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 Hellmuth, Obata +
Kassabaum, Inc.- a global architectural design firm
www.HOKChicago.com
30 West Monroe Street
Suite 1500
Chicago, IL 60603 USA
Tel: 1.312.782.1000
Fax: 1.312.782.6727
Firm Profile
Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum, Inc. (HOK) is a global provider of design and
project delivery services. Our 1,600 professionals are linked across a network
of offices in North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia.
Industry surveys consistently rank HOK among the world’s leading design firms.
We manage the planning, design, and construction process for all types of
clients and facilities in every part of the world. About Chicago
HOK's Chicago office provides architectural and interior design services and
offers direct access to the global capability of HOK. The 30-person office was
opened in 1995 after a decade of significant contributions to the Chicago
Metropolitan area. Among the more notable projects during that period include
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, the United Center, the Fairmont Hotel, Nikko
Hotel, Riverway Office Park, Harper College, and University of Illinois at
Chicago.
HOK Chicago's present work focuses primarily on the corporate, healthcare,
science + technology and commercial markets. Our interiors practice is
providing on-going design services to corporate clients including IBM
ebusiness, Nortel Networks, Sara Lee Corporation, WorldCom, Heller Financial
and Whirlpool Corporation. The group is also supporting national account work
in Chicago for clients such as Nortel Networks. Our design solutions for these
clients focus on meeting the drivers for all corporations today: speed and
responsiveness; high value for the budget; flexibility; employee retention;
workplaces for teamwork; security and confidentiality; improved productivity
and the right facilities infrastructure.
HOK Chicago serves a 17 state North Central Region providing clients with
multidisciplinary services for a variety of facility types.
At HOK, design is not an abstract exercise in combining shapes,
forms, and materials. It's a problem-solving effort for people.
The reason we exist is to create inspiring environments that enhance the
human condition. We believe that truly listening to clients and then responding
to their needs – instead of to our own egos -- leads to inspiring architecture.
Whatever a project's size or budget, we strive for simple, environmentally
responsible designs, elegantly executed. By elevating problem solving to an art
form, we create places that enrich how people work, play, heal, worship,
discover, learn, and travel – places that improve how people live.
The ultimate measure of a project’s success is whether it solved the client’s
problem. We ask questions like: “Did this space enrich lives? Did we improve
your situation? Did we help?”
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