Produced and Manufactured, Low-Energy Consumption LED

#1 in Design Intelligence 2012 survey of “Most Influential Green Design Firms”

Eight AIA Committee on the Environment “Top Ten Green Projects,” by the American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment

Engineering News-Record Top Green Design Firms, July 2012

U.S. Green Building Council “Organizational Excellence Award”

AIA COTE, CoreNet Global and IIDA “Sustainable Design Leadership Award”

Global Green USA “Designing a Sustainable and Secure World Award”

Sustainable Buildings Industry Council “Best Sustainable Practice Award” AIA Presidential Citation for Sustainable Design

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.L E A D E RS H I P I N S U S TA I N A B L E D E S I G N

We embrace our opportunity and unique responsibility as one of the world’s most influential design firms to advance sustainable design awareness, proficiency and innovation for every building type, geographic region and budget level.

By developing solutions to enhance aesthetic goals while limiting resource consumption, improving building performance and promoting occupant health and productivity, HOK is leading the way to an increasingly sustainable future.

U N M AT C H E D E X P E R T I S E

In the early ‘90s, HOK chose to build sustainable design into all practice areas, service offerings and regional offices rather than creating a separate specialty group. Our commitment emanates from every level of the organization—from Sustainable Design Principal Bill Odell, to a network of “Champions” in each regional office and practice area.

More than 840 HOK employees have become LEED-accredited through the U.S. Green Building Council and Green Building Certificate Institute. All employees have access to a database of best practices, green materials, case studies and progressive industry resources.

Long before the creation of the LEED green building rating system, HOK developed sustainability checklists by phase and topic. These resources served as the foundation for The HOK Guidebook for Sustainable Design, widely recognized as one of the design profession’s seminal textbooks.

TA N G I B L E R E S U LT S

HOK has convincingly demonstrated that “green” projects can be delivered without compromising aesthetic goals, building performance or budget constraints.

Our built projects include office buildings, laboratories, corporate campuses, courthouses, museums, schools and master-planned communities throughout the world. HOK currently has 138 LEED certified projects, 10 BREEAM rated projects and more than 275 projects actively pursuing certification.

L E A D I N G B Y E X A M P L E

In our daily operations and professional practices, HOK leads by example:

• In 2002, HOK adopted a firmwide policy that all subsequent company office relocations and renovations were to be built to LEED-CI certification standards.

• Twelve HOK offices, including Toronto have since been certified. The Toronto, Atlanta, London, Hong Kong and Beijing offices have achieved a LEED-CI Gold rating. Our Chicago and New York offices have earned the LEED-CI Platinum rating.

• HOK people serve as leaders and active participants in green industry events and associations, and are actively involved in local environmental and community organizations.

C O M M I T M E N T T O S U S TA I N A B I L I T Y

We INSPIRE

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H O K R E P R E S E N TAT I V E P R O J EC T SI N T E G R A T I N G C R E A T I V I T Y , S U S T A I N A B I L I T Y , A N D D E S I G N E X C E L L E N C E

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hok .com | 21HOK in joint venture with ZAS Architects.

This environmentally sustainable campus features three separate, interconnected buildings: a four-storey, 150,000-square-foot head office building; a 65,000-square-foot single-storey technical centre that accommodates research and development, engineering and training; and a 200,000-square-foot parts distribution centre.

Honda Canada Headquarters Markham, Ontario

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This pilot project for the federal government’s strategy for sustainability is LEED-registered and targeted for Gold. With a 65 per cent reduction in energy expenditure, 80 per cent water reduction, and many more environmentally progressive features makes this structure the first of its kind ever built by the department of Public Works and Government Services.

Jean Canfield Building Government of Canada Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

HOK in joint venture with architects Bergmark, Guimond, Hammarlund, Jones

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When completed in the summer of 2011, the L Building will be the centrepiece of Humber’s Lakeshore Campus, the historically designated site of the Former Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital. The design complements the scale of the existing historical buildings and academic quadrangle. In spite of the aggressive design-build schedule, the HOK team engaged in extensive research and study into the site’s history and facilitated an interactive design process with faculty and students.

Humber College Student L Building Toronto, Ontario

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HOK’s three-storey expansion to the existing Residence Commons will inject style and energy into the entire residential precinct when it opens at the end of 2011. “Alive” and “vibrant” were high on Carleton’s wish list along with an identifiable front door to the overall campus and a public image to attract new students. Inside, clear circulation paths bridge the two buildings, while a multi-storey lightwell exposes their differences.

Carleton University Residence Commons Expansion Ottawa, Ontario

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The Biodiversity Institute of Ontario is being expanded to include a new research facility devoted to the development and application of DNA-based approaches for biodiversity analysis. The 37,700-square-foot specialized infrastructure includes a bio-informatics forum, a plant and animal collections facility with dry and wet labs, and augmented DNA sequencing instrumentation. When completed at the end of 2011, the facility will enhance the University’s reputation as a world leader in DNA bar-coding.

University of Guelph Centre for Biodiversity Genomics Guelph, Ontario

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HOK designed the 578,000-square-foot academic health sciences facility for 3,500 students. The design solution is a clearly articulated, highly accessible Main Street, which acts as the primary circulation route. Layered transparency and abundant natural light at the building’s lower levels, the focus of student activity, will encourage a culture of movement and serendipitous interaction. The LEED registered project will open in November, 2011.

University of Alberta Edmonton Clinic Health Academy Edmonton, Alberta

HOK in association with Stantec Architecture.

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The Information and Communication Technology Building is a showcase for inter-faculty group dynamics. HOK’s three-day visioning session at the beginning of the project was key to the departments reaching consensus on their key issue: fresh air. Consequently faculty offices are located at the building’s perimeter with operable windows and maximum natural light. The building has become a major campus centre with places for gathering, eating, shopping and relaxation.

University of Calgary ICT Building Calgary, Alberta

Architect of Record: Stantec ArchitectureCollaborating Architect and Consultant: HOK

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The Landscape Ecology Centre occupies Levels 4 and 5 of Carleton’s National Wildlife Research Centre and includes special purpose laboratory areas and a suite of offices and support services. One of the key design considerations was flexibility to accommodate unpredictable future changes in program and technologies. The research spaces permit a wide range of scientific investigations, and the robust, non-constraining services infrastructure can be easily reconfigured in a multitude of ways.

Carleton University Landscape Ecology Lab Ottawa, Ontario

Architect of Record: HOKPrime Consultant: Morrison Hershfield

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Located in a 1960’s building, Carleton’s undergraduate chemistry teaching labs needed a major overhaul. The conversion into the award-winning SuperLab maximizes the space and provides a clear parti of a core with outer rings. In the animated corridor ring, chalkboard walls invite a spontaneous exchange of ideas. At the core a large open space is divided into four fully equipped teaching quadrants, which can be combined into a single classroom with a single teaching point.

Carleton University Chemistry SuperLab Ottawa, Ontario

Architect of Record: HOKPrime Consultant: Morrison Hershfield

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The expansion program is being driven by the need to attract and retain top research talent. Included are two new research facilities, renovations to existing structures, a review of the overall site master plan, and a new wastewater treatment system. HOK has designed a contemporary, flexible research environment that reflects the heritage of St. Andrews and the broader Maritime context. Wet Labs completed 2011. Science Building completed 2012.

Fisheries and Oceans CanadaSt. Andrews Biological StationSt. Andrews, New Brunswick

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This library was designed with intensive and spirited community input – a Maritime tradition. One of the main concerns of the local residents was the preservation of trees and scenic views. The architectural solution was a 20-foot-high steel and glass box. Its green hue and tree-like structure connect with the surrounding woodlands.

Keshen Goodman Library Halifax, Nova Scotia

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With its dramatic view of Georgian Bay, this Visitor Centre is inspired by the site’s geomorphology. The circulation path through the centre mimics the rock plates that cascade down to the water and leads visitors on a continuous route, without stairs or elevators, through two levels of exhibits, support spaces, and a film theatre. Throughout, the building and exhibits present a fully integrated vision of environmental stewardship.

Killbear Visitor Centre Nobel, Ontario

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This building establishes a new architectural standard for police facilities in the City of Ottawa. At the very beginning of this project the Design Team conducted a visioning session with key client representatives to clarify the project objectives further. Durability, accessibility, state-of-the-art technologies, and minimal operating costs were no surprise. But what excited the Design Team was the emphasis on openness, accountability, and community.

Ottawa Police Services West Division Patrol Facility Kanata, Ontario

HOK in collaboration with Shoalts and Zaback Architects.

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The largest residential community in Toronto, Concord CityPlace is located on a 45-acre waterfront site beside the CN Tower and Rogers Centre. The parcel designed by HOK comprises of three residential buildings from seven to 49 stories in height.

Harbour View Estates Condominiums Toronto, Ontario

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This unique 16-storey project, located in a distinguished neighbourhood at the edge of the University of Toronto campus, houses two different uses: a luxury condominium tower at its base and a residential women’s college. Sustainable design features include locally manufactured stone to clad three sides of the building and a curtain wall cladding system, chosen for higher efficiency. To be completed in 2012.

77 Charles West Condominiums Toronto, Ontario

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The Peter Lougheed Centre represents a major redevelopment of the hospital using both renovation and new construction to achieve the region’s aims for more community based beds and services. This sustainable pilot project adds 390,000-square-feet of new space to the existing hospital, and extensive renovations. Major components to the project included programming and planning for the decanting and staging to facilitate on-going operations with minimal impact to patients and staff.

Peter Lougheed Centre Alberta Health Services Calgary, Alberta

HOK in collaboration with Marshall Tittemore Architects.

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Located on UHN’s Toronto General campus, the Clinical Services Building provides a supportive patient experience while meeting the needs of many specialties. This new facility carried with it many opportunities – the revitalization of aging infrastructure, support for the latest (and future) medical technologies, a chance to build a ‘front door’ on University Avenue for the campus, provide the best in inpatient care as well as providing leading edge outpatient care clinics.

Clinical Services Building UHN, Toronto General Hospital Toronto, Ontario

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University Centre, one of two redevelopment campuses, consists of renovated facilities and a substantial new addition, all located on a dense urban site. A Master Interior Finishes, Furniture and Colour Programme and concepts were developed, and will be strategically applied at all sites to reflect and promote the hospital’s corporate brand. Criteria such as durability, longevity, and flexibility, as well as requirements for universal accessibility and environmental sustainability were utilized in developing solutions.

Toronto Rehabilitation Institute University Centre Toronto, Ontario

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The M Wing Vertical Expansion, an AlternateFinancing Procurement (AFP) project creates four additional floors on top of M-Wing at the Sunnybrook Campus. Two of the floors will be the home of the Prenatal & Gynecology program including a state-of-the-art Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Project completed in 2010.

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre M-Wing Vertical Expansion Toronto, Ontario

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Cawthra Park, a busy public park in a diverse downtown neighbourhood, shares is located adjacent to a recently renovated community centre with a childcare centre and playground. With such a diverse mix of user groups, it was essential that HOK’s team of landscape architects work closely with City planners and community groups to establish consensus regarding the park’s redesign.

Cawthra ParkToronto, Ontario

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The Toronto Portland’s redevelopment formed part of a study of ways to reinvigorate and reconnect the City of Toronto to its diverse waterfront. The design program included an overall streetscape and urban design plan and the development of a large park which formed the common ground between proposed residential development and film studios.

Toronto Broadcast and Media ComplexToronto, Ontario

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The 17,000-square-foot space reflects the client’s love for minimalist architecture and old world charm by juxtaposing clean lines with classical elements. The design thrilled the client so much that Alliance intends on utilizing the design in other international offices.

Entertainment One(Alliance Films)Corporate Offices

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At the heart of the 46,000-square-foot office is the bistro that is used as lunchroom, informal gathering space, and large theater for client presentations. With a mainly open office concept and informal meeting rooms, the new space has a very dynamic and energetic feel that attracts creative individuals and increases communication across the whole company.

MediaCom Head Office Toronto, Ontario

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Capital One’s management vision was the starting point for HOK’s design of its Toronto offices. The need for a dynamic and energetic design that would attract and retain staff was key given the office’s somewhat suburban location. Advances in wireless technology have made it possible to redefine an employee’s workspace parameters. They can easily move from their desks to a variety of meeting and huddle rooms as well as to the bright, colourful staff lounge. In other words, the entire office becomes a work space.

Capital One Head Office Toronto, Ontario

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HOK helped HBC renovate three floors in the 240,000-square-foot building to increase the population from 750 to 1250 employees and to align four of the HBC business units - the Bay, Zellers, Home Outfitters, and Designer Depot. With new workplace guidelines / assignments, HOK has increased the density by 25-30% and helped HBC shed over 100,000-square-feet of downtown leased space.

HBC Corporate Offices Toronto, Ontario

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The HOK design team was asked to incorporate 100 seats, while renovating an existing built out floor space of approximately 12,100 -square-foot. New workstations were to be open concept, departing from the standard high panelled workstation that had become a standard. The space still feels as a part of TD, with new collaborative focused elements. It also had to visually link to the small portion of the floor that remained built to TD standard design.

TD Online Channel Toronto, Ontario

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Cisco Toronto Office incorporated the latest Cisco Workplace Standards which transformed their spaces into a highly mobile workplace which aligned with their changing business needs. By consolidating their space requirements, supported in part by the integration of a robust IT and technology investment, they were able to achieve better utilization of their existing space, increase their client demo rooms and meeting/training facilities.

Cisco Systems Customer Briefing Center & Field Sales Offices Toronto, Ontario

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Home to some of the best known record labels in the music industry, Warner Music Canada wanted a hip, forward-looking design for its new Canadian head office. One of our challenges was to balance the opposing needs of “heads-down” business teams and “volume-up” music promotion teams. Each group is located within a distinct work “neighbourhood” that connects to a central, multi-purpose community square. The square is designed to encourage interaction among the two groups, their customers, and artists.

Warner Music Canada Head Office Toronto, Ontario

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HOK’s design focuses on the existing circular staircase, now opened up to the surrounding views, that connects all four levels. The staircaseprovides a dramatic transition for clients moving from reception and meeting rooms down to the more informal café and outdoor patio. The staircase also encourages communication among all practice areas and employees. The new offices are LEED-registered.

Dentons Canada Offices Law Firm Vancouver, British Columbia

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HOK is responsible for architectural and interior design services for branch and corporate office projects across Canada. The portfolio consists of approximately 1,050 branch locations comprising 6 million-square-feet of retail space and 5.5 million-square-feet of corporate office space.

CIBC Across Canada

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HOK’s design team visually enlarges the space with light, neutral coloured walls, providing a backdrop for bright accents and various woods grains. The eclectic atmosphere is enhanced with vintage furniture, art and an oversized community board that offers customers a space to connect.

The Green Grind Toronto, Ontario

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Located in the award-winning Westin Bayshore Hotel on Vancouver’s waterfront, the 5,000-square-foot spa offers a holistic approach to wellness. The design of the space reflects the three principles of Vida philosophy: everything is individual; everything is harmony; everything is connected. These ayurvedic principles inspired an interior design that focuses on the senses and encourages relaxation, rejuvenation and flow.

Vida Spa Westin BayshoreVancouver, British Columbia

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In response to the changing landscape of the hospitality and leisure market, Delta Hotels and Resorts’ objective for this project is to capture and expand its business traveler demographic and leisure market while providing a cost effective, cohesive, and consistent brand within their 44 city-centre, airport and resort properties across Canada.

Delta HotelsDesign Guidelines Across Canada

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HOK undertook a pilot project in a new 100,000 sq. ft. four storey LEED -certified building. The new office promotes effective team collaboration and innovation and provides greater flexibility.

Hatch Mississauga, Ontario

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HOK’s design and workplace strategy solutions have been successful on all counts. Reducing the area per person achieved greater space efficiency. Visitors and staff are experiencing increased interaction and collaboration in the 203,600 sq. ft. uplifting workplace.

Thales Rail Signaling Solutions Toronto, Ontario

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For AOL Canada’s Toronto office, HOK created an environment that promotes collaboration between the 90 employees working there. With its exposed brick walls and ceiling beams, the two-floor, 15,000sf space reflect AOL’s edgy, youthful, innovative and socially engaged culture. Individual workstations line the perimeter of the space, while meeting spaces of various sizes accommodate group work, and casual spaces including a café/lounge/entertainment space invite staff to mingle.

AOL Toronto, Ontario

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RSA wanted their new environment to reflect the innovation, collaboration and client-focused approach that they bring to the insurance business. The new110,000sf space features universally accessible daylight, cafés, lounges and areas for professional meetings, complete with a wide range of gathering spaces. HOK created a workspace that embraces RSA’s past and future, utilizing a fresh look, while preserving the firm’s brand and displaying its much-valued artifacts.

Royal Sun Alliance Toronto, Ontario

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Our team combines

the talent of thoughtful

architects, designers,

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responsive professionals

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create spaces that answer

our clients’ needs. It is

because of our world-class

team that HOK is able to

forge relationships that

lead to multiple projects for

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