Charlie Lutz, a Ranken Architecture program alumnus and designer at HOK, led the group on a comprehensive tour of the facilities. The students saw the corporate half of the floor as well as the production side with various departments including healthcare, planning, structural engineering and interiors ending across the street in their model development shop. The students were inspired by the speakers and grateful for the personal attention given to them. "Innovation is about the why, not the how or the what," said fourth-year Architecture student, Jacob Amador. "It’s about the passion and the drive that transpires into great ideas and its success resides in making others believe in its possibilities." HOK (formerly Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum) is a global architecture, interiors, engineering, planning and consulting firm. HOK is the largest U.S.-based architecture-engineering firm and the "No. 1 role model for sustainable and high-performance design." HOK also is the second-largest interior design firm. As of 2011, the firm maintains more than 1,800 professional staff across a global network of 25 offices and is active in all major architectural specialties. Its senior leaders are located in several different locations across the world.
Photo: Rebecca Nolan of HOK led a group discussion about being a leader in a diverse industry.
The Architecture S-STEM students visited HOK on Wednesday, January 25, 2012. Brok Howard, BIM manager, discussed leadership and technology followed by Rebecca Nolan, vice president, who explained diversity and team work within the field of architecture. Nolan also spent time with the students discussing what it takes to be a leader in a changing industry.
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