Tag: HOK

  • Papworth – Specialist Public Health in Cambridge

    Papworth – Specialist Public Health in Cambridge

    Health projects are known for taking an extremely long time from initial Business Case to completion of construction, and requiring significantly sized teams in order to design and document them.  Known for being an all-rounder (I suggest that’s a kiwi can-do attitude coming through!), and confident in the BIM space, I was invited at HOK…

  • The greenest development? – Dubai

    The greenest development? – Dubai

    I have often mused, that perhaps the most sustainable building…  is the one that isn’t built at all. Dubai, a place I have only recently visited, has always somehow seemed like a location that people are not meant to live.  It’s a desert of sand which reaches 50 degrees in summer, barely rains and so…

  • Urban Masterplanning – Hainan, China

    Urban Masterplanning – Hainan, China

    Until China realised that they have their own talent, many developers were intent on having western firms design concepts for their projects, for both the prestige and so that they could be seen as being at the forefront.  These concepts would then taken over by a local firm to be detailed and built. Sitting in…