Designing a World-Class Architecture Firm
Subtitle: The People, Stories, and Strategies Behind HOK
Publisher: Wiley & Sons, Limited, John; Wiley
Published: 2020
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781119685302
Subjects: Architectural firms
Description: "Designing a World Class Architecture Firm: The People, Stories and Strategies Behind HOK offers exclusive insights into the revolutionary strategies behind one of the top ten largest architecture firms in the world. Written with dashes of memoir by the former CEO, Patrick MacLeamy, this book offers practicing architecture professionals in small to mid-sized firms and other design professionals such as interior designers and urban planners with detailed guidance for reinvigorating company culture, establishing financial metrics, attracting and retaining talent, diversifying services and firm expansion. This book is flavored with dozens of quirky stories from MacLeamy's time at the helm of HOK, and while it is not a design book - MacLeamy offers insights into many of HOK's most iconic projects, including: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, MD, and more"--